upgrade to 14.04 completely scrambles screen - rendering machine useless

[Alan Robertson]

I was running 13.10. Upgrading to 14.04 makes the machine completely useless in X.

I have a couple of screen pictures. I'll attach one of them... It only wants me to to attach a single picture...

 $ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS690 Host Bridge
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 826d
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64

00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Graphics Port 0) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
 I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
 Memory behind bridge: fdc00000-fdcfffff
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
 I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
 Memory behind bridge: fdb00000-fdbfffff
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fdf00000-00000000fdffffff
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:12.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 81ef
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
 I/O ports at ff00 [size=8]
 I/O ports at fe00 [size=4]
 I/O ports at fd00 [size=8]
 I/O ports at fc00 [size=4]
 I/O ports at fb00 [size=16]
 Memory at fe02f000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB (OHCI0) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 81ef
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
 Memory at fe02e000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci

00:13.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB (OHCI1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 81ef
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
 Memory at fe02d000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci

00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB (OHCI2) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 81ef
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
 Memory at fe02c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci

00:13.3 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB (OHCI3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 81ef
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
 Memory at fe02b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci

00:13.4 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB (OHCI4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 81ef
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
 Memory at fe02a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci

00:13.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 81ef
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
 Memory at fe029000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 13)
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 81ef
 Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, stepping, fast Back2Back, 66MHz, user-definable features, ?? devsel, latency 0
 I/O ports at 0b00 [size=16]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus

00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 IDE (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 81ef
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
 I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
 I/O ports at 03f4
 I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
 I/O ports at 0374
 I/O ports at f900 [size=16]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp

00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8249
 Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 44
 Memory at fe020000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 81ef
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0

00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
 Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=64
 I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
 Memory behind bridge: fde00000-fdefffff
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: fdd00000-fddfffff

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
 Flags: fast devsel
 Capabilities: <access denied>

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
 Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
 Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
 Flags: fast devsel
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: k8temp

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV630 PRO [Radeon HD 2600 PRO] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
 Subsystem: PC Partner Limited / Sapphire Technology Device e420
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43
 Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
 Memory at fdce0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
 I/O ports at de00 [size=256]
 Expansion ROM at fdcc0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: radeon

01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV630 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 2600 Series]
 Subsystem: PC Partner Limited / Sapphire Technology Device aa08
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 45
 Memory at fdcfc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 01)
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5B
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42
 I/O ports at ee00 [size=256]
 Memory at fdbff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 [virtual] Expansion ROM at fdf00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: r8169

03:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev c0) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Motherboard
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
 Memory at fdeff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
 I/O ports at cf00 [size=128]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci

servidor:~ $

[Alan Robertson (alanr-unix)]

Below is the initial login screen.

I forgot to say this is kubuntu. This comment includes a snapshot of the initial kubuntu login screen. I managed to get logged in using it. But it was hopeless after that.

[Alan Robertson (alanr-unix)]

I thought... Maybe it was just an upgrade issue. So I burned a kubuntu 14.04 64-bit DVD and tried the installer.

The installer is also a complete mess. Picure attached...

Pretty much totally useless... Guess I'll have to find a distro/version that works...

[Alan Robertson (alanr-unix)]

If someone is interested in this problem, I'd be happy to send them the problematic video card.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner. You reported this bug some time ago and there have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time.

Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) reached end-of-standard-support on April 25, 2019.

Do you still see a problem related to the one that you reported when using a currently supported version of Ubuntu? Please let us know if you do otherwise this report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.

Thank you for helping make Ubuntu better.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for xorg-server (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]