Hi Christopher-

I was actually still running Ubuntu 12.04. It was last July.  

When I did last summer's firmware update for Linux kernel drivers I got a black screen.  It would not roll back to a previous version.
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I then tried the 14.04 as a fresh install and only got snow  with my  dual Radeon HD 6570.  My motherboard is Asus M5A97 R2.0 AMD 970 ATX MB.
								  

Clearly this is itself a major bug.  It is uncomplicated. It does not work.
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A black hole problem like these yields little post crash info.  

Unfortunately, I migrated to Xubuntu due to lack of response to this 
issue, which occurred occurred a year ago. I still hold back the firmware for Linux kernel drivers update on this system, which update precipitated the problem.  

I became extremely agitated and made a fairly incoherent bug report.  But I do hope someone figures it out before I have to migrate to another distro entirely ,

Sincerely.
      Glenn J Tison


   



> Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 03:28:06 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 1354654] Re: Bug #1342377 with dual Radeon HD 6570 + amd-catalyst-14-4-rev2-linux-x86-x86-64-may6
> 
> GJT, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Could
> you please run the following command from a terminal as it will
> automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this
> report:
> 
> apport-collect -p xorg 1354654
> 
> Please ensure you have xdiagnose installed, and that you click the Yes
> button for attaching additional debugging information.
> 
> ** Package changed: xorg-lts-trusty (Ubuntu) => xorg (Ubuntu)
> 
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
>    Importance: Undecided => Low
> 
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Incomplete
> 
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1354654
> 
> Title:
>   Bug #1342377 with dual Radeon HD 6570 + amd-
>   catalyst-14-4-rev2-linux-x86-x86-64-may6
> 
> Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
> 
> Bug description:
>   xserver-xorg-core-lts-trusty conflicts Radeon HD 6570
> 
>   All in Ubnuntu 12.04LTS  I did the hardware update  'strongly
>   recomended' and the upgrade deleted my radeon drivers.  I got an
>   unstable sparkely screen and had to return to a previous ubuntu
>   version to fix.
> 
>   I had Bug #1342377, but succeded in loading the radeon module, amd-
>   catalyst-14-4-rev2-linux-x86-x86-64-may6,  which worked fine till I
>   updated, then I got no video at all:   That's the new bug
> 
>   The Update loaded the xserver-xorg-core-lts-trusty, the core server as
>   well as xserver-comon-lts-trusty, various c library functions and Grub
>   updates. It had a warning that it was a partial update.
> 
>   There was no reference to this in ubuntu forums., or
> 
>   I have an Asus M5A97R2.0 motherboard with 2 Radeon HD 6570 with 2gig
>   of memory each running a syntax display at 1250x720  via a vga cable.
>   It has a dvi port, but I have never bothered to update that hardware.
>   The system is about 10 months old except  for the monitor, which is
>   12, I think.
> 
>   I also tried to run the xubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso, but got no
>   video from the live cd at all.  That'd likely be the same video
>   conflict in the next version X windows.
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