Will only boot in low graphics

[William Alexander]

Lost my proprietary driver. Low graphics mode. Trying to fix issue hope I do not have to reinstall system Thanks

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-38.56~precise1-generic 3.8.13.19
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-38-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,gtkloader,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,imgpng,resize,gnomecompat,grid,firepaint,place,move,regex,winrules,mousepoll,session,snap,animation,fade,dbus,opacify,cube,animationaddon,expo,workarounds,td,ezoom,rotate,unitymtgrabhandles,showmouse,scale,unityshell,scaleaddon]
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Sat Aug 8 15:23:36 2015
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV350 [Radeon 9550] [1002:4153] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:0402]
   Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:0403]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130820.1)
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Precision WorkStation 360
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-38-generic root=UUID=86be4d1d-08a7-4ee2-bc73-95ee19236302 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: xorg
UnitySupportTest: Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code -11:
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/27/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A08
dmi.board.name: 0H1639
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corp.
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: P023410
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA08:bd09/27/2004:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnPrecisionWorkStation360:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn0H1639:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Precision WorkStation 360
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
drirc:
 <driconf>
     <device screen="1" driver="overlay scrollbar">
     </device>
 </driconf>
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.12-0ubuntu4
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1~precise2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.17
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.19.0-0ubuntu1~xup1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A

[penalvch (penalvch)]

William Alexander, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.

As per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack, your kernel and xorg enablement stack went EOL August 2014.

Is this reproducible with a supported stack/release?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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