MASTER: xserver crash, performs poorly, or other severe problem when loading the radeon driver if -fglrx has not been properly removed first
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
[Problem]
Running X with the -ati driver shows various problems if -fglrx is not fully installed first, including crashing, performing poorly, failing during gl operations, etc.
A typical use case is upgrading from Ubuntu when you were using to fglrx, to a development version of Ubuntu where -fglrx is not available, and -ati is used instead.
-ati and -fglrx share some overlapping files like libgl, which -fglrx replaces when it's installed and that results in -ati breakage. -fglrx also installs kernel components which can cause problems if they're still present when running -ati.
For more info, see https:/
[Workaround]
Make sure -fglrx is fully purged from your system
1. sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx*
2. sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-
3. sudo apt-get install xserver-
4. Restart X
[Original report]
After the update to Intrepid, the X server no longer starts.
When launching the X server by hand I have this message:
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/
Backtrace:
0: X(xf86SigHandle
1: [0xb809f400]
2: /usr/lib/
3: /usr/lib/
4: /usr/lib/
5: X(InitOutput+0x96f) [0x80aac7f]
6: X(main+0x279) [0x8071b19]
7: /lib/tls/
8: X [0x8071101]
Saw signal 11. Server aborting.
The message is the same if I choose the driver "radeon" or "ati". The graphic card is a ATI RV100:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]
The ubuntu version is:
Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10
The driver version is:
xserver-
Installed : 1:6.9.0+
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
tags: | added: crash |
tags: | added: intrepid |
tags: | added: jaunty karmic |
This problem might be a duplicate of bug 274234. See this comment for a possible work around: /bugs.edge. launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +source/ xserver- xorg-video- ati/+bug/ 274234/ comments/ 13
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