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fglrx-installer package

fglrx is not compatible with xserver 1.9

Bug #630599 reported by Hew
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This bug affects 12 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Alberto Milone

Bug Description

Upgrading from 10.04 desktop to 10.10 causes the Xserver to crash because the fglrx driver is not compatible with xserver 1.9.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xorg-driver-fglrx (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 5 12:44:13 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA770T-UD3
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic root=UUID=63396d68-3c2c-47dd-ad40-4aaee6d0eb68 ro single
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
dmi.bios.date: 12/09/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F2
dmi.board.name: GA-MA770T-UD3
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF2:bd12/09/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-MA770T-UD3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-MA770T-UD3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: GA-MA770T-UD3
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.35-19-generic

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Hew (hew) wrote :
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Hew (hew) wrote :

'apt-get remove fglrx' solved the problem.

Attached is xorg.conf that I removed when trying to resolve the issue.

Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → High
assignee: nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
description: updated
summary: - Upgrade to 10.10 fails to load xorg
+ fglrx is not compatible with xserver 1.9
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package fglrx-installer - 2:8.780-0ubuntu1

---------------
fglrx-installer (2:8.780-0ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - Fix build issues with kernel fix for CVE-2010-3081 (LP: #642518).
    - Add compatibility with 2.6.35 kernels (LP: #573748).
    - Add compatibility with xserver 1.9 (LP: #630599).
  * Make the driver Depend on the appropriate xserver-xorg-video-$ABI
    (LP: #616215).
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:28:32 +0200

Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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cdr (creinman) wrote :

I am still experiencing the same problem with xserver 1.9 and fglrx 2:8.780-0ubuntu1. I don't think the fix worked, or at least not for everyone.

Also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/657588

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userfriendly (userfriendly) wrote :

Agree with cdr, same thing here.

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