Which is why I stepped down to the ATI/AMD 12.4 driver which had previously worked is that I don't really have the time to play "throw darts on the wall" with drivers at the moment to see which works. If 12.10 doesn't work because of something lame like a drive, it's off the menu regardless of how polished it may be. 12.04 (sort of ) works OOTB, but the 'updated' driver set on 12.04 does not. OOTB, 12.10 is a complete fail for me.
While I do appreciate Ubuntu (and other 'nix variants are not Windows) I am pretty sure a motherboard from 2011 should work with a modern 'nix distro. My laptop based on 4 year old hardware happily runs Sabayon (Linux kernel 3.5) or the latest Gnome Ubuntu. They are very different machines. One fails completely, the other works like a charm post upgrade. A user, irrespective of technically ability, should be able to expect their operating system to continue to work after an upgrade. The upgrade should give a serious hardware check before doing anything that may hamper that user's chances of being able to do anything post upgrade. It has it's own issues but Sabayon is far better in this respect because rather than dumbing down the updates/upgrades, there is a box which basically says "if you do X, Y may happen. Z may be an option and here is more information". This is where Rigo (Sabayon's GUI software installer) totally flattens Ubuntu's both the Software Centre & Update Manager. But that is just my opinion. I may not be able to use it, at least I know I am unable to do so. So time is not wasted against dumbed down upgrading which just breaks things. Finally, To see if this was avoidable or if the video card was compatible I looked up the Certs page to see what alternative pieces of hardware might be an option. Ubuntu's hardware cert pages which used to be great, seems to be dumbed down and listed for down to brands. If you're lucky, the pointless Community hardware search which might give you a irrelevant bit of user info. Oh well, I'm pretty sure this will be written off as a dupe or NOF or something along those lines.. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1025488 Title: fglrx (not installed): fglrx kernel module failed to build [error: implicit declaration of function ‘do_mmap’] Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “fglrx-installer-updates” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: trying to install ATI drivers ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: fglrx (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-4.4-generic 3.5.0-rc6 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-4-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl .tmp.unity.support.test.1: ApportVersion: 2.3-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None DKMSKernelVersion: 3.5.0-4-generic Date: Mon Jul 16 20:47:33 2012 DistUpgraded: 2012-07-16 16:38:43,731 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: quantal DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bcmwl, 5.100.82.112+bdcom, 3.2.0-23-generic, x86_64: installed bcmwl, 5.100.82.112+bdcom, 3.5.0-4-generic, x86_64: installed fglrx, 8.980: added GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series] [1002:9712] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1641] Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Robson CE [AMD Radeon HD 6300 Series] [1002:68e4] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1641] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC PackageVersion: (not installed) ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-4-generic root=UUID=051fedbd-e1fd-4b72-b1c0-4aa7cf7c4578 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: fglrx-installer Title: fglrx (not installed): fglrx kernel module failed to build UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-07-16 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/24/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.27 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 1641 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 67.33 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.27:bd03/24/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv7NotebookPC:pvr058A120000242B10000020100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1641:rvr67.33:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 058A120000242B10000020100 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8+bzr3249-0ubuntu2 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.37-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.3-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.3-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.12.1.902-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~really6.14.4-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.19.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.1-1build1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1025488/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
