Sean Fitzpatrick, so here is AMD's official response: "All Workstation products including FireStream have been removed from Catalyst drivers starting 2013. We have a separate driver for Workstation products. I have instructed our web team to make the corrections. For FireStream 9250 you can either install CAT 12.10 or the 8.911.3.4. In terms of Xserver support, please note that this feature has been added to 9.012 drivers and above. So the next Workstation driver will be supporting Xserver 1.13, however the FireStream 9250 will not be supported in 9.012 driver. Cat 12.10 or 8.911.3.4 will be the latest driver for the legacy FireStream 9250."
Marking TrIaged Wishlist as per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Importance as this is a bug "that would only be fixed on a outside-contribution basis" in that AMD would either have to resume support for Firestream 9250 in Catalyst 9.012 drivers and above (where xserver 1.13 is currently supported), or backport 1.13 support to the AMD FirePro™/FireGL™ Unified Driver version 8.911.3.4+. Thank you for your understanding. ** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist ** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- 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/1075035 Title: 1002:9452 fglrx graphics broken on upgrade with AMD FireStream 9250 Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I upgraded my desktop at home to 12.10 today, and wound up with complete failure of graphics: compiz would not work and hence Unity would not start - I had only a desktop and a terminal (accessed via Ctrl-Alt-T). Screen resolution was very poor (and used only 75% of the screen on a 24" monitor) - I couldn't even view the full width of a page in Firefox. Apparently AMD is still releasing drivers for the Firestream series, so I don't know what went wrong in my case. I can try reinstalling fglrx to see what happens, or whatever suggestions might help diagnose the issue. WORKAROUND: I've managed to get back to a working desktop by purging everything related to fglrx and using the open source drivers. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Sun Nov 4 20:49:47 2012 DistUpgraded: 2012-11-04 19:38:44,429 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: quantal DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.2.0-33-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.5.0-18-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV770 [FireStream 9250] [1002:9452] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device [1002:0502] InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-24 (378 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name MarkForUpload: True ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-generic root=UUID=3defba29-dff3-4045-9f58-a0f5430e0d0a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-11-05 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 05/19/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0512 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P5KPL-CM dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: x.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0512:bd05/19/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5KPL-CM:rvrx.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4+bzr3407-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1 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 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1075035/+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
