Ken Sharp, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Just to clarify, you ran a dist-upgrade from Oneiric, into Precise, and now it does not work, correct?
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1113331 Title: Graphics driver fails to load following upgrade Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Ran a dist-upgrade and now my screen resolution is all wrong. AMD's CCC tells me that driver isn't loaded. No idea how to resolve this. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-37.58-generic 3.2.35 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-37-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell] CompositorRunning: None Date: Sat Feb 2 10:07:08 2013 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bcmwl, 6.20.155.1+bdcom, 3.2.0-36-generic, x86_64: installedError! Could not locate dkms.conf file. File: does not exist. bcmwl, 6.20.155.1+bdcom, 3.2.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed fglrx-updates, 9.000, 3.2.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series] [1002:9712] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:036e] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) MachineType: Acer Aspire 5551 MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic root=UUID=bcf30c65-9b6f-492c-896c-332ab1682c02 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UnitySupportTest: Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code 1: X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) Major opcode of failed request: 135 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString) Serial number of failed request: 22 Current serial number in output stream: 22 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/27/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: V2.14 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: JE50_DN dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: Base Board Version dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: V2.14 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV2.14:bd07/27/2011:svnAcer:pnAspire5551:pvrV2.14:rvnAcer:rnJE50_DN:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV2.14: dmi.product.name: Aspire 5551 dmi.product.version: V2.14 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer drirc: <driconf> </driconf> version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.12-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu0.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.8 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1.2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1113331/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp