Sorry but we cannot introduce a driver in Quantal if it doesn't support
Quantal's xserver ABI (1.13). There is nothing we can do if at AMD they
don't update their driver.
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Won't Fix
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058040
Title:
fglrx-installer not working with AMD Radeon/Mobility Radeon HD
2000-4000 cards in Quantal
Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
New
Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu:
Won't Fix
Bug description:
Following the AMD decision to change to a new driver support model for
Radeon™ HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 series cards for the legacy 12.6 driver as
per
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages/legacy-radeon_linux.aspx
, fglrx-installer installs non-working drivers for users of the cards:
AMD Radeon HD 4000 Series
AMD Radeon HD 3000 Series
AMD Radeon HD 2000 Series
AMD Radeon HD Series AGP
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4000 Series
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 3000 Series
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 2000 Series
I suggest the addition of an fglrx-legacy package to install the AMD
legacy drivers for users with older cards or patch the current code
base for use with these cards.
One of the outstanding issues for addressing this bug is AMD currently does
not plan to support XServer 1.13 (for Ubuntu the package is xserver-xorg-core)
for the legacy 12.6 driver, which Quantal uses:
apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-core:
Installed: 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6
Candidate: 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6
Version table:
*** 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Output for fglrx 9.00 [1]:
# lspci|grep VGA
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
RS780L [Radeon HD 3000]
# modprobe fglrx
FATAL: Error inserting fglrx
(/lib/modules/3.5.0-15-generic/updates/dkms/fglrx.ko): No such device
# dmesg|tail -n3
[ 6785.693869] [fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers:
7132 MBytes.
[ 6785.694089] [fglrx:firegl_init_device_list] *ERROR* No supported display
adapters were found
[ 6785.694091] [fglrx:firegl_init_module] *ERROR* firegl_init_devices failed
# dpkg --list|grep fglrx
ii fglrx 2:9.000-0ubuntu1 amd64 Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators
ii fglrx-amdcccle 2:9.000-0ubuntu1 amd64 Catalyst Control Center for the AMD
graphics accelerators
[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer-
updates/+bug/1032672/comments/34
!!!!!!!! WARNING !!!!!!!
The following workaround has produced mixed results and left some users with
temporarily broken systems. It is not recommended for production systems or
novice users that are not comfortable with basic console/non-GUI recovery. USE
AT OWN RISK.
WORKAROUND: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:makson96/fglrx && sudo apt-get update
&& sudo apt-get -y upgrade && sudo apt-get -y install fglrx-legacy
This workaround will downgrade X to 1.12 and install the AMD legacy
fglrx 8.97 (Catalyst 12.6).
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