** Description changed:
On the latest daily release of Raring, a watermark/overlay shows in the
bottom-right corner of the screen when fglrx or fglrx-updates is
installed. It reads "Unsupported hardware" and has the AMD logo above it
on top of a semi-transparent black background.
This watermark is essentially equivalent to the "Testing use only" that
appears when the proprietary beta drivers from AMD's website are
installed. Therefore, the same workaround applies:
- [Workaround]
+ [Workaround] (USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!)
Step 1) Create and save shell script with the following contents:
#!/bin/sh
DRIVER=/usr/lib/fglrx/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
for x in $(objdump -d $DRIVER|awk '/call/&&/EnableLogo/{print
"\\x"$2"\\x"$3"\\x"$4"\\x"$5"\\x"$6}'); do
sed -i "s/$x/\x90\x90\x90\x90\x90/g" $DRIVER
done
Step 2) Make the script executable
Step 3) Run the script
Step 4) Log out and log back in
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If the above workaround doesn't work for you, an alternative is to try
the version of /etc/ati/control from the fglrx that shipped with
Quantal.
Step 1) Save a backup of the old control file, just in case -- sudo cp
/etc/ati/control /etc/ati/control.watermark
Step 2) Download the Quantal fglrx source package from
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/fglrx-
installer/2:9.000-0ubuntu3/+files/fglrx-installer_9.000.orig.tar.gz --
you will NOT need to build or install it.
Step 3) Open that tar file with Archive Manager. Find etc/ati/control
and extract it.
Step 4) Copy the freshly extracted version of control to
/etc/ati/control then restart your system.
[Original Description]
After upgrading to raring and installing the latest fglrx package from the
archive I get a AMD branded overlay in the bottom RHS of the screen with the
message 'Unsupported hardware'.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: fglrx-updates 2:9.010-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-7.15-generic 3.7.0
Uname: Linux 3.7.0-7-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jan 11 13:27:06 2013
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer-updates
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-01-07 (3 days ago)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1098561
Title:
"Unsupported hardware" watermark appears when FGLRX is installed on
13.04
Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in “fglrx-installer-updates” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
On the latest daily release of Raring, a watermark/overlay shows in
the bottom-right corner of the screen when fglrx or fglrx-updates is
installed. It reads "Unsupported hardware" and has the AMD logo above
it on top of a semi-transparent black background.
This watermark is essentially equivalent to the "Testing use only"
that appears when the proprietary beta drivers from AMD's website are
installed. Therefore, the same workaround applies:
[Workaround] (USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!)
Step 1) Create and save shell script with the following contents:
#!/bin/sh
DRIVER=/usr/lib/fglrx/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
for x in $(objdump -d $DRIVER|awk '/call/&&/EnableLogo/{print
"\\x"$2"\\x"$3"\\x"$4"\\x"$5"\\x"$6}'); do
sed -i "s/$x/\x90\x90\x90\x90\x90/g" $DRIVER
done
Step 2) Make the script executable
Step 3) Run the script
Step 4) Log out and log back in
----
If the above workaround doesn't work for you, an alternative is to try
the version of /etc/ati/control from the fglrx that shipped with
Quantal.
Step 1) Save a backup of the old control file, just in case -- sudo cp
/etc/ati/control /etc/ati/control.watermark
Step 2) Download the Quantal fglrx source package from
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/fglrx-
installer/2:9.000-0ubuntu3/+files/fglrx-installer_9.000.orig.tar.gz --
you will NOT need to build or install it.
Step 3) Open that tar file with Archive Manager. Find etc/ati/control
and extract it.
Step 4) Copy the freshly extracted version of control to
/etc/ati/control then restart your system.
[Original Description]
After upgrading to raring and installing the latest fglrx package from the
archive I get a AMD branded overlay in the bottom RHS of the screen with the
message 'Unsupported hardware'.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: fglrx-updates 2:9.010-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-7.15-generic 3.7.0
Uname: Linux 3.7.0-7-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jan 11 13:27:06 2013
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer-updates
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-01-07 (3 days ago)
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