Also seen in the release with:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Caicos
[Radeon HD 6450] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hightech Information System Ltd. Device 2311
(ID 1787:2311. Believe it's a Powercolor-branded card.)
Switching to fglrx-updates under Software & Updates -> Additional
Drivers is the quick fix. [Who knew it was hiding there? At least it's
a one-click fix.]
Beyond the obvious, this will be taking a few seconds off a lot of
lifetimes because there's a black-screen delay on first boot after an
upgrade where the watermark is the only thing visible. Probably under
30 seconds while misc. components of Unity and the rest of the desktop
prep themselves, but enough time to wonder if that's *all* the driver's
going to let you see.
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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
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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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