Hi, as written before I could fix the problem on my HP Pavilion 17-e026sg 17,3" AMD A10-5750M with Radeon HD8650G and Readon HD8670M.
Here comes what I did to install a fresh Ubuntu 14.04LTS 64bit: I guess that you already have a USB start disc ready and will start with the first boot from this stick: 1. Start your PC end hit ESC to select from the boot menu and different boot option 2. select USB EFI HDD (or similar) 3. When UBUNTU menu comes up don't boot live disc boot directly in installation mode 4. from here on follow the instructions until the installation is finished 5. Ubuntu seems to fail on booting the first time after the installation but it's only the X-Server because it can't handle the grafic cards. It will show you that you have to reconfigure your X-server but don't proceed this! 6. Switch from error screen to terminal (strg+alt+F2) and wait until terminal screen comes up. Not sure if it is ctrl+alt+F2 for you ?! 7. When terminal is open login with your user credentials 8. Enter 'sudo nano /etc/default/grub' 9. Nano editor will open the Grub configuration. Enter there 'nomodeset' in line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" before 'quiet splash'. (please se grub.txt attached) 10. enter 'strg+O' (see menu at the bottom of nano) to save and 'strg+X' to exit 11. reconfigure Grub with command 'sudo update-grub' 12. reboot your PC and it should start in X mode 13. Download latest 64bit catalyst from amd site (latest stable is 14.4 ) 14. change authorization in terminal for this file by entering 'sudo chmod 777 amd-catalyst-14-4-linux-x86-x86-64.zip' 15. unzip file and run from terminal by entering 'sudo ./amd-driver-installer-14.10.1006-x86.x86_64.run' (you must be in the same folder where the file is stored!!!!) 16. you can decide if you want to do a custom installation or default. I recommend to use the default way! 17. when installation is finished go to terminal again and remove the 'nomodeset' from grub by entering 'sudo nano /etc/default/grub' edit it and close it again. Run 'sudo update-grub'. The installation script will do everything what is necessary. It will also create a new xorg.conf which will not be overwritten any longer Reboot your PC. From now on everything should work as planned You can switch between the cards by entering ' sudo aticonfig --px-igpu' for the internal device or 'sudo aticonfig --px-ggpu' for the dedicated grafic-card. After entering the command you have to reboot your machine and it will restart in this mode until you switch back. Alternative you can use the amd control-center. Enter 'sudo amdcccle' in the terminal and you will have a graphical tool to configure your cards. Hopefully this will help you to fix the issue. For me it worked. Best REgards, Uwe ** Attachment added: "Grub config for booting wo. AMD catalyst" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1310489/+attachment/4103927/+files/grub.txt -- 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/1310489 Title: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Release: 14.04 Hello, I am using a notebook with a quadcore AMD A10 and hybrid graficcard AMD/ATI Radeon HD 8650G / AMD/ATI Sun XT Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M. After installing fglrx I generated the xorg.conf in the terminal with 'sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --initial' and it looked pretty good. Up to this point I was able to switch between the cards with the commands 'sudo aticonfig --px-dgpu' for the discrete card and 'sudo aticonfig --px-igpu' for the intigrated card to save power. After rebooting I realized that I was no longer able to switch between the cards and found that the xorg.conf will be overwritten whenever I modified it and reboot the system. The new (by boot) generated xorg.conf contains not the relevant information for switing between the cards. I attached both configuration in one file (xorg.conf.comparison). I will also provide the atisysteminfo-report.txt so far I will find the place where to attach. Edit: I fixed the error --> "AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]" but it changed not the bug of overwriting the xorg.conf. Regards, Uwe ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Apr 21 08:43:29 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: fglrx, 13.350.1, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Richland [Radeon HD 8650G] [1002:990b] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1985] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1985] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-20 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=fdcb1eaf-eda9-48ee-9d5b-b44e1fc06687 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/26/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde dmi.bios.version: F.22 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 1985 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 01.13 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.22:bd09/26/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPavilion17NotebookPC:pvr0892100000005910000600000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1985:rvr01.13:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 0892100000005910000600000 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1 version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-4ubuntu5 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-4ubuntu5 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Mon Apr 21 08:29:06 2014 xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf xserver.errors: open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory] AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory] AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory] xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2 xserver.video_driver: fglrx To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1310489/+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
