This bug hindered user wt newer AMD to use the Upgrade. It was mentioned int the Release-Notes -so they would just endup with a black-screen. The severity has to be judged as highly critical. The culpürit was in this case AMD not beeing ready for the swift to GCC-5. This doesn't interest a user in the 1st place. The publisher of software in general has a responsibilty not to leave a user w/t a unfunctional system. A Standard user will judge his HW borked & broken on Linux. So this does not even hurt Ubuntu's-Image but the Image of the movement in a whole. This happens over and over in the last years. And people are feed with this.
Options: 1. Delay release date until fix is tested and implemented. 2. Ubitquity the Installer has the option to add a comment not to tick "yes" when it comes to the questions - Do you want to install 3rd partie Drivers. This is a pitfall beyond believe – and it makes people turn away. Pls see also bug #1493888, reported on 9.9.2015 Hopefully this will lead to a blueprint for improvement? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1510573 Title: fglrx should blacklist amdgpu Status in One Hundred Papercuts: New Status in fglrx-installer package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in fglrx-installer-updates package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in fglrx-installer source package in Wily: Fix Released Status in fglrx-installer-updates source package in Wily: Fix Released Bug description: SRU Request: [Impact] The fglrx driver can't be loaded unless the amdgpu driver is blacklisted (as we already do with the radeon driver). [Test Case] 1. Install fglrx on Ubuntu 15.10 2. Reboot 3. Check the output of the "lsmod | grep fglrx" command Expected results: the fglrx module should be loaded. Actual results: The kernel module can't be loaded because of the amdgpu driver. [Regression Potential] Low. We already blacklist the radeon driver; now that amdgpu is available in the kernel we should do the same. ------------ The fglrx packages should blacklist amdgpu so that the said driver does not prevent fglrx from loading. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/1510573/+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
