I ended up having /etc/api in some kind of weird state. Ended up doing the following as root:
NOTE: You may want to backup /etc/ati somewhere before doing the remove just in case you need to restore it for some reason. 1) rm -r /etc/ati 2) ln -s /usr/lib/fglrx/etc/ati /etc/ati 3) amdconfig --initial 4) reboot That fixed the issue for me. -- 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/1376988 Title: ATI/AMD drivers are not working Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After installation Ubuntu boots with blank screen and blinking cursor. I reported the bug after uninstalling the drivers. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: fglrx (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-20.27-generic 3.16.3 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-20-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Oct 2 19:27:04 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: utopic DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a16] (rev 0b) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:198f] Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Mars [Radeon HD 8730M] [1002:6601] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1990] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-29 (3 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140923) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 840 G1 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-20-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=c8fab4c2-0ba3-4f38-9432-790323999938 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: fglrx-installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/09/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: L71 Ver. 01.04 dmi.board.name: 198F dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 15.50 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU347DHK4 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrL71Ver.01.04:bd10/09/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook840G1:pvrA3009DD10303:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn198F:rvrKBCVersion15.50:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 840 G1 dmi.product.version: A3009DD10303 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12+14.10.20140918-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.3.0-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.3.0-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.4.0-2ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.914-1~exp1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Thu Oct 2 19:26:35 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: RADEON(G0): [XvMC] Failed to initialize extension. xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 4669 vendor AUO xserver.version: 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1376988/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
