** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati when ATI
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Released = Fix Committed
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati when ATI
** Tags added: karmic
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati when ATI Drivers are previously
installed
@jean-Baptiste
Here is the output after running: dpkg-divert --list
However, I don't remember what the list was previously, as I removed one of the
packages that was listed as being diverted for fglrx.
u...@ubuntu:~$ dpkg-divert --list
diversion of /bin/sh to /bin/sh.distrib by dash
diversion
@jean-Baptiste
Wait a minute, I remember...
u...@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg-divert --remove /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2
That is the command I issued after inspecting my command history,
libGL.so.1.2 must have been the package I removed from being diverted
to fglrx.
I must tell you, I did an in place
u...@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get --purge autoremove sudo apt-get clean
u...@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not exist in
sudo apt-get purge fglrx-modaliases fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-kernel-source
xorg-driver-fglrx xorg-driver-fglrx-dev
reboot
rm -rf /usr/share/ati
Open synaptics and install fglrx
sudo aticonfig --initial
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation
@ledzepjes: I really can't reproduce the problem with the latest fglrx
in -updates and upgrading from a fresh Karmic with both proprietary
drivers and Ubuntu package installed. Could you please file another
report with the command ubuntu-bug fglrx and attach the files in
/var/log/dist-upgrade/
@jean-Baptiste Lallement, cool name by the way, if I ever got a name
change I had always thought of something similar, jean-luke piccard,
perhaps, lol
when I get a chance to post the logs I will
FYI, at the time of the upgrade, I did an upgrade using the update
manager, from 9.04, to 9.10, to
@ Jean-Baptiste Lallement
on 2010-06-14: #40
I have reproduced the problem with fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu3 and have verified
that the version of fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4 in proposed fixes the issue.
Marking as verification-done.
I am experiencing this problem, upgraded Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04 and
Sorry, I misspoke, I do have fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4 installed, looking
in synaptic, but I still can't install fglrx, even though my resolution
is very high and not 1024-768, which leads me to think a partial upgrade
happened somewhere along the way, but didn't fully install the ati
drivers,
i repair that following the steps of post #25 and #26
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Gabriel Cuka wrote on 2010-05-08: | #25
Yeah!!, I got my graphics working, after opening as administrator and
renaming /usr/share/ati to /usr/share/ati_old, thanks to #10 and #24,
also, after I renamed the folder, I went into synaptic, searched for
ati, and it showed xserver-xorg-video-ati and also xserver-xorg-
video-radeon as being
I need to clarify, I uninstalled the xserver-xorg-video-ati and
xserver-xorg-video-radeon packages from synaptic, not just searched
for them. Having two ati drivers packages installed was probably causing
errors and preventing me from installing fglrx, as well as having to
rename /usr/share/ati
** Description changed:
== DESCRIPTION ==
Installation of package fglrx failed with the following error:
Unpacking fglrx (from .../fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
[Warning] Uninstall : inst_path_default or inst_path_override
does not exist in /etc/ati. This suggests that
This bug was fixed in the package fglrx-installer - 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4
---
fglrx-installer (2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4) lucid-proposed; urgency=low
* Remove /etc/ati only after calling the fglrx-uninstall.sh
script. This will solve problems with dist-upgrades when
packages from the
I have reproduced the problem with fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu3 and have
verified that the version of fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4 in proposed fixes
the issue.
Marking as verification-done.
** Description changed:
== DESCRIPTION ==
Installation of package fglrx failed with the following error:
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Lucid)
Assignee: Alberto Milone (albertomilone) = LasPlagas (iceglen)
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Lucid)
Assignee: LasPlagas (iceglen) = (unassigned)
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati
#25 and #26 work to me many thanks
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati when ATI Drivers are previously
installed
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Lucid)
Status: Fix Released = Fix Committed
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati when
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Lucid)
Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Lucid)
Status: Fix Released = Fix Committed
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Lucid)
Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released
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package fglrx (not
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Lucid)
Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Lucid)
Status: Fix Released = Fix Committed
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error
From post #10*
I found a workaround: I manually deleted the folder /usr/share/ati and now
fglrx can be installed.
please bump the priority of this bug, it will effect a great number of
people once Lucid is released without fixing this.
Well, I'm one of the people who updated to lucid and was
I'm still having major problems with both the ATI open and proprietary
drivers. I can now install and uninstall without the scripts braking but
the remaining problems are even less funny.
Having reinstalled Lucid the propriety driver installs out of the box but is
not enabled (shown in
About my statement 'I really think this is a showstopper for Lucid. at
least on hardware with ATI HD2400 cards and probably many more ATI
cards...'
What I mean with this is that it may put off a lot of novice users who
are not familiar with the level of tweaking that is required to get the
system
For me too neither of these steps, however, resulted in a *functioning*
3Ddriver (only 2D it's working).
Now i can install fglrx (after deleting ATI folders) from official
repos, but GLxinfo request fail:
# X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such
operation)
#
Sorry, i mean:
and of course compiz or any 3D Apps it's working = it's NOT working
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati when ATI
I solved by re-installing the proprietary binary from Ati (download from
site v. 10.4), and doing 3/4 times Aticonfig initialisation ( aticonfig
--initial -f).
I don't know why, but the 3 times initialisation (it consist on
writing a new autoconfiguration on xorg.conf) was my solution (with only
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Lucid)
Status: Fix Released = Fix Committed
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati when
(@weskey5644: the ability to upgrade between distributions is a feature of
Ubuntu, therefore it should work and be maintained, regardless of a
popularly-conceived best practice. Personally I have neither the time nor the
bandwidth to do so.
Also, the garbled resolutions I am experiencing occur
Workaround in #25 above works like a charm. THANKS!
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati when ATI Drivers are previously
installed
I renamed the /usr/share/ati folder to /usr/share/ati_old, and after that the
installed completed.
Interesting: no new /usr/share/ati folder was created by the install.
Of course, ATI Catalyst no longer functions...
--
package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
I can verify Gabriel Cuka's comment - renaming that directory allowed
both the repository fglrx package and the ATI-sourced package to
install.
Renaming the /usr/lib/fglrx directory also fixed two installation
warnings about subdirectories not being able to be deleted.
Neither of these two
Workaround #10 / #24 worked for me. Thanks for the advice.
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati when ATI Drivers are previously
One question I have for anyone stating upgrade. Are you referring to
an actual upgrade or a complete wipe then install? Never upgrade Ubuntu,
do a complete wipe and then install. Anway:
I myself have a HD 5. (The same drivers for each 5). Anyway, the
ATI driver one normally obtains is
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Released = Incomplete
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati when ATI
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Fix Released
--
package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati when ATI
Hello,
It seems that the steps above helped people resolve this problem. I
recently shifted to LINUX OS and did the upgrade to Lucid (10.04) just a
while ago. My ATI catalyst control centre refuses to open. I tried the
commands explained in the work around section but that didn't work. I
tried to
This workaround it's not working for me.
I solved this bug by simply deleting /usr/share/ati folder, after that i
can install normally fglrx
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
I see a couple of workarounds above. If we are still experiencing this
bug, what should we do, so that I don't wreck my distro.
Thanks
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
This bug was fixed in the package fglrx-installer - 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4
---
fglrx-installer (2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4) lucid-proposed; urgency=low
* Remove /etc/ati only after calling the fglrx-uninstall.sh
script. This will solve problems with dist-upgrades when
packages from the
Copied lucid-proposed to maverick.
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Lucid)
Status: Fix Released = Fix Committed
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Released = Fix Committed
--
package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati when ATI
OK, I'm not sure if others still have the problem but I sudo'ed upgrade,
update, are on the LT 10.04 and this is the result from installing the
ATI driver, still the same problem:
---
$ sudo apt-get install fglrx
Reading
OK all, forget the previous update, I have managed to execute tjhe
proposed workaround but I'm now facing the following:
According to the driver manager (System-Administration-Hardware Drivers)
the propriatary fglrx driver is available AND enabled. However, when I
want to enable visual effects
As you can see in the attached log, I can no longer reproduce the
problem. I tested this on karmic with the lucid and lucid-proposed
repositories enabled so as to reproduce the scenario of a dist-upgrade
from karmic to lucid.
** Attachment added: fglrx.txt
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/lucid-proposed/fglrx-installer
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati when ATI Drivers are previously
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Status: In Progress = Fix Committed
--
package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati when ATI
Accepted fglrx-installer into lucid-proposed, the package will build now
and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!
** Also affects:
Did you previously installed the proprietary drivers directly from ATI
(not the deb package) ?
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged = Incomplete
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit
This can only happen if you previously have the drivers from ATI
installed on your system and then install the Ubuntu package without
uninstalling them.
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Triaged
--
package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade:
** Description changed:
- E: /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb:
- subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
+ == DESCRIPTION ==
+ Installation of package fglrx failed with the following error:
+ Unpacking fglrx (from
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) = Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Medium = High
--
package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged = In Progress
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati when ATI Drivers
SRU: minimal patch for Lucid is attached
Nominating for SRU. The fix is trivial and is just a matter of removing
the /etc/ati directory after calling the uninstallation script from the
ati-installer.
TEST-CASE: The steps to reproduce the problem are available in the
description of this bug
Note for users: I've uploaded the package to lucid-proposed and it
should be approved after Lucid is released. Then you'll be able to test
it.
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
had the same issue after upgrading to lucid last night.
the workaround in #8 failed the same way.
Error message:
(Reading database ... 385568 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fglrx (from .../fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
[Warning] Uninstall : inst_path_default
I found a workaround: I manually deleted the folder /usr/share/ati and
now fglrx can be installed.
please bump the priority of this bug, it will effect a great number of
people once Lucid is released without fixing this.
--
package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
Workarround:
export FORCE_ATI_UNINSTALL=/usr/share/ati and then try again. The
script seams to be unable to find the old drivers location.
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package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
i have the same issue on 64-bit when upgrading to karmic on
4/19/10.output of attempt to install fglrx below:
ch...@void:~$ sudo apt-get install fglrx
[sudo] password for chris:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra
Thanks for following up. setting status to triaged/medium since you
provided the required information.
** Summary changed:
- package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
+ package fglrx (not installed) failed to
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