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Hi Alberto,

I can confirm that the system is running without black screen and no
boot error appears.

It is still not possible to swith between the graphic cards with the
generated xorg.conf in amdcccle frontend or over terminal!

The hardware is still the same as in the intially created bug
description.

I tried the following to make the system switchable:

1. Install ubuntu-drivers-common and fglrx as described in the bug-fix (incl. 
reboot)
2. Renamne xorg.conf into xorg.conf.201409.07 
3. Generate a new xorg.conf with 'sudo amdconfig --adapter=all --initial' (this 
would make the system switchable)
4. When I only log off and on again I can swith from one GPU to the other
4. Reboot
5. System overwrites xorg.conf and boots without any issues but switching from 
one GPU  to the other is not possible

My question is, should we now distinguish between the black screen and
the switch problem? In this case I would open a new bug.

Best Regards,
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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

@Uwe: please attach the following files:

1) /var/log/gpu-manager.log
2) /var/log/Xorg.0.log
3) /etc/X11/xorg.conf (the one generated by the gpu-manager)
4)/etc/X11/xorg.conf (the one generated by amdconfig)
5) the dmesg output

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

@Abhijit: I don't think the xorg.conf that gpu-manager generates is
causing your problem (I don't see anything wrong in the X log) but let's
see what happens when the gpu-manager is disabled. Please follow these
steps:

1) sudo nano -w /etc/default/grub

2) Add nogpumanager in the following line (within the quotation marks)
e.g. if you have this line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=quiet splash
it should look like this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=quiet splash nogpumanager 

3) Press CTRL+X to save and exit

4) sudo update-grub

5) Reboot

6) Make sure that the following command returns true:
grep nogpumanager /proc/cmdline  echo true || echo false

7) If it returns true, regenerate the xorg.conf
sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --initial

8) Reboot and see if it all works (attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and
/etc/X11/xorg.conf)

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

In the mean time I have committed a fix in 14.10 so that we are more
tolerant with xorg.confs in general. I included Abhijit's xorg.conf in
the test suite, and the new test shows that the xorg.conf is no longer
being removed. I'll backport the fix to 14.04.

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

Hi Alberto,

first I would like to say that I highly appreciate what you doing here
and overall to support us!

What I did:

1. Fresh Install of fglrx (xorg.conf will be created by next 
boot!)-gpu1st_xorg.conf.txt
2. Reboot
3. Generate new xorg.conf with 'sudo amdconfig --adapter=all --initial' - 
amd_xorg.conf.txt
4. Reboot (xorg.cond will be overwritten by gpu) - gpu2_xorg.conf.txt

All requested files attached to this message.

Best Regards,
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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

@Uwe: ok, the fix that I committed today should solve your problem. I'll
backport it soon.

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

Thanks Alberto. I followed the above instructions and tried regenerating
the xorg.conf. But it's giving the following message:

Found fglrx primary device section
Found fglrx primary device section
 Unable to find any supported Screen sections

The resulting xorg.conf looks the same as before (its not the longer
version). I have rebooted the machine, but its stuck at black screen. I
am attaching the Xorg.0.log and the xorg.conf here.

I could potentially reinstall and apply the above nogpumanager
modification and let you know how it goes. Let me know how to proceed.

I can only echo Uwe's sentiment above. Really appreciate all your help.
Abhijit 

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

@Abhijit: The xorg.conf will only regenerated if you have deleted or
renamed the previous version of it. Otherwise the change will be skipped
by system.

Do the following:

1. 'sudo mv xorg.conf xorg.conf.backup' (Don't reboot after it go directly to 
the next step!) 
2. 'sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --initial'
3. Reboot and go on as Alberto described

but i guess that after rebootimg the system the xorg.conf generated by
by aticonfig will be overwritten again.

@Alberto: Thank you for the fix. As soon as it is issued I will load
from backport and test it .

Best Regards,
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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

@Uwe: Thanks! You are right, it has now regenerated the xorg.conf.

However, now a different problem. After the reboot, it gave me a black
screen with a mouse pointer (which looked like a cross) and nothing
else. I can't even go to the command line with a Ctrl+Alt+F1 anymore.
All it gives is a dead black screen with nothing on it if I press that
key combo.

Don't know how to extract the xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log files anymore
without reinstalling Ubuntu. Any ideas what's the next thing to be done?

Abhijit

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

Hi Abhijit,

don't reinstall Ubuntu!

When your maschine start to boot stop it with ESC to modify the boot option to 
go into the boot menu. 
Enter the first line and push 'e'. This will enable you to  modify the boot 
parameter.
There is a line looking like this:
linux ... ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
'' means that there are some additional commands. 
enter before or after 'quiet splash' 'nomodeset' . It should look like below:
linux ... ro quiet splash nomodeset $vt_handoff
Reboot now

Another method is to go from boot menu into recover mode and recover the
xorg file as described from there.

Even if the x-server doesn't start you should be able to start a
terminal again with Ctrl+Alt+F1. Now you are able to recover the old
xorg.conf by

1. sudo rm xorg.conf
2. mv xorg.conf.backup xorg.conf
3. reboot

Please try and let me know if you managed to do so.

Best Regards,
Uwe

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

@Abhijit: you can use pastebinit to upload text files from the command
line:

Install pastebinit:
sudo apt-get install pastebinit

Upload the files:
pastebinit /var/log/Xorg.0.log

pastebinit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Post the links that pastebinit will give you.

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

Hi guys

The first method (modifying boot parameters) did not work, so went for
the recovery mode. Copied off the Xorg.o.log and xorg.conf and have have
attached the the two files here.

The xorg.conf attached here is the one generated according to Alberto's
instruction at #52 and subsequently Uwe's at #57.

Thanks
Abhijit 

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

Sorry the zip above doesn't have xorg.conf. Here it is.

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

@Abhijit: as I suspected, your problem is not being caused by the gpu-
manager but it's probably a bug in the fglrx driver. You might want to
file a separate bug report against the fglrx package.

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

Hi Alberto. So as of now, there is no workaround apart from using the
default driver or reverting to 12.04?  Also, is this where I should
report this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/fglrx  ?

Is there any other information that I should specify when filing the bug
or just give them the basics of the problem and take it from there?

Thanks again for spending so much time on this. 
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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

Hi All

I have an AMD APU system with two graphics cards - one integrated and
one stand alone (RADEON HD 6550 6670). I have been having the same
problem as described above, every time I install the driver from AMD's
website generating a new xorg.conf, rebooting removes it and the system
goes into a black screen.

I followed the instructions as above, did a fresh install of 14.04,
enabled trusty-proposed, updated ubuntu-drivers-common and reinstalled
the drivers, but the problem persists. xorg.conf keeps getting rewritten
and the system goes to the black screen on reboot.

I am using the Catalyst 14.6 driver from AMD's website and am choosing
the Generate distribution specific package option for the installation.
Am attaching the gpu-manager.log here.

Have been struggling with this for the last few months and the problem
is that the system under Xorg is almost unusable - laggy graphics and
keyboard. I do hope someone can help me with this. The only other option
I can see is fall back to 12.04, which was working fine on my machine.

Thanks in advance folks.
A

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

I should add that the gpu-manager attached above is actually from the
second reboot I tried once the first one failed. xorg.conf was already
rewritten in the first reboot attempt.

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

2014-09-06 Thread Alberto Milone

Abhijit: the log looks fine. It says that fglrx is enabled and in use.
Please attach the following files:

1) /var/log/Xorg.0.log
2) the output of the dmesg command
3) your current xorg.conf
4) the xorg.conf that the gpu-manager keeps overwriting (you can try generating 
a new one using the ati-config tool)

This way I can see if you're being hit by the problem discussed here or
if it's a separate issue that needs a different fix.

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Re: [Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

2014-09-06 Thread Philipp Commans

Hallo Alberto,

here are my results:

1) After the reboot there was no log-file. It was not created.

2) After starting the upstart job (output:gpu-manager stop/waiting) , 
an new log-file was created. See attachment.
Is gpu-manager working correctly, according to the log-file?

Will the gpu-manager now be working after a restart? How can I verify?
Can I check its status via sudo service gpu-manager status ?
The output of the above command after a reboot was also:gpu-manager 
stop/waiting.

After further reboots the log-file was not rewritten according to the 
last change time in ls -la.

Additional information: I am using Linux Mint 17 with cinnamon.

THX!

Best regards

Philipp


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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

2014-09-06 Thread Alberto Milone

@Philipp: even if the gpu-manager started on boot, it wouldn't solve
your problem. Here's why (as your log shows):

Proprietary driver installer detected

I assume you installed fglrx from the AMD installer without generating
the deb packages. By doing so, you probably broke your system.

Also, I don't know if they blacklist the gpu-manager in Linux Mint 17 (I
don't use Mint).

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Re: [Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

2014-09-06 Thread Philipp Commans

That's right.
 I installed the proprietary drivers after the fglrx-packages created problems 
when I switched graphics cards via amdcccle or aticonfig(X-Server-crash). 
The problems unfortunately still exists with newest AMD Catalyst. 
I will deinstall the drivers, use fglrx again and report back. 

I don't think gpu-manager is blacklisted as I would not have had the
problem (overwritten xorg.conf) in the first place.

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 Am 06.09.2014 um 13:07 schrieb Alberto Milone alberto.mil...@canonical.com:
 
 @Philipp: even if the gpu-manager started on boot, it wouldn't solve
 your problem. Here's why (as your log shows):
 
 Proprietary driver installer detected
 
 I assume you installed fglrx from the AMD installer without generating
 the deb packages. By doing so, you probably broke your system.
 
 Also, I don't know if they blacklist the gpu-manager in Linux Mint 17 (I
 don't use Mint).
 
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 Title:
  xorg.conf overwritten by booting system
 
 Status in “ubuntu-drivers-common” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
 Status in “ubuntu-drivers-common” source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed
 
 Bug description:
  Description:Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  Release:14.04
 
  
 
  == SRU Request ==
 
  There is a regression in the gpu-manager that causes it to revert user
  changes right before the first reboot after enabling the fglrx driver
  or the nvidia driver on a system with hybrid graphics (Intel+AMD or
  Intel+NVIDIA). This causes the gpu-manager to remove the current
  xorg.conf and to switch to Mesa.
 
  [Impact]
   * This regression makes it almost impossible to use binary drivers on 
 systems with hybrid graphics.
 
  [Test Case]
   * Make sure to be using a hybrid system with Intel+AMD or Intel+NVIDIA GPUs.
 
   * Make sure that the gpu-manager is not disabled (only necessary if
  you disabled it manually).
 
   * Remove all fglrx and nvidia drivers (keep the nvidia-common and the 
 nvidia-prime packages):
 sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-331
 sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-331
 sudo apt-get --purge remove fglrx
 sudo apt-get --purge remove fglrx-updates
 
   * Install ubuntu-drivers-common from trusty-proposed.
 
   * Restart the system.
 
   * Install the binary driver (either fglrx or nvidia, according to the 
 available discrete GPU), reboot, and check that the binary driver is enabled 
 (attach your /var/log/gpu-manager.log)
  - Expected: the (AMD or NVIDIA) discrete GPU is enabled.
  - Bad behavior: the system switches back to the intel driver and the 
 discrete GPU is not used, despite the fact that the system was configured 
 properly.
 
  [Regression Potential]
   * Low. Systems that currently work will keep working as usual, the ones 
 that currently fail should finally work.
 
  [Other Info]
   * N/A
 
  -
 
  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]

[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

Hi Alberto

Ok, here are all the files requested plus the gpu-manager.log after I
redid everything once again from scratch. Its all there in the zip file.
The original xorg.conf file is labelled as xorg.conf.orig and the output
of dmesg is dmesg.out.

Hope this helps. Thanks again for all the help.

Abhijit

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

2014-09-06 Thread Alberto Milone

@Abhijit: please download the attached file and type the following commands:
cd path_to_the_downloaded_xorg_conf
sudo mv -f xorg.conf /etc/X11/

Then restart your computer, see how it goes, and finally attach your
/var/log/gpu-manager.log and /var/log/Xorg.0.log

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

Hi Alberto

Did as asked, but no avail. Same black screen appears on reboot. I have
attached the files as asked.

Thanks
Abhijit

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

The error that you see in the log was caused by this code:

if (is_disabled_in_cmdline()) {
fprintf(log_handle, Disabled by kernel parameter \%s\\n,
KERN_PARAM);
goto end;
}

That simply parses /proc/cmdline.


A few more things to try:

1) Maybe what you see is an old log. Try with:

sudo rm /var/log/gpu-manager.log

and reboot

See if you can still see the same gpu-manager.log (with the same error
about the nogpumanager parameter)

2) Try starting the upstart job:

sudo rm /var/log/gpu-manager.log

sudo start gpu-manager

And see what /var/log/gpu-manager.log says

3) If 1) and 2) fail, try this:

sudo rm /var/log/gpu-manager.log

sudo gpu-manager --log /var/log/gpu-manager.log

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

2014-09-05 Thread Po-Hsu Lin

Verified on 201305-13649 Dell Inspiron 3537, I+A system
Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0a16] (rev 09)
AMD/ATI Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M] [1002:6660] (rev ff)

Steps:
1. Install 14.04.1, boot to desktop
2. Enable -proposed, install ubuntu-drivers-common and reboot.
3. Install fglrx and reboot
4. Check if the driver is enabled

Actual result:
From the output of unity_support_test and gpu-manager.log, fglrx is loaded and
it's using the discrete (AMD) video card.

ubuntu@201305-13649:~$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -c -p
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 8600M Series
OpenGL version string: 4.3.12798 Compatibility Profile Context 13.35.1005

Not software rendered:yes
Not blacklisted: yes
GLX fbconfig: yes
GLX texture from pixmap: yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes

Compiz supported: yes

** Attachment added: gpu-manager.log

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

2014-09-05 Thread Yu Ning

On A+A config I found although fglrx will not be disabled by gpu-
manager, xorg.conf will still be regenerated, and with the regenerated
xorg.conf there is no graphics switching option in amdcccle (amd control
center).

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[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

The log attached by Po-Hsu shows that fglrx was correctly enabled on a
system with hybrid graphics.

@Yu Ning: that is ok. If there is no switching option in amdcccle, that
is a bug in the amdcccle binary (nothing I can do about it). The gpu-
manager worked correctly by enabling both AMD GPUs with fglrx.

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Re: [Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

2014-09-05 Thread Philipp Commans

Hallo Alberto,

I followed your instructions, including the installation of the 
ubuntu-drivers-common from the proposed-archive.

The result was, that the xorg.conf wasn't changed anymore after reboots.

BUT the output from /var/log/gpumanager.log says: Disabled by kernel 
parameter nogpumanager
Before that I had the gpu-manager disabled via the grub parameter 
nogpumanger to prevent my xorg.conf from being overwritten. But 
following your instructions, I deleted this parameter and updated grub.
I doublechecked my /etc/default/grub: There's no such parameter.
Did this happen intentionally via the new ubuntu-drivers-common-package 
or did I miss something?
Is it possible that there's a lock-file somewhere not working right?

What exactly is the downside of a not-working gpu-manager when 
proprietary drivers are installed?

Thanks a lot in advance


Best regards

Philipp

Am 04.09.2014 um 11:57 schrieb Alberto Milone:
 ** Description changed:

Description:   Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release:   14.04



== SRU Request ==

There is a regression in the gpu-manager that causes it to revert user
changes right before the first reboot after enabling the fglrx driver or
the nvidia driver on a system with hybrid graphics (Intel+AMD or
Intel+NVIDIA). This causes the gpu-manager to remove the current
xorg.conf and to switch to Mesa.

[Impact]
 * This regression makes it almost impossible to use binary drivers on 
 systems with hybrid graphics.

[Test Case]
 * Make sure to be using a hybrid system with Intel+AMD or Intel+NVIDIA 
 GPUs.

 * Make sure that the gpu-manager is not disabled (only necessary if you
disabled it manually).

 * Remove all fglrx and nvidia drivers (keep the nvidia-common and the 
 nvidia-prime packages):
   sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-331
   sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-331
   sudo apt-get --purge remove fglrx
   sudo apt-get --purge remove fglrx-updates
 +
 +  * Install ubuntu-drivers-common from trusty-proposed.

 * Restart the system.

 * Install the binary driver (either fglrx or nvidia, according to the 
 available discrete GPU), reboot, and check that the binary driver is enabled 
 (attach your /var/log/gpu-manager.log)
- Expected: the (AMD or NVIDIA) discrete GPU is enabled.
- Bad behavior: the system switches back to the intel driver and the 
 discrete GPU is not used, despite the fact that the system was configured 
 properly.

[Regression Potential]
 * Low. Systems that currently work will keep working as usual, the ones 
 that currently fail should finally work.

[Other Info]
 * N/A

-

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

[Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

@Philipp: no, I've never disabled the gpu-manager in the package (or
anywhere else).

What's the output of the following command?

cat /proc/cmdline

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Re: [Bug 1310489] Re: xorg.conf overwritten by booting system

2014-09-05 Thread Philipp Commans

Here's the output of cat /proc/cmdline:

BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic 
root=UUID=55db27ad-7c65-42fb-8aff-88d58c0a583b ro elevator=noop quiet 
splash acpi=force acpi_osi=!Windows 2012 vt.handoff=7

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