Public bug reported: I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 2.6.32-30-generic 64bit
I was trying to remove and reinstall the ATI/AMD fglrx driver because it was not working properly (listed under System>Administration>Hardware Drivers, but unable to activate it). I used these commands, but the last one returned an error code (1). sudo apt-get purge fglrx* sudo apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon sudo apt-get purge xorg-driver-fglrx sudo apt-get install fglrx I'm a bit new to all of this, so I'm not sure which information from my console will be useful. I hope it's not to big of a hassle, but I have included the entirety of my console output during the process below: (once again, I do apologize as I am unsure how much of this is useful.) dustin@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get purge fglrx* [sudo] password for dustin: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting xorg-driver-fglrx for regex 'fglrx*' Note, selecting fglrx-kernel-source for regex 'fglrx*' Note, selecting xorg-driver-fglrx-dev for regex 'fglrx*' Note, selecting fglrx for regex 'fglrx*' Note, selecting fglrx-driver-dev for regex 'fglrx*' Note, selecting fglrx-control-qt2 for regex 'fglrx*' Note, selecting fglrx-dev for regex 'fglrx*' Note, selecting fglrx-modaliases for regex 'fglrx*' Note, selecting xfree86-driver-fglrx-dev for regex 'fglrx*' Note, selecting fglrx-amdcccle for regex 'fglrx*' Note, selecting fglrx-control for regex 'fglrx*' The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: fakeroot linux-headers-2.6.32-28 dkms linux-headers-2.6.32-28-generic Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: fglrx* fglrx-modaliases* xorg-driver-fglrx* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 100MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 233247 files and directories currently installed.) Removing xorg-driver-fglrx ... Removing fglrx ... Removing all DKMS Modules Error! There are no instances of module: fglrx 8.723.1 located in the DKMS tree. Done. update-alternatives: removing manually selected alternative - switching gl_conf to auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/mesa/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/GL.conf (gl_conf) in auto mode. update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Purging configuration files for fglrx ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) dpkg: warning: while removing fglrx, directory '/usr/lib32/fglrx' not empty so not removed. dpkg: warning: while removing fglrx, directory '/usr/lib/fglrx/etc/ati' not empty so not removed. dpkg: warning: while removing fglrx, directory '/usr/lib/fglrx/etc' not empty so not removed. dpkg: warning: while removing fglrx, directory '/usr/lib/fglrx' not empty so not removed. Removing fglrx-modaliases ... Processing triggers for python-gmenu ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Processing triggers for ureadahead ... ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-30-generic Processing triggers for python-support ... dustin@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: fakeroot linux-headers-2.6.32-28 dkms linux-headers-2.6.32-28-generic Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: xserver-xorg-video-all* xserver-xorg-video-ati* xserver-xorg-video-radeon* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 1,954kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 233067 files and directories currently installed.) Removing xserver-xorg-video-all ... Removing xserver-xorg-video-ati ... Removing xserver-xorg-video-radeon ... Purging configuration files for xserver-xorg-video-radeon ... Processing triggers for man-db ... dustin@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get purge xorg-driver-fglrx Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package xorg-driver-fglrx is not installed, so not removed The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: fakeroot linux-headers-2.6.32-28 dkms linux-headers-2.6.32-28-generic Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. dustin@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get purge libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dir xserver-x org-core Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Couldn't find package libgl1-mesa-dir dustin@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install fglrx Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: fglrx-amdcccle The following NEW packages will be installed: fglrx fglrx-amdcccle 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 34.3MB of archives. After this operation, 110MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu5 [29.2MB] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted fglrx-amdcccle 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu5 [5,135kB] Fetched 34.3MB in 40s (850kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package fglrx. (Reading database ... 233046 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking fglrx (from .../fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ... [Warning] Uninstall : inst_path_default or inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati. This suggests that the ATI driver is not installed, the ATI driver is only partially installed, or the current ATI driver installed is an older version than the one this script was designed for. Both files listed above are required for determining where installed files are located. To force uninstallation of the driver by guessing where the uninstallation files are located, set the FORCE_ATI_UNINSTALL environment variable and re-run /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh (this is not recommended). dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Selecting previously deselected package fglrx-amdcccle. Unpacking fglrx-amdcccle (from .../fglrx-amdcccle_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: fglrx (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-30.59-generic 2.6.32.29+drm33.13 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-30-generic x86_64 AptOrdering: fglrx: Install fglrx-amdcccle: Install fglrx: Configure fglrx-amdcccle: Configure Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Apr 16 12:25:44 2011 DkmsStatus: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110131.1) MachineType: Dell Inc. Studio 1558 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-30-generic root=/dev/sda3 loop=/hostname/disks/root.disk ro quiet splash SourcePackage: fglrx-installer Title: package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 dmi.bios.date: 03/30/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A12 dmi.board.name: 0874P6 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A12 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A12 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA12:bd03/30/2011:svnDellInc.:pnStudio1558:pvrA12:rvnDellInc.:rn0874P6:rvrA12:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA12: dmi.product.name: Studio 1558 dmi.product.version: A12 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory system: distro: Ubuntu codename: lucid architecture: x86_64 kernel: 2.6.32-30-generic ** Affects: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package lucid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762908 Title: package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
