Public bug reported: On a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10 i installed the fglrx-updates AMD Catalyst drivers from the official repositories and rebooted into a low graphics mode desktop, while Unity failed to load.
I have also tried fglrx-installer and the latest AMD Catalyst drivers from the AMD website (12.9, 12.10, 12.11beta), neither of which worked any better, while all produced the same result. I had also tried the PPA from Nick Andrikos (https://launchpad.net/~andrikos/+archive/ppa/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=quantal) and that also produced a low graphics mode non-Unity loading environment. My laptop is a Samsung Chronos 7 700z3a-S03-DE with a intel hd3000 integrated and Radeon HD6490M discrete graphics card. Also possibly of note is the fact that the same laptop worked very well with Ubuntu 12.04 and its AMD Catalyst 12.6 drivers in the repositories. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: fglrx-updates 2:9.000-0ubuntu3 [modified: usr/lib/fglrx/10fglrx] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Nov 2 22:13:05 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-02 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=linux PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: fglrx-installer-updates UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: fglrx-installer-updates (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1074494 Title: After installing fglrx-update on a Intel/ATI Hybrid graphics equiped laptop Unity fails to start, insted greeted by low graphics mode. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer-updates/+bug/1074494/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
