In my case, Ubuntu created a trifecta of video driver show-stoppers, which prevented me from having a stable desktop while using a Radeon R9 380 and dual 1080p monitors. Each of the three drivers: fglrx, radeon, and amdgpu all had unique issues, and yes I'm aware that the issue with fglrx was in the release notes. I'm leaving out further details, because this post is about a solution that worked for me.
1) completely remove fglrx from your system 2) roll back to the 3.19 kernel used in the previous release of Ubuntu. Temporarily add the Vivid repo, add install the 3.19 kernel, boot off the 3.19 kernel, remove all other kernels from your system. 3) Modify the symlink /usr/bin/gcc to point to /usr/bin/gcc-4.9 instead of gcc-5 4) reinstall fglrx then reboot I did this based on the previous comments in this bug report. I've been running in this configuration a couple of weeks now with no issues. It's possible these changes could cause problems with something else expecting a newer kernel or gcc-5, but I have yet to experience any issues. I plan to leave my system in this configuration until the next release of Ubuntu, next April. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1493888 Title: FGLRX incompatible with gcc 5 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1493888/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
