[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Pubudu Kodikara
@Christopher M. Just reported in AMD forum and through their issue reporting form. But the issue reporting form doesn't have an option for Linux in OS list. But sent it :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Sergey Prokhorchuk
@Christopher M. Just want to add that AMD APP SDK (http://developer.amd.com/tools/hc/AMDAPPSDK/Pages/default.aspx) cannot use GPU as OpenCL device if open source video driver is used. In Ubuntu 11.10 I use proprietary AMD driver and APP SDK detects two OpenCL devices - CPU and GPU. In 12.10 with

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread pcworld
I know someone who had the same problem on Ubuntu 12.10 (freh installation) after installing fglrx[-updates], missing the Unity taskbar and close/minimize/maximize buttons in windows (possibly the whole window decoration). I think his problem was fixed by installing the Linux kernel headers.

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Pubudu Kodikara
@pcworld No my friend... I tried installing the linux source and the headers even with a fresh install and still it won't work. Had a problem with Ubuntu 12.10 and Nvidia drivers (where the system went into a very low graphic mode after installing the drivers. The windows were stretched). For the

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread pcworld
...might be two different issues then? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068661 Title: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Carterclan
@pubudu I concur with you, I have also tried this and it did not work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068661 Title: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer To manage

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Carterclan / pcworld / Sergey Prokhorchuk, please see https://bugs.launchpad.net/fglrx/+bug/1068661/comments/16 . -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068661 Title: Unity does not load

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Pubudu Kodikara
@pcworld Yes its a different issue! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068661 Title: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Edson
Christopher, just for your information, I filed a bug report, as you suggested. Here it is: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer- updates/+bug/1069199 Thank you. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread pcworld
@Christopher: Now is this the same issue that I described? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068661 Title: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer To manage notifications

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread pcworld
@Edson: Now is this the same issue that I described? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068661 Title: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer To manage notifications about

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Edson
@pcworld, my issue is the same as Pubudu's one. Exactly the same behavior with similar video card setups (a notebook with two cards, onboard and dedicated). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread pcworld
my issue is the same - then why did you create a new issue? Maybe I don't understand this bug tracking system... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068661 Title: Unity does not load

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Edson
Indeed, I thought the same, but Christopher told me to do that, and I believe he knows how this thing works (much better than I does), so I just didn't argue. =) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Bartosz Majsak
I'm also affected by this problem. 6600M dual-gpu with i7. Can install ati drivers, but then unity is broken - windows are withouth any borders and buttons and you can switch windows / workspaces etc. Using open source drivers keeps my discrete gpu spinning and overheating. -- You received this

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Bartosz Majsak
I meant you can't switch windows and workspaces. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068661 Title: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer To manage notifications about

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Pubudu Kodikara, could you please execute the following in a terminal: apport-collect -p linux 1068661 Only added bug task for linux to easily get full logs, will delete task after apport-collect'ed. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Bartosz Majsak, please see https://bugs.launchpad.net/fglrx/+bug/1068661/comments/16 . ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Simon Yeats
@Christopher This is the same issue, so no need to raise a new bug request. I read your provided advisory link and first line says 'one defect, one person, one report' so there is no need to submit another duplicate bug report here. As mentioned in the bug description, Ubuntu 12.10 seems to not

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Fabio Rauber
I have the same issue: fresh Ubuntu 12.10 install, tried fglrx, fglrx- updates and the AMD Catalyst 12.9 driver, directly from AMD. With the latter everything worked, besides Unity (compiz crashes). With the other two got graphics error and could not load lightdm. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Pubudu Kodikara
apport information ** Tags added: staging ** Description changed: I have a laptop with ATI Radeon 6770M HD Hybrid graphics card. In Ubuntu 12.04, I installed the fglrx driver through additional drivers and it worked. (I can even switch GPUs). But in the new Ubuntu 12.10, after

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Pubudu Kodikara
@Christopher Did the collection again... I don't think AMD will check this issue... There's no proper way to notify them of the problem. The post I made in their forum was removed today. The reason : They deal with Windows only. They then sent a message asking me to report through the issue

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Jared Ravetch
I can also confirm this issue. I have a dual gpu Core i7 and Radeon HD6450. When I install fglrx, fglrx-updates or Catalyst 12.9 beta the amd driver does not load. When using the Radeon card, Unity loads but the Intel driver is used: $ fglrxinfo OpenGL vendor string: Intel Inc. OpenGL renderer

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-21 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** No longer affects: linux (Ubuntu) ** Summary changed: - Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer + 1002:6740 Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer Radeon HD 6700M Series -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-20 Thread Pubudu Kodikara
Small problem, how can I get the installation log now? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068661 Title: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer To manage notifications

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-20 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Pubudu Kodikara, uninstall fglrx-installer, and fglrx-updates, and then reinstall the package. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068661 Title: Unity does not load after installing

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-20 Thread Pubudu Kodikara
Re-installed and the warning is back! I think it comes if we re-install the drivers... Here's the log : pubudu@lap1:~$ sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed:

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-20 Thread Pubudu Kodikara
Tried an older driver from the AMD website (version 12.4 ). It also didn't work The installation log : root@lap1:/home/pubudu/ati# sh ./amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/quantal Created directory fglrx-install.URF3MZ Verifying archive integrity... All good.

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-20 Thread Pubudu Kodikara
After installing that older 12.4 driver (as I mentioned in the above comment) I opened the AMD control panel (before rebooting. If I reboot, i'll loose unity) and it gave me an error saying there's no AMD graphic driver installed. (But note that it worked in Ubuntu 12.04) Attached a screenshot of

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-20 Thread Pubudu Kodikara
If I run sudo aticonfig --initial -f I get the following error and after rebooting it gives me another error message saying The system is running in low-graphics mode: The error I after running sudo aticonfig --initial -f in the terminal : root@lap1:/home/pubudu/ati# sudo aticonfig --initial -f

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-20 Thread simon yeats
got this bug when i tried to install Ubuntu 12.10 over my 12.04 LTS stable install last night on my HP AMD 64bit laptop Had a blank desktop, as you describe. managed to fix it by doing this; sudo apt-get remove fglrx sudo reboot Now its all back to normal again (although i may not have optimal

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-20 Thread Edson
I have the very same scenario here, with a Radeon HD 7700M and 12.10 fresh install. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068661 Title: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-20 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
simon yeats / Edson, if you have a bug in Ubuntu, could you please file a new report by executing the following in a terminal: ubuntu-bug fglrx-installer For more on this, please see the Ubuntu Bug Control and Ubuntu Bug Squad article:

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-20 Thread Pubudu Kodikara
@Christopher M. I have provided as much information as I can... Are they enough? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068661 Title: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-20 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Pubudu Kodikara, thank you for providing the requested information. In order to prioritize this appropriately, could you please explain the impact not using fglrx has on you? As well, do you have problem(s) with the open source drivers provided by default that fglrx-installer was ment to address

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-20 Thread Pubudu Kodikara
With the open source drivers, I can't switch between the Intel and the AMD gpus. It also starts to over hear the laptop. There's also a some small slowdowns with the default drivers. I already opened a bug report in the Unofficial AMD Linux Bugzilla (http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624) **

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-20 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Changed in: fglrx Importance: Undecided = Unknown ** Changed in: fglrx Status: New = Unknown ** Changed in: fglrx Remote watch: None = ATi Linux Platform Bugs #624 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1068661] Re: Unity does not load after installing fglrx-installer

2012-10-20 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Pubudu Kodikara, thank you for providing the requested information. Please be advised that while placing a bug report at ati.cchtml.com is one more way to increase your chances of this being fixed as soon as possible, it's not maximizing it. This is how as per AMD