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Title: 1002:9712 fglrx driver doesn't recognize my ATI RS880M Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When the installation of 12.10 finished and restarted, my Ubuntu installation didn't show up my Desktop. Only the background. Unity wasn't starting and Compiz was crashing at least twice before I remove my fglrx drivers from my system and the restarted (sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx-updates fglrx-amdcccle-updates) After removing the drivers and restarig Unity was running fine again. Then, tried to install again the drivers. cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.BAK sudo apt-get install fglrx fglrx-amdcccle amdconfig --adater=all --initial amdconfig: No supported adapters detected aticonfig --adpter=all --initial aticonfig: No supported adapters detected aticonfig --initial aticonfig: No supported adapters detected amdconfig --initial amdconfig: No supported adapters detected fglrxinfo X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 154 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 3 (X_GLXCreateContext) Serial number of failed request: 17 Current serial number in output stream: 18 modprobe fglrx FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic/updates/dkms/fglrx.ko): No such device apt-cache policy fglrx fglrx: Instalados: 2:9.000-0ubuntu3 Candidato: 2:9.000-0ubuntu3 Tabla de versión: *** 2:9.000-0ubuntu3 0 500 http://mirrors.coopvgg.com.ar/ubuntu/ quantal/restricted amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: linux-image-3.5.0-17-generic 3.5.0-17.28 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: emi 1943 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: emi 1943 F.... pulseaudio Date: Thu Oct 18 22:44:33 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=es_ES.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=3AF3-BA2B loop=/hostname/disks/root.disk ro PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-17-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-17-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.95 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/05/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.12 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 144E dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 66.25 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU0202JN8 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.12:bd08/05/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv5NotebookPC:pvr049E100000243110000020000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn144E:rvrKBCVersion66.25:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 049E100000243110000020000 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1068411/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp