Some notes which might help various people. AMD Catalyst (fglrx) 13.1 was released in January 2013 and brought official support for X.Org Server 1.13 and "production support" for Ubuntu 12.10.
Anyone with AMD Radeon HD 7xxx graphics and wanting to use the open- source driver instead of fglrx will need at least kernel 3.9, although it is faster with later kernels. Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" is based on the 3.11 kernel. Although support for hybrid graphics arrived in the 3.5 kernel (when used with xserver 1.13), runtime power management support was not enabled on ATI/AMD Radeon graphics hardware until the 3.13 kernel - it has support for dynamically powering down discrete GPUs on PowerXpress systems - see http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri- devel/2013-November/048316.html and http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri- devel/2013-September/045650.html for details. Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" now has the 3.13.0-12.32 kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer-updates in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1069199 Title: 1002:682f Unity does not start after installing fglrx-updates Radeon HD 7700M Series Status in AMD fglrx video driver: Confirmed Status in “fglrx-installer-updates” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: After installing ATI proprietary drivers for my Radeon video card, Unity doesn't start anymore. LightDM shows up, and I'm able to log in, but Unity doesn't load. Obs: The same occurs when installing fglrx package (if I choose it, instead of fglrx-updates). Potential duplicate of bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1068404 . WORKAROUND: Removing the package fixes the problem, getting back to the opensource driver (ati). WORKAROUND: https://launchpad.net/~andrikos/+archive/ppa/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=quantal ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: fglrx-updates 2:9.000-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Oct 20 17:13:10 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) SourcePackage: fglrx-installer-updates UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) --- ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: emarquezani 2523 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: emarquezani 2523 F...m pulseaudio DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=ea9a06e8-a07c-4fa4-aad5-00b0c111023e InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 7520 Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb 1 radeondrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=638c2b77-1853-48c0-8200-e446faedec13 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 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 StagingDrivers: rts5139 Tags: quantal running-unity staging Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo dmi.bios.date: 08/22/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A06 dmi.board.name: 0DNMM8 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A01 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A06 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd08/22/2012:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron7520:pvrA06:rvnDellInc.:rn0DNMM8:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA06: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 7520 dmi.product.version: A06 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/fglrx/+bug/1069199/+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
