I switched to proposed and was able to install fglrx-updates without problems. After a reboot my .Xauthority file was owned by root causing me to be stuck at the login screen with poor screen resolution. I was able to fix the .Xauthority file:
sudo rm .Xauthority The file got re-created a few times with root ownership (which should not be the case?) but after: sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm stop sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm start it seemed to be recreated with user ownership so I SHOULD be able to login. However that was not the case. Running sudo Xorg -configure gave the following error message: ****************************************************** X.Org X Server 1.16.0 Release Date: 2014-07-16 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-70-generic x86_64 Ubuntu Current Operating System: Linux OO7-laptop 3.16.0-36-generic #48~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 15 13:11:28 UTC 2015 x86_64 Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-36-generic root=UUID=9ad1f2a0-562f-46da-82c0-4e0e403d7fbc ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 Build Date: 12 February 2015 11:11:26PM xorg-server 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.2~trusty2 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support) Current version of pixman: 0.30.2 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Apr 19 15:03:54 2015 List of video drivers: mga savage fglrx intel radeon neomagic sisusb tdfx trident vmware openchrome r128 nouveau mach64 siliconmotion ati cirrus vesa fbdev modesetting (++) Using config file: "/home/user/xorg.conf.new" (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported. (EE) (EE) Backtrace: (EE) 0: Xorg (xorg_backtrace+0x48) [0x7f90200beed8] (EE) 1: Xorg (0x7f901ff1a000+0x1a8f19) [0x7f90200c2f19] (EE) 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x7f901e09a000+0x36d40) [0x7f901e0d0d40] (EE) (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x0 (EE) Fatal server error: (EE) Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting (EE) (EE) Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. (EE) (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file. ****************************************************** any ideas what i can do about that? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424491 Title: apt-get fails to install fglrx or fglrx-updates in 14.04.2 and 12.04.5 Status in AMD fglrx video driver: Invalid Status in fglrx-installer package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in fglrx-installer-updates package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in fglrx-installer source package in Precise: In Progress Status in fglrx-installer-updates source package in Precise: In Progress Status in fglrx-installer source package in Trusty: Fix Released Status in fglrx-installer-updates source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Bug description: SRU Request: [Impact] fglrx cannot be installed correctly together with the new lts stacks. [Test case] Installing the xserver from lts-utopic will prevent the current fglrx from being installed. The new fglrx will install correctly [Regression potential] Low. This fglrx release is already in use in 15.04 without any major issues. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Activity: Install fglrx AMD driver on 12.04.5 and 14.02.2 Expected behavior: fglrx would intall Observed behavior: fglrx is not installed as follows Attempt to install fglrx fails as follows: zack3@ZACK3:~$ sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates xvba-va-driver Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: fglrx-updates : Depends: xorg-video-abi-11 but it is not installable or xorg-video-abi-12 but it is not installable or xorg-video-abi-13 but it is not installable or xorg-video-abi-14 but it is not installable or xorg-video-abi-15 E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. Attempt to insatll xorg-video-abi-15 yields: zack3@ZACK3:~$ sudo apt-get install xorg-video-abi-15 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'xserver-xorg-core' instead of 'xorg-video-abi-15' Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libcheese-gtk23 : Depends: libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (>= 0.91.8) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed libcheese7 : Depends: libclutter-gst-2.0-0 (>= 0.10.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: gstreamer1.0-clutter but it is not going to be installed libclutter-1.0-0 : Depends: libcogl-pango15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages. Attempting to install xserver-xorg-core instead yields: zack3@ZACK3:~$ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libcheese-gtk23 : Depends: libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (>= 0.91.8) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed libcheese7 : Depends: libclutter-gst-2.0-0 (>= 0.10.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: gstreamer1.0-clutter but it is not going to be installed libclutter-1.0-0 : Depends: libcogl-pango15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages. 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