This is also happening in Ubuntu Trusty 14.04.3 LTS : right after installing fglrx-updates and fglrx-amdcccle-updates the virtual consoles become unusable, i.e. totally blank.
Again, as bad as the AMD support for Linux may be, as a matter of fact the proprietary driver is (unfortunately) still better then its open source counterpart: display quality is noticeably better, screen adjustments are way easier and more fine tunable than messing around with xrandr, composite window managers don't work properly or don't work at all with the open source driver. Much as I would like to do without the proprietary AMD driver, I need to use it to have my hardware working as I want, so please fix this issue. -- 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/1470862 Title: When using fglrx module, the virtual consoles are blank and useless Status in fglrx-installer-updates package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When the PC boots it shows the sddm login, but if I switch to the first virtual console using Ctrl+Alt+F1, the console is blank. The other consoles are in the same state. Only the virtual console with the sddm login, is running fine. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: fglrx-updates 2:15.200-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-21.21-generic 3.19.8 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Thu Jul 2 15:31:28 2015 SourcePackage: fglrx-installer-updates UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-03-12 (112 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer-updates/+bug/1470862/+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