Public bug reported:
I am using Kubuntu 11.10 x86_64 (German Localization) on an Acer TravelMate
5740G notebook.
When I try to launch the gnome alsa mixer (in lack of a good corresponding KDE
application as it seems) it will not start. It appears in the task bar for a
few seconds, but apart from that nothing happens. Then the program is
terminated again without an error message.
I have had the same problem in Xubuntu 11.10, so it doesnt' seem to be a KDE
specific problem.
However, I have had similar problems with other Gnome / GTK programs
failing to launch. Both with Kubuntu and Xubuntu. I believe the errors
are related to the FGLRX driver. When I installed it on the regular
Ubuntu the Unity interface did not work anymore and the system became
unusable. The same happened on Fedora 15 with Gnome 3, which I had
installed before I switched to Ubuntu. As soon as I installed FGLRX the
GUI became destroyed. Apparently there seem to be compatibility issues
between FGLRX and Gnome 3 / GTK3 when you have a Mobility Radeon HD 5650
graphics card.
The proprietary drivers tool offers me an update for fglrx (See screenshot! The
"nachträgliche Aktualisierung" in brackets means "supplementary update". Note
the driver is misspelled "FGRLX" for the update!) but fails to install it. When
I try the packages are downloaded but the installation fails with a general
error message and fglrx is rendered unfunctional then. It needs to be
reinstalled (the regular fgrlx package you can see on the screenshot) to work
again.
When I tried to install the driver with the fgrlx-installer directly downloaded
from AMD the graphics system did not start anymore at all. So probably the
error is in the fgrlx installer.
-- COMMENT -- No screenshot attatched, because rekonq crashed every time
I try to do it.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: gnome-alsamixer (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 29 17:07:17 2011
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-alsamixer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: gnome-alsamixer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric
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Gnome applications fail to launch under Kubuntu 11.10. FGRLX related
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