I've been able to work around this with the latest Catalyst Pro driver
but it requires downgrading xorg to 1.16.2.
Download and extract Catalyst Pro 14.502.1040 driver
(http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/workstation?os=Linux%20x86_64#catalyst-pro)
Apply patch for kernel 3.19: https://gist.github.com/aginor/4f232d4c28aef7685282
Apply patch I created to fix script bug in driver that prevents package
creation on Ubuntu: https://gist.github.com/PeterJohnson/88137d4c55356b6e6c96
Remove your current fglrx packages and build and install the 14.502.1040
ones. Unfortunately this package does NOT work with xorg 1.17
(different crash occurs) so you'll need to downgrade xorg to 1.16.2.
Install xorg 1.16.2, you'll need the following packages (have to manually
download from the web, as the package manager won't have them):
xorg_7.7+7ubuntu3_amd64.deb
xserver-common_1.16.2.901-1ubuntu4_all.deb
xserver-xorg_7.7+7ubuntu3_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-core_1.16.2.901-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse_13.0.0-1build2_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-all_7.7+7ubuntu2_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-ati_7.4.0-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus_1.5.2-2build1_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev_0.4.4-1build2_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.99.914-1~exp1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-mach64_6.9.4-2_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-mga_1.6.3-2build1_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-modesetting_0.9.0-1build1_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-neomagic_1.2.8-1build2_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau_1.0.11-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome_0.3.3-1build2_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-r128_6.9.2-1build2_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-radeon_7.4.0-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-savage_2.3.7-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion_1.7.7-2build2_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-sisusb_0.9.6-2build2_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-tdfx_1.4.5-1build2_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-trident_1.3.6-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-vesa_2.3.3-1build2_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-vmware_13.0.2-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
With this, I have X booted and visuals working now on my W8100, but
kdeinit5 is on the crashy side, not sure if it's due to the downgraded X
or some other issue... but it's at last somewhat usable again!
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