[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1187966] [NEW] fglrx 2:9.010-0ubuntu3: fglrx kernel module failed to build

2013-06-05 Thread John Perry
Public bug reported: A fresh installation of saucy (today's daily) completed succesfully. I then tried to install the closed-source graphics driver (from Software Sources) and got this error. (it probably is a version.h missing problem). ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1185285] Re: [saucy] fglrx fails to build against linux 3.9.0 (missing version.h)

2013-06-04 Thread John Perry
I am affected as well with 13.10 (Daily - installed yesterday) while trying to install fglrx-updates. I remember the same issue happening with earlier versions of Ubuntu (perhaps 12.04). A workaround is to run (adjust paths accordingly) ln -s

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1185285] Re: [saucy] fglrx fails to build against linux 3.9.0 (missing version.h)

2013-06-04 Thread John Perry
Related discussion on ubuntuforums.org, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2126285 Sadly they closed the thread as if the issue does not occur in saucy. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1185285] Re: [saucy] fglrx fails to build against linux 3.9.0 (missing version.h)

2013-06-04 Thread John Perry
More information about the workaround and a patch, http://henryhermawan.blogspot.gr/2013/03/amd-catalyst-patch-for-kernel-38x.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 804662] Re: jockey-gtk crashed with TypeError in _execute_child(): execv() arg 2 must contain only strings

2012-02-22 Thread John Perry
I get the following error messages from the terminal window (when I run jockey-gtk from the command line): Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/jockey-gtk, line 382, in on_button_toggle_clicked 'toggle', False): File /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/jockey/ui.py, line 670, in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 804662] Re: jockey-gtk crashed with TypeError in _execute_child(): execv() arg 2 must contain only strings

2012-02-22 Thread John Perry
Adding: I get the TypeError only when I try to install the post-release updates driver. I also tried with different locales in case the problem is specific to locale/translation; the problem is NOT specific to locales. Installing the release FGLRX driver works fine. -- You received this bug