Public bug reported: My desktop is what appears to be 16 colours, however the icons and the browser all appear 32 bit high colour. This happened after I was forced to choose to boot into "restore" mode with the latest kernel, for the system would not boot in normal mode with the latest kernel. Using a previous kernel boots up OK, though.
After booting, a manual system update was performed however the following error message was displayed at the end of the update: "Your system is providing 3D via software rendering rather than hardware rendering. This is a compatibility mode which should display 3D graphics properly but the performance may be very poor. If the problem you're reporting is related to graphics performance, your real question may be why X didn't use hardware acceleration for your system." System information $ uname -a Linux xxxx-xxxx 3.19.0-26-lowlatency #27-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Tue Jul 28 19:06:58 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 15.04 Release: 15.04 ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: fglrx-updates-core 2:15.200-0ubuntu4.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-26.27-lowlatency 3.19.8-ckt4 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-26-lowlatency x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.1: ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true DKMSKernelVersion: 3.19.0-26-generic Date: Thu Aug 13 21:06:50 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: vivid DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: fglrx-updates-core, 15.200: added vboxhost, 5.0.0, 3.19.0-23-generic, x86_64: installed vboxhost, 5.0.0, 3.19.0-26-generic, x86_64: installed GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Madison [Mobility Radeon HD 5650/5750 / 6530M/6550M] [1002:68c1] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Mobility Radeon HD 5650 [103c:1448] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-01 (103 days ago) InstallationMedia: It MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC PackageVersion: 2:15.200-0ubuntu4.1 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-26-lowlatency root=UUID=8ae07448-9185-47d4-bb4e-5639e6e41bb3 ro recovery nomodeset RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1 apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4.2 Renderer: Software SourcePackage: fglrx-installer-updates Title: fglrx-updates-core 2:15.200-0ubuntu4.1: fglrx-updates-core kernel module failed to build UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/07/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.29 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 1448 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 65.38 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.29:bd11/07/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv6NotebookPC:pvr048E100000242B10000020000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1448:rvr65.38:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 048E100000242B10000020000 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.1+15.04.20150410.1-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.5.9-2ubuntu1~vivid1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.5.9-2ubuntu1~vivid1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917-1~exp1ubuntu2.2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2build1 xserver.bootTime: Thu Aug 13 20:50:02 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3 ** Affects: fglrx-installer-updates (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package compiz-0.9 corrupt-desktop-graphics package-from-proposed ubuntu vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1484506 Title: fglrx-updates-core 2:15.200-0ubuntu4.1: fglrx-updates-core kernel module failed to build To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer-updates/+bug/1484506/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs