Just had this problem.
In my case looks like some other program (was trying to install openbox)
RENAMED amdpcsdb.default to amdpcsdb. , causing this file missing error.
Renaming amdpcsdb. to amdpcsdb.default (just added .default file type)
fixed perfectly the problem, in my case.
I'm at Debian W
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Bryan,
Thanks for the howto link. I actually had it in my bookmarks some weeks
ago but did not get back to read it since my driver was ok at the
beginning. I will read it more carefully now and see if I can make some
more progress.
Sorry for the confusion, but I should have made it clear that I a
Zhao,
Have you read the install notes for the drivers particularly the
following /"Note: You must be logged in with superuser privileges (as
root or with sudo access) in order to successfully install the ATI
Proprietary
Linux driver."/
I am wondering why the directory /var/lib/dkms/fglrx dire
Bryan,
Thanks for your explanation. I now see that my /var/lib/dkms/fglrx
folder is actually deleted when the installer found error. But I managed
to copy it from the source /usr/src/fglrx-8.723. Then I run 'sudo sh
make.sh --nohints --uname_r=2.6.32-22-generic --norootcheck' at
termnial. I change
Zhao,
You should be aware that the following is two commands:
cd /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.723/build; sh make.sh --nohints
--uname_r=2.6.31-14-generic --norootcheck
These are:
cd /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.723/build
sh make.sh --nohints --uname_r=2.6.31-14-generic --norootcheck
The first is a change di
Bryan,
Thanks for the very quick reply. I have checked my install log. It looks like
that it is saying it cannot find my kernel:
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Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.723/source ->
/usr/src/fglrx-8.723
DKMS: ad
Zhao,
I am no expert at this but perhaps the install log for the driver may
give a better clue as to why installation failed:
/usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log
I have had to reinstall the drivers several times, typically after
downloading and installing a new version of the kernel. This has m
I was using 32-bit Lucid since the release and there was no problem with
fglrx until today. Somehow I decided to accept the ubuntu update.
Unfortunately after that in the next reboot I got the 'missing
amdpcsdb.default' error. I have an ATI HD5670 card and installed using
the driver from the amd we
package fglrx-installer doesn't exist? Or is it in a PPA?
r...@marvin:~# aptitude reinstall fglrx-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Couldn't find an
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* debian/fglrx.dirs, fglrx.install.in, fglrx.postinst,
fglrx.preinst:
- Make /etc/ati a slave link which points to
/usr/lib/fglrx/etc/ati.
@Alberto Milone
Yes, it's possible! (I fear that this was the rush of my first day here ;-))
Thanks.
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@almursi
I don't see the following lines in your logs:
(EE) Unable to initialize PCS database
(EE) Missing PCS defaults file /etc/ati/amdpcsdb.default
(EE) No devices detected.
I think you're affected by bug #554191 instead.
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Sorry, previous message at 10.4 beta1 (lucid), updated today.
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I had been same problem. Incorrect device loader from org.conf after
installation.
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# Bad org.conf:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
DefaultDepth24
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load"glx"
EndSection
Section "Device"
I
The fglrx driver should be installed through Jockey (our restricted
drivers manager) now that I have added support for fglrx in Lucid,
things should work for you.
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[This bug was nominated for lucid, but no evidence exists in bug report
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time. A lucid compatible version of -fglrx was added just recently, so
this needs retested.]
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@Bryan Smith:
Uninstall fglrx, install dkms, reinstall fglrx.
# /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh
# apt-get install dkms
# ati-driver-installer-...run
DKMS will automatically rebuild the fglrx kernel module every time the
kernel gets updated. That should solve your problem.
HTH
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I run a system with a Sapphire HD5750 graphics card. I have the latest
drivers which I downloaded from the ATI site installed on my system.
Each time a new kernal comes down (like tonight) the graphics on my
system stop working and my system becomes unusable.
What I have to do is uninstall th
Replacing etc/ati/ made regular boot possible, but I'm still having
massive problems with lagging windows, flickering or not working at all
videos. I've had problems with this since 8.10. Nothing graphical really
works :(
ATI Mobility Radeon HD2600 512mb
Ubuntu 9.10
Acer 5720G
Latest ATI driver
-
Replacing etc/ati/ woirked
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I have the same problem it appeared when a friend of mine installed
drivers from ati website (thinkink it might improve screen resolution).
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i have same problem
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SOLUTION: Delete /etc/ati directory, install fglrx driver using the one
from www.atitech.com site. After you install via that .run script, type
aticonfig --initial ... This will create /etc/ati directory. Make a
backup of this directory. I made my backup to /etc/ati2 . After this,
enter into xwindo
solution?
http://www.mail-archive.com/ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com/msg1843314.html
If that is a solution, someone please tar or zip a clean install directory of
those files
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If I enable the fglrx driver, then I get a flashing console login screen
and xwindows does not load when I reboot. In order to fix this, I have
to delete xorg.conf; at which point, the console login screen stops
flashing and I think xwindows begins to load automatically (i am not
sure exactly/i for
I have an ati 3200 hd card. It is an integrated graphics chip/card on my
780g mini-itx motherboard. None of the ati releases of fglrx work with
this card and I get this error when I try to use them via enabling the
driver. I was able to enable and not have this problem when I was
running Jaunty. So
I my case, I think the true problem is related to the incompatibility of this
driver with ATI RV3XX Series card, which explain the "No devices detected".
See : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/284408
After manually installing all /etc/ati/ missing files, amdpcsdb was
generate
Very interesting. I had exactly the same problem with the envyng-core
installer on my IBM Thinkpad T42p Laptop (ATI Mobility FireGL T2 128).
After executing envyng-core in uninstaller mode, all was rollbacked.
After booting : Xorg.log
(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/d
I have solved my problem.
Deleting /etc/ati and reinstalling the ati driver did not help. although the
/etc/ati directory got created, there was nothing in it.
swapping hard disks, creating a clean install of Ubuntu, updating & installing
the hardware driver, then copying amdpcsdb and amdpcsdb.de
Guess on top of my head: If if /etc/ati folder exists for some reason,
the Ubuntu-flavored fglrx fails to install amdpcsdb.default. Would
explain this mess...
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I am also having this issue.
ATI 4850HD
64 bit ubuntu.
I know the root cause of my troubles: I foolishly tried to install the ATI
driver from the ATI website (version 9.10)
I tried to uninstall it and was stuck with dead keyboard and my monitor in
sleep mode.
I SSHed into my computer and re-inst
Yes, I got the same as you did:
(EE) Unable to initialize PCS database
(EE) Missing PCS defaults file /etc/ati/amdpcsdb.default
(EE) No devices detected.
I followed your instructions in #15, and I just managed to get the X
back again. The whole display is messed up (no window borders, no
refresh,
:)
Tenkan, do you get the exact same error message (about amdpcsdb.default)
in your X logfile? See comment #21.
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I'm having exactly the same bug after upgrading from 9.04
Although I'm quite inexperienced with the shell, I'm willing to test
with some guidance.
Thanks Christian for keeping the bug open, and not just reinstalling =0)
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Thanks Ocram
Unfortunately, you seem to suffer from yet another error. The log you
provided actually passes the stage this bug report is about:
(II) PCS database file /etc/ati/amdpcsdb not found
(II) Creating PCS database from initial defaults instead
I can't see any obvious error messages in
I couldn't find the original one, so I reinstalled the driver and have
attached the log.
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Thanks for the confirmation Ocram.
I think it might help if you can attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file
(note that the 0 increases on every boot, so if you, for example, have
rebooted once since the error, the correct log will be Xorg.1.log. See
if you still have the log from the failed boot lay
I have the same issue on a clean install of 9.10 32-bit. Literally all I
did was install Ubuntu, run apt-get update, install FGLRX from Hardware
Drivers and reboot the system. The system boots to a black screen.
Rebooting in recovery mode and uninstalling the driver causes loading
xorg to fail, and
I verified that upgrading from 9.04 fgrlx works correctly due to right
xorg.conf settings, I suppose.
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I can confirm that the problem still exists and the new package doesn't
solve it if you are using AMD 64bit.
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Cool. I'll close this as solved then.
If anyone is able to reproduce, please reopen.
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It seems with tha latest (ubuntu3) release of package the problem is
disappeard (at least to my machine). Installing with package manager or
restricted hw manager works well in case of fglrx driver. Someone should
test what if when the one upgrade form 9.04. I can't try it again :o)
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** Tags added: karmic
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: xorg-driver-fglrx
OS: Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) ~ Beta 1 (64-bit)
After messing around with ATI graphics drivers all day, I'm now stuck in
this situation:
Installing fglrx via the restricted hardware manager leaves m
In the meantime, a new version has been released which seems to have
fixed the issue. I've found this workaround / solution which works for
me at least:
1) Remove all installed fglrx drivers (both ATI and Ubuntu flavored) and
packages (all packages with "fglrx" somewhere in the name)
2) Remove /e
apt-cache search fglrx
fglrx-modaliases - Identifiers supported by the ATI graphics driver
xserver-xorg-video-radeon - X.Org X server -- ATI Radeon display driver
jockey-common - user interface and desktop integration for driver management
jockey-gtk - GNOME felhasználói felület és asztali integrác
So I will purge all fglrx package the install it. I will attach dpkg
log.
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I think in order to fix this and/or find the original problem, we need a
set of steps to /reliably/ reproduce it.
Something like
1) Install 9.10 beta
2) Muck with conf file A, B
3) Delete conf file C
4) Click hardware drivers, activate fglrx
5) Things broke, here's exactly how.
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Interesting. It seems like you are restoring the missing
amdpcsdb.default file from a distribution upgrade backup. I had one of
those too (as mentioned in my original report).
Did your driver stop working immediately after upgrading, or did your
file disappear later on as well? Perhaps a new one i
So I also had problem to install this package to Jaunty. I described the
possible method of fix in this (Hungarina) blog entry of mine:
http://hup.hu/node/76417
So this problem is related to package, I am sure. Blease backtrack the
possible root of this problem.
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Bryce, as we are now at least 2 persons with this problem, I dare say
this isn't simply about my system being broken.
You didn't reply to my last comment, yet closed this bug anyway, so I
take it that you are not interested in actually solving this problem.
I'm reopening it anyway, however, so tha
I have same problem!
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I've looked in /var/log/dpkg.log and there are no errors, warnings or
the like regarding the fglrx packages.
You've marked the bug as invalid, yet I have a serious problem that I
can reproduce and is willing to help track down. Is there any specific
reason that you are ignoring it? "Reinstall and
well, you can look through /var/log/dpkg.log to see where things went
wrong and go from there.
If you manually remove the fglrx packages, you also need to remove or
change the Driver "fglrx" in xorg.conf to "ati".
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Thanks for the explanations.
I did not, however, abort the installation at any point. I waited until
the restricted hardware manager asked me to reboot, and rebooted when it
did. I also tried doing "dpkg-reconfigure xorg-driver-fglrx" without any
luck. Manually installing the *fglrx* packages didn
It sounds like you just have a messed up install. These files are
installed normally during the configuration stage; if you reboot the
system before it's completed this stage, it can result in these files
not being put into place properly. This can cause a lot of trouble,
which it sounds like you
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For what it's worth, the official fglrx installer from ATI doesn't work
either. Here is fglrx.install.log after my latest try:
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Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.65/source ->
/usr/src/fglrx-8.65
DKMS: add Completed.
Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipp
I'm attaching the Xorg.0.log file with the /etc/ati/amdpcsdb.default
error.
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** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt"
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http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32836174/Lspci.txt
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