** Tags removed: fglrx
** Tags added: amd64 i386 kernel-therm metabug quantal regression-release
running-unity xubuntu
** Description changed:
Following the AMD decision to drop support for older hardware fglrx-
installer will install non-working drivers for some users.
I suggest the
This worked for me and restored both my temps and performance to normal
levels:
http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/10/how-to-install-amd-catalyst-
legacy.html
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I have added an ubuntu-release-notes bugtask to this bug, because I
think it is appropriate to release-note a warning to users of older ATI
hardware that due to AMD/ATI's failure to continue to support their
hardware, they will not have the option of using fglrx after updating to
Quantal.
** Also
Additionally, I'd suggest that the release notes mention the design
names i.e. R600 and R700 series as well as the marketing names, as my
hardware, which is affected, doesn't include any HD2000-4000 style
indication in its lspci output:
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices
Importance is still Undecided?! This is highly important for anyone who
has a legacy ATI chip (that is, a lot of people). If ATI won't fix this,
then a PPA ought to be set up to allow the Xserver to be safely
downgraded to one compatible with the legacy driver.
(As much as I appreciate Jonathan
Not sure. I'm not that well versed on the intricacies of the X
server and/or the linux kernel.
I think it would take someone from AMD to say whether or not their
newest driver REALLY needs version 11 of the ABI, or if versions 12/13
are actually okay as well.
On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:56 AM,
According to: http://www.x.org/wiki/XorgModuleABIVersions
Modules reporting they require a incompatible version number will not
be loaded unless the -ignoreABI option is used. (Modules can also check
ABI versions themselves, and choose which function variant to call or
structure variant to
I'm going to add a comment to help people Googling this issue. The ATI
Mobility M7740 chip, which was one option for the Dell M6500 Mobile
Precision laptop, is apparently considered a 4000-series chip, and so is
a victim of this AMD policy.
One of the supposed justifications for over-priced
Do you have an experience with the downgrade of xserver on Ubuntu 12.10
(64-bit), is it usable ?
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058040
Title:
fglrx-installer does
I have not tried to downgrade to the older xserver. I don't even know
the name of the PPA you would use to do that. I hope there is one,
because if AMD doesn't update the legacy driver soon I'm going to want
to do the workaround. Sure the FOSS driver plays videos and runs my
display at full res,
This is OT for the bug report, but prior to the new 9.00 release I put
together an archive with the 1.12 debs for amd64:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12263935postcount=70
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@Dirk Heinricks: Buying intel because they have the best open-source
driver support would be a good idea... if Intel cards weren't so darn
wimpy :-(
I don't really understand why AMD and Nvidia keep releasing their
drivers as proprietary anyway, it's not as though doing it that way lets
them
Once again we're trapped by proprietary drivers. I just bought the
mainboard containing this Radeon HD 3000 GPU beginning of this year.
I've already tried to avoid Nvidia, hoping things will be better with
AMD/ATI. Too sad I was wrong. Next time, the winner will surely be
Intel.
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
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Status: New = Confirmed
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Confirmed.
Does AMD plan to release quarterly updates for the FGLRX driver (as it
does with Windows) or is this the end of the line for the (still quite
decent) HD4xxx series on Linux?
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