The bug was caused by a default pixel depth that was too low. The default is now 16-bit. An upstream 2.7.7.6 has been released to reflect this.
I have uploaded it to my PPA and received confirmation that it was accepted, except that the package has yet to be built by the archive, for some reason. -- xf86-video-amd: fails to autoconfigure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs