Max Bowsher, thank you for your comments. Regarding them https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx- installer/+bug/1058040/comments/44 :
>"Why are you so very determined to make this bug's description LESS useful for users?" What I am determined to do is make sure the the information provided in the Bug Description is accurate, and not misleading. Citing Wikipedia is not helpful on Launchpad, especially in light of how it contradicts AMD's own website, as discussed in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx- installer/+bug/1058040/comments/39 . >"I have a FirePro V5700 [RV730] which is affected by this." You may not be in fact affected by this, but in an even more unfortunate one off case. As per http://support.amd.com/us/psearch/Pages/psearch.aspx?type=2.4.3%3b2.4.5%3b2.4.7&product=2.4.7.3.3.3&contentType=GPU+Download+Detail&ostype=Linux+x86&keywords=&items=20 , the last release specific for your card: AMD Proprietary Linux x86 Display Beta Driver 8.801 Beta 1/23/2011 However, the Bug Description link http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages/legacy-radeon_linux.aspx discusses the following hardware: AMD Radeon HD 4000 Series AMD Radeon HD 3000 Series AMD Radeon HD 2000 Series AMD Radeon HD Series AGP AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4000 Series AMD Mobility Radeon HD 3000 Series AMD Mobility Radeon HD 2000 Series >"The nomenclature "HD2000-4000" doesn't identify this card at all." The Bug Title could be less ambiguous. However, the Bug Description, as noted above, does clear up what is covered. Despite this, I'll edit the Bug Title to clear this ambiguity up. >"The chip information is vastly more useful in identifying whether a given card is likely to be affected" The information quoted from Wikipedia is not useful and is misleading. >"even after I expanded the wording to document the interesting ambiguity of the FireStreams." No ambiguity exists on the FireStream models noted in http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalystSoftwareSuiteVersion1211BetaReleaseNotes.aspx, and as discussed in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx- installer/+bug/1058040/comments/36 . As well, it would be demonstrably more helpful if you could please file a new report so we can track your hardware via a terminal: ubuntu-bug xorg For more on this, please see the Ubuntu Bug Control and Ubuntu Bug Squad article: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/BestPractices#X.2BAC8-Reporting.Focus_on_One_Issue and Ubuntu Community article: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette When opening up the new report, please feel free to subscribe me to it. Please note, not filing a new report may delay your problem being addressed as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding. ** Summary changed: - fglrx-installer not working with HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards in Quantal + fglrx-installer not working with AMD Radeon/Mobility Radeon HD 2000-4000 cards in Quantal ** Description changed: - Following the AMD decision to change to a new driver support model for - Radeon™ HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 series cards for the legacy 12.6 - driver as per http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages - /legacy-radeon_linux.aspx , fglrx-installer installs non-working drivers - for users of these cards. + Following the AMD decision to change to a new driver support model for Radeon™ HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 series cards for the legacy 12.6 driver as per http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages/legacy-radeon_linux.aspx , fglrx-installer installs non-working drivers for users of the cards: + AMD Radeon HD 4000 Series + AMD Radeon HD 3000 Series + AMD Radeon HD 2000 Series + AMD Radeon HD Series AGP + AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4000 Series + AMD Mobility Radeon HD 3000 Series + AMD Mobility Radeon HD 2000 Series I suggest the addition of an fglrx-legacy package to install the AMD legacy drivers for users with older cards or patch the current code base for use with these cards. One of the outstanding issues for addressing this bug is AMD currently does not plan to support XServer 1.13 (for Ubuntu the package is xserver-xorg-core) for the legacy 12.6 driver, which Quantal uses: - apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-core + apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-core: - Installed: 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6 - Candidate: 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6 - Version table: - *** 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6 0 - 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + Installed: 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6 + Candidate: 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6 + Version table: + *** 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6 0 + 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Output for fglrx 9.00 [1]: # lspci|grep VGA 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS780L [Radeon HD 3000] # modprobe fglrx FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/3.5.0-15-generic/updates/dkms/fglrx.ko): No such device # dmesg|tail -n3 [ 6785.693869] [fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 7132 MBytes. [ 6785.694089] [fglrx:firegl_init_device_list] *ERROR* No supported display adapters were found [ 6785.694091] [fglrx:firegl_init_module] *ERROR* firegl_init_devices failed # dpkg --list|grep fglrx ii fglrx 2:9.000-0ubuntu1 amd64 Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators ii fglrx-amdcccle 2:9.000-0ubuntu1 amd64 Catalyst Control Center for the AMD graphics accelerators [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer- updates/+bug/1032672/comments/34 !!!!!!!! WARNING !!!!!!! The following workaround has produced mixed results and left some users with temporarily broken systems. It is not recommended for production systems or novice users that are not comfortable with basic console/non-GUI recovery. USE AT OWN RISK. WORKAROUND: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:makson96/fglrx && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade && sudo apt-get -y install fglrx-legacy This workaround will downgrade X to 1.12 and install the AMD legacy fglrx 8.97 (Catalyst 12.6). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058040 Title: fglrx-installer not working with AMD Radeon/Mobility Radeon HD 2000-4000 cards in Quantal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1058040/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
