Update (with some kind of solution): What I have tried so far: - Disabling KMS explicitly at grub prompt: no change - Disabling vesafb: blank screen - Disabling Plymouth: no change
Another thing I tried right now, was installing the AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 8 driver. So far (tested it with 6 or 7 reboots) it seems to work. Also switching users works again (but there are some quirks if you try to switch back to the first user again. You have to use ctrl-alt-F7, but that can be a general problem and may be not related to the fglrx driver as it seems to switch to the wrong console if one uses "Switch User" in the xfce menu). Long story short: No graphic errors and no visible VT cursor so far. What one has to do after installing the beta driver, is editing the file /etc/ati/signature After the installation of the beta driver, one gets an unpleasant watermark in the lower right corner of the screen which tells that the driver is for testing purposes only. To get rid of this, edit the mentioned file and replace the content with 9777c589791007f4aeef06c922ad54a2:ae59f5b9572136d99fdd36f0109d358fa643f2bd4a2644d9efbb4fe91a9f6590a145:f612f0b01f2565cd9bd834f8119b309bae11a1ed4a2661c49fdf3fad11986cc4f641f1ba1f2265909a8e34ff1699309bf211a7eb4d7662cd9f8e3faf14986d92f646f1bc (all in one line) Hope that helps! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1067320 Title: 1002:6798 [fglrx] VT cursor is visible and blinking on top of Unity Radeon HD 7970 and 5450 Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: A black cursor is blinking on top of the screen. It is not as regular as a true shell prompt (because of glitches), but I'm sure this is the cursor of the underlying TTY. If I try to switch to any other TTY, the focus remains on the desktop (eg. I can still click and type in Firefox) but the black cursor does move as I type. For example, I just switched to TTY 1 and was able to log-in (I see it because of the cursor position on the screen), while my username and my password were also written in the text-box where I'm writing this bug report. This bug is really odd and annoying. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: unity 6.8.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Tue Oct 16 13:34:59 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: quantal DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: fglrx-updates, 9.000, 3.5.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.5.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Tahiti XT [Radeon HD 7970] [1002:6798] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:2780] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64 (20121004) MachineType: MSI MS-7752 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=9054a8bb-9c6c-4689-be51-a5fece8e4155 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/04/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V2.6 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV2.6:bd09/04/2012:svnMSI:pnMS-7752:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnZ77A-G45(MS-7752):rvr1.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: MS-7752 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4-0ubuntu2 version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1067320/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
