I have tried installing a couple of times on sony e-series laptop with radeon mobility hd5650 and am getting segfaults in the driver and defaulting to "low graphics"/vesa
$ lspci -nn | grep Radeon 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Redwood [Radeon HD 5600 Series] [1002:68c1] 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc Redwood HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5600 Series] [1002:aa60] complete xorg.0.log file posted here: http://pastebin.com/vkGTJpr8 key error (I think) Backtrace: 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x28) [0x4a25e8] 1: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x6538d) [0x46538d] 2: /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f20ee50a000+0xf920) [0x7f20ee519920] 3: /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so (_ZN24DisplayCapabilityService19QuerySinkCapabilityEP21DisplaySinkCapability+0x2c6) [0x7f20eb4005a6] 4: /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so (_ZN15TopologyManager20detectSinkCapabilityEP22TmDisplayPathInterfaceP17TMDetectionStatus+0xc5) [0x7f20eb3d2e45] 5: /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so (_ZN15TopologyManager12detectTargetEP22TmDisplayPathInterfacebP17TMDetectionStatus+0x30) [0x7f20eb3d2af0] 6: /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so (_ZN15TopologyManager17doTargetDetectionEP22TmDisplayPathInterface15DetectionMethodP17TMDetectionStatus+0x108) [0x7f20eb3d2ab8] 7: /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so (_ZN15TopologyManager28detectTargetWithReportOptionEP22TmDisplayPathInterface15DetectionMethodP20TMConnectivityReport+0x42) [0x7f20eb3d27a2] 8: /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so (_ZN15TopologyManager18DoInitialDetectionEv+0x59) [0x7f20eb3cee29] 9: /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so (_ZN4Dal214EnableInstanceEP14_DAL_INIT_INFO+0x29) [0x7f20eb3a2409] 10: /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so (DALEnableInstance+0x8d) [0x7f20eb2122ad] 11: /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so (swlDalDisplayEnableDAL+0x1bb) [0x7f20eb188b3b] 12: /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so (xilDisplayAdaptorCreate+0x5b) [0x7f20eb18640b] 13: /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so (atiddxDisplayPreInit+0x561) [0x7f20eb176c31] 14: /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so (atiddxPreInit+0x7e4) [0x7f20eb154064] 15: /usr/bin/X (InitOutput+0x552) [0x473682] 16: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x25f95) [0x425f95] 17: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f20ed203c4d] 18: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x25ce9) [0x425ce9] Segmentation fault at address (nil) Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log -- Does not support current Lucid kernel (2.6.32) or xserver (1.7) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/494699 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs