On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Timo Aaltonen <tjaal...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> 10.03.2016, 12:26, Andrea Bernabei kirjoitti: > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 6:11 PM, Steffen Winkler <steffen-wink...@gmx.de > > <mailto:steffen-wink...@gmx.de>> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > after an update yesterday evening, I was greeted by a mirrored > desktop > > today and the fact that I couldn't find the AMD configuration > utility. > > > > After some searching and digging, I found that someone decided to > > remove fglrx from Ubuntu 16.04 and it was even published on the > > ReleaseNotes site: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes#fgl > > rx [I'm pretty sure that that wasn't there two weeks ago when I > > switched to Ubuntu 16.04 Beta] > > > > I'm not sure what the reason for that is, but I'd hope someone could > > reverse that decision. > > > > Why reverse it? Without FGLRX/Catalyst AMD users don't have any way > of > > running OpenGL 4.3/4.4/4.5 applications. You may say 'so install the > > package from AMD's website' to which I'd reply that I tried that but > > DKMS decided that that is a really bad idea and denied me that > request. > > > > With kind regards > > Steffen Winkler > > > > > > Hi Steffen, > > > > I was also setting up a machine with AMD GPUs just yesterday and ended > > up having the same problems. > > I managed to get the DKMS module to build though, using the patches from > > https://github.com/kolasa/fglrx-15.30.1025 > > but that wasn't enough, the setup still doesn't get past the lightdm > > login screen. > > > > Running Xorg -configure fails with "Failed to load module fglrxdrm"... > > > > I'll spend some more time on it this evening, let's see if I manage to > > get anywhere :) > > There's no reason to shoot yourself in the foot, the driver won't work > with the xserver no matter what you try. The DKMS is only half of the > story.. > > Thanks Timo, I eventually realized that and installed Wily alongside Xenial. Let's see how it goes there :) Cheers, Andrea > > -- > t >
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