Public bug reported: After coming across with this info https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1424491 in which the installation of fglrx seems fixed in trusty I attempted the following:
Installation of fglrx drivers for my Radeon M260 in my laptop with Ubuntu Gnome 14.04.3 LTS $ sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates xvba-va-driver . . . Installation finished with no errors or warnings $ sudo reboot After Gnome loading screen (before log in) boot stops with following messages in intermitten screen followed by "[OK]" at the end of each line: * Starting atieventsd [OK] saned disabled; edit /etc/default/saned * Starting network connection manager * Restoring resolver state * Starting crash report submission daemon * Stopping System V runlevel compatibility After reboot, same info displayed plus: * Stopping cold plug devices * Stopping log initial device creation * Starting save vdev log and update rules * Stopping save vdev log and update rules After new reboot this long message: * Starting automatic crash report generation * Starting ACPI daemon * Starting configure virtual network devices * Stopping restore sound card state * Stopping anac(h)ronistic cron * Starting cups-browsed -- Bonjour remote printer *illegible in my notes* daemon * Stopping save kernel messages * Starting regular background program processing daemon * speech-dispatcher disabled; edit /etc/default/speech-dispatcher * Starting network connection manager * Starting atieventsd saned disabled; edit /etc/default/saned * Restoring resolver state After fourth reboot the first message repeated I managed to boot into text mode editing grub's ubuntu entry and attempted: $ sudo apt-get remove fglrx-updates . . apt-get will INSTALL fglrx-core . . Removal and installations finish with no errors or warnings $ sudo reboot Same problem Back into text session $ sudo startx Can't boot into gui mode: xinit connection to xorg lost (or something similar) $ sudo apt-get remove fglrx-core . . apt-get will INSTALL fglrx-updates (At this point I'll admit I cried a bit) . . NO! Abort $ sudo apt-get purge fglrx* . . . . Big removal completed $ sudo startx Finally able to boot into gui ..................................................................... Some details: fglrx-core version: 2:15.200-0ubuntu0.5 fglrx-updates version: 2:15.200-0ubuntu0.5 0 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: fglrx-core (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-49.65~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt15 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-49-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.13 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Wed Sep 16 01:47:03 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [8086:1616] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:f920] Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:f923] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-03 (12 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1) MachineType: TOSHIBA SATELLITE S50-B ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-49-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=b4aba010-c110-4b21-9d5c-0ab3e587eba0 ro text quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: fglrx-installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/02/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE Corp. dmi.bios.version: 2.00 dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Type2 - Board Product Name1 dmi.board.vendor: Type2 - Board Vendor Name1 dmi.board.version: Type2 - Board Version dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: OEM Chassis ManuFacturer dmi.chassis.version: OEM Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDECorp.:bvr2.00:bd12/02/2014:svnTOSHIBA:pnSATELLITES50-B:pvrPSPQEE-00200GCE:rvnType2-BoardVendorName1:rnType2-BoardProductName1:rvrType2-BoardVersion:cvnOEMChassisManuFacturer:ct10:cvrOEMChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: SATELLITE S50-B dmi.product.version: PSPQEE-00200GCE dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA version.compiz: compiz N/A version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri N/A version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A xserver.bootTime: Wed Sep 16 01:12:02 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 16710 vendor SDC xserver.version: 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.2~trusty2 ** Affects: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: fglrx-installer-updates (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty ubuntu ** Also affects: fglrx-installer-updates (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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/1496176 Title: System unbootable after fglrx installation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1496176/+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