Public bug reported: Xubuntu 15.10 does not detect a AMD card, hence AMD Catalyst (amdcccle) does not work. First, it is necessary to initialize it, first rebooting the system after installation of fglrx-updates, copying the /usr/lib/fglrx folder to /usr/lib64/fglrx, and using "aticonfig --initial". In spite of that, these steps are not enough due to the bug, that it is temporally solved by installing wily-proposed files, as described in :
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-15.10-fglrx- Fix A Fix For AMD Catalyst On Ubuntu 15.10 Is Coming Written by Michael Larabel in AMD on 27 October 2015 at 05:36 PM EDT. 25 Comments While Ubuntu 15.10 launched last week, the AMD Catalyst driver hasn't been working but that's in the process of changing. While there's been patches for letting AMD Catalyst work on Ubuntu up through the Linux 4.2 kernel, the binary driver has ended up failing to work on Ubuntu's 4.2 kernel as found in Ubuntu 15.10. So even right now with a sudo apt-get install fglrx on Ubuntu 15.10, the driver will not work. As reported in the earlier article, users have found the workaround to be just downgrading to the Linux 4.1 kernel where the patched Catalyst 15.9 driver then plays happy. However, this new workaround that's in the process of landing in the Wily archive, fixes the issue by building the fglrx driver's shim against GCC 4.9 rather than GCC 5. Alberto Milone pushed a fixed driver into wily-proposed. "Add a dependency on gcc-4.9, and force fglrx to use gcc-4.9. This prevents fglrx from dying on initialisation. Credit for finding out the actual problem and for suggesting a workaround goes to David Burrows. Note: this is only a workaround, and it will be dropped as soon as a proper fix from upstream is available." This lengthy bug report details the struggle people have faced in getting AMD's proprietary driver working on this newest Ubuntu Linux release. If you want to get your Ubuntu 15.10 box running with AMD's blob prior to the new update landing in the official Ubuntu package archive, you can follow the steps for using the driver from wily- proposed via this bug comment. and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1493888/comments/123 Comment 123 for bug 1493888 Đorđe (djole94hns) wrote on 2015-10-27: #123 @Mikael Thurberg -In Software & Updates, tick "proposed" -Create the file /etc/apt/preferences.d/proposed-updates with this content: Package: * Pin: release a=wily-proposed Pin-Priority: 400 Just so you don't install proposed updates automatically, but selectively (so you can choose which to install) -sudo apt-get update -sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates/wily-proposed fglrx-updates-core/wily-proposed fglrx-amdcccle-updates/wily-proposed -reboot and you're done! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-17.21-generic 4.2.3 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Fri Nov 6 15:29:55 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: wily DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: fglrx-updates-core, 15.201, 4.2.0-16-generic, x86_64: installed fglrx-updates-core, 15.201, 4.2.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:f945] Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:f945] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-25 (377 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1) MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite P55-B ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-17-generic root=UUID=7335dc82-7327-4e63-9112-7c9b2c1193b1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/26/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.bios.version: 1.40 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: VG20SQ dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvr1.40:bd11/26/2014:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteP55-B:pvrPSPNUP-01DLM1:rvnTOSHIBA:rnVG20SQ:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: Satellite P55-B dmi.product.version: PSPNUP-01DLM1 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 2.4.65+git20151026.c745e541-0ubuntu0ricotz~wily version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.0.4~git20151026+11.0.ec14e6f8-0ubuntu0ricotz~wily version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.0.4~git20151026+11.0.ec14e6f8-0ubuntu0ricotz~wily version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.2-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.99+git20150521.d64a13eb-0ubuntu0ricotz version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20151015.6861391f-0ubuntu0sarvatt version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11+git20150926.1ff13a92-0ubuntu0sarvatt xserver.bootTime: Fri Nov 6 15:15:00 2015 xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf xserver.errors: Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section. AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory] AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory] AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory] xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9 xserver.video_driver: fglrx ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug third-party-packages ubuntu wily -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1513928 Title: AMD Catalyst (amdcccle) - 4.2 Linux Kernel bug To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1513928/+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
