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ccunlimited 05-07-2015 06:31 PM

Fglrx AMD Driver troubleshooting on ubuntu-gnome 15.04
 
I install fgrlx driver on vivid os the driver look like is istalled correct on system and built the necessary kernel modules because the dpkg log not report any errors, i configured the driver by simple commands like:

sudo aticonfig --initial

sudo aticonfig --screen-layout=on

i reboot the machine , but i face an strange issue the boot splash screen is hangup,i cant enter my lvm password to boot the system, i was have a chance to boot into rescue mode when boot to rescue mode the display not read by the system i try to export display by

export DISPLAY=:0

I try to configure /etc/X11/xorg.conf there is not good resaults the boot splash still hang up

I edited the grub , i uncomment "quiet splash" modified by "nomodeset"

i can boot without boot splash but im faced other issue i cant switch to virtual tty

i dont know is this a bug in the driver or in the kernel

any suggest

business_kid 05-09-2015 09:52 AM

You need modesetting for a tty/X swap to work.

I would comment out "quiet splash" and "nomodeset", as the more information available, the quicker problems get solved. To help people help you, Post the output of
Code:

lspci |grep VGA
and details of your system

ccunlimited 05-09-2015 01:30 PM

Thanks to offer some help for me here i post the output of:

# lspci |grep -i VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Caicos [Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 / R5 230 OEM]

business_kid 05-10-2015 12:21 PM

Did you try this?
Code:

I would comment out "quiet splash" and "nomodeset",

ccunlimited 05-10-2015 01:49 PM

Yes i tryed to comment out "quiet splash" and "nomodeset" and leave this option in grub is empty like this ""
But there is not work

business_kid 05-11-2015 03:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ccunlimited (Post 5360464)
Yes i tryed to comment out "quiet splash" and "nomodeset" and leave this option in grub is empty like this ""
But there is not work

What happened?

ccunlimited 05-12-2015 08:17 PM

It boot without quiet splash , i founded the drive fglrx is installed and working on system but there no virtual tty you can switch to using alt+ctrl+f1 its blank screen i tryed to configure my xorg by many ways but there is no good resaults

business_kid 05-13-2015 09:05 AM

As a quick fix, edit /etc/inittab. There is a section something like this:
Code:

# These are the default runlevels in Slackware:
#  0 = halt
#  1 = single user mode
#  2 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3)
#  3 = multiuser mode (default Slackware runlevel)
#  4 = X11 with KDM/GDM/XDM (session managers)
#  5 = unused (but configured the same as runlevel 3)
#  6 = reboot

# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6)
id:3:initdefault:

Change the digit in the last line (3 in my case) to be the 'Multiuser' mode. You log in on one of the ttys, and type 'startx' to get into X.

ccunlimited 05-13-2015 10:52 AM

Ubuntu version 15 is not support inittab any more its support runlevels par example single user mode , multi user mode , rescue mode ,graphical mode , the default is graphical user mode when i change to multiuser mode this prevent gdm from loading i try to reset the systemd-logind but this is not work .

business_kid 05-14-2015 03:40 AM

Using console runlevel was the advice, whatever way Ubuntu implement it. X is started using something else - xdm? never bothered with it. Here I just seem to have Xorg running, and a window manager

Germany_chris 05-14-2015 06:10 AM

Why not boot from your live media mount your root, chroot in and uninstall fglrx?

ccunlimited 05-14-2015 12:51 PM

The probleme is not how to uninstall fglrx the probleme how i can make the virtual tty work after installation but after work on vivid version 15.04 there is a big probleme with fglrx graphic drivers should fix there is some thing i want to post when you run last command

#last
OUTPUT DISPLAY UNKNOWN SCREEN
(unknown :0 :0 Thu May 14 19:09 - 19:10 (00:00)

i try to solve to add screen but without any good resaults ( i face this before on kali linux) now its on vivid too

Germany_chris 05-14-2015 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ccunlimited (Post 5362472)
The probleme is not how to uninstall fglrx the probleme how i can make the virtual tty work after installation but after work on vivid version 15.04 there is a big probleme with fglrx graphic drivers should fix there is some thing i want to post when you run last command

#last
OUTPUT DISPLAY UNKNOWN SCREEN
(unknown :0 :0 Thu May 14 19:09 - 19:10 (00:00)

i try to solve to add screen but without any good resaults ( i face this before on kali linux) now its on vivid too

No the problem is you can’t boot. The second problem is that is zero benefit to FGLRX with your old school graphics card. Any computer you might want to do will be handed just as well with the OS drivers that do work and you’re not playing games games on that classic GPU.

rbeldin 07-22-2015 10:23 AM

Actually there is a reason to use fglrx....
 
I have an HP Elitebook 8460p with Ubuntu 15.04. It has the radeon 6400m/7400m graphics card.

The reason I installed fglrx was to have control of the overscan and underscan properties which are not available with the default radeon driver - as far as I could tell. When I connect the laptop to a Seiki TV with HDMI and 1080p, the visible area is slightly larger than the monitor.

With the AMD control center I can control the overscan and get the screen size to match the monitor.

And yes, I also have the problem where the virtual terminals are black.

I verified they are *functional* by logging into one and doing a 'wall' command so the issue appears to be that the foreground and background color of the framebuffer are both black.

rbeldin 07-22-2015 10:34 AM

Actually there is a reason to use fglrx....
 
I have an HP Elitebook 8460p with Ubuntu 15.04. It has the radeon 6400m/7400m graphics card.

The reason I installed fglrx was to have control of the overscan and underscan properties which are not available with the default radeon driver - as far as I could tell. When I connect the laptop to a Seiki TV with HDMI and 1080p, the visible area is slightly larger than the monitor.

With the AMD control center I can control the overscan and get the screen size to match the monitor.

And yes, I also have the problem where the virtual terminals are black.

I verified they are *functional* by logging into one and doing a 'wall' command so the issue appears to be that the foreground and background color of the framebuffer are both black.


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