1002:6823 AMD Catalyst (amdcccle) not working
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) |
Fix Committed
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
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://
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:/
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/
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/
-reboot and you're done!
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Nov 6 15:29:55 2015
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: wily
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
fglrx-
fglrx-
ExtraDebuggingI
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=
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.
dmi.board.name: VG20SQ
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:
dmi.product.name: Satellite P55-B
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.65+
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
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/
AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/lib64/
AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/X11R6/
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9
xserver.
| Jaime Peña Álvarez (jamesrock7) wrote | #1 |
| tags: | added: bios-outdated-1.50 |
| Changed in xorg (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Jaime Peña Álvarez (jamesrock7) wrote Re: [Bug 1513928] Re: AMD Catalyst (amdcccle) - 4.2 Linux Kernel bug | #3 |
| Jaime Peña Álvarez (jamesrock7) wrote Re: [Bug 1513928] Re: AMD Catalyst (amdcccle) - 4.2 Linux Kernel bug | #5 |
| penalvch (penalvch) wrote Re: AMD Catalyst (amdcccle) - 4.2 Linux Kernel bug | #6 |
| tags: |
added: latest-bios-1.50 removed: bios-outdated-1.50 |
| affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) → fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Low → High |
| status: | Incomplete → Fix Committed |
| summary: |
- AMD Catalyst (amdcccle) - 4.2 Linux Kernel bug + 1002:6823 AMD Catalyst (amdcccle) not working |
Dear Christopher:
I hope you are fine today.
I've just upgraded my BIOS to 1.50, and the notebook works the same way
than before. I want to remember you that I am using the proposed fglrx
drivers rather than the released ones (
https:/
2:15.201-
for me since I upgraded the drivers.
What else I could do now?
Best regards,
Jaime.
---
*El Señor cumplirá en mí su propósito. Tu gran amor, Señor, perdura para
siempre; ¡no abandones la obra de tus manos!*
*Salmo 138:8 (Nueva Versión Internacional NVI
<https:/
2015-11-07 10:24 GMT-03:00 Christopher M. Penalver <
<email address hidden>>:
> Jaime Peña Álvarez, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu
> better.
>
> As per http://
> an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available
> (1.50). If you update to this following
> https:/
>
> If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide
> the output of the following terminal command:
> sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
>
> For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see
> https:/
> .
>
> Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so
> posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't
> have to create a new bug report.
>
> Once the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible, and the
> information above is provided, then please mark this report Status New.
> Otherwise, please mark this as Invalid.
>
> Thank you for your understanding.
>
> ** Tags added: bios-outdated-1.50
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https:/
>
> Title:
> AMD Catalyst (amdcccle) - 4.2 Linux Kernel bug
>
> Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> 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://
> 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
>...