Comment 3 for bug 1513928

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://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer) (
2:15.201-0ubuntu2~15.10.2), and that is the reason why amdcccle is working
for me since I upgraded the drivers.

What else I could do now?

Best regards,

Jaime.

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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://support.toshiba.com/support/modelHome?freeText=1200008953
> an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available
> (1.50). If you update to this following
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything?
>
> 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://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette
> .
>
> 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 ** Tags added: bios-outdated-1.50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
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1513928
>
> 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://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
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