Can't install FGLRX driver in Ubuntu 14.04.2

[oc-nilsen]

Well, this is annoying. Should've been fixed by now. I'm downloading 14.04.1 now, as I am not certain about how stable the workaround will be. Clicked 'Affects me' at Launchpad as well.

[HeroCC]

This bug is annoying indeed, I just reinstalled Ubuntu, and without the fglrx drivers my computer acts all wonky, I clicked 'This Affects Me' on the bug report linked, hope it gets fixed soon!

[QIII]

Thanks for clicking!

I'm somewhat disappointed that what amounts to a packaging error that affects an entire class of users is not getting fixed immediately.

[J0nDaFr3aK]

Hi there.
I don't know if the bug has been fixed yet, but I've just managed to install the fglrx-updates driver for my r9 270x.

The commands I ran are:

sudo apt-get install libcheese*

^(I don't know if this one was actually needed - I tried it as suggested in the previous page)

sudo apt-get install xorg-video-abi-15

^(this one worked for me and resolved all dependencies)

sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates

The additional driver utility is now displaying that AMD's proprietary driver is the one being used.

EDIT: I'm using a fresh install of 14.04.2.

[QIII]

Hi!

No, the actual bug has not been fixed yet.

The cheese thing is a viable work-around as discussed in the bug report I reference earlier, but it's not a fix.

If you haven't done so already, please go to the bug report and click "Affects me" to increase the heat index.

[underskyzx]

Same problem here... I'm not sure if I try the workaround, install 14.04.1 or wait for a fix.

Anyway can't hide how disappointed I am with Linux right now, bugs like this make the Windows > Linux transition a pain

[underskyzx]

Will this workaround conflict with future oficial patch?

[svendheim2]

This happens in a LTS-release, and is still not fixed. Laughable.

[DanielWEWO]

Hey, I'm attempting that work-around and I'm just attempting to be cautious here. I have unmet dependencies when I attempt to install libcheese

sudo apt-get install libcheese*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'libcheese-dev' for regex 'libcheese*'
Note, selecting 'libcheese7' for regex 'libcheese*'
Note, selecting 'libcheese-doc' for regex 'libcheese*'
Note, selecting 'libcheese-gtk-dev' for regex 'libcheese*'
Note, selecting 'libcheese-gtk23' for regex 'libcheese*'
libcheese-gtk23 is already the newest version.
libcheese-gtk23 set to manually installed.
libcheese7 is already the newest version.
libcheese7 set to manually installed.
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 fglrx : Depends: fglrx-core but it is not installable
 libcheese-dev : Depends: gir1.2-cheese-3.0 (= 3.10.2-0ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.28.0) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libclutter-1.0-dev (>= 1.10.0) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libgstreamer1.0-dev (>= 0.11.0) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev (>= 0.11.0) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libclutter-gst-2.0-dev (>= 1.9.0) but it is not going to be installed
                 Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev but it is not going to be installed
 libcheese-gtk-dev : Depends: libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.28.0) but it is not going to be installed
                     Depends: libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.4.4) but it is not going to be installed
                     Depends: libgstreamer1.0-dev (>= 0.11.0) but it is not going to be installed
                     Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev (>= 0.11.0) but it is not going to be installed
                     Depends: libclutter-gtk-1.0-dev (>= 0.91.8) but it is not going to be installed
                     Depends: libcanberra-gtk3-dev (>= 0.26) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

How should I proceed?

Edit: Oops. I still had pieces of fglrx-updates still installed from a previous attempt. Removed those, and attempted the workaround and was successful. fglrx-updates now running for me on 14.04.2

[roky2]

All I did off the top of my head was these 2 commands and everything works perfectly.

sudo apt-get install xorg-video-abi-15

sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates

Proprietary installed and running flawless.