I just installed Ubuntu Karmic on my new Acer 5534-1121 laptop. According to lspci, I have an Atheros AR928X wireless card. I have an ATI Radeon 3200 HD video card.
So when I did the initial install, the ATI driver from the Hardware Drivers app installed and worked. But I was missing wireless drivers, so I didn't even try to set up Compiz, opting instead to fix my wireless problem.
So I installed linux-backports-modules-karmic. Rebooted. Wireless worked! Flawless!
Only now my ATI driver appears to have broken. There is obvious screen-tearing when I move windows or switch to another desktop. You can actually see the display being redrawn line-for-line, and it's really annoying.
So I opened up Hardware Drivers again. It shows the "ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver" as not being activated. I select it and click Activate. I authenticate, then get the "Downloading and installing driver" window for all of 1.5 seconds. That window disappears, returning me to Hardware Drivers. The driver is still not activated.
I have used Synaptic to manually remove the ATI driver packages, and still have the same problem. I have then reinstalled those driver packages through Synaptic to no great effect.
I uninstalled linux-backports-modules-karmic and expected wireless to quit working. It did not quit working. I am still connected to the Internet and posting this via my wireless network on the laptop in question.
Here is the output of lspci:
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics]
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
And here is lsmod:
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Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 8356 1
ppdev 6688 0
joydev 10272 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 203328 1
arc4 1660 2
snd_hda_intel 26920 2
snd_hda_codec 75708 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 7200 1 snd_hda_codec
ecb 2524 2
snd_pcm_oss 37920 0
snd_mixer_oss 16028 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 75296 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
iptable_filter 3100 0
snd_seq_dummy 2656 0
ip_tables 11692 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 16544 1 ip_tables
snd_seq_oss 28576 0
snd_seq_midi 6432 0
uvcvideo 59080 0
videodev 36736 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 14496 2 uvcvideo,videodev
ath9k 307384 0
mac80211 210408 1 ath9k
ath 8444 1 ath9k
snd_rawmidi 22208 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6940 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
dm_crypt 12928 0
snd_seq 50224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 22276 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6920 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
psmouse 56500 0
serio_raw 5280 0
k8temp 4188 0
cfg80211 130440 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
led_class 4096 1 ath9k
snd 59204 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 7264 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 9156 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
shpchp 32272 0
i2c_piix4 9932 0
lp 8964 0
parport 35340 2 ppdev,lp
dm_raid45 84228 0
xor 15620 1 dm_raid45
r8169 32064 0
mii 5212 1 r8169
video 19380 0
output 2780 1 video
I think it's important to note that the video problem didn't begin until after the installation of the backports package. Any help you can provide would go a long way, I'm sure.
Thanks in advance,
Ryan
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Mörgæs 2013-12-05:
Using Lubuntu 13.10 and the default open source drivers everything works in first attempt.
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