10.04 broke my fglrx, how do I fix

[mbrx]

Hi,

A somewhat hackish solution that seemed to solve this problem for me on two desktops that I upgraded was the following:

$ sudo bash
# cd /usr/share/ati
# export FORCE_ATI_UNINSTALL="yes"
# ./fglrx-uninstall.sh
# exit

After this I could resume installing the fglrx package through synaptic or jockey (as you like). Note however that the previous error message by synaptic said that this was not recommended, but it's worked well for me.

EDIT: never mind, I see now that the instructions above are dealing with this in a better way

[marcoftheknight]

Hey ,
So your Force remove worked the best that was the easiest way to fix the problem worked immediately . Nice especially because I dont feel like spending days getting my driver working
This worked for me:

$ sudo bash
# cd /usr/share/ati
# export FORCE_ATI_UNINSTALL="yes"
# ./fglrx-uninstall.sh
# exit

THanks mbrx I know its now the best solution but it not bad.

[StonedSidney]

This worked for me too although it took a couple of tries to get the export variable to work, then finally the uninstall script ran. Synapic still showed fglrx as being installed and threw an error when I tried Complete Removal.

Jockey said no prop drivers were in use and offered nothing. In synapic I chose Reinstall fglrx, and Install ccc.

I used

sudo aticonfig --initial 

which created a clean xorg.conf

Now everything works fine, including desktop effects.

Thanks.

[donnyw]

Help! I've tried every variation of every method suggested on this thread so far and haven't had much luck.

Here are a couple of the things that haven't worked.

Purge everything fglrx related
Install ATI driver
Remove /usr/share/ati
Install fglrx again

Purging fglrx and just installing the ATI driver

Force uninstalling the ATI driver and installing fglrx

Purging fglrx, reinstalling fglrx, then installing the ATI driver

Using the open source drivers

All of these methods either leave me with a system that won't make it past the splash screen, or if I do manage to boot, I'm stuck with a single display being mirrored on both my monitors. CCC tells me

"There was a problem initializing Catalyst Control Center Linux edition. It could be caused by the following.

No ATI graphics driver is installed, or the ATI driver is not functioning properly.
Please install the ATI driver appropriate for your ATI hardware, or configure using aticonfig"

I just really want to be able to use both my monitors as an extended desktop, that's all! This worked fine until I hit 10.04, and now it's been a huge hassle. I would really appreciate any advice here. Thanks guys.

[0e8h]

Same problem. Pathetic ATI driver crew can't make drivers.

Next video card purchase, Nvidia. Thanks ATI, u lamers...

[StonedSidney]

Help! I've tried every variation of every method suggested on this thread so far and haven't had much luck.

Here are a couple of the things that haven't worked.

Purge everything fglrx related
Install ATI driver
Remove /usr/share/ati
Install fglrx again

After this did CCC work? Mine did at first, without errors, but display was still unusable at this point, and Compiz wouldn't work.
Also, did you see anything like the fglrxinfo output here: http://swiss.ubuntuforums.org/showth...28#post9355828

Did you get any problem uninstalling fglrx, or did the unistaller give you a confirmation message of success (it should have)?

If so, then have faith, somehow I got through this and I'm a bit of a newb.

Purging fglrx and just installing the ATI driver

Force uninstalling the ATI driver and installing fglrx

Purging fglrx, reinstalling fglrx, then installing the ATI driver

Using the open source drivers

All of these methods either leave me with a system that won't make it past the splash screen, or if I do manage to boot, I'm stuck with a single display being mirrored on both my monitors. CCC tells me

Yep, you have to reboot each time. At least 10.04 boots quick... but still a drag.

"There was a problem initializing Catalyst Control Center Linux edition. It could be caused by the following.

No ATI graphics driver is installed, or the ATI driver is not functioning properly.
Please install the ATI driver appropriate for your ATI hardware, or configure using aticonfig"

I just really want to be able to use both my monitors as an extended desktop, that's all! This worked fine until I hit 10.04, and now it's been a huge hassle. I would really appreciate any advice here. Thanks guys.

HTH

[donnyw]

CCC would never work, it always gave me the same error message. I ended up just doing a clean install of 9.10. Not sure if I'll upgrade to 10.04 anytime soon, as this is my work machine and I can't really spend the time fighting with it if it doesn't work.