Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 Radeon HD 5770 but basic display functionality does not work

[gebbione]

Lets start by saying that i wish I had read this before and I wish that on an upgrade prompt Ubuntu would warn about major compatibility issues such as -http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/03/u...x-driver-16-04
however based on this page - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver my gpu should work just fine with the 16.04 drivers
So, I have just upgraded from 14.04 to 16.04 and my two screens are not detected and mirroring instead of extending the desktop.

$ xrandr -q
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 400, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024
default connected primary 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1280x1024      0.00* 
   1280x960       0.00  
   1152x864       0.00  
   1024x768       0.00  
   800x600        0.00  
   640x480        0.00  
   720x400        0.00

Also the resolution is too low and monitor instead of the two connected are detected as default. On IRC #ubuntu I have got the suggestion to configure xorg and looking at the guide athttp://zeroset.mnim.org/2013/01/07/d...rg-and-radeon/ I see that xrandr is supposed to detect the monitors well to attempt a Xorg config.
From Xorg log - Segmentation fault

[  5786.223] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[  5786.223] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[  5786.223] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[  5786.223] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[  5786.223] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
[  5786.223] (EE) 
[  5786.223] (EE) Backtrace:
[  5786.223] (EE) 0: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (xorg_backtrace+0x4e) [0x5581fdedc5ce]
[  5786.223] (EE) 1: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg (0x5581fdd2a000+0x1b6959) [0x5581fdee0959]
[  5786.223] (EE) 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x7fcc5f18c000+0x354a0) [0x7fcc5f1c14a0]
[  5786.223] (EE) 
[  5786.223] (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x0
[  5786.223] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[  5786.223] (EE) Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[  5786.223] (EE) 
[  5786.223] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
         at http://wiki.x.org

I dont need 3D acceleration and would like to fix the problem instead of downgrading to 14.04. What else can I try?

[QIII]

Please do not cut and paste Stack Exchange table formatting and up/downvote information. Please have the courtesy to create a new thread here in its entirety rather than just dragging something from elsewhere.

Thanks.



With regard to your issue: Did you have fglrx installed in 14.04 prior to upgrading and did you first uninstall it?

[gebbione]

With regard to your issue: Did you have fglrx installed in 14.04 prior to upgrading and did you first uninstall it?

I have not tried removing it but the change in experience tells me something has taken over but I might be wrong. So to confirm it I have run the command shown in this thread to collect info on current VGA drivers

http://askubuntu.com/questions/28033...-video-drivers

lspci | grep VGA ; lsmod | grep "kms\|drm" ; find /dev -group video ; \
cat /proc/cmdline ; find /etc/modprobe.d/; cat /etc/modprobe.d/*kms* ; \
ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf ; glxinfo | grep -i "vendor\|rendering" ; \
grep LoadModule /var/log/Xorg.0.log

And I get

03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Juniper XT [Radeon HD 5770]
/dev/video0
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-34-generic root=UUID=315979a7-13a8-49cf-bd7a-616f29ad8c79 ro acpi=force nomodeset
/etc/modprobe.d/
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/mlx4.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/osspd.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-firewire.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/fglrx-core.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/fbdev-blacklist.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/dkms.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rare-network.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/oss-compat.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/vmwgfx-fbdev.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-oss.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-modem.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
# modprobe information used for DKMS modules
#
# This is a stub file, should be edited when needed,
# used by default by DKMS.
ls: cannot access '/etc/X11/xorg.conf': No such file or directory
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
    Vendor: VMware, Inc. (0xffffffff)
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
[ 21038.259] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 21038.266] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
[ 21038.267] (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
[ 21038.268] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 21038.268] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 21038.269] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 21038.274] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 21038.274] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 21038.274] (II) LoadModule: "vbe"
[ 21038.275] (II) LoadModule: "int10"
[ 21038.323] (II) LoadModule: "ddc"
[ 21038.441] (II) LoadModule: "shadow"
[ 21038.442] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 21038.443] (II) LoadModule: "int10"
[ 21038.816] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"

The fglrx file is interesting in the fact that it attempts to blacklist radeon and amdgpu as shown

# This file was installed by fglrx""
# Do not edit this file manually


blacklist radeon
alias fglrx fglrx
alias radeon off
alias lbm-radeon off


blacklist amdgpu
alias amdgpu off
alias lbm-amdgpu off

I guess it is safe to remove it by just commenting out the conf and not remove the actual binary yet?
I will give it a try and come back to the forum

UPDATE: I have moved the file/changed extension but it has made no difference. I have restarted lightdm first and then also tried restarting the whole machine but I see no change

RE formatting : i thought i had removed it from the post. I am just using QUOTE to highlight the commands outputs

[howefield]

RE formatting : i thought i had removed it from the post. I am just using QUOTE to highlight the commands outputs

Better to use code tags to preserve formatting from terminal output as you can see from your now edited post above.

[gebbione]

In my case it was not a problem with compatibility between drivers/cards and kernel. I had nomodeset in my grub config blocking radeon driver from loading.


to check grub config see this article - http://www.howtogeek.com/196655/how-...ders-settings/


So in my experience after looking at this problem try the following


1 - check modprobe config to make sure the correct driver is blacklisted/or not,under /etc/modprobe.d/ files and make sure radeon is not blacklisted


2 - check grub as described above and remove the nomodeset option bearing in mind that this might cause other problems