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[Bug 1424491] Re: apt-get fails to install fglrx or fglrx-updates in 14.04.2 and 12.04.5

 

I switched to proposed and was able to install fglrx-updates without
problems. After a reboot my .Xauthority file was owned by root causing
me to be stuck at the login screen with poor screen resolution. I was
able to fix the .Xauthority file:

sudo rm .Xauthority

The file got re-created a few times with root ownership (which should
not be the case?) but after:

sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm stop
sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm start

it seemed to be recreated with user ownership so I SHOULD be able to login. However that was not the case.
Running

sudo Xorg -configure

gave the following error message:

******************************************************

X.Org X Server 1.16.0
Release Date: 2014-07-16
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-70-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux OO7-laptop 3.16.0-36-generic #48~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 15 13:11:28 UTC 2015 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-36-generic root=UUID=9ad1f2a0-562f-46da-82c0-4e0e403d7fbc ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Build Date: 12 February 2015  11:11:26PM
xorg-server 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.2~trusty2 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support) 
Current version of pixman: 0.30.2
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Apr 19 15:03:54 2015
List of video drivers:
	mga
	savage
	fglrx
	intel
	radeon
	neomagic
	sisusb
	tdfx
	trident
	vmware
	openchrome
	r128
	nouveau
	mach64
	siliconmotion
	ati
	cirrus
	vesa
	fbdev
	modesetting
(++) Using config file: "/home/user/xorg.conf.new"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
(EE) 
(EE) Backtrace:
(EE) 0: Xorg (xorg_backtrace+0x48) [0x7f90200beed8]
(EE) 1: Xorg (0x7f901ff1a000+0x1a8f19) [0x7f90200c2f19]
(EE) 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x7f901e09a000+0x36d40) [0x7f901e0d0d40]
(EE) 
(EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x0
(EE) 
Fatal server error:
(EE) Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
(EE) 
(EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
(EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
(EE) 
(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

******************************************************

any ideas what i can do about that?

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Title:
  apt-get fails to install fglrx or fglrx-updates in 14.04.2 and 12.04.5

Status in AMD fglrx video driver:
  Invalid
Status in fglrx-installer package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in fglrx-installer-updates package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in fglrx-installer source package in Precise:
  In Progress
Status in fglrx-installer-updates source package in Precise:
  In Progress
Status in fglrx-installer source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in fglrx-installer-updates source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  
  SRU Request:

  [Impact]
  fglrx cannot be installed correctly together with the new lts stacks.

  [Test case]
  Installing the xserver from lts-utopic will prevent the current fglrx from being installed. The new fglrx will install correctly

  [Regression potential]
  Low. This fglrx release is already in use in 15.04 without any major issues.

  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Activity:  Install fglrx AMD driver on 12.04.5 and 14.02.2

  Expected behavior:  fglrx would intall

  Observed behavior:  fglrx is not installed as follows

  Attempt to install fglrx fails as follows:

          zack3@ZACK3:~$ sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates xvba-va-driver
          Reading package lists... Done
          Building dependency tree
          Reading state information... Done
          Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
          requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
          distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
          or been moved out of Incoming.
          The following information may help to resolve the situation:

          The following packages have unmet dependencies:
           fglrx-updates : Depends: xorg-video-abi-11 but it is not installable or
                                    xorg-video-abi-12 but it is not installable or
                                    xorg-video-abi-13 but it is not installable or
                                    xorg-video-abi-14 but it is not installable or
                                    xorg-video-abi-15
          E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

  Attempt to insatll xorg-video-abi-15 yields:

          zack3@ZACK3:~$ sudo apt-get install xorg-video-abi-15
          Reading package lists... Done
          Building dependency tree
          Reading state information... Done
          Note, selecting 'xserver-xorg-core' instead of 'xorg-video-abi-15'
          Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
          requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
          distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
          or been moved out of Incoming.
          The following information may help to resolve the situation:

          The following packages have unmet dependencies:
           libcheese-gtk23 : Depends: libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (>= 0.91.8) but it is not going to be installed
                             Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
           libcheese7 : Depends: libclutter-gst-2.0-0 (>= 0.10.0) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: gstreamer1.0-clutter but it is not going to be installed
           libclutter-1.0-0 : Depends: libcogl-pango15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
                              Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
          E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

  Attempting to install xserver-xorg-core instead yields:

          zack3@ZACK3:~$ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core
          Reading package lists... Done
          Building dependency tree
          Reading state information... Done
          Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
          requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
          distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
          or been moved out of Incoming.
          The following information may help to resolve the situation:

          The following packages have unmet dependencies:
           libcheese-gtk23 : Depends: libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (>= 0.91.8) but it is not going to be installed
                             Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
           libcheese7 : Depends: libclutter-gst-2.0-0 (>= 0.10.0) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: gstreamer1.0-clutter but it is not going to be installed
           libclutter-1.0-0 : Depends: libcogl-pango15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
                              Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
          E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

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