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[Nicolas Delvaux <1479913@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't understand why everyone thanks Canonical here.
I mean, they messed up the SRU kernel process and broke a big number of stable desktops in the wild (including some LTS users).
An now everyone is saying everything is great &all now that an update was pushed?

But did you think of those casual users that are now stuck on a black screen or on a login loop and won't be able to upgrade their computer without an external help?
Come on, I can't be the only one to think what happened is very serious for a distribution targeted at everyone.

No, what would seem professional to me now would be the publication of a post-mortem on this issue, detailing actions and changes to existing processes in order to make sure this kind of situation won't happen again in the future.
Then it would restore some faith that Ubuntu can be safely used by "human beings" and not just geeks.

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Title:
  SRU request: fglrx.ko fails because of backported GPL-only
  'pci_ignore_hotplug' symbol

Status in fglrx-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in fglrx-installer-updates package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in fglrx-installer source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in fglrx-installer-updates source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in fglrx-installer source package in Vivid:
  Fix Released
Status in fglrx-installer-updates source package in Vivid:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  An update to the lts-vivid backported kernel (3.19.0-26) in Trusty and to the default kernel in Vivid, pulled in a commit that made pci_ignore_hotplug() GPL only. As a result, the DKMS module fails.

  [Test Case]
  Install the new packages and check that DKMS doesn't fail.

  [Regression Potential]
  Low, the patches are already included wily.

  __________________________________

  Have no idea what happened. Contact me if you need additional details.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: fglrx-core 2:15.200-0ubuntu4.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-25.26-generic 3.19.8-ckt2
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:

  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
  DKMSKernelVersion: 3.19.0-26-generic
  Date: Thu Jul 30 12:05:59 2015
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: vivid
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   fglrx-core, 15.200, 3.19.0-25-generic, x86_64: installed
   vboxhost, 4.3.30, 3.19.0-25-generic, x86_64: installed
   vboxhost, 4.3.30, 3.19.0-26-generic, x86_64: installed
  GraphicsCard:
   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Barts XT [Radeon HD 6870] [1002:6738] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Hightech Information System Ltd. Device [1787:2010]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-16 (1046 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)
  MachineType: BIOSTAR Group A770E3
  PackageVersion: 2:15.200-0ubuntu4.1
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.19.0-25-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu-root ro radeon.nomodeset=1 radeon.dpm=1 crashkernel=384M-:128M crashkernel=384M-:128M crashkernel=384M-:128M crashkernel=384M-:128M crashkernel=384M-:128M crashkernel=384M-:128M
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1
   apt  1.0.9.7ubuntu4.1
  SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
  Title: fglrx-core 2:15.200-0ubuntu4.1: fglrx-core kernel module failed to build
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 04/21/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 080014
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: A770E3
  dmi.board.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080014:bd04/21/2010:svnBIOSTARGroup:pnA770E3:pvr:rvnBIOSTARGroup:rnA770E3:rvr:cvnBIOSTARGroup:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: A770E3
  dmi.sys.vendor: BIOSTAR Group
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.1+15.04.20150410.1-0ubuntu1
  version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.62+git1507210630.293f8f~gd~u
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.7~git1507230730.2ca1f7~gd~u
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.7~git1507230730.2ca1f7~gd~u
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A
  xserver.bootTime: Thu Jul 30 09:44:01 2015
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3
  xserver.video_driver: fglrx

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