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[Jhonny Oliveira <jhonny.oliveira@xxxxxxxxx>]

OK, it is working now. I previously forgot to manually install the gcc4.9 dependencies.

Just to summarize in case someone went through the same struggle:

1 - Installed Ubuntu 15.10
  -> Instead of being prompted for my disk encryption password I get a black screen! The screen actually goes of! This is related to my "AMD Radeon HD 7850"...
      -> Luckily it is possible to enter the password in the "dark" - Workaround: add "GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=auto" to grub.
2 - Obviously, if you buy this graphic card you kind of plan to use it, so I installed fglrx (updates and no updates)
  -> system no longer boots, and it is not possible to enter the disk encryption at all.
      -> To address the disk encryption issue had to remove "splash" from grub configuration, leaving it like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet", the previous (1) grub hack no longer works can be removed...
      -> the driver itself does no work, had to remove it after booting in single mode.
3. Installed the packages proposed on the previous post (updates)
      -> Together with the previous (2) grub hack everything is working again. I mean, not as good looking as it should but, it is working.

This was the reason I left Fedora 4/5 years ago!!!

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1493888

Title:
  FGLRX incompatible with gcc 5

Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in fglrx-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in fglrx-installer source package in Wily:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  With a R9 280 and FGLRX on ubuntu 15.10 the graphics lock up. I am
  able to SSH into the machine. I booted the older kernel
  (4.1.0-3-generic) and it works with FGLRX. After purging FGLRX and
  using xserver-xorg-video-radeon I am able to get the graphics working,
  but even it has issues with my display port (The DVI ports are working
  correctly).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: fglrx (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-7.7-generic 4.2.0
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-7-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.18-0ubuntu9
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Sep  9 09:29:54 2015
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-01-07 (1705 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-08-18 (21 days ago)

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