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[Bug 1513928] [NEW] AMD Catalyst (amdcccle) - 4.2 Linux Kernel bug

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Public bug reported:

Xubuntu 15.10 does not detect a AMD card, hence AMD Catalyst (amdcccle)
does not work. First, it is necessary to initialize it, first rebooting
the system after installation of fglrx-updates, copying the
/usr/lib/fglrx folder to /usr/lib64/fglrx, and using "aticonfig
--initial". In spite of that, these steps are not enough due to the bug,
that it is temporally solved by installing wily-proposed files, as
described in :

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-15.10-fglrx-
Fix

A Fix For AMD Catalyst On Ubuntu 15.10 Is Coming
Written by Michael Larabel in AMD on 27 October 2015 at 05:36 PM EDT. 25 Comments
While Ubuntu 15.10 launched last week, the AMD Catalyst driver hasn't been working but that's in the process of changing. 

While there's been patches for letting AMD Catalyst work on Ubuntu up
through the Linux 4.2 kernel, the binary driver has ended up failing to
work on Ubuntu's 4.2 kernel as found in Ubuntu 15.10. So even right now
with a sudo apt-get install fglrx on Ubuntu 15.10, the driver will not
work.

As reported in the earlier article, users have found the workaround to
be just downgrading to the Linux 4.1 kernel where the patched Catalyst
15.9 driver then plays happy. However, this new workaround that's in the
process of landing in the Wily archive, fixes the issue by building the
fglrx driver's shim against GCC 4.9 rather than GCC 5.

Alberto Milone pushed a fixed driver into wily-proposed. "Add a
dependency on gcc-4.9, and force fglrx to use gcc-4.9. This prevents
fglrx from dying on initialisation. Credit for finding out the actual
problem and for suggesting a workaround goes to David Burrows. Note:
this is only a workaround, and it will be dropped as soon as a proper
fix from upstream is available."

This lengthy bug report details the struggle people have faced in
getting AMD's proprietary driver working on this newest Ubuntu Linux
release. If you want to get your Ubuntu 15.10 box running with AMD's
blob prior to the new update landing in the official Ubuntu package
archive, you can follow the steps for using the driver from wily-
proposed via this bug comment.


and 


https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1493888/comments/123

Comment 123 for bug 1493888
Đorđe (djole94hns) wrote on 2015-10-27:	#123
@Mikael Thurberg

-In Software & Updates, tick "proposed"
-Create the file /etc/apt/preferences.d/proposed-updates with this content:

Package: *
Pin: release a=wily-proposed
Pin-Priority: 400

Just so you don't install proposed updates automatically, but
selectively (so you can choose which to install)

-sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates/wily-proposed fglrx-updates-core/wily-proposed fglrx-amdcccle-updates/wily-proposed
-reboot and you're done!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-17.21-generic 4.2.3
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Fri Nov  6 15:29:55 2015
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: wily
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 fglrx-updates-core, 15.201, 4.2.0-16-generic, x86_64: installed
 fglrx-updates-core, 15.201, 4.2.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:f945]
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:f945]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-25 (377 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite P55-B
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-17-generic root=UUID=7335dc82-7327-4e63-9112-7c9b2c1193b1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/26/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.bios.version: 1.40
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: VG20SQ
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvr1.40:bd11/26/2014:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteP55-B:pvrPSPNUP-01DLM1:rvnTOSHIBA:rnVG20SQ:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: Satellite P55-B
dmi.product.version: PSPNUP-01DLM1
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.65+git20151026.c745e541-0ubuntu0ricotz~wily
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.0.4~git20151026+11.0.ec14e6f8-0ubuntu0ricotz~wily
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.0.4~git20151026+11.0.ec14e6f8-0ubuntu0ricotz~wily
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.2-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.99+git20150521.d64a13eb-0ubuntu0ricotz
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20151015.6861391f-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11+git20150926.1ff13a92-0ubuntu0sarvatt
xserver.bootTime: Fri Nov  6 15:15:00 2015
xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
xserver.errors:
 Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section.
 AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
 AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
 AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9
xserver.video_driver: fglrx

** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug third-party-packages ubuntu wily

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Title:
  AMD Catalyst (amdcccle) - 4.2 Linux Kernel bug

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Xubuntu 15.10 does not detect a AMD card, hence AMD Catalyst
  (amdcccle) does not work. First, it is necessary to initialize it,
  first rebooting the system after installation of fglrx-updates,
  copying the /usr/lib/fglrx folder to /usr/lib64/fglrx, and using
  "aticonfig --initial". In spite of that, these steps are not enough
  due to the bug, that it is temporally solved by installing wily-
  proposed files, as described in :

  http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-15.10-fglrx-
  Fix

  A Fix For AMD Catalyst On Ubuntu 15.10 Is Coming
  Written by Michael Larabel in AMD on 27 October 2015 at 05:36 PM EDT. 25 Comments
  While Ubuntu 15.10 launched last week, the AMD Catalyst driver hasn't been working but that's in the process of changing. 

  While there's been patches for letting AMD Catalyst work on Ubuntu up
  through the Linux 4.2 kernel, the binary driver has ended up failing
  to work on Ubuntu's 4.2 kernel as found in Ubuntu 15.10. So even right
  now with a sudo apt-get install fglrx on Ubuntu 15.10, the driver will
  not work.

  As reported in the earlier article, users have found the workaround to
  be just downgrading to the Linux 4.1 kernel where the patched Catalyst
  15.9 driver then plays happy. However, this new workaround that's in
  the process of landing in the Wily archive, fixes the issue by
  building the fglrx driver's shim against GCC 4.9 rather than GCC 5.

  Alberto Milone pushed a fixed driver into wily-proposed. "Add a
  dependency on gcc-4.9, and force fglrx to use gcc-4.9. This prevents
  fglrx from dying on initialisation. Credit for finding out the actual
  problem and for suggesting a workaround goes to David Burrows. Note:
  this is only a workaround, and it will be dropped as soon as a proper
  fix from upstream is available."

  This lengthy bug report details the struggle people have faced in
  getting AMD's proprietary driver working on this newest Ubuntu Linux
  release. If you want to get your Ubuntu 15.10 box running with AMD's
  blob prior to the new update landing in the official Ubuntu package
  archive, you can follow the steps for using the driver from wily-
  proposed via this bug comment.

  
  and 

  
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1493888/comments/123

  Comment 123 for bug 1493888
  Đorđe (djole94hns) wrote on 2015-10-27:	#123
  @Mikael Thurberg

  -In Software & Updates, tick "proposed"
  -Create the file /etc/apt/preferences.d/proposed-updates with this content:

  Package: *
  Pin: release a=wily-proposed
  Pin-Priority: 400

  Just so you don't install proposed updates automatically, but
  selectively (so you can choose which to install)

  -sudo apt-get update
  -sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates/wily-proposed fglrx-updates-core/wily-proposed fglrx-amdcccle-updates/wily-proposed
  -reboot and you're done!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-17.21-generic 4.2.3
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-17-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: None
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Fri Nov  6 15:29:55 2015
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: wily
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   fglrx-updates-core, 15.201, 4.2.0-16-generic, x86_64: installed
   fglrx-updates-core, 15.201, 4.2.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:f945]
     Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:f945]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-25 (377 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
  MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite P55-B
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-17-generic root=UUID=7335dc82-7327-4e63-9112-7c9b2c1193b1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 11/26/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
  dmi.bios.version: 1.40
  dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.board.name: VG20SQ
  dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
  dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvr1.40:bd11/26/2014:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteP55-B:pvrPSPNUP-01DLM1:rvnTOSHIBA:rnVG20SQ:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.name: Satellite P55-B
  dmi.product.version: PSPNUP-01DLM1
  dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
  version.compiz: compiz N/A
  version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.65+git20151026.c745e541-0ubuntu0ricotz~wily
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.0.4~git20151026+11.0.ec14e6f8-0ubuntu0ricotz~wily
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.0.4~git20151026+11.0.ec14e6f8-0ubuntu0ricotz~wily
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.2-1ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.99+git20150521.d64a13eb-0ubuntu0ricotz
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20151015.6861391f-0ubuntu0sarvatt
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11+git20150926.1ff13a92-0ubuntu0sarvatt
  xserver.bootTime: Fri Nov  6 15:15:00 2015
  xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
  xserver.errors:
   Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section.
   AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
   AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
   AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.version: 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9
  xserver.video_driver: fglrx

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