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Binary package hint: update-manager

I was using Karmic with the fglrx screen driver for my ATI X700. I
mounted on loop the Lucid alternative cd for i386 and proceeded to
upgrade.

On reboot the screen had something of the purple background in a section
of the screen however the system was completely unresponsive and had to
be reset-rebooted.

Later I found an Xorg.0.log that showed the RADEON driver being used but
KMS not being available and a failure to find PLL

I booted from the Lucid live CD and had no problems. I took a copy of
the Xorg.0.log from the live CD boot and compared it to a failing
Xorg.0.log. I was suspicious of the dri driver and saw that that was
being redirected using update-alternatives to an fglrx version.

I completely removed the fglrx packages and noted that the initrd was
rebuilt. The system now boots and my screen has come back (using the
radeon driver) even, somehow, remembering my dual screen desktop.

I saw that the fglrx driver was removed during the update and replaced
at a later stage; perhaps the initrd was not updated when the driver was
removed.

I'm very pleased to be back after a worrying few hours. I hope this
report will help someone else recover their system after an upgrade that
went bad.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.134.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon May  3 18:28:39 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager

** Affects: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid
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