package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati when ATI Drivers are previously installed

Thanks for your report.

Could you please open a terminal and provide the output of the command:
$sudo apt-get install fglrx

Thanks.

Hi, thanks for picking this up.
FYI: I had 9.10 running without any problems. Did the online upgrade to
10.04
This seems to be the only problem, haven't noted anything else. Which is
really great!
regards,
Rob

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blacksp@blacksp:~$ sudo apt-get install fglrx
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  dkms fglrx-amdcccle
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  dkms fglrx fglrx-amdcccle
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 23.4MB of archives.
After this operation, 69.6MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main dkms 2.1.1.2-2fakesync1
[70.1kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted fglrx
2:8.723.1-0ubuntu2 [18.2MB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted fglrx-amdcccle
2:8.723.1-0ubuntu2 [5,101kB]
Fetched 23.4MB in 22s
(1,060kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package dkms.
(Reading database ... 167916 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking dkms (from .../dkms_2.1.1.2-2fakesync1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking fglrx (from .../fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...

[Warning] Uninstall : inst_path_default or inst_path_override
 does not exist in /etc/ati. This suggests that the ATI driver
 is not installed, the ATI driver is only partially installed,
 or the current ATI driver installed is an older version than the
 one this script was designed for. Both files listed above are
 required for determining where installed files are located.
 To force uninstallation of the driver by guessing where the
 uninstallation files are located, set the FORCE_ATI_UNINSTALL
 environment variable and re-run /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh (this is
not recommended).

dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Selecting previously deselected package fglrx-amdcccle.
Unpacking fglrx-amdcccle (from
.../fglrx-amdcccle_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 23:15, Jean-Baptiste Lallement <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Thanks for your report.
>
> Could you please open a terminal and provide the output of the command:
> $sudo apt-get install fglrx
>
> Thanks.
>
> ** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
> pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565407
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> E: /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb: subprocess
> new pre-installation script returned er...

blacksp@blacksp:~$ sudo apt-get install fglrx
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  dkms fglrx-amdcccle
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  dkms fglrx fglrx-amdcccle
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 23.4MB of archives.
After this operation, 69.6MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main dkms 2.1.1.2-2fakesync1 [70.1kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu2 [18.2MB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted fglrx-amdcccle 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu2 [5,101kB]
Fetched 23.4MB in 22s (1,060kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package dkms.
(Reading database ... 167916 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking dkms (from .../dkms_2.1.1.2-2fakesync1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking fglrx (from .../fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...

[Warning] Uninstall : inst_path_default or inst_path_override
 does not exist in /etc/ati. This suggests that the ATI driver
 is not installed, the ATI driver is only partially installed,
 or the current ATI driver installed is an older version than the
 one this script was designed for. Both files listed above are
 required for determining where installed files are located.
 To force uninstallation of the driver by guessing where the
 uninstallation files are located, set the FORCE_ATI_UNINSTALL
 environment variable and re-run /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh (this is not recommended).

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Selecting previously deselected package fglrx-amdcccle.
Unpacking fglrx-amdcccle (from .../fglrx-amdcccle_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Thanks for following up. setting status to triaged/medium since you provided the required information.

i have the same issue on 64-bit when upgrading to karmic on 4/19/10.output of attempt to install fglrx below:

chris@void:~$ sudo apt-get install fglrx
[sudo] password for chris:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  fglrx-amdcccle
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  fglrx fglrx-amdcccle
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/34.4MB of archives.
After this operation, 110MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 277147 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fglrx (from .../fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...

[Warning] Uninstall : inst_path_default or inst_path_override
 does not exist in /etc/ati. This suggests that the ATI driver
 is not installed, the ATI driver is only partially installed,
 or the current ATI driver installed is an older version than the
 one this script was designed for. Both files listed above are
 required for determining where installed files are located.
 To force uninstallation of the driver by guessing where the
 uninstallation files are located, set the FORCE_ATI_UNINSTALL
 environment variable and re-run /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh (this is not recommended).

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Selecting previously deselected package fglrx-amdcccle.
Unpacking fglrx-amdcccle (from .../fglrx-amdcccle_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
chris@void:~$

Only difference is that I run 32-bit on my laptop.
The ATI cards always gave me trouble with Ubuntu. On my PC I run 64-bit and
a Radeon card. Flawless...

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On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 00:49, sithlord48 <email address hidden> wrote:

> i have the same issue on 64-bit when upgrading to karmic on
> 4/19/10.output of attempt to install fglrx below:
>
> chris@void:~$ sudo apt-get install fglrx
> [sudo] password for chris:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
> fglrx-amdcccle
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> fglrx fglrx-amdcccle
> 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/34.4MB of archives.
> After this operation, 110MB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
> (Reading database ... 277147 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking fglrx (from .../fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
>
> [Warning] Uninstall : inst_path_default or inst_path_override
> does not exist in /etc/ati. This suggests that the ATI driver
> is not installed, the ATI driver is only partially installed,
> or the current ATI driver installed is an older version than the
> one this script was designed for. Both files listed above are
> required for determining where installed files are located.
> To force uninstallation of the driver by guessing where the
> uninstallation files are located, set the FORCE_ATI_UNINSTALL
> environment variable and re-run /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh (this is
> not recommended).
>
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Selecting previously deselected package fglrx-amdcccle.
> Unpacking fglrx-amdcccle (from
> .../fglrx-amdcccle_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> chris@void:~$
>
> --
> package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
> pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
> inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565407
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> E: /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb: subprocess
> new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> When running update manager on a laptop after the 9.10 -> 10.04 upgrade.
> Card is Radeon 2400
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> Package: fglrx (not installed)
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.59-generic
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> AptOrdering:
> fglrx: Install
> fglrx: Configure
> fglrx-amdcccle: Configure
> fglrx-kernel-source: Configure
> xorg-driver-fglrx: Configure
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Sat Apr 17 17:04:...

Workarround:

"export FORCE_ATI_UNINSTALL=/usr/share/ati" and then try again. The script seams to be unable to find the old drivers location.

had the same issue after upgrading to lucid last night.

the workaround in #8 failed the same way.

Error message:

(Reading database ... 385568 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fglrx (from .../fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...

[Warning] Uninstall : inst_path_default or inst_path_override
 does not exist in /etc/ati. This suggests that the ATI driver
 is not installed, the ATI driver is only partially installed,
 or the current ATI driver installed is an older version than the
 one this script was designed for. Both files listed above are
 required for determining where installed files are located.
 To force uninstallation of the driver by guessing where the
 uninstallation files are located, set the FORCE_ATI_UNINSTALL
 environment variable and re-run /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh (this is not recommended).

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu3_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of fglrx-amdcccle:
 fglrx-amdcccle depends on fglrx; however:
  Package fglrx is not installed.
dpkg: error processing fglrx-amdcccle (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 fglrx-amdcccle

I found a workaround: I manually deleted the folder /usr/share/ati and now fglrx can be installed.

please bump the priority of this bug, it will effect a great number of people once Lucid is released without fixing this.

Did you previously installed the proprietary drivers directly from ATI (not the deb package) ?

This can only happen if you previously have the drivers from ATI installed on your system and then install the Ubuntu package without uninstalling them.

SRU: minimal patch for Lucid is attached

Nominating for SRU. The fix is trivial and is just a matter of removing the /etc/ati directory after calling the uninstallation script from the ati-installer.

TEST-CASE: The steps to reproduce the problem are available in the description of this bug report.

Note for users: I've uploaded the package to lucid-proposed and it should be approved after Lucid is released. Then you'll be able to test it.

Accepted fglrx-installer into lucid-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

As you can see in the attached log, I can no longer reproduce the problem. I tested this on karmic with the lucid and lucid-proposed repositories enabled so as to reproduce the scenario of a dist-upgrade from karmic to lucid.

OK, I'm gonna try it out later tonight as well, will post the results.
regards,
Rob

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On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 16:07, Alberto Milone
<email address hidden>wrote:

> As you can see in the attached log, I can no longer reproduce the
> problem. I tested this on karmic with the lucid and lucid-proposed
> repositories enabled so as to reproduce the scenario of a dist-upgrade
> from karmic to lucid.
>
> ** Attachment added: "fglrx.txt"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/46613757/fglrx.txt
>
> --
> package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new
> pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 - inst_path_default or
> inst_path_override does not exist in /etc/ati when ATI Drivers are
> previously installed
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565407
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed
> Status in “fglrx-installer” source package in Lucid: Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> == DESCRIPTION ==
> Installation of package fglrx failed with the following error:
> Unpacking fglrx (from .../fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
>
> [Warning] Uninstall : inst_path_default or inst_path_override
> does not exist in /etc/ati. This suggests that the ATI driver
> is not installed, the ATI driver is only partially installed,
> or the current ATI driver installed is an older version than the
> one this script was designed for. Both files listed above are
> required for determining where installed files are located.
> To force uninstallation of the driver by guessing where the
> uninstallation files are located, set the FORCE_ATI_UNINSTALL
> environment variable and re-run /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh (this is
> not recommended).
>
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> == HOW TO REPRODUCE ==
> - install the drivers from ATI (download the installer e.g
> ati-driver-installer-10-3-x86.x86_64.run and run it )
> - install the package from the Ubuntu repository
> $ sudo apt-get install fglrx
>
> => failure
>
> The preinst script removes the /etc/ati directory _before_ running the
> ATI's uninstallation script. Hence the later complains about it not being
> there anymore.
>
> == WORKAROUND ==
> $ export FORCE_ATI_UNINSTALL=/usr/share/ati
> $ apt-get install fglrx
>
> OR
>
> - reinstall from the ATI installer to restore the /etc/ati directory
> - then uninstall with ATI script
> - finally installthe ubuntu package.
>
>
> E: /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu2_i386.deb: subprocess
> new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> When running update manager on a laptop after the 9.10 -> 10.04 upgrade.
> Card is Radeon 2400
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> Package: fglrx (not installed)
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.59-generic
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> AptOrdering:
> fglrx: Install
> fglrx: Configure
> fglrx-amdcccle: Configure
> fglrx-kernel-so...

OK, I'm not sure if others still have the problem but I sudo'ed upgrade, update, are on the LT 10.04 and this is the result from installing the ATI driver, still the same problem:

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

$ sudo apt-get install fglrx
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  ttf-lyx
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  fglrx-amdcccle
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  fglrx fglrx-amdcccle
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 51 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/23.3MB of archives.
After this operation, 69.2MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 168181 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fglrx (from .../fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...

[Warning] Uninstall : inst_path_default or inst_path_override
 does not exist in /etc/ati. This suggests that the ATI driver
 is not installed, the ATI driver is only partially installed,
 or the current ATI driver installed is an older version than the
 one this script was designed for. Both files listed above are
 required for determining where installed files are located.
 To force uninstallation of the driver by guessing where the
 uninstallation files are located, set the FORCE_ATI_UNINSTALL
 environment variable and re-run /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh (this is not recommended).

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu4_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Selecting previously deselected package fglrx-amdcccle.
Unpacking fglrx-amdcccle (from .../fglrx-amdcccle_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu4_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

OK all, forget the previous update, I have managed to execute tjhe proposed workaround but I'm now facing the following:

According to the driver manager (System-Administration-Hardware Drivers) the propriatary fglrx driver is available AND enabled. However, when I want to enable visual effects there's a long driver search resulting in 'desktop effects could not be enabled'.

Running Forlong's compiz-check script (http://forlong.blogage.de/entries/pages/Compiz-Check) gives the following output:

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

./compiz-check

Gathering information about your system...

 Distribution: Ubuntu 10.04
 Desktop environment: GNOME
 Graphics chip: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 2400
 Driver in use: radeon
 Rendering method: None

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system... [SKIP]

 Checking for hardware/setup problems... [SKIP]

At least one check had to be skipped:
 Error: No rendering method in use (AIGLX, Xgl or Nvidia)

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

Now what?

This bug was fixed in the package fglrx-installer - 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4

---------------
fglrx-installer (2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  * Remove /etc/ati only after calling the fglrx-uninstall.sh
    script. This will solve problems with dist-upgrades when
    packages from the ati installer have been previously
    installed (LP: #565407).
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:19:23 +0200

Copied lucid-proposed to maverick.

I see a couple of workarounds above. If we are still experiencing this bug, what should we do, so that I don't wreck my distro.

Thanks

Hello,

It seems that the steps above helped people resolve this problem. I recently shifted to LINUX OS and did the upgrade to Lucid (10.04) just a while ago. My ATI catalyst control centre refuses to open. I tried the commands explained in the "work around" section but that didn't work. I tried to reinstall the ATI drivers but do not know how to uninstall the ATI 'script'. Could somebody please explain, to me, how I should get my graphic drivers working and hence fglrx.

PS my screen resolution is surprisingly 1280x800 (highest possible) although I don't have the drivers.

This workaround it's not working for me.

I solved this bug by simply deleting /usr/share/ati folder, after that i can install normally fglrx

I renamed the /usr/share/ati folder to /usr/share/ati_old, and after that the installed completed.
Interesting: no new /usr/share/ati folder was created by the install.
Of course, ATI Catalyst no longer functions...

I can verify Gabriel Cuka's comment - renaming that directory allowed both the repository fglrx package and the ATI-sourced package to install.

Renaming the /usr/lib/fglrx directory also fixed two installation warnings about subdirectories not being able to be deleted.

Neither of these two steps, however, resulted in a functioning driver.

I wonder whether it's a kernel issue, since my display is garbled on startup as well. Full 1440x900 resolution without acceleration when in X, but the startup splash screen is garbled beyond recognition.

Ubuntu 10.04 x64, upgraded, ATI Radeon HD 5770

Workaround #10 / #24 worked for me. Thanks for the advice.

One question I have for anyone stating "upgrade". Are you referring to an actual upgrade or a complete wipe then install? Never upgrade Ubuntu, do a complete wipe and then install. Anway:

I myself have a HD 5xxxx. (The same drivers for each 5xxxx). Anyway, the ATI driver one normally obtains is from the AMD website; which crashes like a motha. The only solution would be to completely delete the ATI folders; whether one will find it in /user/share or /etc or any other place, for that matter. Ubuntu will always start in safe graphics mode if xorg is not configured properly (normally it will ask you such after deleting xorg.conf or delete configurations for ATI).Once you have deleted any ATI based folder and restarted, safe graphics mode will be implemented. Some of you might experience "garbled" resolutions after the restart (this would be from the safe graphics; bare with it). Then go ahead and install your drivers using Jockey (System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers).

This will only work if there is no trace of the original ATI driver (found from AMD website). You will need to do some modifications using amdcccle (or manually edit xorg.conf) after installation. Or invoke the "initial" argument. (aticonfig --initial) then restart-x (DO NOT RESTART UNTIL YOU RESTART X).

I will monitor this log if anyone wants the help. Just shout or scream and I will come to some rescue. Just remember to let me know your specs (hardware, etc....)

For me too neither of these steps, however, resulted in a *functioning* 3Ddriver (only 2D it's working).

Now i can install fglrx (after deleting ATI folders) from official repos, but GLxinfo request fail:

# X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)
# Major opcode of failed request: 157 (GLX)
# Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
# Serial number of failed request: 20
# Current serial number in output stream: 20

In the AMDcc panel i can see 2d driver working, but not at all OpenGL reference driver, and of course compiz or any 3D Apps it's working

I'm with a HD2600pro - 10.4 - 32bit

Sorry, i mean:
"and of course compiz or any 3D Apps it's working" => it's NOT working

I solved by re-installing the proprietary binary from Ati (download from site v. 10.4), and doing 3/4 times Aticonfig initialisation (" aticonfig --initial -f").

I don't know why, but the "3 times" initialisation (it consist on writing a new autoconfiguration on xorg.conf) was my solution (with only 1 initialisation, 3D was not working at all). Hope it helps someone with the same problem.

aticonfig saves the old version of the file, correct? would you be able
to investigate what the differences are between the files aticonfig
created each time?

On 10/05/2010 5:26 AM, BArrYZ wrote:
> I solved by re-installing the proprietary binary from Ati (download from
> site v. 10.4), and doing 3/4 times Aticonfig initialisation (" aticonfig
> --initial -f").
>
> I don't know why, but the "3 times" initialisation (it consist on
> writing a new autoconfiguration on xorg.conf) was my solution (with only
> 1 initialisation, 3D was not working at all). Hope it helps someone with
> the same problem.
>
> ** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Lucid)
> Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
>
>

(@weskey5644: the ability to upgrade between distributions is a feature of Ubuntu, therefore it should work and be maintained, regardless of a popularly-conceived best practice. Personally I have neither the time nor the bandwidth to do so.
Also, the garbled resolutions I am experiencing occur at the splash screen, long before X is loaded, and so X.org's safe graphics mode isn't in play at that stage. Sure, may not be a kernel thing, I don't really have the knowledge to tell. But, it's something that's never happened all the while I've been using ATI drivers from their website - over 3 years now.)

Workaround in #25 above works like a charm. THANKS!

I'm still having major problems with both the ATI open and proprietary drivers. I can now install and uninstall without the scripts braking but the remaining problems are even less funny.

Having reinstalled Lucid the propriety driver installs out of the box but is not enabled (shown in Admin-Hardware Drivers).
Enabling these appear to do nothing, I can't enable the desktop ('desktops effects could not be enabled').

Disabling the drivers and installing the open fglrx drivers results in desktop effects (even though the 'desktops effects could not be enabled' message appears).

However, booting results in a blurred rainbow colors like desktop. Re-booting: same thing. Fixing X using a live CD: no result, so all that's left now is reinstalling Lucid.

I really think this is a showstopper for Lucid. at least on hardware with ATI HD2400 cards and probably much more...

On Sat, May 08, 2010 at 11:36:58PM -0000, weskey5644 wrote:
> One question I have for anyone stating "upgrade". Are you referring to
> an actual upgrade or a complete wipe then install? Never upgrade Ubuntu,
> do a complete wipe and then install.

You are absolutely not representing the position of the Ubuntu development
team here.

--
Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/
<email address hidden> <email address hidden>

About my statement 'I really think this is a showstopper for Lucid. at least on hardware with ATI HD2400 cards and probably many more ATI cards...'

What I mean with this is that it may put off a lot of novice users who are not familiar with the level of tweaking that is required to get the system up and running. This, together with too many wifi (ralink...) problems may drive them back or make them stay at Windows. I would really hate that!

From post #10*
"I found a workaround: I manually deleted the folder /usr/share/ati and now fglrx can be installed.

please bump the priority of this bug, it will effect a great number of people once Lucid is released without fixing this."

Well, I'm one of the people who updated to lucid and was effected by this. And I don't quite understand what all is going on, so something official would be nice =/

#25 and #26 work to me.... many thanks

I have reproduced the problem with fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu3 and have verified that the version of fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4 in proposed fixes the issue.

Marking as verification-done.

This bug was fixed in the package fglrx-installer - 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4

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fglrx-installer (2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  * Remove /etc/ati only after calling the fglrx-uninstall.sh
    script. This will solve problems with dist-upgrades when
    packages from the ati installer have been previously
    installed (LP: #565407).
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:19:23 +0200

@ Jean-Baptiste Lallement
on 2010-06-14: #40
I have reproduced the problem with fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu3 and have verified that the version of fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4 in proposed fixes the issue.
Marking as verification-done.

I am experiencing this problem, upgraded Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04 and I can't even install the supposed fix, (fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4)

When I run synaptic and install fglrx, I get this error:

/var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.723.1-0ubuntu4_i386.deb: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

If I click ok on the pop up, I see that fglrx-amdcccle is installed, but fglrx itself isn't?

Sorry, I misspoke, I do have fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4 installed, looking in synaptic, but I still can't install fglrx, even though my resolution is very high and not 1024-768, which leads me to think a partial upgrade happened somewhere along the way, but didn't fully install the ati drivers, would my assumption be correct?

i repair that following the steps of post #25 and #26

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Gabriel Cuka wrote on 2010-05-08: | #25
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I renamed the /usr/share/ati folder to /usr/share/ati_old, and after that the installed completed.
Interesting: no new /usr/share/ati folder was created by the install.
Of course, ATI Catalyst no longer functions...
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farge wrote on 2010-05-08: | #26
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I can verify Gabriel Cuka's comment - renaming that directory allowed both the repository fglrx package and the ATI-sourced package to install.

Renaming the /usr/lib/fglrx directory also fixed two installation warnings about subdirectories not being able to be deleted.

Neither of these two steps, however, resulted in a functioning driver.

I wonder whether it's a kernel issue, since my display is garbled on startup as well. Full 1440x900 resolution without acceleration when in X, but the startup splash screen is garbled beyond recognition.

Ubuntu 10.04 x64, upgraded, ATI Radeon HD 5770
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I have an ATI Radeon HD4870 and a resolution of 1600x900 and work to me.

Yeah!!, I got my graphics working, after opening as administrator and renaming /usr/share/ati to /usr/share/ati_old, thanks to #10 and #24, also, after I renamed the folder, I went into synaptic, searched for ati, and it showed "xserver-xorg-video-ati" and also "xserver-xorg-video-radeon" as being installed, leading me to be able to have a high resolution, but no compiz I am assuming, I then rebooted and activated the ati driver in Hardware Drivers, and everything now works, thanks guys for all your help. Maybe this will help someone else also. Ledzepjes

I need to clarify, I uninstalled the "xserver-xorg-video-ati" and "xserver-xorg-video-radeon" packages from synaptic, not just searched for them. Having two ati drivers packages installed was probably causing errors and preventing me from installing fglrx, as well as having to rename /usr/share/ati folder to /usr/share/ati_old all helped fix my issue. Although now, I go into monitor, and it doesn't show what model monitor I have, before it would display the model name of my monitor as "Viewsonic", I'm not complaining, that's really a mute point. I also had two sets of ati ccc in the preferences menu, but fixed that by deleting one set in the main menu configurator.

@ledzepjes: I really can't reproduce the problem with the latest fglrx in -updates and upgrading from a fresh Karmic with both proprietary drivers and Ubuntu package installed. Could you please file another report with the command "ubuntu-bug fglrx" and attach the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ from your upgrade from karmic. Add a comment here with the bug number. Thanks in advance.

@jean-Baptiste Lallement, cool name by the way, if I ever got a name change I had always thought of something similar, jean-luke piccard, perhaps, lol

when I get a chance to post the logs I will

FYI, at the time of the upgrade, I did an upgrade using the update manager, from 9.04, to 9.10, to 10.04 over the coarse of a couple days, and at the time I was trying to install my ati drivers in 10.04 and I had "fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu3" not "fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4" by checking synaptic, and rather than upgrading using an iso of the alternate cd I used the update manager. I also had the aticcc menu before the upgrade, and I thought I had installed the ati drivers from ati web site, but never got compiz to work, and never got the jockey(hardware drivers) to activate the ati proprietary drivers. Also, I did a "$ dpkg-divert --list" and it listed fglrx as being diverted with another package, can't remember exactly the name of it. What ever that means, probably something to do with the upgrades/and/or not properly installing my ati drivers correctly in the first place. I ran "$ dpkg-divert --remove /name/of/package" and removed the package that conflicted with fglrx. Don't know if I should have done that or not, cause it still didn't let me activate ati proprietary drivers. Had to rename /usr/share/ati to ati_old before I could activate.

I'll give you the outputs on what dpkg-divert --list showed and the logs when I get a chance.

sudo apt-get purge fglrx-modaliases fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-kernel-source xorg-driver-fglrx xorg-driver-fglrx-dev
reboot
rm -rf /usr/share/ati
Open synaptics and install fglrx
sudo aticonfig --initial

@jean-Baptiste

Here is the output after running: dpkg-divert --list
However, I don't remember what the list was previously, as I removed one of the packages that was listed as being diverted for fglrx.

user@ubuntu:~$ dpkg-divert --list
diversion of /bin/sh to /bin/sh.distrib by dash
diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/sh.distrib.1.gz by dash
diversion of /usr/share/dict/words to /usr/share/dict/words.pre-dictionaries-common by dictionaries-common
diversion of /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Notifications.service to /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Notifications.service.notify-osd by notify-osd
diversion of /usr/bin/screen to /usr/bin/screen.real by screen-profiles
diversion of /usr/sbin/grub-install to /usr/sbin/grub-install.real by lupin-support
diversion of /usr/lib/gnupg/gpgkeys_curl to /usr/lib/gnupg/gpgkeys_curl.non_curl by gnupg-curl
diversion of /usr/lib/gnupg/gpgkeys_hkp to /usr/lib/gnupg/gpgkeys_hkp.non_curl by gnupg-curl
diversion of /usr/share/gnome-games/pixmaps/slot.svg to /usr/share/gnome-games/pixmaps/slot.svg.unbranded by branding-ubuntu
diversion of /usr/share/gnome-games/pixmaps/baize.png to /usr/share/gnome-games/pixmaps/baize.png.unbranded by branding-ubuntu
diversion of /usr/share/gnome-games/mahjongg/pixmaps/postmodern.svg to /usr/share/gnome-games/mahjongg/pixmaps/postmodern.svg.unbranded by branding-ubuntu
diversion of /usr/share/gnome-games/gnometris/pixmaps/gnometris.svg to /usr/share/gnome-games/gnometris/pixmaps/gnometris.svg.unbranded by branding-ubuntu
diversion of /usr/share/gnome-games-common/cards/gnomangelo_bitmap.svg to /usr/share/gnome-games-common/cards/gnomangelo_bitmap.svg.unbranded by branding-ubuntu

@jean-Baptiste

Wait a minute, I remember...

user@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg-divert --remove /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2

That is the command I issued after inspecting my command history, "libGL.so.1.2" must have been the package I removed from being diverted to fglrx.

I must tell you, I did an in place upgrade from 9.04, ran all the updates, then to 9.10, all the updates, then upgraded to 10.04, all in a couple of days, fyi.

Someone told me to remove fglrx, so I tried couple things which didn't work,
user@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg --purge fglrx --force-depends fglrx
and
user@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge *fglrx*
and
user@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg --ignore-depends=fglrx --purge fglrx

those didn't work
I then did
user@ubuntu:~$ dpkg -l '*fglrx*'

which currently shows:
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-===================-===================-======================================================
ii fglrx 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4 Video driver for the ATI graphics accelerators
ii fglrx-amdcccle 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4 Catalyst Control Center for the ATI graphics accelerat
un fglrx-control <none> (no description available)
un fglrx-control-qt2 <none> (no description available)
un fglrx-kernel-source <none> (no description available)
ii fglrx-modaliases 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu4 Identifiers supported by the ATI graphics driver
un xorg-driver-fglrx <none> (no description available)

And I don't remember exactly what it showed earlier, but I know the top line was different, not "ii", but a captial "U" and a lower case "i" possibly, I could be wrong, but I do remember it being a capitol letter, don't remember what it was or which letter. I think it was telling me that "fglrx" was installed, but not correctly, since I couldn't enable compiz, it was like it was half way installed, and it wouldn't let me uninstall fglrx.

Here's more fyi:
user@ubuntu:~$ lspci -nn | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RV770 [Radeon HD 4850] [1002:9442]

user@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get --purge autoremove && sudo apt-get clean

user@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove