Comment 7 for bug 565407

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
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> 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 17:04:09 2010
> DkmsStatus:
>
> ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit
> status 1
> MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. F8P
> ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=6c566782-b53f-4a1d-b3f5-8cd82ee10bcb ro quiet splash
> SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
> Title: package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
> new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> dmi.bios.date: 08/09/2007
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: 201
> dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
> dmi.board.name: F8P
> dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
> dmi.board.version: 1.0
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
> dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr201:bd08/09/2007:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnF8P:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnF8P:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
> dmi.product.name: F8P
> dmi.product.version: 1.0
> dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
> system:
> distro: Ubuntu
> codename: lucid
> architecture: i686
> kernel: 2.6.31-21-generic
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