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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