I've never been able to get to the Console once I get the error message that Ubuntu is starting in low graphics mode. If I opt to "Run in low graphics mode for just one session" the display freezes. The same happens if I opt to "Exit to console login" or if I press Ctrl + Alt + F1 or Ctrl + Alt + Backspace to exit the GUI.
The only way to get into Ubuntu is to either go through recovery or keep rebooting and hope that it doesn't go into low graphics mode. RIght now I'm running the official AMD drivers that I've managed to compile. The problem now happens less often (i.e. less than 3/4 of the time) but it's still a real pain. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1313289 Title: Low Graphics Mode with AMD R9 270X Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hello, I have an AMD R9 270X graphics card and Ubuntu will occasionally go into "low-graphics mode" when starting up. At that point I cannot do anything apart from drop into the terminal. It happens sporadically, about 3/4 of the time. Often a reboot will fix it however because it happens so often, it's very annoying. I've tried installing fglrx and fglrx-updates along with the latest proprietary AMD drivers including 14.4 stable and 14.3 beta. However it still occurs. I've also tried using failsafeX settings among other things without success. Attached are the Xorg and Xorg.failsafe log files. There's a segmentation fault at the bottom of the failsafe log files which may have something to do with it? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1313289/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
