Public bug reported:
System is 14.04 LTS.
As a reminder, AMD fglrx drivers (formerly Catalyst) are deprecated on
16.04 LTS. The current suggested workaround for people who need fglrx
drivers is "use 14.04 LTS".
I have my system set to weekly updates. The most recent system update
reverted my system back to the open source driver (xserver-xorg-video-
ati).
The update system still seems to identify fglrx as available. Fglrx and
fglrx-updates both appear as options in the System > ... > Additional
Drivers dialog. However selecting them and attempting to apply the
change, the system will churn a bit then just reselect the open drivers
option, without any dialog or error message.
The open video drivers don't enable 3d hardware acceleration, which is
unacceptable for my use case.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.220.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-34.53~14.04.1-generic 4.4.15
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Aug 28 21:21:51 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-26 (63 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160217.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: dist-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.update.manager.release.upgrades: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.update.manager.release.upgrades: 2016-07-30T13:07:15.059995
** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade fglrx trusty xserver-xorg-video-ati
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Title:
latest system update broke fglrx video drivers, so no more 3d video
acceleration
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