Why Does 14.04 Hate AMD?

[Bill Vance]

On Thu, 6 Nov 2014, Cody Smith wrote:

> 12.04 actually coincides with when AMD split the driver ( HD
> 5xxx/4xxx/3xxx were split into a "legacy" driver that is updated far
> less often than the driver for newer cards), all this makes far more
> sense from a business standpoint, they can't keep supporting old cards
> indefinitely. It's just not feasible.
> 
> AMD is basically saying "get a new card if you want to use our
> drivers", kind of a slap to the face IMO.
> 
> --c_smith
> 
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014, 8:31 PM Stephen Morris <samorris at netspace.net.au>
> wrote:
>       On 11/03/2014 10:38 PM, Bill Vance wrote:
>       >
>       > Its been a little while, so I'll ask:  Has 14.04
>       > improved to the point where it treats AMD machines
>       > in a civilized manner?  I wouldn't mind upgrading,
>       > but I don't want to keep wasting my time and effort
>       > on crap that won't work at all, let alone work
>       > properly.
>       >
>       > Bill
>       >
>       Hi Bill,
>            Just my 2 cents worth. What do you mean by AMD
>       machines? I have
>       never used any machine with a cpu other than AMD and I have
>       never had
>       any issues with any version of Ubuntu, or for that matter
>       any other
>       Linux I have used. Having said that though I also never use
>       any graphics
>       card other than Nvidia.
>
>       regards,
>       Steve


I've got an AMD Sempron 2800+ motherboard, and I'm using the
built in video.  14.04 Insists on using a screen resolution
that requires an electron microscope to read the text.
Unfortunately, _NOTHING_ in system settings works.  Attempts
to change the resolution just results in a permanent blank
screen, even after reboot.

Other AMD owners have reported a number of weird problems,
and a _very_few_ claim no problems.

Bill