[Request] FGLRX driver package

[Timo Aaltonen]

10.03.2016, 12:26, Andrea Bernabei kirjoitti:
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> 
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 6:11 PM, Steffen Winkler <steffen-winkler at gmx.de
> <mailto:steffen-winkler at gmx.de>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     after an update yesterday evening, I was greeted by a mirrored desktop
>     today and the fact that I couldn't find the AMD configuration utility.
> 
>     After some searching and digging, I found that someone decided to
>     remove fglrx from Ubuntu 16.04 and it was even published on the
>     ReleaseNotes site: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes#fgl
>     rx [I'm pretty sure that that wasn't there two weeks ago when I
>     switched to Ubuntu 16.04 Beta]
> 
>     I'm not sure what the reason for that is, but I'd hope someone could
>     reverse that decision.
> 
>     Why reverse it? Without FGLRX/Catalyst AMD users don't have any way of
>     running OpenGL 4.3/4.4/4.5 applications. You may say 'so install the
>     package from AMD's website' to which I'd reply that I tried that but
>     DKMS decided that that is a really bad idea and denied me that request.
> 
>     With kind regards
>     Steffen Winkler
> 
> 
> Hi Steffen,
> 
> I was also setting up a machine with AMD GPUs just yesterday and ended
> up having the same problems.
> I managed to get the DKMS module to build though, using the patches from
> https://github.com/kolasa/fglrx-15.30.1025
> but that wasn't enough, the setup still doesn't get past the lightdm
> login screen.
> 
> Running Xorg -configure fails with "Failed to load module fglrxdrm"...
> 
> I'll spend some more time on it this evening, let's see if I manage to
> get anywhere :)

There's no reason to shoot yourself in the foot, the driver won't work
with the xserver no matter what you try. The DKMS is only half of the
story..


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