[Testing] Ubuntu Saucy + GNOME 3.10 + fglrx

Fran Dieguez fran.dieguez at mabishu.com
Sat Sep 28 21:06:13 UTC 2013


On sáb 28 sep 2013 23:03:38 CEST, Christian Kirbach wrote:
> Am Samstag, den 28.09.2013, 17:22 +0200 schrieb Fran Dieguez:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anyone have successfully tested the latest GNOME 3.10 in Ubuntu
>> Saucy with the closed-source AMD drivers.
>>
>> I'm testing with those available in Ubuntu repositories. But when I
>> reboot my computer, GDM halts (showing a blank screen) and doesn't show
>> anything.
>
>
> Hello
>
> I am using saucy 64bit with latest updates from gnome3-staging PPA with
> it.
> I did not experience your issue. The only issue I saw so far is that the
> desktop background does not always get rendered. As long as I am in the
> activities overview it does render.
>
> nazgul at rivendell:~$ dpkg -la fglrx*
> ...
> ii  fglrx-updates       2:13.101-0ubun amd64          Video driver for
> the AMD graphics accelerat
>
> nazgul at rivendell:~$ fglrxinfo
> ...
> OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 6670
> OpenGL version string: 4.2.12337 Compatibility Profile Context 13.101
>
>
>

Ok,

thanks for your information. I will try to figure out if I have some 
weird configuration that make it not to work properly.

I think that the background issue doesn't have relation with the 
graphic card driver as I'm experiencing it as well, and I'm using the 
open source driver.

Regards.



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