Lost Unity 3D

[Colin Law]

On 16 February 2014 18:59, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
> Gave my daughter a Thinkpad Edge a while ago. It had been running Unity 3D.
> Today she tried to run VBox and got an error about graphics and it was
> suggested she reboot.  After doing so she noticed the launcher icons were
> large and figured out she was in Unity 2D.
>
> Graphics is ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4225/4250.
>
> She remembers responding to a Software Update in the last couple of days but
> is unsure whether or not she has rebooted until today.
>
> Googling suggests that she may have upgraded to a version that no longer
> supports that chipset.  The suggested fix is to use an earlier kernel but I
> tried that and still no unity 3D.
>
> I will have access to the machine for a while so I wonder if anyone has any
> ideas of how to get Unity 3D back?

See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1276379
There is a workaround in comment #13

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Colin