Lost Unity 3D

[Jim Byrnes]

On 02/16/2014 02:27 PM, Colin Law wrote:
> 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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> notifications so you will see if it gets fixed.
>
> Colin
>

I tried you workaround but get this error:

~$ sudo apt-get install fglrx=2:8.9.60-0ubuntu1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Version '2:8.9.60-0ubuntu1' for 'fglrx' was not found

Thanks,  Jim