Ok, this is just annoying. Just a heads up
It looks like the fglrx drivers don't work on Linux 4.2, and thereby Ubuntu 15.10
Does anyone know any tricks that might fix this?
I'm currently on Ubuntu 15.04
switch to a distro that is not broken by default
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Not an answer to my question. I can switch distro any time I want, this is mostly just a heads up.
Umm... Man I hate to tell you this, but 15.10 hasn't released yet... That's kinda like expecting everything on the TP of Windows 10 to have worked; it didn't. Is it just me or are people raising their standards way too high for a pre release???
To answer the question, use the FOSS drivers since they're better anyway
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I know it isn't released yet, but yeah,
Might be tough, most people look to use stable versions not bleeding edge.
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The reason for that is that they are redoing the drivers completely and thoroughly. I can see where that will be annoying but 15.10 also isn't the standard at the moment.
As such I don't believe fglrx will work without some fidgeting as the 4,2 kernel is designed with a new driver-set in mind for it.
Come on guys, if you are going to reply atleast read the question. OP clearly stated, "Just a heads up". Ubuntu hate is fine, but don't direct it at OP, or infer he is incompetent
There are new AMD drivers for Kernel 4.2, you will need to dig for the correct source for them.
install from the AMD binary on the AMD site.
I installed the 15.200-1 driver, I had some issues until I realised the DP cable I bought from the store couldn't do 4k (the guy protested they would... pfft).
i don't know about amd but i know nvidia wouldn't also work on 4.2 because they made one of the symbols the nvidia kernel module used to be GPL only by using EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_workqueue); instead of EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_workqueue); i fixed it in my version of linux 4.2 by editing source file linux-4.2/kernel/workqueue.c line 2617 from EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_workqueue); to EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_workqueue);
and recompile
i think it's also fixed in later kernel
I'm very new to Linux and chose Ubuntu 15.10 to revive an old laptop with AMD APU graphics and ran into this problem. System would work fine if I used the xorg generic drivers but wouldn't load once I installed additional FGLRX drivers.
I know this is an old thread but after an incredible amount of searching I found a solution that works on Canonical's Bugs site.
Ubuntu FGLRX incompatible with gcc 5 I completed steps in post 123
System is now working with FGLRX drivers. Only reason I needed the driver was to allow me to dim the screen, wouldn't dim with generic drivers. I'm glad I found a solution but I can see why folks just stick with Windows because who can be bothered to spend huge amounts of time for seemingly simple issues. Since I do have time I'll be sticking with Linux to learn more.... now to figure out why youtube videos have no audio in chrome....
your pal, wikkett
Do not move to 16.04 until the end of the summer as the flgrx is now unsupported by AMD and Ubuntu. you need to wait until the AMD GPU driver is evolved enough to support your hardware
Please, please, please start looking at the date of the threads you're replying to.
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