AMD Catalyst and 4.2 Kernel - Computer says no

[thelionroars]

I didn't realise till after upgrading to 15.10 that Catalyst (the proprietary AMD Graphics driver) is currently not working with Kernel versions 4+. So I'm starting a thread here for us AMD users to keep up-to-date with when it gets fixed.

[grncamaro69]

Same with me. Had to go to the next kernel in the list to get the desktop.

I had fglrx and tried to back down to the open source wrapper. Xserver crashed, so back to GRUB, and reinstalled fglrx.

I guess the problem is with AMD. An upgrade to catalyst is needed but not here yet.

[Aries K]

Supposedly a workaround/patch has been released for it. I have yet to try it.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...r/+bug/1493888

EDIT: Just tried the workaround with no success, blackscreened after the splash screen. Purged fglrx driver and went back to the the OSS driver. Looks like I will continue running the OSS for now. I hope others will have better luck.

[Aries K]

Woo hoo finally got it working with my AMD A8-6500 Richland APU! Used the released fix from the Proposed repository. I can now run dual monitors with success.


Same link:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...r/+bug/1493888 (Starting with comment #98).

[thelionroars]

^ Thanks, I ended up using that backport yesterday. Performance on the open driver was pretty good, but it would freeze up whenever putting my laptop to sleep on batteries.

[Aries K]

^ Thanks, I ended up using that backport yesterday. Performance on the open driver was pretty good, but it would freeze up whenever putting my laptop to sleep on batteries.

You're welcome . I agree the open driver is better than previous iterations but still lags behind the proprietary Catalyst drivers, especially when running dual monitors.

[Fernando]

Hi there!
How can I get that fix? I tried the link but it's dead. I'm currently using open source driver and it's less than ideal... What are the proposed repositories? How do I get to them?
Thanks in advance!

[LinkBot]

Hi there!
How can I get that fix? I tried the link but it's dead. I'm currently using open source driver and it's less than ideal... What are the proposed repositories? How do I get to them?
Thanks in advance!

Pre-release updates

Kubuntu/Advanced: https://userbase.kde.org/Kubuntu/Advanced
Repositories/Kubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Kubuntu
--> Ubuntu repositories: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu
----> Enable Proposed: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed

[Fernando]

Thanks, LinkBot! I activated the proposed updates and I got the new 4.2.0-17 kernel, which is working with fglrx perfectly!