Comment 35 for bug 1310489

Hallo Alberto,

I followed your instructions, including the installation of the
ubuntu-drivers-common from the proposed-archive.

The result was, that the xorg.conf wasn't changed anymore after reboots.

BUT the output from /var/log/gpumanager.log says: Disabled by kernel
parameter "nogpumanager"
Before that I had the gpu-manager disabled via the grub parameter
nogpumanger to prevent my xorg.conf from being overwritten. But
following your instructions, I deleted this parameter and updated grub.
I doublechecked my /etc/default/grub: There's no such parameter.
Did this happen intentionally via the new ubuntu-drivers-common-package
or did I miss something?
Is it possible that there's a lock-file somewhere not working right?

What exactly is the downside of a not-working gpu-manager when
proprietary drivers are installed?

Thanks a lot in advance

Best regards

Philipp

Am 04.09.2014 um 11:57 schrieb Alberto Milone:
> ** Description changed:
>
> Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
> Release: 14.04
>
> ----------------
>
> == SRU Request ==
>
> There is a regression in the gpu-manager that causes it to revert user
> changes right before the first reboot after enabling the fglrx driver or
> the nvidia driver on a system with hybrid graphics (Intel+AMD or
> Intel+NVIDIA). This causes the gpu-manager to remove the current
> xorg.conf and to switch to Mesa.
>
> [Impact]
> * This regression makes it almost impossible to use binary drivers on systems with hybrid graphics.
>
> [Test Case]
> * Make sure to be using a hybrid system with Intel+AMD or Intel+NVIDIA GPUs.
>
> * Make sure that the gpu-manager is not disabled (only necessary if you
> disabled it manually).
>
> * Remove all fglrx and nvidia drivers (keep the nvidia-common and the nvidia-prime packages):
> sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-331
> sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-331
> sudo apt-get --purge remove fglrx
> sudo apt-get --purge remove fglrx-updates
> +
> + * Install ubuntu-drivers-common from trusty-proposed.
>
> * Restart the system.
>
> * Install the binary driver (either fglrx or nvidia, according to the available discrete GPU), reboot, and check that the binary driver is enabled (attach your /var/log/gpu-manager.log)
> - Expected: the (AMD or NVIDIA) discrete GPU is enabled.
> - Bad behavior: the system switches back to the intel driver and the discrete GPU is not used, despite the fact that the system was configured properly.
>
> [Regression Potential]
> * Low. Systems that currently work will keep working as usual, the ones that currently fail should finally work.
>
> [Other Info]
> * N/A
>
> -----------------
>
> Hello,
>
> I am using a notebook with a quadcore AMD A10 and hybrid graficcard AMD/ATI Radeon HD 8650G / AMD/ATI Sun XT Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M.
> After installing fglrx I generated the xorg.conf in the terminal with 'sudo aticonfig --adapter=all --initial' and it looked pretty good. Up to this point I was able to switch between the cards with the commands 'sudo aticonfig --px-dgpu' for the discrete card and 'sudo aticonfig --px-igpu' for the intigrated card to save power.
> After rebooting I realized that I was no longer able to switch between the cards and found that the xorg.conf will be overwritten whenever I modified it and reboot the system. The new (by boot) generated xorg.conf contains not the relevant information for switing between the cards.
> I attached both configuration in one file (xorg.conf.comparison). I will also provide the atisysteminfo-report.txt so far I will find the place where to attach.
>
> Edit: I fixed the error --> "AIGLX error: failed to open
> /usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot
> open shared object file: No such file or directory]" but it changed not
> the bug of overwriting the xorg.conf.
>
> Regards,
> Uwe
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
> Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
> Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
>
> ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
> Architecture: amd64
> CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
> CompositorRunning: None
> CurrentDesktop: Unity
> Date: Mon Apr 21 08:43:29 2014
> DistUpgraded: Fresh install
> DistroCodename: trusty
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> DkmsStatus: fglrx, 13.350.1, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
> ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
> GraphicsCard:
> Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Richland [Radeon HD 8650G] [1002:990b] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1985]
> Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1985]
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-20 (0 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
> MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=fdcb1eaf-eda9-48ee-9d5b-b44e1fc06687 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> SourcePackage: xorg
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> dmi.bios.date: 09/26/2013
> dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde
> dmi.bios.version: F.22
> dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
> dmi.board.name: 1985
> dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> dmi.board.version: 01.13
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
> dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.22:bd09/26/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPavilion17NotebookPC:pvr0892100000005910000600000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1985:rvr01.13:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
> dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC
> dmi.product.version: 0892100000005910000600000
> dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
> version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1
> version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
> version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
> version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
> version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
> xserver.bootTime: Mon Apr 21 08:29:06 2014
> xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> xserver.errors:
> open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
> AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
> AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/lib64/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
> AIGLX error: failed to open /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so, error[/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
> xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
> xserver.video_driver: fglrx
>