Comment 16 for bug 685682

So far it is a no go for the radeon 5000 series, it seems; for radeon and radeonhd drivers with unity. it's only early alpha though, so things will get better as time goes on.

"Bryce Harrington" <email address hidden> wrote:

>I had attempted loading unity with fglrx last month but also failed to
>get it going. No idea why it isn't working though... I'd assumed at the
>time it was a unity bug since I could get classic+compiz running. But I
>suppose a driver bug is possible.
>
>Alberto is probably the best contact point for this bug since he can
>escalate it to AMD.
>
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>https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/685682
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>Title:
> Unity doesn't work with proprietary ATI drivers, but works with free drivers
>
>Status in AMD fglrx video driver:
> New
>Status in Unity:
> Confirmed
>Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>Status in “fglrx-installer” source package in Natty:
> New
>Status in “unity” source package in Natty:
> Confirmed
>
>Bug description:
> Binary package hint: unity
>
>After request from Didier Roche from here : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/685037
>I submit this new bug file with updated description.
>------------------------------
>Let me try to explain what is the behavior of Unity. I downloaded and installed the Alpha 1 of 11.04. Everything worked just out-of-the box (Dell Studio 1557). I logged in to Unity and after I was connected to my Internet router, it prompt me that "proprietary drivers are available". I installed them and then rebooted. After that I reach the log in screen but after I provide username-password Unity doesn't show up. Now the interesting part is:
>* I hear the login sound/music
>* I see and use mouse point, right click works (can create folders, launchers etc. and interact with them)
>* I see the wallpaper :)
>* Notifications work, as notification balloon pops up to tell me that I am connected to Internet, but it is not transparent when I move the mouse over it
>
>But if I choose to login with Ubuntu Classic Session, Gnome works.
>
>What It seems to me is that the the upper menu bar (global menu) and the left side bar doesn't show up. To file this bug I had to right click, create a launcher for gnome terminal and then run in terminal:
> "ubuntu-bug unity"
>
>I also attach a screenshot where the only thing you can see is the wallpaper and the terminal launcher that I had to create to submit this bug report
>If you need more info please tell me what should I report.
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>ProblemType: Bug
>DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>Package: unity 3.2.2-0ubuntu2
>ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-7.19-generic 2.6.37-rc3
>Uname: Linux 2.6.37-7-generic x86_64
>NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
>Architecture: amd64
>CompizPlugins: [shift,wobbly]
>Date: Mon Dec 6 02:15:54 2010
>InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202)
>InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202)
>Lsusb:
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:6417 Microdia
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>MachineType: Dell Inc. Studio 1557
>PciDisplay: 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc M92 [Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series] [1002:9553] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
>ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-7-generic root=UUID=1eba0aab-07d3-415c-a84d-2383d54946e0 ro quiet splash
>ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.37-7.19-generic 2.6.37-rc3
>RelatedPackageVersions:
> xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3b1
> libgl1-mesa-glx 7.9+repack-1ubuntu3
> libdrm2 2.4.22-2ubuntu1
> xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.13.901-2ubuntu1
> xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2-1ubuntu2
>SourcePackage: unity
>dmi.bios.date: 08/23/2010
>dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
>dmi.bios.version: A08
>dmi.board.name: 0KM426
>dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
>dmi.board.version: A08
>dmi.chassis.type: 8
>dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
>dmi.chassis.version: A08
>dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA08:bd08/23/2010:svnDellInc.:pnStudio1557:pvrA08:rvnDellInc.:rn0KM426:rvrA08:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA08:
>dmi.product.name: Studio 1557
>dmi.product.version: A08
>dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
>glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = x86_64, kernel = 2.6.37-7-generic
>
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