I tried to install the ati propreitary driver from this link... here
but somehow at the end it gave me some error.. and when i rebooted, unity complained that my h/w cant run unity.. and since then only the classic interface is available...
can anybody tell me how to uninstall the fglrx drivers?
there is nowhere written how to uninstall the drivers or what to do if the process aborts due to an error..
i am also so much frustrated with ati.. in 5 years amd got up with this driver which is of no use..as the installation process is suitable for people that know how to hack a kernel!.. and absolutly not for intermediate users.
any way to revert.. i dont want to do a clean install all over again.. or can i repair by reinstalling again..(not reformatting)?
update: this is the update process output and errors that i get.. i have ati mobility radeon x700 graphics..
Do you agree with the license? [Y/n] y Do you want to proceed with Recommended installation? [Y/n] y Preprocessing Documentation Installing Documentation ... 100% - //usr/share/doc/ati/ATI_LICENSE.TXT Copying uninstall files for Documentation Preprocessing Display and OpenGL Drivers Installing Display and OpenGL Drivers ... 100% - //usr/share/doc/ati/articles/4485.html 100% - //usr/share/doc/ati/configure.html 100% - //usr/share/doc/ati/linuxfaq.html 100% - //usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so 100% - //usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so 100% - //usr/lib/xorg/modules/glesx.so 100% - //usr/lib/xorg/modules/amdxmm.so 100% - //usr/lib/libAMDXvBA.cap 100% - //usr/lib/libAMDXvBA.so.1.0 100% - //usr/lib/libXvBAW.so.1.0 100% - //usr/lib/libatiadlxx.so 100% - //usr/lib/libaticalcl.so 100% - //usr/lib/libaticaldd.so 100% - //usr/lib/libaticalrt.so 100% - //usr/lib/libatiuki.so.1.0 100% - //usr/lib/libfglrx_dm.so.1.0 100% - //usr/lib/fglrx/fglrx-libGL.so.1.2 100% - //usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so 100% - //usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/fglrx/fglrx-libglx.so 100% - //usr/include/GL/glATI.h 100% - //usr/include/ATI/GL/glx.h 100% - //usr/include/ATI/GL/glxext.h 100% - //usr/bin/fgl_glxgears 100% - //usr/bin/fglrxinfo 100% - //usr/bin/aticonfig 100% - //usr/bin/atiodcli 100% - //usr/bin/atiode 100% - //usr/src/ati/fglrx_sample_source.tgz 100% - //usr/sbin/amdnotifyui 100% - //usr/sbin/atieventsd 100% - //etc/ati/amdpcsdb.default 100% - //etc/ati/atiogl.xml 100% - //etc/ati/control 100% - //etc/ati/logo.xbm.example 100% - //etc/ati/logo_mask.xbm.example Postprocessing Display and OpenGL Drivers Copying uninstall files for Display and OpenGL Drivers Preprocessing Kernel Module Installing Kernel Module ... 100% - //lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/kcl_acpi.c 100% - //lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/drm_proc.h 100% - //lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/kcl_agp.c 100% - //lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/drmP.h 100% - //lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.h 100% - //lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c 100% - //lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/drm.h 100% - //lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/make.sh 100% - //lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/libfglrx_ip.a 100% - //lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/kcl_pci.c 100% - //lib/modules/fglrx/make_install.sh Postprocessing Kernel Module Copying uninstall files for Kernel Module Preprocessing Catalyst Control Center Installing Catalyst Control Center ... 100% - //usr/share/icons/ccc_large.xpm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_cs.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_da_DK.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_de.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_el_GR.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_es_ES.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_fi_FI.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_fr_FR.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_hu_HU.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_it_IT.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_ja.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_ko_KR.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_nl_NL.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_no.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_pl.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_pt_BR.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_ru_RU.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_sv_SE.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_th.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_tr_TR.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_zh_CN.qm 100% - //usr/share/ati/amdcccle/amdcccle_zh_TW.qm 100% - //usr/bin/amdcccle 100% - //usr/bin/amdxdg-su 100% - //usr/bin/amdupdaterandrconfig 100% - //usr/share/doc/ati/ccc_copyrights.txt 100% - //usr/share/ati/lib/libQtCore.so.4 100% - //usr/share/ati/lib/libQtGui.so.4 Postprocessing Catalyst Control Center Copying uninstall files for Catalyst Control Center 100% - //usr/share/ati/ATI_LICENSE.TXT
Installation complete. There were errors during installation. Details can be found in /usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log
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/usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log contents:
Unloading radeon module... ERROR: Module radeon is in use Unloading drm module... ERROR: Module drm is in use by radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper [Message] Kernel Module : Trying to install a precompiled kernel module. [Message] Kernel Module : Precompiled kernel module version mismatched. [Message] Kernel Module : Found kernel module build environment, generating kernel module now. AMD kernel module generator version 2.1 doing Makefile based build for kernel 2.6.x and higher rm -rf *.c *.h *.o *.ko .a .?? *.symvers make -C /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/build SUBDIRS=/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x modules make1: Entering directory
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic' CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/firegl_public.o CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_acpi.o CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_agp.o CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_debug.o CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_ioctl.o CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_io.o CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_pci.o CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_str.o CC [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/kcl_wait.o LD [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules CC
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic' build succeeded with return value 0 duplicating results into driver repository... done. You must change your working directory to /lib/modules/fglrx and then call ./make_install.sh in order to install the built module. - recreating module dependency list - trying a sample load of the kernel modules failed. [Error] Kernel Module : Reboot required. [Reboot] Kernel Module : update-initramfs
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.mod.o LD [M] /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/fglrx.ko make[1]: Leaving directory
when i run make_install.sh...
ashish@ashish-pc:~/Downloads$ cd /lib/modules/fglrx ashish@ashish-pc:/lib/modules/fglrx$ ./make_install.sh ./make_install.sh: line 24: /etc/ati/inst_path_default: Permission denied ./make_install.sh: line 25: /etc/ati/inst_path_override: Permission denied You must be logged in as root to run this script. ashish@ashish-pc:/lib/modules/fglrx$ sudo ./make_install.sh [sudo] password for ashish: - recreating module dependency list - trying a sample load of the kernel modules FATAL: Error inserting fglrx (/lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/kernel/drivers/char/drm/fglrx.ko): No such device failed. ashish@ashish-pc:/lib/modules/fglrx$