Graphics problems after 10.04 update

Asked by Zach Grogg

Specs:
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid)
Kernel Linux 2.6.32-54-generic
Gnome 2.30.2

AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor
ATI 870A-G46 Motherboard
MSI R6870 Hawk Radeon HD 6870 1G GDDR5 256bit PCIE 2.1 Crossfire Support Video Card

I just did an update for the first time in a while on my 10.04 machine. When I restarted the machine, it was unable to get past the Ubuntu loading screen. I finally managed to get into it by starting it up in recovery mode with the fail safe graphics and then got it up and running in the normal mode by swapping the graphics back to the generic fail safes. Do I need to try reinstalling the graphics drivers?

When I start the AMD Catalyst program (my graphics and screen resolution program), I get the following:

Initialization error

There was a problem initializing Catalyst Control Center Linux edition. It could be caused by the following.

No AMD graphics driver is installed, or the AMD driver is not functioning properly.
Please install the AMD driver appropriate for you AMD hardware, or configure using aticonfig.

Here is a list of possible suspects from the last update. I can provide a complete update list if requested.

linux-generic (2.6.32.45.52) to 2.6.32.54.61
linux-headers-2.6.32-45 (2.6.32-45.102) to 2.6.32-45.104
linux-headers-2.6.32-45-generic (2.6.32-45.102) to 2.6.32-45.104
linux-headers-generic (2.6.32.45.52) to 2.6.32.54.61
linux-image-2.6.32-45-generic (2.6.32-45.102) to 2.6.32-45.104
linux-image-generic (2.6.32.45.52) to 2.6.32.54.61
nvidia-current-modaliases (304.64-0ubuntu1~lucid~xup1) to 304.84-0ubuntu1~lucid~xup1
xserver-common (2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.11) to 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.12
xserver-xorg-core (2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.11) to 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.12

Installed the following packages:
linux-headers-2.6.32-54 (2.6.32-54.116)
linux-headers-2.6.32-54-generic (2.6.32-54.116)
linux-image-2.6.32-54-generic (2.6.32-54.116)

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michael (yellupcm-gmail) said :
#1

You are going to have many problems updating 10.04 desktop. Please read the site below.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

10.04 desktop, not server, is End Of Life. No support. You need to Upgrade to 12.04 LTS. If your computer does not meet 12.04's system requirements, check Xubuntu or Lubuntu at bottom of above site.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#2

I suggest that you clean install Precise which is LTS and fully supported til April 2017. You can also upgrade directly to Trusty in April 2014 as they are both LTS and LTS to LTS upgrades are supported. You can even upgrade online from Lucid to Precise as they are both LTS releases.

Lucid is dead and gone and only supported on the server (no desktop and all command line interface)

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