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Upgrade 8.10 to 9.04 - graphics failure

Asked by tomdean

Today, I attempted to upgrade from 8.10 to 9.04, when prompted after upgrading packages.

The upgrade seemed to proceed without error. I opted to keep SMB.conf, etc.

After the upgrade completed, the boot prompt still lists 8.10 and 8.10 (fail safe??)

Selecting 8.10, results in a confused graphics screen and no response to the keyboard.

Selecting fail safe(?) and the drop to root with networking resullts in a functioning console system.

I removed /etc/X11/xorg.conf* and the results are the same.

From the console, startx results in the same display and non responsive system.

What am I missing? What can I do to recover?

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A. Zain (adnan-zain) said : 		#1

i got same error like you.
I think is easy to re install but keep home folder.

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tomdean (tomdean) said : 		#2

I tried the solution offered in question 68793, dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and chose not to use the frame buffer. Same problem.

In the display, I have some red hash across the top of the screen, part of a tiny green & purple Ubuntu logo in the top left and a tiny green and purple Ubuntu logo in the top right with a line under it. The remainder of the screen is black.

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tomdean (tomdean) said : 		#3

Xorg -configure results in a Sig 11

...
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BUSID PCI:0@1:0:1) found
Back trace:
...
Saw signal 11. Server aborting.

I saved the output - I am typing this on a windows system.

The video card is an ATI Radeon HD 3450 at PCI 01:00.0 - the '@' above is what Xorg reports.

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tomdean (tomdean) said : 		#4

From the 'how to downgrade 9.04 to 8.10' thread,

apt-get remove --purge xorg-driver-fglrx

restored graphics functionality.

I seem to be working.

Should I submit a PR?

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Mike S (mscir) said : 		#5

tomdean,

I used your fix:

apt-get remove --purge xorg-driver-fglrx

and I wanted to say thank you very much, that restored my graphics as well, the black screen was disappointing, the auto graphic fix function didn't work either.

Best Wishes,
Mike

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Best Greg (gregory-snook) said : 		#6

...and I just joined to say thanks also. This fixed my graphics issue/hang after upgrading from 8.04 to 9.1 on my Dell latitude D600. I wish I didn't have an ATI card!

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tomdean (tomdean) said : 		#7

apt-get remove --purge xorg-driver-fglrx

I am sort of working. Some strange graphics when moving a window or scrolling.

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Marcelo Escobal (marcelo-escobal) said : 		#8

It works. Thanks a lot tomdean !!!! You saved me from being killed by my wife (Ubuntu 8.10 user/lover). Sloppy thing this upgrade.

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Rev Rophe (revrophe) said : 		#9

Upgrade from 8.10 to 9.04

I surrender. I can not use the auto-update without loosing my ether and wireless. 8.10 is perfect on its legs. It installs my broadcom wireless driver auto despite the path to activation is a maze of darkness. I have safely navigated sudo aptitude safe-upgrade and still have ether but no wireless. I need to connect to a discussion where answers are shared freely. I am looking for AI that controls the upgrade manager so that when something blows up you can easily recover.

The real beauty is installling from the flash and going to square one in the shortest possible time. Now that I have used the stated safe-upgrade I want to find the articulated strategy so that I can shorten the trip back to restore. I thought that bacula was the way but I tried to install in a group and It was an unhappy memory. So we need a ratings board for each package where we can comment on success as well as failures so that we can harvest years of time saved from trail and error.

In the winners circle time redemption, super efficiency, and high productivity are every day products.

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SammIam (iamsamm) said : 		#10

I attempted the auto upgrade, and had disastrous results... Concerning wireless.... this area is probably my biggest complaint about upgrades and LINUX distrbutions... I have a built in wireless card, it worked with the original 8.10 load, then after a couple of upgrades, it became extremely unstable. I must have spent a couple of months before I finally was able to download the source that worked, and seems to be stable.

I now have my system the way I like it, it works reliably, etc.... this is the MAJOR reason I've extremely hesitant about doing any upgrades... because they usually ALWAYS break something.

I tend to agree, that it's easier just to reload a new OS, the biggest problem with doing that is then it takes me a week or so to get everything back working for all the addons...