Need help to completely remove flgrx after a disaster install

[Guest]

Hi geeks,

I was following instructions to install Ati driver and suddenly it came up with bunch of error. I did all this mentioned below

$ sudo sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh
$ sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev* xorg-driver-fglrx

Then started from scratch
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++6 dkms libqtgui4 wget execstack libelfg0 dh-modaliases
$ cd ~/; mkdir catalyst11.7; cd catalyst11.7/
$ wget http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/at...x86.x86_64.run
$ chmod +x ati-driver-installer-11-7-x86.x86_64.run
$ sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-11-7-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/natty
$ sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb
$ sudo aticonfig --initial -f

It still came up with bunch of errors. Then I tried the locate command and I got this:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-0
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-1
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-2
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-3
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-4
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/10fglrx
/etc/alternatives/10fglrx
/etc/alternatives/fglrx_dri
/etc/alternatives/fglrx_drv
/etc/alternatives/fglrx_modconf
/etc/alternatives/fglrxinfo
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-fglrx.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/fglrx.conf
/etc/profile.d/ati-fglrx.sh
/home/hdavy2002/fglrx
/home/hdavy2002/.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/how_to_purge_fglrx.desktop
/home/hdavy2002/.local/share/Trash/files/fglrx-install.38MVQf
/home/hdavy2002/.local/share/Trash/files/fglrx-install.8EqNlv
/home/hdavy2002/.local/share/Trash/files/fglrx-install.38MVQf/.fuse_hidden0000040600000001
/home/hdavy2002/.local/share/Trash/files/fglrx-install.8EqNlv/.fuse_hidden00000e9e00000001
/home/hdavy2002/.local/share/Trash/info/fglrx-install.38MVQf.trashinfo
/home/hdavy2002/.local/share/Trash/info/fglrx-install.8EqNlv.trashinfo
/home/hdavy2002/fglrx/ati-driver-installer-11-6-x86.x86_64.run
/home/hdavy2002/fglrx/fglrx-amdcccle_8.861-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/home/hdavy2002/fglrx/fglrx-dev_8.861-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/home/hdavy2002/fglrx/fglrx-installer_8.861-0ubuntu1_i386.changes
/home/hdavy2002/fglrx/fglrx_8.861-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so
/usr/bin/fglrxinfo
/usr/lib/fglrx
/usr/lib/libfglrx_dm.a
/usr/lib/libfglrx_dm.so
/usr/lib/libfglrx_dm.so.1.0
/usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so
/usr/lib/fglrx/bin
/usr/lib/fglrx/fglrx-libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib/fglrx/libAMDXvBA.cap
/usr/lib/fglrx/libaticalcl.so
/usr/lib/fglrx/libaticalrt.so
/usr/lib/fglrx/switchlibGL
/usr/lib/fglrx/switchlibglx
/usr/lib/fglrx/bin/amdcccle
/usr/lib/fglrx/bin/amdupdaterandrconfig
/usr/lib/fglrx/bin/amdxdg-su
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/fglrx
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/fglrx/fglrx-libglx.so
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
/usr/lib32/fglrx
/usr/lib32/libfglrx_dm.a
/usr/lib32/libfglrx_dm.so.1.0
/usr/lib32/dri/fglrx_dri.so
/usr/lib32/fglrx/fglrx-libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib32/fglrx/libAMDXvBA.so.1
/usr/lib32/fglrx/libGL.so.1
/usr/lib32/fglrx/libXvBAW.so.1
/usr/lib32/fglrx/libaticalcl.so
/usr/lib32/fglrx/libaticalrt.so
/usr/share/fglrx
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/fglrx-driver.desktop
/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_fglrx-installer.py
/usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log
/usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh
/usr/share/doc/fglrx-amdcccle
/usr/share/doc/fglrx-dev
/usr/share/grub-gfxpayload-lists/blacklist/10_fglrx
/usr/share/jockey/handlers/fglrx.py
/usr/share/lintian/overrides/fglrx-amdcccle
/usr/share/lintian/overrides/fglrx-dev
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861
/usr/src/ati/fglrx_sample_source.tgz
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/2.6.x
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/Makefile
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/dkms.conf
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/drm.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/drmP.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/drm_compat.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/drm_os_linux.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/drm_proc.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/fglrxko_pci_ids.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/firegl_public.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/firegl_public.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_acpi.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_acpi.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_agp.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_agp.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_config.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_debug.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_debug.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_io.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_io.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_ioctl.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_ioctl.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_iommu.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_iommu.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_osconfig.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_pci.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_pci.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_str.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_str.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_type.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_wait.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_wait.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/libfglrx_ip.a
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/make.sh
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/2.6.x/Makefile
/var/cache/apt/archives/partial/fglrx_2%3a8.840-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
/var/crash/fglrx.0.crash
/var/lib/dpkg/info/fglrx-amdcccle.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/fglrx-amdcccle.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/fglrx-dev.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/fglrx-dev.md5sums
/var/lib/update-rc.d/fglrxkobuild


Then

hdavy2002@Davy:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev* xorg-driver-fglrx
[sudo] password for hdavy2002:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'fglrx' for regex 'fglrx_*'
Note, selecting 'fglrx-amdcccle' for regex 'fglrx_*'
Note, selecting 'fglrx-driver' for regex 'fglrx_*'
Note, selecting 'fglrx-kernel-source' for regex 'fglrx_*'
Note, selecting 'fglrx-modaliases' for regex 'fglrx_*'
Note, selecting 'xfree86-driver-fglrx' for regex 'fglrx_*'
Note, selecting 'xorg-driver-fglrx' for regex 'fglrx_*'
Note, selecting 'fglrx-control' for regex 'fglrx_*'
Note, selecting 'fglrx-control-qt2' for regex 'fglrx_*'
Note, selecting 'fglrx-dev' for regex 'fglrx_*'
Note, selecting 'fglrx-driver-dev' for regex 'fglrx_*'
Note, selecting 'xfree86-driver-fglrx-dev' for regex 'fglrx_*'
Note, selecting 'xorg-driver-fglrx-dev' for regex 'fglrx_*'
Note, selecting 'fglrx-amdcccle' for regex 'fglrx-amdcccle*'
Note, selecting 'fglrx-dev' for regex 'fglrx-dev*'
Note, selecting 'xfree86-driver-fglrx-dev' for regex 'fglrx-dev*'
Note, selecting 'xorg-driver-fglrx-dev' for regex 'fglrx-dev*'
Virtual packages like 'xorg-driver-fglrx' can't be removed
Package fglrx-dev is not installed, so not removed
Package fglrx-amdcccle is not installed, so not removed
Package fglrx is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libzrtpcpp-1.4-0 libccrtp1-1.7-0 libccgnu2-1.7-0 libqt3-mt libboost-regex1.42.0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
fglrx-modaliases*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 69.6 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 158373 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing fglrx-modaliases ...

Then
hdavy2002@Davy:~$ locate fglrx
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-0
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-1
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-2
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-3
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-4
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/10fglrx
/etc/alternatives/10fglrx
/etc/alternatives/fglrx_dri
/etc/alternatives/fglrx_drv
/etc/alternatives/fglrx_modconf
/etc/alternatives/fglrxinfo
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-fglrx.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/fglrx.conf
/etc/profile.d/ati-fglrx.sh
/home/hdavy2002/fglrx
/home/hdavy2002/.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/how_to_purge_fglrx.desktop
/home/hdavy2002/.local/share/Trash/files/fglrx-install.38MVQf
/home/hdavy2002/.local/share/Trash/files/fglrx-install.8EqNlv
/home/hdavy2002/.local/share/Trash/files/fglrx-install.38MVQf/.fuse_hidden0000040600000001
/home/hdavy2002/.local/share/Trash/files/fglrx-install.8EqNlv/.fuse_hidden00000e9e00000001
/home/hdavy2002/.local/share/Trash/info/fglrx-install.38MVQf.trashinfo
/home/hdavy2002/.local/share/Trash/info/fglrx-install.8EqNlv.trashinfo
/home/hdavy2002/fglrx/ati-driver-installer-11-6-x86.x86_64.run
/home/hdavy2002/fglrx/fglrx-amdcccle_8.861-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/home/hdavy2002/fglrx/fglrx-dev_8.861-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/home/hdavy2002/fglrx/fglrx-installer_8.861-0ubuntu1_i386.changes
/home/hdavy2002/fglrx/fglrx_8.861-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so
/usr/bin/fglrxinfo
/usr/lib/fglrx
/usr/lib/libfglrx_dm.a
/usr/lib/libfglrx_dm.so
/usr/lib/libfglrx_dm.so.1.0
/usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so
/usr/lib/fglrx/bin
/usr/lib/fglrx/fglrx-libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib/fglrx/libAMDXvBA.cap
/usr/lib/fglrx/libaticalcl.so
/usr/lib/fglrx/libaticalrt.so
/usr/lib/fglrx/switchlibGL
/usr/lib/fglrx/switchlibglx
/usr/lib/fglrx/bin/amdcccle
/usr/lib/fglrx/bin/amdupdaterandrconfig
/usr/lib/fglrx/bin/amdxdg-su
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/fglrx
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/fglrx/fglrx-libglx.so
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
/usr/lib32/fglrx
/usr/lib32/libfglrx_dm.a
/usr/lib32/libfglrx_dm.so.1.0
/usr/lib32/dri/fglrx_dri.so
/usr/lib32/fglrx/fglrx-libGL.so.1.2
/usr/lib32/fglrx/libAMDXvBA.so.1
/usr/lib32/fglrx/libGL.so.1
/usr/lib32/fglrx/libXvBAW.so.1
/usr/lib32/fglrx/libaticalcl.so
/usr/lib32/fglrx/libaticalrt.so
/usr/share/fglrx
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/fglrx-driver.desktop
/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_fglrx-installer.py
/usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log
/usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh
/usr/share/doc/fglrx-amdcccle
/usr/share/doc/fglrx-dev
/usr/share/grub-gfxpayload-lists/blacklist/10_fglrx
/usr/share/jockey/handlers/fglrx.py
/usr/share/lintian/overrides/fglrx-amdcccle
/usr/share/lintian/overrides/fglrx-dev
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861
/usr/src/ati/fglrx_sample_source.tgz
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/2.6.x
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/Makefile
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/dkms.conf
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/drm.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/drmP.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/drm_compat.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/drm_os_linux.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/drm_proc.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/fglrxko_pci_ids.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/firegl_public.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/firegl_public.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_acpi.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_acpi.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_agp.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_agp.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_config.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_debug.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_debug.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_io.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_io.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_ioctl.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_ioctl.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_iommu.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_iommu.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_osconfig.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_pci.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_pci.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_str.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_str.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_type.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_wait.c
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/kcl_wait.h
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/libfglrx_ip.a
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/make.sh
/usr/src/fglrx-8.861/2.6.x/Makefile
/var/cache/apt/archives/partial/fglrx_2%3a8.840-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
/var/crash/fglrx.0.crash
/var/lib/dpkg/info/fglrx-amdcccle.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/fglrx-amdcccle.md5sums
/var/lib/dpkg/info/fglrx-dev.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/fglrx-dev.md5sums
/var/lib/update-rc.d/fglrxkobuild
hdavy2002@Davy:~$

then
hdavy2002@Davy:~$ sudo apt-get purge fglrx*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package fglrx is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libzrtpcpp-1.4-0 libccrtp1-1.7-0 libccgnu2-1.7-0 libqt3-mt libboost-regex1.42.0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
hdavy2002@Davy:~$


So i do I completly remove this stuff, I guess thats what blocking the reinstall

Thanks all for helping
\cheers

[claydoh]

Re: Need help to completely remove flgrx after a disaster install

what we are missing here are a) the method you used to install fglrx, and b) what the "bunch of errors" were. I am guessing it didn't actually install maybe?

did the process you used actually create the deb files fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-dev and fglrx-modaliases?

if so, you can go to the folder where they are and try uninstalling them like this:

cd /the/full/path/to-the/debs
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

post any error messages you get

The best way to install the driver is to use the Additional Drivers application found in the System section.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troublesho...thRadeonDriver
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI

[Guest]

Re: Need help to completely remove flgrx after a disaster install

Yes I had tried that way also. Today I tried this.

hdavy2002@Davy:~$ sudo apt-get install fglrx
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libzrtpcpp-1.4-0 libccrtp1-1.7-0 libccgnu2-1.7-0 libqt3-mt libboost-regex1.42.0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
fglrx-amdcccle
The following NEW packages will be installed:
fglrx fglrx-amdcccle
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/41.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 127 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 158370 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fglrx (from .../fglrx_2%3a8.850-0ubuntu1~xup2~natty_amd64.deb) ...
/usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh: 32: cannot create /etc/ati/fglrx-uninstall.log: Directory nonexistent

[Warning] Uninstall : inst_path_default or inst_path_override
does not exist in /etc/ati. This suggests that the ATI driver
is not installed, the ATI driver is only partially installed,
or the current ATI driver installed is an older version than the
one this script was designed for. Both files listed above are
required for determining where installed files are located.
To force uninstallation of the driver by guessing where the
uninstallation files are located, set the force option
re-run /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh (this is not recommended).

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.850-0ubuntu1~xup2~natty_amd64.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Selecting previously deselected package fglrx-amdcccle.
Unpacking fglrx-amdcccle (from .../fglrx-amdcccle_2%3a8.850-0ubuntu1~xup2~natty_amd64.deb) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx_2%3a8.850-0ubuntu1~xup2~natty_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I had previously build packages using

$ sudo sh ./ati-driver-installer-11-7-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/natty

then today, I tried again

hdavy2002@Davy:/media/windata/linux/Softwares$ ls
ati-driver-installer-11-6-x86.x86_64.run fglrx-installer_8.861-0ubuntu1_amd64.changes
Fedora-15-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso openSUSE-11.4-Addon-NonOss-BiArch-i586-x86_64.iso
fglrx_8.840-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-Build0072-i686.iso
fglrx_8.861-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb rtl8192efirmware.zip
fglrx-amdcccle_8.861-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1020.2009_64bit
fglrx-dev_8.861-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb supertuxkart-0.7.2a-linux-glibc2.12-x86-64.tar.bz2

hdavy2002@Davy:/media/windata/linux/Softwares$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
(Reading database ... 158418 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking fglrx (from fglrx_8.840-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ...
/usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh: 32: cannot create /etc/ati/fglrx-uninstall.log: Directory nonexistent

[Warning] Uninstall : inst_path_default or inst_path_override
does not exist in /etc/ati. This suggests that the ATI driver
is not installed, the ATI driver is only partially installed,
or the current ATI driver installed is an older version than the
one this script was designed for. Both files listed above are
required for determining where installed files are located.
To force uninstallation of the driver by guessing where the
uninstallation files are located, set the force option
re-run /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh (this is not recommended).

dpkg: error processing fglrx_8.840-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb (--install):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Unpacking fglrx (from fglrx_8.861-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
/usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh: 32: cannot create /etc/ati/fglrx-uninstall.log: Directory nonexistent

[Warning] Uninstall : inst_path_default or inst_path_override
does not exist in /etc/ati. This suggests that the ATI driver
is not installed, the ATI driver is only partially installed,
or the current ATI driver installed is an older version than the
one this script was designed for. Both files listed above are
required for determining where installed files are located.
To force uninstallation of the driver by guessing where the
uninstallation files are located, set the force option
re-run /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh (this is not recommended).

dpkg: error processing fglrx_8.861-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--install):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Preparing to replace fglrx-amdcccle 2:8.850-0ubuntu1~xup2~natty (using fglrx-amdcccle_8.861-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement fglrx-amdcccle ...
Selecting previously deselected package fglrx-dev.
Unpacking fglrx-dev (from fglrx-dev_8.861-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of fglrx-amdcccle:
fglrx-amdcccle depends on fglrx; however:
Package fglrx is not installed.
dpkg: error processing fglrx-amdcccle (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of fglrx-dev:
fglrx-dev depends on fglrx; however:
Package fglrx is not installed.
dpkg: error processing fglrx-dev (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
fglrx_8.840-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
fglrx_8.861-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
fglrx-amdcccle
fglrx-dev
hdavy2002@Davy:/media/windata/linux/Softwares$

[shailesh_paranjpe]

Re: Need help to completely remove flgrx after a disaster install

I have got exactly same problem everything word to word same. And I am getting a black screen on booting. can some one help please.
I was earlier using ATI prosody proprietary drivers on 10.10 successfully. Ever since upgrade I am getting black screen.