Lost Unity 3D

[Colin Law]

On 16 February 2014 22:32, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
> On 02/16/2014 02:27 PM, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> On 16 February 2014 18:59, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Gave my daughter a Thinkpad Edge a while ago. It had been running Unity
>>> 3D.
>>> Today she tried to run VBox and got an error about graphics and it was
>>> suggested she reboot.  After doing so she noticed the launcher icons were
>>> large and figured out she was in Unity 2D.
>>>
>>> Graphics is ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4225/4250.
>>>
>>> She remembers responding to a Software Update in the last couple of days
>>> but
>>> is unsure whether or not she has rebooted until today.
>>>
>>> Googling suggests that she may have upgraded to a version that no longer
>>> supports that chipset.  The suggested fix is to use an earlier kernel but
>>> I
>>> tried that and still no unity 3D.
>>>
>>> I will have access to the machine for a while so I wonder if anyone has
>>> any
>>> ideas of how to get Unity 3D back?
>>
>>
>> See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1276379
>> There is a workaround in comment #13
>>
>> Add yourself to the Affects list and to subscribe to it to email
>> notifications so you will see if it gets fixed.
>>
>> Colin
>>
>
> I tried you workaround but get this error:
>
> ~$ sudo apt-get install fglrx=2:8.9.60-0ubuntu1

You have mis-typed it, check the workaround details again.

If it still doesn't work what does post the result again and also the result of
apt-cache policy fglrx

Colin