Ubuntu – Unity messed up by fglrx drivers

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

[Press Enter]

/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
/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
/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

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$