Please note that the WORKAROUND of using the
https://launchpad.net/~makson96/+archive/fglrx PPA is imperfect,
because it places the "AMD Unsupported hardware" watermark on the
bottom-right corner of the screen.
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Christopher M. Penalver
wrote:
> ** Changed in: fglrx
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
** Description changed:
The "fgrlx" package now installs successfully for me. However, I
believe it's not recognizing my chip, the ATI FirePro M7740. This is
the chip that Dell uses in the Precision M6500 lapt
After purging the old PPA, and setting up Nick Andrick's PPA, I tried
installing the "fglrx-installer" package. However, no such package
was available. So I guessed and installed the "fglrx" package. The
installation went smoothly, but upon rebooting my system, I don't
think Nick's package's dri
Christian Convey, could you please temporarily purge fglrx-legacy, and
test the following PPA to see if it also provides a WORKAROUND
https://launchpad.net/~andrikos/+archive/ppa/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=quantal
?
Thank you for your understandi
** Description changed:
The "fgrlx" package now installs successfully for me. However, I
believe it's not recognizing my chip, the ATI FirePro M7740. This is
the chip that Dell uses in the Precision M6500 laptop from about 3 years
ago.
I have a few reasons for thinking fglrx isn't
Correct.
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Christopher M. Penalver
wrote:
> Christian Convey, thank you for your comments. Just to clarify, in
> Quantal 64-bit you are using
> https://launchpad.net/~makson96/+archive/fglrx PPA as a WORKAROUND?
>
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Christian Convey, thank you for your comments. Just to clarify, in
Quantal 64-bit you are using
https://launchpad.net/~makson96/+archive/fglrx PPA as a WORKAROUND?
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Sorry, to clarify my previous comment, I'm using Quantal, 64-bit at the
moment.
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Christian Convey
wrote:
> I don't presently have Precise installed, but I'm near 100% that the
> installer did NOT work under Precise.
>
> When I used the official Ubuntu GUI for close
I don't presently have Precise installed, but I'm near 100% that the
installer did NOT work under Precise.
When I used the official Ubuntu GUI for closed-source drivers, I would
be told the installation failed, although no reason was given to me.
When I used the AMD-provided installer scripts, II
Dave Lentz, thank you for your comments. Regarding them
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1059655/comments/6
:
>"The FirePro M7740 uses the same chip as a RadeonHD 47x0 (RV740). I see no
>reason why this bug isn't a duplicate of bug 1058040, unless it doesn't work
>
The FirePro M7740 uses the same chip as a RadeonHD 47x0 (RV740). I see
no reason why this bug isn't a duplicate of bug 1058040, unless it
doesn't work in Precise, where it's supposed to be supported by fglrx.
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This is because ATI was not good about covering laptop-vendor-specific
chips in their driver documentation. Consulting historical documents
from AMD/ATI will not help you as much as one would hope.
On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Christopher M. Penalver
wrote:
> Christian Convey, thank you for
Christian Convey, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.
Regarding your comments
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1059655/comments/3
:
>"I believe that's correct: the *current* version of fglrx doesn't support ATI
>FirePro M7740 chip. Unfortun
I believe that's correct: the *current* version of fglrx doesn't support
ATI FirePro M7740 chip. Unfortunately, it's only the current version
that's compatible with the version of X that ships with Ubuntu 12.10.
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