Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1059655] Re: 1002:94a3 fglrx doesn't support ATI FirePro M7740 chip

2012-11-02 Thread Christian Convey
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 driver

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1059655] Re: 1002:94a3 fglrx doesn't support ATI FirePro M7740 chip

2012-11-02 Thread Christian Convey
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

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1059655] Re: 1002:94a3 fglrx doesn't support ATI FirePro M7740 chip

2012-10-29 Thread Christian Convey
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,

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1059655] Re: 1002:94a3 fglrx doesn't support ATI FirePro M7740 chip

2012-10-29 Thread Christian Convey
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 christian.con...@gmail.com 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

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1059655] Re: 1002:94a3 fglrx doesn't support ATI FirePro M7740 chip

2012-10-29 Thread Christian Convey
Correct. On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Christopher M. Penalver christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com 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? -- You received this

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1059655] Re: 1002:94a3 fglrx doesn't support ATI FirePro M7740 chip

2012-10-21 Thread Christian Convey
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 Consulting historical documents from AMD/ATI will not help you as much as one would hope.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 christopher.penal...@gmx.com wrote: