** 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 doing its job for this chip: (1) When I run "fglrxinfo", I get the following output: cjc@awesome:~$ fglrxinfo X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) Major opcode of failed request: 153 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString) Serial number of failed request: 12 Current serial number in output stream: 12 (2) When I run "amdcccle", I get a dialog box with this message: There was a problem initializing Catalyst Control Center Linux edition. It could be caused by the following. No AMD graphics driver is installed, or the AMD driver is not functioning properly. Please install the AMD driver appropriate for you AMD hardware, or configure using aticonfig. (3) When I run "aticonfig", I get this message: aticonfig: No supported adapters detected I tested https://launchpad.net/~andrikos/+archive/ppa/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=quantal but this did not work. WORKAROUND: In Quantal 64-bit use the PPA https://launchpad.net/~makson96/+archive/fglrx . + + As per + http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/fire/previous/Pages/fire_linux.aspx + the newest driver that explicitly mentions ATI FirePro™ M7740 (Dell + Precision M6400) is + http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/fire/previous/Pages/fire.aspx?os=Linux%20x86&rev=8.911.3.4 + as per the Release Notes + http://www2.ati.com/drivers/firepro/workstation8.911.3.4.pdf . -- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: fglrx 2:9.000-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.25-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom] CompositorRunning: None Date: Mon Oct 1 11:08:09 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: quantal DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: fglrx, 9.000, 3.5.0-16-generic, x86_64: installed GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI M97 GL [ATI FirePro M7740] [1002:94a3] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:12ef] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120913.3) MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision M6500 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-16-generic root=UUID=4bae9a7c-c922-4719-875e-aa122a39f3a7 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: fglrx-installer UnitySupportTest: Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code 1: X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) Major opcode of failed request: 153 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString) Serial number of failed request: 22 Current serial number in output stream: 22 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/27/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A06 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd01/27/2011:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionM6500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: Precision M6500 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.2+bzr3377-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0~git20120917.7cfd42ce-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0~git20120917.7cfd42ce-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu5 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu2
** 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 doing its job for this chip: (1) When I run "fglrxinfo", I get the following output: cjc@awesome:~$ fglrxinfo X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) Major opcode of failed request: 153 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString) Serial number of failed request: 12 Current serial number in output stream: 12 (2) When I run "amdcccle", I get a dialog box with this message: There was a problem initializing Catalyst Control Center Linux edition. It could be caused by the following. No AMD graphics driver is installed, or the AMD driver is not functioning properly. Please install the AMD driver appropriate for you AMD hardware, or configure using aticonfig. (3) When I run "aticonfig", I get this message: aticonfig: No supported adapters detected I tested https://launchpad.net/~andrikos/+archive/ppa/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=quantal but this did not work. - WORKAROUND: In Quantal 64-bit use the PPA - https://launchpad.net/~makson96/+archive/fglrx . - As per http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/fire/previous/Pages/fire_linux.aspx the newest driver that explicitly mentions ATI FirePro™ M7740 (Dell Precision M6400) is http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/fire/previous/Pages/fire.aspx?os=Linux%20x86&rev=8.911.3.4 as per the Release Notes http://www2.ati.com/drivers/firepro/workstation8.911.3.4.pdf . + + WORKAROUND: In Quantal 64-bit use the PPA + https://launchpad.net/~makson96/+archive/fglrx . -- ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: fglrx 2:9.000-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.25-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom] CompositorRunning: None Date: Mon Oct 1 11:08:09 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: quantal DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: fglrx, 9.000, 3.5.0-16-generic, x86_64: installed GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI M97 GL [ATI FirePro M7740] [1002:94a3] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:12ef] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120913.3) MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision M6500 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-16-generic root=UUID=4bae9a7c-c922-4719-875e-aa122a39f3a7 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: fglrx-installer UnitySupportTest: Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code 1: X Error of failed request: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) Major opcode of failed request: 153 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString) Serial number of failed request: 22 Current serial number in output stream: 22 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/27/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A06 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd01/27/2011:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionM6500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: Precision M6500 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.2+bzr3377-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0~git20120917.7cfd42ce-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0~git20120917.7cfd42ce-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu5 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059655 Title: 1002:94a3 fglrx doesn't work with ATI FirePro M7740 chip To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1059655/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
