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 Consulting historical documents from AMD/ATI will not help you as much as one would hope.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 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. Unfortunately, it's only the current version that's >>compatible with the version of X that ships with Ubuntu 12.10." > > Neither the available prior upstream driver releases notes from > http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/previous/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx > , or the current stable/beta from > http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalystSoftwareSuiteVersion129ReleaseNotes.aspx > mention FirePro M7740. > > As well, if one goes to > http://support.amd.com/US/Pages/AMDSupportHub.aspx and clicks -> > Notebook Graphics -> Mobility FirePro Series -> Dell Precision M6500 > (FirePro M7740 Mobility), one will notice under Operating System: how > linux is not an option. However, if one chooses Notebook Graphics -> > Radeon HD Series -> Radeon 6310 -> Operating System: notice Linux x86 is > an option. > > Hence, it appears AMD currently does not, nor has ever provided a linux > driver for your model line. Despite this, you are welcome to engage AMD > about this through their official support channels via > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI#Official_AMD_support_channels > . It is advised to use their E-Mail webform ( > http://emailcustomercare.amd.com/ ) as you will get a ticket number > E-Mailed to you regarding your issue (I know, I recently submitted one). > :) > > If you do submit a ticket, please share your results. > > Thank you for your understanding. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059655 > > Title: > 1002:94a3 fglrx doesn't support ATI FirePro M7740 chip > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/1059655/+subscriptions -- 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 support 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 [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
