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2007-06-26, 00:49:09
Linux 32bit (8.38.6) (http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html)
Linux 64bit (8.38.6) (http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux64/linux64-radeon.html)
Release Notes:
This release note provides information on the latest posting of AMD's Proprietary Linux driver version 8.38.6
The AMD Linux release notes provides information on the following:
* Web Content
* ATI Workstation Product Support
* ATI Mobility™ and Integrated Product Family Support
* ATI Desktop and Integrated Product Family Support
* Operating Systems Distributions Supported
* System Requirements
* New Features
* Resolved Issues
* Known Issues
* Installing the AMD Proprietary Linux Software Driver
* Driver Update Notification
* AMD Customer Care
* Linux Feedback Program
Web Content
The AMD Catalyst™ Linux Graphics Driver software suite is available through an Installer executable.
Note: Refer to the minimum system requirements listed below to ensure you have downloaded the correct driver package for your system.
ATI Workstation Product Support
The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI Workstation products:
FireGL™ V7350
FireGL™ V3400
FireGL™ Z1-128
FireGL™ V7300
FireGL™ V3300
FireGL™ T2-128
FireGL™ V7200
FireGL™ V3200
FireGL™ X1-128
FireGL™ V7100
FireGL™ V3100
FireGL™ X1-256p
FireGL™ V5200
FireGL™ X3-256
FireMV™ 2200 (Single card PCI-e configuration)
FireGL™ V5100
FireGL™ X3
Mobility™ FireGL™ V5000
FireGL™ V5000
FireGL™ X2-256
Mobility™ FireGL™ T2
ATI Mobility™ and Integrated Product Family Support
The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI Mobility™ products:
Mobility™ Radeon® X1800
Mobility™ Radeon® X600
Mobility™ Radeon® X1600
Mobility™ Radeon® X300
Mobility™ Radeon® X1400
Mobility™ Radeon® X200
Mobility™ Radeon® X1300
Mobility™ Radeon® 9800
Mobility™ Radeon® X1200
Mobility™ Radeon® 9600
Mobility™ Radeon® X1100
Mobility™ Radeon® 9550
Mobility™ Radeon® X800
Mobility™ Radeon® 9500
Mobility™ Radeon® X700
Mobility™ Radeon® Xpress 1100 series
Mobility™ Radeon® Xpress 1200 series
Mobility™ Radeon® Xpress 200 series
ATI Desktop and Integrated Product Family Support
The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI desktop products:
Radeon® X1900 series
Radeon® X600 series
Radeon® X1800 series
Radeon® X550/X300 series
Radeon® X1600 series
Radeon® 9800 series
Radeon® X1300 series
Radeon® 9700 series
Radeon® X850 series
Radeon® 9600 series
Radeon® X800 series
Radeon® 9550 series
Radeon® X700 series
Radeon® 9500 series
Radeon® Xpress1200 series
Radeon® Xpress 1100 series
Radeon® Xpress 200 series
Note: All-In-Wonder™ variants based on the above are also supported. Video capture however is not supported.
Note: Software driver support for ATI FireGL™, Integrated, Mobility™ and Desktop products prior to the Radeon® 9500 is available from ati.com
Operating Systems Distributions Supported
The latest version of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following Linux distributions:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux suite
* Novell/SuSE product suite
Note: The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite may install on a number of other Linux distributions. Refer to the Package Generation installation instructions for more information.
Note: AMD has accepted contributed packaging scripts to allows creation of other packages, but does not necessarily test, verify or warrant the reliability. Currently Red Hat Enterprise Linux suite and Novell/SuSE product suite are supported Linux distributions
System Requirements
Before attempting to install the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite, the following software must be installed:
* XOrg 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, 7.1 or 7.2; XFree86 version 4.3
* Linux kernel 2.4 or higher
* glibc version 2.2 or 2.3
* POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications
The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite no longer provides precompiled Kernel Modules; all installations require GCC compiler and kernel-headers or kernel-source in order to enable 2D and 3D acceleration.
For best performance and ease of use, AMD recommends the following:
* Kernel module build environment - should include the following:
o Kernel source code: Either the Kernel Source or Kernel Headers packages
* ISSE Support enabled in your Linux Kernel
o Applies to Intel Pentium III and later CPUs only
o Enabled by default on version 2.4 and later kernels
* The rpm utility should be installed and configured correctly on your system, if you intend to install via RPM packages
The following packages must be installed in order for the Catalyst™ Linux driver to install and work properly:
* XFree86-Mesa-libGL
* libstdc++
* libgcc
* XFree86-libs
* fontconfig
* freetype
* zlib
New Features
This release of the Catalyst® Linux graphics driver introduces support for RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.
Resolved Issues
The following section provide a brief description of resolved issues with the latest version of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite. These include:
* Moving a video window between two monitors in a big desktop configuration no longer crashes the Xserver. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28222
* Playing multiple videos at the same time with textured video no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28223
Known Issues
The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated with the latest version of ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite. These issues include:
* Corruption may be observed with certain applications on some Linux distributions which enable the Composite extension by default, e.g., RHEL 5. If you are observing application corruption, please disable the Composite extension. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28224
* Using the xgl enabled x-server interface disables display switching hot plug support
* Video tearing during playback. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26984
* There is no support for video playback on the second head in dual head mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26985
For further information and general help on driver or software installation, game issues, and more, visit the ATI FAQ website.
Edit: Links zum Hotfix gibt es weiter unten im Beitrag von d2kx
Linux 64bit (8.38.6) (http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux64/linux64-radeon.html)
Release Notes:
This release note provides information on the latest posting of AMD's Proprietary Linux driver version 8.38.6
The AMD Linux release notes provides information on the following:
* Web Content
* ATI Workstation Product Support
* ATI Mobility™ and Integrated Product Family Support
* ATI Desktop and Integrated Product Family Support
* Operating Systems Distributions Supported
* System Requirements
* New Features
* Resolved Issues
* Known Issues
* Installing the AMD Proprietary Linux Software Driver
* Driver Update Notification
* AMD Customer Care
* Linux Feedback Program
Web Content
The AMD Catalyst™ Linux Graphics Driver software suite is available through an Installer executable.
Note: Refer to the minimum system requirements listed below to ensure you have downloaded the correct driver package for your system.
ATI Workstation Product Support
The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI Workstation products:
FireGL™ V7350
FireGL™ V3400
FireGL™ Z1-128
FireGL™ V7300
FireGL™ V3300
FireGL™ T2-128
FireGL™ V7200
FireGL™ V3200
FireGL™ X1-128
FireGL™ V7100
FireGL™ V3100
FireGL™ X1-256p
FireGL™ V5200
FireGL™ X3-256
FireMV™ 2200 (Single card PCI-e configuration)
FireGL™ V5100
FireGL™ X3
Mobility™ FireGL™ V5000
FireGL™ V5000
FireGL™ X2-256
Mobility™ FireGL™ T2
ATI Mobility™ and Integrated Product Family Support
The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI Mobility™ products:
Mobility™ Radeon® X1800
Mobility™ Radeon® X600
Mobility™ Radeon® X1600
Mobility™ Radeon® X300
Mobility™ Radeon® X1400
Mobility™ Radeon® X200
Mobility™ Radeon® X1300
Mobility™ Radeon® 9800
Mobility™ Radeon® X1200
Mobility™ Radeon® 9600
Mobility™ Radeon® X1100
Mobility™ Radeon® 9550
Mobility™ Radeon® X800
Mobility™ Radeon® 9500
Mobility™ Radeon® X700
Mobility™ Radeon® Xpress 1100 series
Mobility™ Radeon® Xpress 1200 series
Mobility™ Radeon® Xpress 200 series
ATI Desktop and Integrated Product Family Support
The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI desktop products:
Radeon® X1900 series
Radeon® X600 series
Radeon® X1800 series
Radeon® X550/X300 series
Radeon® X1600 series
Radeon® 9800 series
Radeon® X1300 series
Radeon® 9700 series
Radeon® X850 series
Radeon® 9600 series
Radeon® X800 series
Radeon® 9550 series
Radeon® X700 series
Radeon® 9500 series
Radeon® Xpress1200 series
Radeon® Xpress 1100 series
Radeon® Xpress 200 series
Note: All-In-Wonder™ variants based on the above are also supported. Video capture however is not supported.
Note: Software driver support for ATI FireGL™, Integrated, Mobility™ and Desktop products prior to the Radeon® 9500 is available from ati.com
Operating Systems Distributions Supported
The latest version of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following Linux distributions:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux suite
* Novell/SuSE product suite
Note: The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite may install on a number of other Linux distributions. Refer to the Package Generation installation instructions for more information.
Note: AMD has accepted contributed packaging scripts to allows creation of other packages, but does not necessarily test, verify or warrant the reliability. Currently Red Hat Enterprise Linux suite and Novell/SuSE product suite are supported Linux distributions
System Requirements
Before attempting to install the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite, the following software must be installed:
* XOrg 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, 7.1 or 7.2; XFree86 version 4.3
* Linux kernel 2.4 or higher
* glibc version 2.2 or 2.3
* POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications
The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite no longer provides precompiled Kernel Modules; all installations require GCC compiler and kernel-headers or kernel-source in order to enable 2D and 3D acceleration.
For best performance and ease of use, AMD recommends the following:
* Kernel module build environment - should include the following:
o Kernel source code: Either the Kernel Source or Kernel Headers packages
* ISSE Support enabled in your Linux Kernel
o Applies to Intel Pentium III and later CPUs only
o Enabled by default on version 2.4 and later kernels
* The rpm utility should be installed and configured correctly on your system, if you intend to install via RPM packages
The following packages must be installed in order for the Catalyst™ Linux driver to install and work properly:
* XFree86-Mesa-libGL
* libstdc++
* libgcc
* XFree86-libs
* fontconfig
* freetype
* zlib
New Features
This release of the Catalyst® Linux graphics driver introduces support for RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.
Resolved Issues
The following section provide a brief description of resolved issues with the latest version of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite. These include:
* Moving a video window between two monitors in a big desktop configuration no longer crashes the Xserver. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28222
* Playing multiple videos at the same time with textured video no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28223
Known Issues
The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated with the latest version of ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite. These issues include:
* Corruption may be observed with certain applications on some Linux distributions which enable the Composite extension by default, e.g., RHEL 5. If you are observing application corruption, please disable the Composite extension. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28224
* Using the xgl enabled x-server interface disables display switching hot plug support
* Video tearing during playback. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26984
* There is no support for video playback on the second head in dual head mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26985
For further information and general help on driver or software installation, game issues, and more, visit the ATI FAQ website.
Edit: Links zum Hotfix gibt es weiter unten im Beitrag von d2kx