Gast
2008-11-14, 17:10:27
Der Treiber:
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html
Der Phoronix-Artikel:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Njg0OQ
Aus dem Changelog:
New Features
This section provides information on new features found in this release of the
RadeonTM Display Driver. These include the following:
• Support for New Linux Operating Systems
• New Display Enhancement
• ATI CrossFireXTM Enhancement:
Support for New Linux Operating Systems
This release of ATI CatalystTM Linux introduces support for the following new
operating systems:
• RHEL 4.7 support
New Display Enhancement
This release of ATI CatalystTM Linux introduces support for display scaling to
resize the display devices that support TV timings (480i/p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p)
through either digital (DVI or HDMI) or analog (component) interfaces
ATI CrossFireXTM Enhancement:
This release of ATI CatalystTM enables users to verify whether an application is
running in ATI CrossFireXTM mode. The new option found, in the ATI CatalystTM
Control Center, will allow users to verify whether on OpenGL application is running in ATI CrossFireXTM mode, the “ATI CrossFireX” logo will be shown on
screen when the application is running.
Resolved Issues
The following section provide a brief description of resolved issues with the latest
version of the ATI CatalystTM Linux software suite. These include:
• Display driver installation may not complete when Powersaved has been
enabled.
ATI Proprietary Linux Release Notes 5
• The driver now changes hardware power states automatically when unplug-
ging and plugging in AC power on mobile hardware older than Radeon
Mobility HD 2xxx series
• Catalyst Control Center may cause a segmentation fault when launched as
Root under SUSE 11.
• X Server will may not start when using two display adapters with mismatched
memory sizes.
• Corruption may be noticed when playing video content using mplayer.
• Starting X in dual-head mode with only one monitor connected may result in a
black screen and the X Server failing to start.
Known Issues
The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated
with the latest version of ATI CatalystTM Linux software suite. These issues
include:
• Reduced performance may be noticed when running GTKPerf on systems
containing an ATI Radeon HD 38x0 or newer product.
• Primary display will remain blank after switching between virtual terminals
with Dual-head Mode.
• Catalyst Control Center Pixel format settings always set to “RGB 4:4:4 Pixel
format (Full RGB)” on restart X Server.
• Mplayer may stop responding when returning from S3/S4 sleep.
• X Server may not start when display is configured in Dual-Head mode.
• Enabling CrossFire may cause intermittent video corruption on the secondary
display.
• X will start in clone mode when “Big Desktop” mode is enabled using Cata-
lyst Control Center.
• The X Sever may fail to start with some combinations of Linux and ATI dis-
play adapter.
• Using the AMD installer to Generate Distribution Specific Driver Package
may fail under Linux SUSE11.
• Desktop corruption may occur when switching from multiple X windows
keeping one console in text mode.
• Alientrap NEXUIZ game does not immediately exit.
• Switching from text console to graphical console may cause the mplayer to
stop responding during playback.
• System does not switch to “Optimal Performance” when returning from sleep
and plugging AC power.
• No video displayed during playback of H.264 media file on certain Mobile
platforms.
• The name for the “FirePRO 2450" is incorrectly displayed as “ATI FireMV
2450".
• CrossFire logo is not shown when playing 3D applications in full screen mode
for 64bit Linux distributions.
• There are no shortcuts available for AMD Catalyst Control Center with
KDE4. Please run “amdccle” from a Console Terminal to start the AMD Cat-
alyst Control Center”.
• Display driver installation may not complete when Powersaved has been
enabled. On some motherboards running openSuse 10.3 x86_64 an ACPI
BIOS bug can cause a soft hang when starting X with the ATI Proprietary
Linux Graphics Driver.
Workarounds:
1. Update the system BIOS if available to fix the BIOS bug
2. Update the kernel image to the latest version for openSuse10.3 x86_64,
which works around the BIOS bug in the kernel
3. Disable powersaved service when booting up if the BIOS or kernel is
not updated
4. After installing AMD Proprietary Linux Graphics Driver, run “aticon-
fig --acpi-services=off” to disable some ACPI services in the driver.
For further information and general help on driver or software installation, game
issues, and more, visit the ATI FAQ website.
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html
Der Phoronix-Artikel:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Njg0OQ
Aus dem Changelog:
New Features
This section provides information on new features found in this release of the
RadeonTM Display Driver. These include the following:
• Support for New Linux Operating Systems
• New Display Enhancement
• ATI CrossFireXTM Enhancement:
Support for New Linux Operating Systems
This release of ATI CatalystTM Linux introduces support for the following new
operating systems:
• RHEL 4.7 support
New Display Enhancement
This release of ATI CatalystTM Linux introduces support for display scaling to
resize the display devices that support TV timings (480i/p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p)
through either digital (DVI or HDMI) or analog (component) interfaces
ATI CrossFireXTM Enhancement:
This release of ATI CatalystTM enables users to verify whether an application is
running in ATI CrossFireXTM mode. The new option found, in the ATI CatalystTM
Control Center, will allow users to verify whether on OpenGL application is running in ATI CrossFireXTM mode, the “ATI CrossFireX” logo will be shown on
screen when the application is running.
Resolved Issues
The following section provide a brief description of resolved issues with the latest
version of the ATI CatalystTM Linux software suite. These include:
• Display driver installation may not complete when Powersaved has been
enabled.
ATI Proprietary Linux Release Notes 5
• The driver now changes hardware power states automatically when unplug-
ging and plugging in AC power on mobile hardware older than Radeon
Mobility HD 2xxx series
• Catalyst Control Center may cause a segmentation fault when launched as
Root under SUSE 11.
• X Server will may not start when using two display adapters with mismatched
memory sizes.
• Corruption may be noticed when playing video content using mplayer.
• Starting X in dual-head mode with only one monitor connected may result in a
black screen and the X Server failing to start.
Known Issues
The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated
with the latest version of ATI CatalystTM Linux software suite. These issues
include:
• Reduced performance may be noticed when running GTKPerf on systems
containing an ATI Radeon HD 38x0 or newer product.
• Primary display will remain blank after switching between virtual terminals
with Dual-head Mode.
• Catalyst Control Center Pixel format settings always set to “RGB 4:4:4 Pixel
format (Full RGB)” on restart X Server.
• Mplayer may stop responding when returning from S3/S4 sleep.
• X Server may not start when display is configured in Dual-Head mode.
• Enabling CrossFire may cause intermittent video corruption on the secondary
display.
• X will start in clone mode when “Big Desktop” mode is enabled using Cata-
lyst Control Center.
• The X Sever may fail to start with some combinations of Linux and ATI dis-
play adapter.
• Using the AMD installer to Generate Distribution Specific Driver Package
may fail under Linux SUSE11.
• Desktop corruption may occur when switching from multiple X windows
keeping one console in text mode.
• Alientrap NEXUIZ game does not immediately exit.
• Switching from text console to graphical console may cause the mplayer to
stop responding during playback.
• System does not switch to “Optimal Performance” when returning from sleep
and plugging AC power.
• No video displayed during playback of H.264 media file on certain Mobile
platforms.
• The name for the “FirePRO 2450" is incorrectly displayed as “ATI FireMV
2450".
• CrossFire logo is not shown when playing 3D applications in full screen mode
for 64bit Linux distributions.
• There are no shortcuts available for AMD Catalyst Control Center with
KDE4. Please run “amdccle” from a Console Terminal to start the AMD Cat-
alyst Control Center”.
• Display driver installation may not complete when Powersaved has been
enabled. On some motherboards running openSuse 10.3 x86_64 an ACPI
BIOS bug can cause a soft hang when starting X with the ATI Proprietary
Linux Graphics Driver.
Workarounds:
1. Update the system BIOS if available to fix the BIOS bug
2. Update the kernel image to the latest version for openSuse10.3 x86_64,
which works around the BIOS bug in the kernel
3. Disable powersaved service when booting up if the BIOS or kernel is
not updated
4. After installing AMD Proprietary Linux Graphics Driver, run “aticon-
fig --acpi-services=off” to disable some ACPI services in the driver.
For further information and general help on driver or software installation, game
issues, and more, visit the ATI FAQ website.