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Download:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx
New Features
This section provides information on new features found in this release of the Radeon™
Display Driver. These include the following:
Support for New Linux Operating Systems
New AMD Display Library (ADL) SDK
ATI Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition – Display Device property page
enhancement
OpenGL support for Compositing managers
Support for New Linux Operating Systems
This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following new operating
system:
RedFlag DT 6.0 sp2 production support
RedFlag DT 7.0 support (early look)
SLED and SLES 11 support (early look)
New AMD Display Library (ADL) SDK
AMD Display Library (ADL) SDK is designed to access display driver functionality
for all ATI Radeon graphics accelerators and FirePro graphics accelerators
The SDK supports Windows XP, Windows Vista and Linux - 32 and 64 bit variants
The SDK can be used from both unmanaged (C/C++) and managed (C#) applications
- samples are provided within the SDK
The ADL SDK is available to the public via the Developer relations site
ATI Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition – Display Device
property page enhancement
This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux enables users to configure new display settings
within the ATI Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition.
HDTV mode support (720p, 1080i, 1080p, and custom) for digital displays
Color temperature controls for digital displays
Hue, Saturation, Brightness, and Contrast color controls for digital displays
Digital display controls (Overscan support, HDMI settings, DVI settings)
OpenGL support for Compositing managers
Added support for the use of OpenGL clients under compositing environments such
as compiz and kwin as found in Ubuntu and SuSE
Resolved Issues
The following section provides a brief description of resolved issues with the latest
version of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite. These include:
When X is killed, the desktop background no longer displays :0.1 remains
Catalyst Control Center: Primary display manager no longer missing on systems with
dual head enabled
TV screen corruption no longer visible when TV standards aspect is set
Display ports now detects properly with XRANDR for specific ASICs
Catalyst Control Center: X no longer fails when the resolution is set to less than
1680x1050 through displays manager
[SUSE11-64] X-Server will start properly when the driver is installed using RPM
method
The external LCD no longer displays garbage when pressing Fn+F4
The internal LCD will no longer move with touchpad after pressing Fn+F4
Video playback now functions properly after resuming from S3/S4 hibernation
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx
New Features
This section provides information on new features found in this release of the Radeon™
Display Driver. These include the following:
Support for New Linux Operating Systems
New AMD Display Library (ADL) SDK
ATI Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition – Display Device property page
enhancement
OpenGL support for Compositing managers
Support for New Linux Operating Systems
This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following new operating
system:
RedFlag DT 6.0 sp2 production support
RedFlag DT 7.0 support (early look)
SLED and SLES 11 support (early look)
New AMD Display Library (ADL) SDK
AMD Display Library (ADL) SDK is designed to access display driver functionality
for all ATI Radeon graphics accelerators and FirePro graphics accelerators
The SDK supports Windows XP, Windows Vista and Linux - 32 and 64 bit variants
The SDK can be used from both unmanaged (C/C++) and managed (C#) applications
- samples are provided within the SDK
The ADL SDK is available to the public via the Developer relations site
ATI Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition – Display Device
property page enhancement
This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux enables users to configure new display settings
within the ATI Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition.
HDTV mode support (720p, 1080i, 1080p, and custom) for digital displays
Color temperature controls for digital displays
Hue, Saturation, Brightness, and Contrast color controls for digital displays
Digital display controls (Overscan support, HDMI settings, DVI settings)
OpenGL support for Compositing managers
Added support for the use of OpenGL clients under compositing environments such
as compiz and kwin as found in Ubuntu and SuSE
Resolved Issues
The following section provides a brief description of resolved issues with the latest
version of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite. These include:
When X is killed, the desktop background no longer displays :0.1 remains
Catalyst Control Center: Primary display manager no longer missing on systems with
dual head enabled
TV screen corruption no longer visible when TV standards aspect is set
Display ports now detects properly with XRANDR for specific ASICs
Catalyst Control Center: X no longer fails when the resolution is set to less than
1680x1050 through displays manager
[SUSE11-64] X-Server will start properly when the driver is installed using RPM
method
The external LCD no longer displays garbage when pressing Fn+F4
The internal LCD will no longer move with touchpad after pressing Fn+F4
Video playback now functions properly after resuming from S3/S4 hibernation