ATI Catalyst Linux Display Driver 8.5

AMD heeft nieuwe Linux-drivers uitgebracht voor zijn ATI Radeon-videokaarten. De download is een kleine 55MB groot, maar deze kan zowel voor 32bits- als 64bits-omgevingen worden gebruikt. Versie 8.5 van de Linux-driver kan overweg met versies 6.7 tot en met 7.3 van X.org, Linux-kernel 2.6 en hoger en glibc 2.2 of 2.3. Linux-kernel 2.4 en Xfree86 4.3 worden niet langer ondersteund. De laatste versie die dat deed was versie 8.42.3. De belangrijkste verbetering in deze release is de introductie van Mipmap Detail, Catalyst AI en AA-filters in het Catalyst Control Center. Het volledige changelog van deze release ziet er als volgt uit:

New Features

• This release of the Catalyst Linux software driver introduces Mipmap Detail, Catalyst A.I., and AA Filters in the 3D ORCA page of the Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition.

Resolved Issues

• Support for video playback on the second head in dual head mode is now available.
• Unresolved symbols in Xorg log under RHEL 4u6 32 and 64 bit no longer occur.
• The desktop background color is no longer displayed incorrectly when using xcommgr.
• Change VT no longer fails when kernel module is not loaded.
• Switching to the virtual terminal multiple times no longer results in X displaying corruption.
• Catalyst Control Center: The Preference page is now localized for all supported languages.
• The Linux kernel module is no longer installed to wrong location if the Linux kernel is updated.
• Random system hangs no longer occur when calls to the ATI driver are made from Ring3.
• X window no longer fails to respond when GoogleEarth is maximized.
• A segmentation fault no longer occurs when running SPECViewperf on systems containing an ATI FireGL V5100 series product and running SUSE 10.3 x86.
• Enabling Composite extension no longer displays 8x AA for graphic cards that do not support 8x AA under the Ubuntu 7.10 operating system.
• Display corruption is no longer noticed at logon when compiz is enabled.
• Launching the glxgears application no longer results in segmentation faults.
• GoogleEarth: Launching the application in horizontal mode on a system running X no longer results in corruption being noticed.
• Specviewperf 8.1 64 bit version: Segmentation faults no longer occurs on IGP systems.
• Maya 2008: Moving the render window no longer results in the operating system failing.
• Glxgears corruption is no longer noticed in big desktop mode.

Known Issues

• Desktop corruption may be noticed when dragging the overlay/video when using dual-display mode.
• Bandwidth corruption may be noticed when setting the desktop resolution to 2048x1536 on systems containing an ATI Radeon HD 3200 series of product.
• SECAM, NTSC or PAL signal changes when using aticonfig or Catalyst Control Center but does not apply to the TV display output.
• Running X server without a window manager may result in the X server flashing green for a moment, going black, and the computer becoming unresponsive.
• Desktop corruption may be noticed when dragging the overlay/video when using dual-display mode.
• Connecting a CRT display device to a system containing an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 product may result in the display device flashing multiple times or failing to display an image when attempting to launch the Catalyst Control Center.
• Corruption may be noticed when connecting a DFP display device to a system running X after setting the TV mode to 1080i.
• Quake 3 Arena (demo): Segmentation faults may occur when attempting to play the game.
• Specviewperf: Launching the application may result in the Linux operating system failing to respond.
• Opening a terminal and running semi-automated DPPT tests via lnxtest.sh may result in the operating system failing to respond.
• A segmentation fault may occur when running SPECViewperf on systems containing an ATI FireGL V5100 series product and running SUSE 10.3 x86.
• FGL_GLXGEARS or GLXGEARS: X may fail to respond when launching either of the applications.
• Maya 2008: Various comparison failures may be noticed.
• The X Server may fail to reset clearly when AIGLX is enabled.
• DiscoveryStudio1.7: The print preview and save as functions may fail to work properly.
• SPEC Viewperf 8.1: A performance drop may be noticed when running the application under Linux.
• Maya2008: The hardware render buffer may fail to render/display the image.
• May2008: The hardware render Perl script may display an error message when rendering.