ATi heeft een nieuwe set drivers uitgebracht voor het Linux-platform en hieraan 8.19.10 als het versienummer meegegeven. Aangezien de drivers als closed source worden uitgegeven zijn er een zestal verschillende RPM's beschikbaar voor zowel Linux x86 als Linux x86_64 met XFree86 of X.Org. Helaas maakt ATi sinds enige tijd gebruik van de diensten die Akamai aanbiedt voor het hosten van bestanden waardoor er niet meer direct naar de downloads kan worden gelinkt. We hebben daarom de drivers maar naar onze file-server gepompt. De meegeleverde release notes laten ons het volgende zien:
New Features:Issues Resolved:
- PowerPlay™ Support
The ATI Proprietary Linux driver version 8.19.10 introduces PowerPlay™ support. This revolutionary power management technology allows for the user to switch between power consumption modes using the aticonfig utility provided with the installation of the driver. For help on using this feature, run aticonfig --help from a terminal. This feature is supported on ATI Radeon 9000 series products and above.- fgl_glxgears Update
fgl_glxgears now supports a new mode using Frame Buffer Objects (fbo). This mode uses the GL_EXT_framebuffer_object OpenGL extension instead of the GLX_SGIX_pbuffer OpenGL extension. To run fgl_glxgears with this mode run fgl_glxgears -fbo from a terminal window.- Initial Suspend and Resume Support
The ATI Proprietary Linux Driver version 8.19.10 has initial support for Suspend and Resume for systems with newer kernels that support this feature.The latest proprietary driver introduces a resolution for drmMap failures on 64bit NLD9 SP2 and 64bit Ubuntu Breezy distribution, resolving an issue that prevented 3D acceleration.
Known Issues:[break]De ATi Linux Driver 8.19.10 is in de volgende zes smaken binnen te halen:
- Attempting to install the driver on distributions that have updated certain 3D components outside of the stock XOrg 6.8.2 may result in the driver not initializing 3D applications properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20868
- TV Display is Corrupt After Switching Resolutions. Further details can be found in topic number 737-1086
- Attempting to resume from system suspension results in the system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-218
- Enabling Quad Buffer Stereo results in 2D graphics corruption under XFree86. Further details can be found in topic number 737-219
- Running two X servers simultaneously results in the system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-220
Linux x86 - X.Org 6.8
Linux x86 - XFree86 4.1
Linux x86 - XFree86 4.2
Linux x86 - XFree86 4.3
Linux x86_64 - X.Org 6.8
Linux x86_64 - XFree86 4.3