ATi heeft naast nieuwe Catalyst-stuurprogramma's voor Windows ook nieuwbakken Linux-drivers uitgebracht voor een groot aantal Radeon- en FireGL-videokaarten. De drivers zijn voorzien van versienummer 8.21.7 en kunnen in diverse uitvoeringen gedownload worden voor x86- en x86_64-systemen. In de release notes van versie 8.21.7 zijn de volgende veranderingen gedocumenteerd:
OpenGL 2.0 SupportSmaller ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Bundle
- The latest version of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver introduces support for OpenGL 2.0.
Issues Resolved
- The ATI Proprietary Linux driver bundle is now approximately 50% smaller. The reduction in size allows for faster downloads and uses less hard drive diskspace.
Known Issues
- The mode2 option in aticonfig that sets the secondary display device resolution now functions as documented in `aticonfig --help`
- Starting the X server when the virtual desktop mode is set higher than the largest display mode available for the display device no longer results in a fatal server error
- 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
- Running two X servers simultaneously results in the system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-220