Driver-update: ATi Linux Driver 8.33.6

Advanced Micro Devices heeft nieuwe display drivers uitgebracht op het Linux x86 en Linux x86-64 platform voor videokaarten voorzien van een Radeon 9500 of recenter. Ze hebben versienummer 8.33.6 en ondersteuning voor X.Org 7.2 en Linux Kernel 2.6.19 meegekregen. Op Phoronix is al een review verschenen waar deze nieuwe drivers worden besproken. De volgende veranderingen zijn aangebracht sinds de vorige vermelding in de meuktracker:

Version 8.33.6

New Features:

• X.Org 7.2 Support
  This release of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software driver provides support for the offical X.Org 7.2 release. The previous release (8.32.5) supported the X Org 7.2 RC2 release only.
• Linux Kernel 2.6.19 Support
  This release of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite supports version 2.6.19 of the Linux Kernel.

Resolved Issues:

• Enabling Stereo on a FireGL V5000 no longer results in corruption being noticed on the X-Windows desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25218
• Running through the package gerneration installation of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver no longer results in the continue button remaining greyed out when selecting a package to be generated. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25219
• The ATI Control Panel no longer gets installed when running through the Custom Installation and de-selecting the Control Panel component. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25220
• Connecting two display devices and switching the overlay to the secondary display device no longer causes aticonfig to fail. Further details can be found in topic number 737-25221

Known Issues:

• Attempting to install the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite 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
• Loading the XVideo Extension on 64-bit Xorg 6.9+ systems causes the X Server to segfault on launch with Radeon X1K products. Further details and the workaround can be found in topic number 737-22837
• A system hang may occur when attempting to resume from hibernation mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22059

Version 8.32.5

New Features:

• ATI Radeon® X1650 Support
  This release of the Catalyst® Linux software driver introduces support for the ATI Radeon® X1650 product. The ATI Radeon® X1650 series delivers stunning 3D graphics, excellent performance, and all the extensive features of a high-end graphics processor.
• X.Org 7.2 Support
  This release of Catalyst® Linux software driver provides X.Org 7.2 RC 2/OpenSUSE 10.2 support.

Resolved Issues:

• The ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 is now being properly identified when viewing the OpenGL renderer string. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24428
• Switching between X Server and text console mode no longer results in a system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24421
• Corruption is no longer noticed when setting the texture sampler's filter to GL_NEAREST. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24429
• The Extended Display Identification Data is now displayed for Display Data Channel display devices in the X Server log. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24422
• The ati directory is now removed from /usr/share when uninstalling the graphics driver using the fglrx-uninstall.sh uninstall script. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24423
• Installing the graphics driver and configure the driver for dual-head mode no longer results in the operating system failing to respond when hot-unplugging the display device and restarting the X Server. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24424
• Starting the X Server in dual-head mode no longer requires the DRM kernel module to be present. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24425
• Catalyst Linux 8.32.5 provides improvements in the Tripos SYBYL performance. Further details can be found in topic number 737-24426

Known Issues:

• Attempting to install the AMD Proprietary Linux 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
• Loading the XVideo Extension on 64-bit Xorg 6.9+ systems causes the X Server to segfault on launch with Radeon X1K products. Further details and the workaround can be found in topic number 737-22837
• A system hang may occur when attempting to resume from hibernation mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22059