AMD Proprietary Linux Release Notes
This release note provides information onthe latest posting of AMD's Proprietary Linux driver. This particulardriver updates the software version to 8.452.
The AMD Linux release notes provides information on the following:
- See Web Content
- See ATI Workstation Product Support
- See ATI Mobility™ and Integrated Mobility™ Product Family Support
- See ATI Desktop Product Family Support
- See Operating Systems Distributions Supported
- See System Requirements
- See Resolved Issues
- See Known Issues
- See Installing the AMD Proprietary Linux Software Driver
- See Driver Update Notification
- See AMD Customer Care
- See Linux Feedback Program
Web Content
The ATI Catalyst™ Linux Graphics Driver software suite is available through an Installer executable.
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ATI Workstation Product Support
The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI Workstation products:
ATI FireGL™ V8650 | ATI FireGL™ V3300 |
ATI FireGL™ V8600 | ATI FireGL™ V3200 |
ATI FireGL™ V7700 | ATI FireGL™ V3100 |
ATI FireGL™ V7600 | ATI FireGL™ X3-256 |
ATI FireGL™ V7350 | ATI FireGL™ X3 |
ATI FireGL™ V7300 | ATI FireGL™ V5000 |
ATI FireGL™ V7200 | ATI FireGL™ X2-256 |
ATI FireGL™ V7100 | ATI FireGL™ Z1-128 |
ATI FireGL™ V5600 | ATI FireGL™ T2-128 |
ATI FireGL™ V5200 | ATI FireGL™ X1-128 |
ATI FireGL™ V5100 | ATI FireGL™ X1-256p |
ATI FireGL™ V5000 | ATI FireMV™ 2200 (Single card PCI-e configuration) |
ATI FireGL™ V3600 | ATI Mobility™ FireGL™ V5000 |
ATI FireGL™ V3400 | ATI Mobility™ FireGL™ T2 |
ATI Mobility™ and Integrated Mobility™ Product Family Support
The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI Mobility™ products:
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X3870 | ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X1100 |
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X3850 | ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X800 |
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X3830 | ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X700 |
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X3430 | ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ Xpress 1200 series |
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X3400 | ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X600 |
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X2600 | ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X300 |
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X2400 | ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X200 |
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X2300 | ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ 9800 |
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X1800 | ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ 9600 |
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X1600 | ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ 9550 |
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X1400 | ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ 9500 |
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X1300 | ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ Xpress 1100 series |
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X1200 | ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ Xpress 200 series |
ATI Desktop Product Family Support
The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI desktop products:
ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series | ATI Radeon™ X1300 series |
ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 series | ATI Radeon™ X850 series |
ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 series | ATI Radeon™ X800 series |
ATI Radeon™ HD 3400 series | ATI Radeon™ X700 series |
ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 series | ATI Radeon™ X600 series |
ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 series | ATI Radeon™ X550/X300 series |
ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 series | ATI Radeon™ 9800 series |
ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 series | ATI Radeon™ 9700 series |
ATI Radeon™ X1900 series | ATI Radeon™ 9600 series |
ATI Radeon™ X1800 series | ATI Radeon™ 9550 series |
ATI Radeon™ X1600 series | ATI Radeon™ 9500 series |
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ATI Integrated Product Family Support
The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI desktop products
ATI Radeon™ HD 3300 series | ATI Radeon™ Xpress1200 series |
ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 series | ATI Radeon™ Xpress 200 series |
ATI Radeon™ HD 3100 series | ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1100 series |
Operating Systems Distributions Supported
The latest version of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following Linux distributions:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux suite
- Novell/SuSE product suite
- Ubuntu
- The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite mayinstall on a number of other Linux distributions. Refer to the PackageGeneration installation instructions for more information.
- AMD has accepted contributed packagingscripts to allows creation of other packages, but does not necessarilytest, verify or warrant the reliability. Currently Red Hat EnterpriseLinux suite and Novell/SuSE product suite are supported Linuxdistributions
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System Requirements
Before attempting to install the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite, the following software must be installed:
- XOrg 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 or 7.3
- Linux Kernel 2.6 and above
- glibc version 2.2 or 2.3
- POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications
The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite nolonger provides precompiled Kernel Modules; all installations requireGCC compiler and kernel-headers or kernel-source in order to enable 2Dand 3D acceleration.
For best performance and ease of use, AMD recommends the following:
- Kernel module build environment - should include the following:
Kernel source code: Either the Kernel Source or Kernel Headers packages
- The rpm utility should be installed and configured correctly on your system, if you intend to install via RPM packages
The following packages must be installed in order for the ATI Catalyst™ Linux driver to install and work properly:
- XFree86-Mesa-libGL
- libstdc++
- libgcc
- XFree86-libs
- fontconfig
- freetype
- zlib
Resolved Issues
The following section provide a briefdescription of resolved issues with the latest version of the ATICatalyst™ Linux software suite. These include:
- The X-Server will not start on Red Hat WS4u6 with some ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series devices. Further details can befound in topic number 737-38605
- Screen corruption may occur when usingCatalyst Control Center keyboard shortcuts to change display modes.Further details can be found in topic number 737-38603
- Crossfire cannot be enabled in full screen mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38604
- With the display driver installed, startingX can cause RHEL4u6/ RHEL4u6x86 operating system to stop responding.Further details can be found in topic number 737-38601
- Enabling OpenGL overlay may result in thesystem failing to respond during the X-Server initialization. Furtherdetails can be found in topic number 737-38600
- Enabling dual adapter with the followingcommand "aticonfig --initial=dual-head" may cause a segmentation fault.Further details can be found in topic number 737-38599
- Screen corruption occurs when enable"Reflection" effect in compiz setting manager. Further details can befound in topic number 737-38598
- System fails to respond when switching to another console then back to X. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38597
- Screen corruption may occur when playing some video files using Mplayer. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38596
- Direct rendering is not enabled through non Root user accounts for SUSE 10.2
- Non Root accounts may experience asegmentation fault in dual adapter mode. Further details can be foundin topic number 737-35594
- Starting X with component video output can result in no display. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38593
- Failure building RHEL 5.2 and RHEL 4u6 RPMpackages using the ATI Installer. Further details can be found in topicnumber 737-38592
- Enabling anti-aliasing setting in CatalystControl Center requires restarting the X-Server for each filter settingto take effect. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38579
- Some systems may become unstable and hang the X Server when logging off. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38582
- The entire X desktop including the mousecursor is no longer choppy during playback of video files. Furtherdetails can be found in topic number 737-38581
- Starting X no longer results in a systemhang on Radeon X1000 series AGP cards with the AGP aperture differentfrom 128 MB starting. Further details can be found in topic number737-38580
- Quickly moving a X video window no longerresults in occasional corruption being left behind on the desktop whenusing Radeon X1000 series hardware or later. Further details can befound in topic number 737-38579
- Maya 2008 may stop responding when rendering some models. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38591
Known Issues
The following section provides a briefdescription of known issues associated with the latest version of ATICatalyst™ Linux software suite. These issues include:
- Multi-adapter secondary monitor cannot be enabled using Catalyst Control Center.
- SPECViewperf 8.1: Running the standard DPPTtests may intermittently result in the RHEL 5.2 operating systemfailing to respond on systems containing an ATI FireGL V7700 series ofproduct.
- Maya 2008 terminates during rendering.
- After installing driver, log file reports error "Failed to enable interrupts" in log file /var/log/Xorg.0.log .
- SuSe10.3 system hangs while logging on X Server after driver package installation.
- Quickly moving a X video window no longerresults in occasional corruption being left behind on the desktop onRadeon X1000 series hardware or later.
- Closing Xterm may intermittently result in either kernel panic or a system hang.
Installing the AMD Proprietary Linux Software Driver
Installation information can be found at: www.ati.com/install
Driver Update Notification
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AMD Customer Care
To view a known or resolved issue, do the following:
Go to: support.ati.com. The AMD Customer Care web page is displayed.
- In the top left hand pane, click Advanced Search. The Advanced Search pane is displayed.
- Under Search Type: Select the By: ID option.
- Enter the Topic number.
- Click Go.
