ATi Catalyst™ Software Suite Version 9.2 Released ~*

> for Windows Platform..

퍼포먼스 향상

Catalyst™ 9.2는 CPU가 프레임레이트를 제한하는 여러 상황에서 성능상 이점을 가져옵니다. 몇가지 측정된 예는 다음과 같습니다:

• Crysis DX10의 20%까지의 성능 이득
• Crysis Warhead의 20%까지의 성능 이득
• World in Confilict의 5%까지의 성능 이득

* Catalyst 9.2의 경우 버그 수정에 주력한듯 하며 Windows와 Linux 양쪽 모두 새롭게 추가된 기능은 없습니다.

!! Windows 드라이버의 경우 Mobility Modder를 사용하여 노트북에 설치하게 될경우 정상적인 설치가 되지 않는다는 문제가 알려져 있으며 해결방법은 이곳의 쓰레드를 확인하시기 바랍니다.

Catalyst_92_release_notes.pdf

catalyst_92_linux.pdf

ATi Catalyst™ Software Suite Version 9.1 Released ~*

> for Windows Platform..

새로운 기능들

완전한 OpenGL™ 3.0 지원

이번 릴리즈의 ATI Catalyst™ 는 완전한 OpenGL™ 3.0 확장기능을 지원합니다. 다음은 Catalyst 9.1에서 추가된 OpenGL™ 3.0 확장기능들의 리스트입니다.

• ARB_framebuffer_object
• ARB_half_float_vertex
• ARB_texture_rg
• EXT_texture_array
• EXT_texture_integer
• EXT_transform_feedback
• NV_conditional_render
• WGL/GLX_create_context (for new 3.0 contexts)
• GLSL 1.3
• ARB_color_buffer_float
• ARB_vertex_array_object
• EXT_draw_buffers2

> for Linux Platform..

새로운 기능들

새로운 리눅스 운영시스템을 위한 지원

이번 릴리즈의 ATI Catalyst™ Linux는 다음의 새로운 운영시스템을 지원합니다:

• Ubuntu 8.10 제품 지원

완전한 OpenGL™ 3.0 지원

이번 릴리즈의 ATI Catalyst™는 완전한 OpenGL™ 3.0 확장기능을 지원합니다. 다음은 Catalyst 9.1에서 추가된 OpenGL™ 3.0 확장기능들의 리스트입니다.

• ARB_framebuffer_object
• ARB_half_float_vertex
• ARB_texture_rg
• EXT_texture_array
• EXT_texture_integer
• EXT_transform_feedback
• NV_conditional_render
• WGL/GLX_create_context (for new 3.0 contexts)
• GLSL 1.3
• ARB_color_buffer_float
• ARB_vertex_array_object
• EXT_draw_buffers2

Linux를 위한 Hybrid CrossFire™ 지원

이 번 릴리즈의 Catalyst™는 Hybrid 그래픽을 지원합니다. Hybrid 그래픽은 AMD780G/780D의 통합그래픽 마더보드와 ATI Radeon HD 3400 시리즈 또는 ATI Radeon HD 2400 시리즈의 그래픽 가속기를 특징으로 하는 시스템에 대해 괄목할만한 3D 성능향상을 가져다 줍니다.

Multiview 지원

이번 릴리즈의 ATI Catalyst™ Linux는 사용자가 다중GPU 구성과 함께 독립된 디스플레이를 사용하는 렌더 어플리케이션들의 사용이 가능하게합니다.

• Multview는 Xinerama의 비활성과 함께 단일 혹은 다중GPU 구성 사용시 활성화될 수있습니다.
• Catalyst Control Center와 함께 구성을 지원하며 이는 Display 속성탭에 존재합니다.
• 어떠한 조합의 ATI Radeon™ 3000 시리즈와 ATIRadeon™ 2000 시리즈의 그래픽카드에 대해서도 지원됩니다.

Catalyst_91_release_notes.pdf

catalyst_91_linux.pdf

ATi Catalyst™ Software Suite Version 8.12 Released ~*

PDF 파일로 대체..

Catalyst_812_release_notes.pdf

catalyst_812_linux.pdf

ATi Catalyst™ Software Suite Version 8.11 Released ~*

PDF파일로 대체..

Catalyst_811_release_notes.pdf

catalyst_811_linux.pdf

AMD Catalyst™ Linux 8.10 Released ~*

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.

Refer to the minimum system requirements listed below to ensure you have downloaded the correct driver package for your system.

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

The ATI Radeon™ HD 3870X2 series of product is currently not supported by the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite

All-In-Wonder™ variants based on the above are also supported. Video capture however is not supported.

Softwaredriver support for ATI FireGL™, Integrated, Mobility™ and Desktopproducts prior to the Radeon™ 9500 is available from ati.com

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

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.

For further information and general help on driver or software installation, game issues, and more, visit the ATI FAQ website.

Installing the AMD Proprietary Linux Software Driver

Installation information can be found at: www.ati.com/install

Driver Update Notification

To receive driver notifications, add the following RSS feed to your RSS reader: http://www.ati.com/online/rss/atilinuxdriver.rss

In order to receive notifications you will need to have an RSS reader installed.

AMD Customer Care

TheAMD Customer Care website provides a high level of technical supportand easy of navigation. The AMD Customer Care website provides accurateand up-to-date product support for optimum usability and performance.Technical issues are categorized and personalized to enhance userexperience. The AMD Customer Care Website can be found at:support.ati.com

To view a known or resolved issue, do the following:

Go to: support.ati.com. The AMD Customer Care web page is displayed.

1. In the top left hand pane, click Advanced Search. The Advanced Search pane is displayed.
2. Under Search Type: Select the By: ID option.
3. Enter the Topic number.
4. Click Go.

Linux Feedback Program

The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite releases may incorporate suggestions received through the Linux feedback program.
Please refer to http://apps.ati.com/linuxDfeedback/ to provide us with feedback.

ATi Catalyst™ Software Suite Version 8.10 Released ~*

Catalyst™ Software Suite Version 8.10 Release Notes

This release note provides information onthe latest posting of AMD's industry leading software suite, Catalyst™. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver,and the Catalyst™ Control Center. This unified driver has been furtherenhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, andreliability. The AMD Catalyst™ software suite is the ultimate inperformance and stability.

This release note provides information on the following:

• See Web Content
• See AMD Product Support
• See Operating systems supported
• See New Features
• See Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
• See Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
• See Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System
• See Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System
• See Installing the Catalyst™ Vista Software Driver
• See AMD Customer Care
• See Catalyst™ Crew Driver Feedback

Web Content

The Catalyst™ software suite 8.10 contains the following:

• Radeon™ display driver 8.541
• Multimedia Center™ 9.16 (Windows XP only)
• HydraVision™ for both Windows XP and Vista
• HydraVision™ Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
• Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
• WDM Driver Install Bundle
• Southbridge/IXP Driver
• Catalyst™ Control Center Version 8.8

The Catalyst™ software driver and theCatalyst™ Control Center can be downloaded independently of each other.However, for maximum stability and performance AMD recommends that bothcomponents be updated from the same Catalyst™ release

The Catalyst™ Control Center requires thatthe Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 be installed. Without .NETversion 2.0 installed, the Catalyst™ Control Center will not launchproperly and the user will see an error message.

Theserelease notes provide information on the Radeon™ display driver only.For information on the ATI Multimedia Center™ , HydraVision™ ,HydraVision Basic Edition, WDM, Remote Wonder™ , or the Southbridge/IXPdriver, please refer to their respective release notes found at:https://support.ati.com/

AMD Product Support

The Catalyst™ Vista driver for both the32bit and 64bit versions of the Microsoft Windows Vista operatingsystem is supported on the following ATI Radeon™ products.

AMD Desktop Product Family Support for both Windows Vista and XP

AMD Desktop Product Family Support
ATI Radeon™ HD4670 series	ATI Radeon™ HD4600 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series	ATI Radeon™ X1300 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 series	ATI Radeon™ X1050 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 series	ATI Radeon™ X850 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3400 series	ATI Radeon™ X800 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 series	ATI Radeon™ X700 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 series	ATI Radeon™ X600 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 series	ATI Radeon™ X550 series
ATI Radeon™ X1950 series	ATI Radeon™ X300 series
ATI Radeon™ X1900 series	ATI Radeon™ 9800 series
ATI Radeon™ X1800 series	ATI Radeon™ 9700 series
ATI Radeon™ X1650 series	ATI Radeon™ 9600 series
ATI Radeon™ X1600 series	ATI Radeon™ 9550 series
ATI Radeon™ X1550 series	ATI Radeon™ 9500 series

AMD Multimedia Family Product Support for both Windows Vista and XP

AMD Multimedia Family Product Support
ATI All-in-Wonder™ X1900 Series	ATI Theater 600™
ATI All-in-Wonder™ X1800 Series	ATI All-in-Wonder™ X600 Series
ATI All-in-Wonder™ 2006 Edition	ATI Theater™ 550 PRO
ATI All-in-Wonder™ X800 Series	ATI All-in-Wonder™ 9800 Series
ATI Theater 650™	ATI All-in-Wonder™ 9600 Series

ATI All-in-Wonder™ boards operate with AMD'sWindows Vista ready display and capture drivers under the Windows Vistaoperating system. However, the Windows Vista Media Center applicationdoes not support TV/Capture functionality provided by the ATIAll-in-Wonder™ . TV/Capture functionality is qualified to function withSnaptream's BeyondTV 4.6 for Windows Vista. Other third party solutions(such as Arcsoft's Total Media 3) may support TV/Capture with the ATIAll-in-Wonder™ , but these applications have not been fully tested byAMD.

AMD Chipset Product Support

AMD Chipset Product Support
ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 Series	ATI Radeon™ HD 3300 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3100 Series	AMD 580X Series Chipset
ATI Radeon™ HD 2100 Series	ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1150 Series
ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1250 Series	ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1100 Series
ATI Radeon™ X1250 Series	ATI Radeon™ Xpress 200 Series
ATI Radeon™ X1200 Series	AMD 690 Series Chipset

Operating systems supported

The latest version of the Catalyst™ software suite is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:

• Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit versions)
• Windows XP Professional
• Windows XP Home Edition
• Windows XP Media Center Edition
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

When installing the Catalyst™ Vista driverfor Windows Vista, the user must logged on as an Administrator or haveAdministrator rights in order to successfully complete the installationof the Catalyst™ Vista driver.

New Features

This section provides information on newfeatures found in this release of the Radeon™ Display Driver. Theseinclude the following:

• See Catalyst Control Center™ Fan speed control
• See Force Component Video Detection

Catalyst Control Center™ Fan speed control

This release of the ATI software driverversion 8.54 introduces the ability for users to control the speed ofthe GPU fan when running in accelerated graphics.

Force Component Video Detection

This release allows users the option inCatalyst Control Center to force Component Video detection in theDisplay Options aspect. By selecting this option user are able toadjust the Component Video property settings (without a device beingphysically attached) allowing user to change format and frequency to adesired value. The selected values will be applied to the display oncea component video display device get connected. The feature isapplicable for all AMD products supporting Component Video.

 

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information onresolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite forWindows Vista. These include:

• Some video corruption might be noticed whenplaying certain Blu-ray titles. Further details can be found in topicnumber 737-38293
• Disconnecting an HDMI display device duringDVD playback may result in Windows Vista failing to respond. Furtherdetails can be found in topic number 737-38308
• Flickering may occur on the primary displaywhen two dual link displays are used. Further details can be found intopic number 737-38295
• Playing some video file formats underWindows Media Player 11 can cause a time delay response. Furtherdetails can be found in topic number 737-38926.
• City of Villains: Flashing observed in thegame when super AA is enabled in Catalyst Control Center and theresolution is at 2560x1600. Further details can be found in topicnumber 737-38301
• When desktop rotation enabled in OS:VistaGreek some text is cutoff in the default monitor.Further details can befound in topic number 737-38302
• Performing an express un-install of thedisplay driver on some ATI Radeon HD 48x0 series devices, mayintermittently result in the display device failing to display animage. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38308

Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

This section provides information onresolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite forWindows XP. These include:

• Catalyst Control Center Avivo Gamma controlfails to function when playing a DVD using MS Windows Media Player orCyberlink PowerDVD player. Further details can be found in topic number737-28294
• Opening Catalyst Control Center whileplaying back a HD/SD title with Cyberlink will cause display to goblank. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38305

Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on knownissues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating systemwith the latest version of Catalyst™ . These include:

• Some video can become corrupt after randomseek using the Cyberlink player. Further details can be found in topicnumber 737-38297
• Enabling Catalyst Control Center AA-4x andFilter-Edge detect settings can cause some video corruption in OpenGLapplications. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38304

Known Issues Under the Windows XP Operating System

The following section provides a summary ofopen issues that may be experienced under the Windows XP operatingsystem in the latest version of Catalyst™ . These include:

• Color corruption can occur when playing someinterlaced contents without having Catalyst Control Center installed.Further details can be found in topic number 737-38299

Installing the Catalyst™ Vista Software Driver

For further information and general help on software driver installation, game issues, and more, visit ATI Customer Care.

Installation information can be found at: ati.amd.com

AMD Customer Care

TheAMD Customer Care website provides a high level of technical supportand ease of navigation. The AMD Customer Care website provides accurateand up-to-date product support for optimum usability and performance.Technical issues are categorized and personalized to enhance userexperience. The AMD Customer Care Website can be found at:support.ati.com

To view a known issue or find troubleshooting information, do the following:

Go to ati.amd.com. The AMD home page is displayed.

1. Click on Support & Drivers. The AMD Support and Drivers web page is displayed.
2. In the left hand pane, select Graphics Support.
3. In the top right corner of the GraphicsSupport page, enter the topic number or a general description of theissue you are experiencing within the search field.
4. In the Select Site field, select ATI.
5. Click the SEARCH symbol.
   The information requested (if available) is displayed.

Catalyst™ Crew Driver Feedback

Thisdriver release incorporates suggestions received through the Catalyst™CREW Driver Feedback program. To provide us with your feedback, visit:Catalyst™ Crew Driver Feedback.

AMD Catalyst™ Linux 8.9 Released ~*

September, 2008

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AMD Proprietary Linux Release Notes

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This release note provides information on the latest posting of AMD's Proprietary Linux driver. This particular driver updates the software version to 8.532.

The AMD Linux release notes provides information on the following:

• Web Content
• ATI Workstation Product Support
• ATI Mobility™ and Integrated Mobility™ Product Family Support
• ATI Desktop and Integrated Product Family Support
• Operating Systems Distributions Supported
• System Requirements
• New Features
• Resolved Issues
• Known Issues
• Installing the AMD Proprietary Linux Software Driver
• Driver Update Notification
• AMD Customer Care
• Linux Feedback Program

Web Content

The Catalyst™ Linux Graphics Driver software suite is available through an Installer executable.

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Note: Refer to the minimum system requirements listed below to ensure you have downloaded the correct driver package for your system.

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AMD Workstation Product Support

The Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following AMD Workstation products:

AMD Workstation Product Family Support
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

AMD Mobility™ and Integrated Mobility™ Product Family Support

The Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following AMD Mobility™ products:

AMD Mobile Product Family Support
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

AMD Desktop and Integrated Product Family Support

The Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following AMD desktop products:

AMD Desktop Product Family Support
ATI Radeon™ X1900 series	ATI Radeon™ X600 series
ATI Radeon™ X1800 series	ATI Radeon™ X550/X300 series
ATI Radeon™ X1600 series	ATI Radeon™ 9800 series
ATI Radeon™ X1300 series	ATI Radeon™ 9700 series
ATI Radeon™ X850 series	ATI Radeon™ 9600 series
ATI Radeon™ X800 series	ATI Radeon™ 9550 series
ATI Radeon™ X700 series	ATI Radeon™ 9500 series

AMD Chipset Product Family Support
ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series	ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 series	ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 series	ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3400 series	ATI Radeon™ Xpress1200 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3300 series	ATI Radeon™ Xpress 200 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 series	ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1100 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3100 series

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Note: The ATI Radeon™ HD 3870X2 series of product is currently not supported by the Catalyst™ Linux software suite

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Note: All-In-Wonder™ variants based on the above are also supported. Video capture however is not supported.

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Note: Software driver support for ATI FireGL™, Integrated, Mobility™ and Desktop products prior to the Radeon™ 9500 is available from ati.com

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Operating Systems Distributions Supported

The latest version of the Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following Linux distributions:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux suite
• Novell/SuSE product suite
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Red Flag

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Note: The Catalyst™ Linux software suite may install on a number of other Linux distributions. Refer to the Package Generation installation instructions for more information.

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Note: AMD has accepted contributed packaging scripts to allows creation of other packages, but does not necessarily test, verify or warrant the reliability. Currently Red Hat Enterprise Linux suite and Novell/SuSE product suite are supported Linux distributions

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System Requirements

Before attempting to install the 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 Catalyst™ Linux software suite no longer provides precompiled Kernel Modules; all installations require GCC compiler and kernel-headers or kernel-source in order to enable 2D and 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 Catalyst™ Linux driver to install and work properly:

• XFree86-Mesa-libGL
• libstdc++
• libgcc
• XFree86-libs
• fontconfig
• freetype
• zlib

New Features

This release of Catalyst™ Linux introduces product support for the following new operating systems:

• Red Flag DT6SP1 production support
• OpenSUSE 11 production support

Red Flag DT6SP1 support

This release of Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following operating system:

·         Red Flag Desktop 6 service pack 1

OpenSUSE 11  support

This release of Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following operating system:

·         OpenSUSE 11

Resolved Issues

The following section provide a brief description of resolved issues with the latest version of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite. These include:

·         A fatal server error no longer occurs when changing the display resolution using Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition and restarting X. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37419

·         Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition: Clicking on the 3D leaf in Page Tree no longer results in 3D Page Tree failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37425

·         Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition: A green box at the bottom of the page the TV and Position page is no longer displayed. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37426

·         Default buttons are no longer available in the Catalyst Control Center for driver options that do not have custom settings available. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37427

·         HDMI Audio support for the Linux Operating system is now available for the ATI Radeon HD 3100/3200 series of products. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37420

·         Hot plugging a digital panel to an ATI Radeon HD 46x0 series product no longer results in the digital panel failing to become active. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37421

·         X-Windows no longer fails to launch after the driver installation for the ATI Radeon HD 4870 product. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37422

·         Rebooting the system after completing the driver installation no longer results in X failing to re-start on systems containing an ATI FireGL V7700 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37431

·         X no longer fails to respond when shutting down in dual head mode. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37430

·         The entire X desktop including the mouse cursor is no longer choppy during playback of video files or suzi test app. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37423

·         The TV size and position adjusting sliders are no longer missing on systems running Linux. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37424

·         Running aticonfig –initial –f on a system with two display devices connected no longer results in dual head mode failing to function. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37438

·         Automatic post install configuration is now functioning. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37441

·         Corruption is no longer noticed on the Linux Desktop when moving an application or browser window. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37439

·         Logging out one of multiple users no longer results in X failing to display an image. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37440

·         Connecting an HDMI display device may result in the audio failing to be heard. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37428

·         Connecting both a CRT and DFP display device no longer results in the CRT failing to display an image if the DFP is disconnected and then reconnected to the system. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37429

·         The resolutions of 540p and 1080p @ 60Hz no longer fail to be added to the Display Manager list of resolutions when they are selected from HDTV -> Formats. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37435

·         Connecting an HDMI display device and connecting an HDMI cable from the graphics card to the display device no longer results in audio failing. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37436

·         Closing fgl_glxgears or glxgears via the toolkit “X” in a multi-head dual-head environment no longer results in a segmentation fault. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37432

·         Running textured video on systems running Linux no longer results in a segmentation fault. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37433

·         GLESX: An unresolved symbol error is no longer noticed in the XOrg log. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37442

·         Playing rotyov no longer results in the system response time becoming slow on SLES10.2. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37443

·         Doom 3: The performance gap between Windows XP and Linux no longer increases when CrossFire is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37434

·         Doom3: Enabling clone mode and setting the display resolution to 1280x1024 no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37437

Known Issues

The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated with the latest version of ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite. These issues include:

·         SUSE 10.3 32-bit:  The operating system mail fail to respond when pressing “Ctrl+Alt+F7/F8” to switch sessions when “fgl_glxgears” is running. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37445

·         SUSE 10.3 or RHEL 5.1:  The operating system may fail occasionally to respond when running fgl_glxgears. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37451

·         RHEL 5.1 32-bit/64-bit and SUSE 10.3 32-bit/64-bit: The operating system may fail to launch after the installation of the graphics driver. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37448

·         Undefined symbols may be noticed when trying to load fglrx on Ubuntu 8.10. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37447

·         Softimage XSI Ariane x64:  A segmentation fault may occur when loading the application. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37457

·         SPECViewperf 8.1: Running the standard DPPT tests may intermittently result in RHEL 5.2 operating system failing to respond on systems containing an ATI FireGL V7700 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37455

·         Poor performance may intermittently be noticed when running GTKperf on systems containing an ATI Radeon HD 38x0 or newer product. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37444

·         Playing a video file under X may result in the player displaying a blank image and the audio being choppy. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37446

·         Setting the display resolution to  1600x600 on a system running SUSE 10.3 (32/64bit) or RHEL 5.1 (32/64bit) may result in only half of the image being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37449

·         The system may hard hang when logging on to the X Server after the installation of the driver package. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37450

·         Entering a standby state while running a 3D application may result in desktop corruption being noticed when resuming the system. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37452

·         Running Xtest may result in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37454

·         A segmentation fault may occur when closing AMD CCC LE. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37456

·         Launching and exiting Xterm multiple times may intermittently result in a segmentation fault under X server. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37458

·         Enabling OpenGL overlay may result in the system failing to respond during the Xserver initialization. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37459

·         Enabling dual head on all adapters may intermittently result in X failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number: 737-37460

For further information and general help on driver or software installation, game issues, and more, visit the ATI FAQ website.

Installing the AMD Proprietary Linux Software Driver

Installation information can be found at: www.ati.com/install

Driver Update Notification

To receive driver notifications, add the following RSS feed to your RSS reader: http://www.ati.com/online/rss/atilinuxdriver.rss

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Note: In order to receive notifications you will need to have an RSS reader installed.

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AMD Customer Care

The AMD Customer Care website provides a high level of technical support and easy of navigation. The AMD Customer Care website provides accurate and up-to-date product support for optimum usability and performance. Technical issues are categorized and personalized to enhance user experience. The AMD Customer Care Website can be found at: support.ati.com

To view a known or resolved issue, do the following:

1. Go to: support.ati.com. The AMD Customer Care web page is displayed.

2. In the top left hand pane, click Advanced Search. The Advanced Search pane is displayed.

3. Under Search Type: Select the By: ID option.

4. Enter the Topic number.

5. Click Go.

Linux Feedback Program

The Catalyst™ Linux software suite releases may incorporate suggestions received through the Linux feedback program.
Please refer to http://apps.ati.com/linuxDfeedback/ to provide us with feedback.

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