Driver aggiornati per le nuove schede video dotate di GPU ATI. Oltre al supporto per i modelli più recenti, i driver sono stati sottoposti a controlli accurati per correggere bug e problemi di incompatibilità presenti nelle vecchie versioni. I driver ufficiali sono decisamente più performanti di quelli Open Source, quindi, se cercate il massimo da giochi e applicazioni 3D, installateli subito.
Ci sono ancora delle cose da risolvere, come il problema di Xv e le prestazioni di XRandR, tuttavia sembra che siano stati riconosciuti come bug e verranno risolti nei prossimi rilasci. Inoltre i driver vanno ancora un po’ “a fortuna”: ho sentito molti utenti dire di essere completamente soddisfatti di questa release e altri a cui non parte nemmeno X.
This release note provides information on the latest posting of AMD's Proprietary Linux driver. This particular driver updates the software version to 8.452.
The AMD Linux release notes provides information on the following:
- Web Content
- ATI Workstation Product Support
- ATI Mobility™ and Integrated 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 ATI Catalyst™ Linux Graphics Driver software suite is available through an Installer executable.
Note: 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 Mobility™ and Integrated Product Family Support
The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI Mobility™ products:
The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI desktop products:
Note: All-In-Wonder™ variants based on the above are also supported. Video capture however is not supported.
Note: Software driver support for ATI FireGL™, Integrated, Mobility™ and Desktop products prior to the Radeon™ 9500 is available from ati.com
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
Note: The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite may install on a number of other Linux distributions. Refer to the Package Generation installation instructions for more information.
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
System Requirements Before attempting to install the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite, the following software must be installed:
- XOrg 6.7, 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 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:
- 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:
New Features
This release of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux driver introduces support for the following new features:
New Supported Operating Systems
This release of the ATI Catalyst Linux software suite introduces support for the following new operating systems
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:
- Corruption will no longer be noticed in the lower right corner of the display or on the mouse pointer after the system is running for a long period of time
- Connecting a display device that supports 1680x1050 to a system running Linux will no longer result in a maximum display resolution of 1280x1024 only being available
- Custom mode lines in xorg.conf will no longer be ignored by the fglrx driver
- Suspending to RAM or DISK on kernel version 2.6.23 or later no longer fails
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:
- On workstation hardware 3D applications will be corrupted if the screen width is not an integer multiple of 64 pixels, for example with a 1680x1050 wide screen display. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31720
- There is no support for video playback on the second head in dual head mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26985
- Desktop corruption may be noticed when dragging the overlay/video when using dual-display mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29578
- A black screen may be observed on some hardware when switching to the console or leaving the X window system when a Vesa framebuffer console driver is used. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30687
- Display flicker may be noticed when the gnome screen-saver starts
- Diagonal tearing may be noticed when playing a video file using a video player that utilizes the XVideo extension
- Video playback may look blocky when playing a video file using a video player that utilizes the XVideo extension
- Video Playback may display wrong colors and additional shadow images when cropping or expanding a video file using a video player that utilizes the XVideo extension
- Building RPM packages for Mandriva may fail
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: ati.amd.com/install
Driver Update Notification
To receive driver notifications, add the following RSS feed to your RSS reader: http://ati.amd.com/online/rss/atilinuxdriver.rss
Note: In order to receive notifications you will need to have an RSS reader installed.
AMD Customer Care
The AMD Customer Care website provides a high level of technical support and ease 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 issue or find troubleshooting information, do the following:
- Go to ati.amd.com. The AMD home page is displayed.
- Click on Support & Drivers. The AMD Support and Drivers web page is displayed.
- In the left hand pane, select Graphics Support.
- In the top right corner of the Graphics Support page, enter the topic number or a general discription of the issue you are experiencing within the search field.
- In the Select Site field, select ATI.
- Click the SEARCH symbol.
The information requested (if available) is displayed.
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.
New Copyrights, Redistribution notice, and Disclaimers
Copyright (C) 1999 Serika Kurusugawa. All rights reserved.
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