Issues resolved in this release:
- Launching a new terminal un RHEL5 32bit version no longer results in inconsistent background colors appearing each time the window is minimized and maximized
- The kernel module is now working on kernel version 2.6.23
- An error message no longer appears during installation if dash is used as /bin/sh
Known issues of this release
- There is no support for video playback on the second head in dual head mode.
- Desktop corruption may be noticed when dragging the overlay/video when using dual-display mode.
- 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.
- An error message appears during installation if dash is used as /bin/sh.
- Several distribution-specific packaging scripts are not up-to-date in this release. In particular, packaging for 64-bit Ubuntu versions is known to be broken.
In order to gain the best performance and ease of use, ATI/AMD recommends the following:
- Kernel module build environment – should include the following: Kernel source code: either the Kernel Source or Kernel Headers packages
- ISSE Support enabled in your Linux Kernel (applies to Intel Pentium III and later CPUs only; enabled by default on version 2.4 and later kernels)
- The rpm utility should be installed and configured correctly on your system, if you intend to install it via RPM packages;
Requirements:
- XOrg 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 or 7.3
- Linux kernel 2.6 or higher
- glibc version 2.2 or 2.3
- POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications
Please notice that starting with this version, ATI Catalyst doesn't support Linux kernel 2.4. If you have a machine running Linux kernel 2.4, you should install version 8.42.3 of the ATI Catalyst software suite.
Supported operating systems:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1
- Ubuntu 7.10
- RedFlag 6.0 DT
- OpenSUSE 10.3
Download: Drivers & Software