Driver Update: ATI Catalyst Linux Display Driver 10.4

AMD has released new Linux drivers for its ATI Radeon video cards. The download is 94MB in size and can be used for both 32bit and 64bit environments. Version 10.4 is compatible with Radeon HD2400 and higher, the FireStream 9170, 9250 and 9270, and the embedded E2400 and E4690. In addition, versions 6.7 through 7.5 of X.org, Linux kernel 2.6 and above, and glibc versions 2.2 or 2.3 are supported. New in this release is preliminary support for the forthcoming version 10.04 of Ubuntu. The changelog also shows some bug fixes and a short list of known issues that have not yet been resolved:

Support for New Linux Operating Systems

• Ubuntu 10.04 early look support

Resolved Issues

• Changes to the color gamma value are now retained in Catalyst Control Center and reflected on the display after X-server restart
• System will now resume properly after hibernation/suspend mode
• Flickering corruption no longer observed while running OpenGL applications with CrossFire enabled
• [RHEL4u8] DisplayPort display will now light up after being hotplugged
• [SUSE 11.1] Enabling more than 4 single independent desktops no longer causes black screen hang on starting X

Known Issues

• Enabling Hybrid Crossfire may result in error in dmesg after starting X
• Screen may go blank if the other monitor is unplugged in dual-head mode
• “X.org -probeonly” may cause screen corruption or the system to fail to respond
• [Catalyst Control Center] Some systems may intermittently stop responding when changing scaling options
• System may fail to display error message when improper values ​​are used in “aticonfig –tv-geometry” resulting in invalid “TVHSizeAdj” and “TVVSizeAdj” values ​​in xorg.conf file
• Segmentation fault may occur when running “Quake 4” and “Enemy Territory: Quake Wars” at 1280×1024 or resolutions higher than current desktop resolution
• Resuming from sleep may cause the display number overlay to become corrupted
• RHEL: “Size and Position” adjustments might not be retained after X restart or after system resumes from sleep
• 1080i30 and 1080i25 HDTV modes may fail to apply for HDMI/DVI/DP displays