Download Driver For ATI Catalyst Linux Display Driver 10.7

AMD has released new Linux drivers for its ATI Radeon video cards. The download is 96MB in size and can be used for both 32bit and 64bit environments. Version 10.7 is compatible with Radeon HD 2400 and higher, the FireStream 9170, 9250 and 9270, and the embedded E2400 and E4690. In addition, versions 6.8 through 7.5 of X.org, Linux kernel 2.6 and above, and glibc versions 2.2 and 2.3 are supported. New in this release are support for Ubuntu 10.04 and ATI’s Eyefinity, and preliminary support for openSUSE 11.3. The changelog also shows some bug fixes and a list of known issues that have not yet been resolved.

New Features

• Support for New Linux Operating Systems
  • Ubuntu 10.04 production support
  • openSUSE 11.3 early look support
• ATI Eyefinity support
  • ATI Catalyst 10.7 delivers support for ATI Eyefinity technology under all supported Linux distributions

Resolved Issues

• Applying display rotation using Catalyst Control Center or XRandR no longer causes display to turn blank with mouse cursor
• Disabling the primary display in clone/dual-head mode no longer causes Catalyst Control Center not to launch after X restart
• CrossFire can now be enabled properly on the first Gemimi card under a 2 Gemini multi-adapter configuration
• Xserver no longer fails when applying “Maintain Aspect Ratio” option from GPU scaling at maximum resolution
• [SUSE] Desktop corruption no longer visible after applying rotation using Catalyst Control Center and restarting X
• Enabling a second ASIC without a monitor connected no longer causes black screen and X window not launching when startx is executed
• [Ubuntu 10.04] X segmentation fault no longer occur at startup on multi-ASIC systems
• Catalyst Control Center: Gamma control changes no longer affect the wrong display in clone mode
• Switching to clone mode by pressing Fn+F4 now functions properly after connecting an external VGA monitor
• X-window no longer fails with some ATI card plugged in NV’s C51 IGP board

Known Issues

• OpenCL 1.0 conformance tests have not been run with this version of the ATI Catalyst Driver Suite in conjunction with the ATI Stream SDK v2.2. If you require an OpenCL 1.0 conformant driver, we recommend that you install the ATI Catalyst 10.5 Driver Suite
• “Glxgears/fgl_glxgears” full screen application may still remain on the desktop after they are closed using X button
• Desktop arrangement area may appear empty and fail to display the icon number when Catalyst Control Center is relaunched after disabling or hot-unplugging the secondary display
• X-server may fail when launching fullscreen OpenGL application with CrossFire enabled and secondary display selected for accelerated display
• Catalyst Control Center may fail to launch due to segmentation fault error under a 2 Gemini ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series multi-adapter configuration
• X-server may fail to start, or unusual behavior may be observed, after applying various HDTV formats of 1080i30/25/p50 standard and optimized modes on DVI/DP displays
• System may fail to display error message when improper position values ​​are used in “aticonfig –tv-geometry” resulting in invalid “TVHPosAdj” and “TVVPosAdj” values ​​in xorg.conf file
• Rotated screen may fail to properly restore after running full-screen OpenGL application in dual-head mode; a switch VT will restore screen correctly
• Mouse cursor might be blocked from entering the taskbar area after applying specific rotations
• Segmentation fault may occur when running “Quake 4” and “Enemy Territory: Quake Wars” at 1280×1024 or resolutions higher than current desktop resolution
• SUSE 11.2: With a DP display connected to the adapter, a hot-plugged DFP display may fail to light up in clone mode