Download Driver For ATi Catalyst Linux Display Driver 8.8

AMD has released new Linux drivers for its ATI Radeon video cards. The download has grown from 55 to 61MB and it can be used for both 32bit and 64bit environments. Version 8.8 of the Catalyst Linux Display Driver supports versions 6.7 through 7.3 of X.org, Linux kernel 2.6 and later, and glibc 2.2 or 2.3. Linux kernel 2.4 and Xfree86 4.3 are no longer supported. The last version to do that was version 8.42.3. Version 8.8 of the Linux drivers adds support for Crossfirex, adaptive anti-aliasing, Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 5.2 and 4.7 and there is the possibility to squeeze extra performance from the graphics card through ATI Overdrive. The changelog also shows the now known list of bug fixes and known issues:

New Features

• CrossFireX support
• Adaptive Anti-Aliasing support
• Support for new Linux operating systems
• ATI OverDrive Support for Linux
• ATI MultiView
• Auto Detection and installation of distribution packaging

Resolved Issues

• Setting the Overscan to an invalid value no longer results in segmentation faults.
• XServer no longer fails when playing media files with XVideo enabled.
• An incorrect error message is no longer returned when applying an unsupported TV geometry in a console terminal.
• Connecting a CRT display device to a system containing an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 product no longer results in the display device flashing multiple times or failing to display an image when attempting to launch the Catalyst Control Center.
• Quake 3 Arena (demo): Segmentation faults no longer occur when attempting to play the game.
• OpenGL PBOs no longer fail to work with GL_RGB texture format
• Ubuntu 7.04: aticonfig –enable-monitor no longer results in X restarting
• Launching the Catalyst Control Center (Linux Edition) and clicking on the hyperlink located on the Welcome screen no longer results in the browser taking an extra long time to load the web page
• The initial RPM installation no longer results in an libGL.so, no such file or directory error
• The Linux installer now automatically determines the package to build
• The Linux kernel module is no longer installed to wrong location if the Linux kernel is updated
• Running X server without a window manager no longer results in the X server flashing green for a moment, going black, and the computer becoming unresponsive
• Creating two successive connections no longer results in direct GL context to fail.
• Doom3: Connecting a secondary display device and configuring the game to launch on the secondary display device under x, no longer results the game failing to launch on the secondary display device
• A segmentation fault no longer occurs in kdesktop_lock application
• X no longer fails to start after installing the driver and configuring the driver using default values

Known Issues

• DiscoveryStudio1.7: The print preview and save as functions may fail to work properly.
• Desktop corruption may be noticed when dragging the overlay/video when using dual-display mode.
• Bandwidth corruption may be noticed when setting the desktop resolution to 2048×1536 on systems containing an ATI Radeon HD 3200 series of product.
• An X segmentation fault may occur when launching SUZI/textured video.
• The X Server may fail to reset clearly when AIGLX is enabled.
• Running Xtest may result in the operating system failing to respond.
• Softimage XSI Ariane x64: A segmentation fault may occur when loading the application.
• The entire X desktop including the mouse cursor is choppy during playback of video files or suzi test app
• Some display resolution mode may fail to be available when using component video
• Connecting an HDMI display device may result in the audio failing to be heard
• Entering a standby state while running a 3D application may result in desktop corruption being noticed when resuming the system
• Logging out one of multiple users may result in X failing to display an image

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