Driver Update: ATI Catalyst Linux Display Driver 9.5

ATI has released a new version of the Catalyst Linux Display Driver. The new version is from this page for the 32bit and 64bit versions of Linux. Linux Display Driver can handle X.org 6.8 and above, Linux kernel 2.6 and glib 2.2 and newer, and Radeon video cards from the HD 2400, Mobility X2300 and FirePro 2260 series. In version 9.5, AMD has started supporting Ubuntu 9.04 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 is fully supported. There are also a number of bug fixes for Catalyst Control Center, but not all known bugs have been removed from the driver yet. You can read the full release notes below:

New Features

• This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following new operating system:
  • RHEL 5.3 production support
  • Ubuntu 9.04 support (early look)

Resolved Issues

• Stopping X in dual-head mode no longer causes segmentation fault
• [SUSE 10.1] Indirect rendering no longer causes failures
• Catalyst Control Center: Default button now works properly for Warning Dialogue in preferrence page
• Catalyst Control Center: Gamma values ​​now maintained for color channels
• Catalyst Control Center: Formats are now listed properly in HDTV Support page
• Playing video after resuming from S3/S4 no longer causes the system to stop functioning
• Errors are no longer reported in dmesg when running 3D applications

Known Issues

• Resuming from sleep the display connected to add-on card remains off in some dualhead mode configurations
• System may stop functioning while trying to start a third X-session on some ASICs
• System may become unresponsive when toggling between virtual terminals in multihead configuration with application running
• Catalyst Control Center: The primary display is not identified when using the Identify Displays button
• Error may occur while setting the TV geometry
• The display might not scale appropriately for each resolution/refresh rate change through amdcccle
• Starting X with a second hotplugged display may cause segmentation fault
• Game corruption might be observed in full screen when 2 monitors are connected and RandR 1.2 is enabled
• Video playback may exhibit corruption when desktop effects are enabled and Composite is not explicitly disabled
• TV screen corruption may be visible while starting the X-server on some ASICs
• [SUSE11] The display might not turn off while disabling the output
• [Ubuntu 8.10] Startx may fail with no monitor connected and RandR1.2 enabled
• [Ubuntu 8.10] System may become inoperative when starting X on surround view system
• Detecting second display using amdccle “Detect Display” button may result in error and will require a relaunch to detect both displays properly
• With both DP and CRT connected, starting X-Server in big desktop mode may cause the DP display to go off and on, for every few seconds
• [SUSE 11.X x86] System may fail to respond when executing multiple server generations
• The engine clock and memory clock values ​​may be incorrectly reported by ATI CAL as 0MHz