ATI 8.632

ATI Catalyst 9.7 aka 8.632 per Mandriva 2008.1, 2009.0, 2009.1

NB: pacchetti non testati!

Nuova versione dei driver per le schede video ATI serie 9.7 ...

Actual address containing folders with new & untested drivers:

32bit folder
http://mib.pianetalinux.org/2009.1/i686/MIB-testing

64 bit folder
http://mib.pianetalinux.org/2009.1/x86_64/MIB-testing

AMD has released a new build of their Catalyst software suite. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver, and the Catalyst Control Center. This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The AMD Catalyst software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability.

Tutte le nuove caratteristiche di questa ultima versione si possono conoscere consultando: http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html

NB: pacchetti non testati!

The following section provides a brief description of resolved issues with the latest

version of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite. These include:

Resolved Issues

X segmentation fault no longer occurs after applying reflections or rotations on some systems that support Xrandr 1.2 or higher
Catalyst Control Center hot plugging a secondary display no longer causes screen corruption in clone mode
Monitor are now disabled after removing the secondary display when system is in standby
Some systems now report CrossFire adapters available during driver re-install
On some multi-monitor configurations disabling one display no longer causes both displays to become disabled
X Server does not intermittently fail to start on some multi adapter configurations
Executing xrandr --prop no longer causes Ubuntu 9.04 X Server to stop responding
[Ubuntu 9.04] Segmentation fault no longer occurs with X server Xinerama is enabled

tratto da:

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/catalyst_97_linux.pdf

The drivers above support English only.
The display driver requires POSIX shared memory to be enabled on the system.
Kernal Sources package is no longer required if Kernel Header package is installed.
32-Bit packages must be installed for 64-Bit Linux drivers to install or work.

Pacchetti in /testing/fglrx-8.632: file d'esempio:

Progs
- dkms-fglrx-ATI 8.632-69.1mib2009.0.i686.rpm
- fglrx-control-center-ATI 8.632-69.1mib2009.0.i686.rpm
- fglrx-devel-ATI 8.632-69.1mib2009.0.i686.rpm
- x11-driver-video-fglrx-ATI 8.632-69.1mib2009.0.i686.rpm