ATI Proprietary Linux Driver 8.14.3 (x86, x86_64) released

redsolar · Jun 9, 2005, 05:43 PM

New ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Installer

The new ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Installer makes installing the ATI Linux driver a much simpler and user friendly experience. The installer provides for automatic and custom driver installations. Further, the ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Installer provides an option to generate distribution specific driver packages.

New ATI Hardware Product Support

This release of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver introduces support for the following ATI Products:

Radeon® X800 XL
Radeon® X850 PRO
Radeon® X850 XT
Radeon® X850 XT Platinum Edition

Linux 2.6.11 Kernel Support

This release of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver introduces driver compatibly with Linux 2.6.11 kernel.

Minimum System Requirements

Before attempting to install the ATI Proprietary Linux driver, the following software must be installed:

POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D apps
glibc version 2.2 or 2.3
Linux kernel 2.4 or higher
XFree86 version 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, or X.org 6.8

Issues Resolved

This section provides information on issues that have been resolved with the latest release of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver. This includes the following:

Quad Buffer Stereo (QBS) support is now working for all ATI FireGL™ products that support QBS
ATI FireGL X3 products now support dual-link enabled display devices
The ATI Proprietary Linux driver Driver now falls back to a single-link mode if the card or connector does not support dual-link mode
The DGA and RandR X Server extensions are now capable of loading simultaneously when using the ATI Proprietary Linux driver
Intermittent error messages such as, [fglrx:firegl_alloc_bufs] *ERROR* Failed to create buffer queue (-12) and similar, no longer appear in the kernel output
OpenGL based applications that have common symbol names to that of the libGL library no longer experience intermittent erratic behavior
Applications using certain OpenGL calls such as, glTexSubImage no longer results in a driver memory leak
When running in clone mode, the X server no longer crashes with a segmentation fault if the mouse is moved during a mode switch

Driver Release notes

Download information for driver and installer

Installer Instructions

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Discuss the driver here

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Jun 9, 2005, 05:43 PM	#1
redsolar Off duty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, USA Posts: 1,242 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	ATI Proprietary Linux Driver 8.14.3 (x86, x86_64) released New ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Installer The new ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Installer makes installing the ATI Linux driver a much simpler and user friendly experience. The installer provides for automatic and custom driver installations. Further, the ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Installer provides an option to generate distribution specific driver packages. New ATI Hardware Product Support This release of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver introduces support for the following ATI Products: Radeon® X800 XL Radeon® X850 PRO Radeon® X850 XT Radeon® X850 XT Platinum Edition Linux 2.6.11 Kernel Support This release of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver introduces driver compatibly with Linux 2.6.11 kernel. Minimum System Requirements Before attempting to install the ATI Proprietary Linux driver, the following software must be installed: POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D apps glibc version 2.2 or 2.3 Linux kernel 2.4 or higher XFree86 version 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, or X.org 6.8 Issues Resolved This section provides information on issues that have been resolved with the latest release of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver. This includes the following: Quad Buffer Stereo (QBS) support is now working for all ATI FireGL™ products that support QBS ATI FireGL X3 products now support dual-link enabled display devices The ATI Proprietary Linux driver Driver now falls back to a single-link mode if the card or connector does not support dual-link mode The DGA and RandR X Server extensions are now capable of loading simultaneously when using the ATI Proprietary Linux driver Intermittent error messages such as, [fglrx:firegl_alloc_bufs] ERROR Failed to create buffer queue (-12) and similar, no longer appear in the kernel output OpenGL based applications that have common symbol names to that of the libGL library no longer experience intermittent erratic behavior Applications using certain OpenGL calls such as, glTexSubImage no longer results in a driver memory leak When running in clone mode, the X server no longer crashes with a segmentation fault if the mouse is moved during a mode switch Driver Release notes Download information for driver and installer Installer Instructions Rate the driver here Discuss the driver here Rate installer here Discuss installer here __________________ Real_Men_Do_Not_Use_Space_Bar Main rig: Intel Core i7 930 @ 4.0 Ghz \| Corsair H50 Push/Pull \| 12GB OCZ DDR3 \| ASUS Radeon HD 5850 \| 3x 1TB Samsung F3 RAID5 on Dell PERC 5i SAS + 1TB Hitachi \| MSI X58 Pro-e \| 850W Antec Truepower Quattro \| RocketFish by Lian Li Full Tower Case \| Gateway XHD3000 30" LCD \| Dell 2408WFP 24" LCD \| Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 Speakers \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Laptop: Samsung x360-34P \| Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4 GHz \| 4GB DDR3 \| 128GB Samsung SSD \| Intel 4500M w/ HDMI \| WiFi \| Bluetooth \| 13.3" WLED 1280x800 \| Windows 7 Professional x64