Download Driver For ATI Catalyst Linux Display Driver 9.7

AMD has released new Linux drivers for its ATI Radeon video cards. The download is 89.4MB in size and can be used for both 32bit and 64bit environments. Version 9.7 is compatible with Radeon HD2400, Mobility X2300 and FireGL V3600 and above. Other system requirements are versions 6.8 through 7.4 of X.org, Linux kernel 2.6 and glibc versions 2.2 or 2.3. This release adds support for version 7.0 of the RedFlag Linux distribution and fixes several issues. As always, the changelog is completed with a list of some issues that are already known, but are still being worked on:

New Features

This release of ATI Catalyst Linux introduces support for the following new operating systems:

• RedFlag DT 7.0 production support

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

Known Issues

• Toggling between terminals may cause the system to become unresponsive
• Catalyst Control Center Display Manager may fail to display HDTV PAL modes
• The mouse cursor may fail to switch between primary and secondary display in some dual-head configurations
• “aticonfig -xinerama=o”n may result in different dimension and dpi settings between Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04
• RandR 1.2 specifying Rotate in xorg.conf may cause X startup to fail
• The mouse cursor may show incorrect rotation and position on some systems with large desktop enabled
• Removing secondary display may cause the login screen to appear on the ghost monitor
• Moving the mouse cursor between two displays may show a the cursor on both displays simultaneously
• System may stop responding when running Return to Castle Wolfenstein