Download Driver For ATI Catalyst Linux Display Driver 9.9

AMD has released new Linux drivers for its ATI Radeon video cards. The download is 93.5MB in size and can be used for both 32bit and 64bit environments. Version 9.9 is compatible with Radeon HD2400 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 OpenSUSE 11.1 and the previews of version 10 SP3 of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. We also find a collection of bug fixes and an equally long list of known issues that are still being worked on:

New Features

• Support for New Linux Operating Systems:
  • OpenSUSE 11.1 production support
  • SLED and SLES 10 SP3 early look support

Resolved Issues

• [RandR 1.2] Enabling a disabled GPU no longer causes desktop overlap (default monitor section not being used)
• Catalyst Control Center: The refresh rate is now preserved after restarting X
• [SuSE 11.0] With desktop effects enabled, system no longer fails when switching to another Virtual Terminal
• Catalyst Control Center: The “Identify” icon now rotates when screen is rotated with RandR 1.2
• The “Identify” icon no longer disappears after resolution change
• “Force maximum performance clocks ” status in Catalyst Control Center now functions properly when change is applied to a single adapter for specific ASICs
• With CrossFire enabled, Catalyst Control Center no longer throws segmentation fault while selecting the secondary display
• CrossFireX settings in Catalyst Control Center now reflect when CrossFire is enabled/disabled properly
• [Ubuntu 9.04] Under specific system configurations, resume from S3 and S4 in extended desktop mode no longer causes the desktop to appear with no menu or icons
• Hotplugging the second display no longer causes X to fail with the keyboard and mouse becoming inoperable
• Bringing up the Catalyst Control Center display selector in the CrossFire Diagnostic aspect no longer causes X to fail on specific ASICs

Known Issues

• Some CAL SDK samples throws an error message while executing on the second ASIC
• aticonfig -xinerama=on may result in different dimensions and DPI settings between Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04
• Display corruption may be observed after changing TV format from NTSC to PAL and restarting X server
• System may become unreponsive after executing specific combinations of Xrandr reflections and rotations
• X server may fail to start GUI Desktop Manager after enabling secondary adapter using Catalyst Control Center
• [Ubuntu 9.04] Animated busy mouse cursor may disappear or flicker in Clone mode
• Corruption may be visible after hotplugging a display and doing a Virtual Terminal switch
• Changes to gamma values ​​may be applied to the wrong display when X is restarted
• Systems with both CRT and LVDS displays connected may fail to respond when starting the X server on some ASICs
• Segmentation fault may occur or system may display error during boot up if X is stopped in Dual-Head mode