Download Driver For ATi Linux Driver 8.35.5

Advanced Micro Devices recently released new display drivers for Linux. They gave version number 8.35.5, can work on all cards from the Radeon 9500. The driver is suitable for both 32- and 64-bit environments, is suitable for XFree86 version 4.3 and X.org 6.8, and is a small 55 MB in size. This release includes for the first time a still beta version of the Linux edition of the Catalyst Control Center, which should replace the old FireGL Control panel. The rest of the changelog looks like this:

New Features

• This release on the AMD Catalyst Linux Graphics Driver software suite introduces the Beta version of the AMD Catalyst Control Center: Linux Edition to replace the FireGL Control panel.

Resolved issues

• The screen no longer turns black if the X-Server is terminated from the text console. This condition was known to occur only on certain laptop configurations.

Known issues

• Attempting to install the AMD Catalyst Linux Graphics Driver software suite on distributions that have updated certain 3D components outside of the stock XOrg 6.8.2 may result in the driver not initializing 3D applications properly.
• Enabling stereo may result in rectangular corruption in X Windows on the screen’s right hand side.
• The AMD Catalyst Control Center: Linux Edition may exhibit an exception on the X1900 Series graphics board family running certain desktops.

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