14 DAY TRIAL // The ATI/AMD Linux display driver was released last night for both x86 and x86_64 platforms. This release introduces support for RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 operating systems.
Issues resolved in this release:
￭ Moving a video window between two monitors in a big desktop configuration no longer crashes the Xserver; ￭ Playing multiple videos at the same time with textured video no longer results in corruption being noticed.
Known issues of this release
￭ Corruption may be observed with certain applications on some Linux distributions which enable the Composite extension by default, e.g., RHEL 5. If you notice some application corruption, please disable the Composite extension; ￭ Using the xgl enabled x-server interface disables display switching hot plug support; ￭ Video tearing during playback; ￭ There is no support for video playback on the second head in dual head mode.
In order to gain the best performance and ease of use, ATI/AMD recommends the following:
￭ Kernel module build environment - should include the following: Kernel source code: either the Kernel Source or Kernel Headers packages ￭ ISSE Support enabled in your Linux Kernel (applies to Intel Pentium III and later CPUs only; enabled by default on version 2.4 and later kernels) ￭ The rpm utility should be installed and configured correctly on your system, if you intend to install it via RPM packages ￭ QT version 2.x.x is needed for the ATI Control Panel, but is not mandatory
Requirements:
￭ XOrg 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, or 7.1; XFree86 version 4.3 ￭ Linux kernel 2.4 or higher ￭ glibc version 2.2 or 2.3 ￭ POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications
For installation instructions and more information about this release, please go here.
You can download the ATI/AMD Linux Display Driver now from Softpedia.