Catalyst 14.12

AMD Catalyst Linux 14.12 driver

Revision Number: 14.12

Release Date: 12/9/2014

Description: Automated installer and Display Drivers for X.Org 7.4 and above

System requirements

 * XOrg 7.4 or above (up to 1.16)
 * Linux kernel 2.6 or above (up to 3.17)
 * glibc version 2.2 or 2.3
 * POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications

The following packages must be installed in order for the AMD Catalyst driver for Linux to install and work optimally:
 * gimp-help-en
 * gimp-help-common
 * XFree86-Mesa-libGL
 * libstdc++
 * libgcc
 * XFree86-libs
 * fontconfig
 * freetype
 * zlib
 * gcc

New Features

 * OpenCL 2.0 support (requires 64-bit OS and compatible AMD Radeon™ R Series GPU)
 * VAAPI decoding support (H264, VC1, MPEG2, MPEG4)
 * Distribution specific package support for Ubuntu and Red Hat

Resolved Issues

 * [402835]: Unexpected pixmap's time stamp change on Ubuntu with composite enabled causes Linux Khronos CTS to randomly fail
 * [403420]: Driver install can sometimes have an error in Ubuntu 14.10 using GPL symbol before Kernel 3.16
 * [405011]: Driver installation may intermittently fail on Kernel 3.9.0
 * [409856]: Generate Distribution Specific Package' mode of Catalyst install does not create symbolic links for libGL
 * [407550]: Driver upgrade failed in Ubuntu with specific drivers