Catalyst 14.9

AMD Catalyst Linux 14.9 driver

Revision Number: 14.9

Release Date: 9/29/2014

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

System requirements

 * XOrg 7.4 or above (up to 1.15)
 * Linux kernel 2.6 or above (up to 3.15)
 * 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

 * AMD Radeon™ R9 285
 * Ubuntu 14.04 support
 * RHEL 7.0 support
 * Install improvements
 * Package and distribution generation options; recommend options set by default
 * Help user install generated distribution package once created
 * Pop-up messages to help guide users through the install process
 * Identifying and installation of pre-requisites

Resolved Issues

 * Witcher 2 random lock-up seen when launching the application
 * Screen corruption when connecting an external monitor to some PowerXpress AMD GPU + Intel CPU platforms
 * Intermittent X crash when the user does a rotation with Tear Free Desktop enabled
 * Failure on exit of OpenGL programs
 * Error message being displayed when a user does run clinfo in console mode
 * Blank screen when hot plugging an HDMI monitor from a MST hub
 * System hang after resume from S3/S4 in High Performance mode on PowerXpress AMD GPU + Intel CPU platforms
 * Corruption or artifacting on the bottom right corner of the screen before booting into login UI during restart
 * Occasional segmentation fault when running ETQW
 * xscreensavers test failing with multi-GPU Crossfire™ configurations
 * Motion Builder severe flickering while toggling full screen
 * Intermittent crashing and corruption observed while running X-Plane
 * Some piglit and Khronos OpenGL conformance test failures
 * Displays occasionally going black when startx is run on Ubuntu 14.04 after switching to integrated GPU on PowerXpress AMD GPU + Intel Haswell CPU system platforms
 * A connected external display getting disabled when unplugging AC power from laptop platforms
 * An auto log out when double clicking the picture under desktop server times on PowerXpress AMD GPU + Intel CPU platforms