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8.20.8

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sitcergetron
32-bit [https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=1176 Download]

64-bit [https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=1177 Download]

==New Features==
Linux users who are interested in being notified of the latest ATI Proprietary Linux Driver, can now subscribe to the Rich Site Summary/Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed at: www.ati.com/online/rss/atilinuxdriver.rss

==Issues Resolved==
* Attempting to resume from system suspension no longer results in the system failing to respond.
* Kernel module compile issues with the stock 2.6.13 and 2.6.14 kernel are now resolved.
* [http://ati.cchtml.com/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&version=8.19.10&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&bug_status=RESOLVED&resolution=FIXED&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailcc2=1&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= Bugzilla Issues Resolved]

==Known Issues==
* [http://www.ati.com ATI's website]
* [http://ati.cchtml.com/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&version=8.20.8&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_status=CLOSED&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailcc2=1&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= Bugzilla Issues]

[[Category:Releases]]

HP

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relrositlad
===Workstation===

{|border="1" cellpadding="4"
!Model
!Graphics
!Status
!Distributions
!Notes
|-
|xw4200 Workstation
|FireGL V3100, FireGL V5100
|Works
|-
|xw6200 Workstation
|FireGL V3100, FireGL V5100
|Works
|-
|xw8200 Workstation
|FireGL V3100, FireGL V5100
|Works
|}

===Desktops===

{|border="1" cellpadding="4"
!Model
!Graphics
!Status
!Distributions
!Notes
|-
|HP A1629.uk Pavilion
|ATI Radeon Xpress 200
|Works
|}

===Laptops===

{|border="1" cellpadding="4"
!Model
!Graphics
!Status
!Distributions
!Notes
|-
|Pavilion L2005cu
|XPRESS 200M
|Works
|-
|Pavilion zv6000
| XPRESS 200M 5955
|Works
|Fedora 7
|Driver 8.24.8 is known to work, 8.25.18 and 8.26.18 are broken. You have to enable Sideport UMA and assign 128MB of memory as the chipset always reports it is equipped with 256MB no matter what you configure it to. Driver 8.40.4 works, but cannot suspend to ram or hibernate.
|-
|Special Edition L2000
| XPRESS 200M 5955
|Works
|-
|Compaq nx8220
| Ati X600
|Works
|-
|HP nw8240
| FireGL v5000
|Works*
|
|Tested under SuSE Factory with xorg 7.2, fglrx module/driver v8.35.5 patched to build with kernel 2.6.20 -- still can't get suspend-to-ram (s3) to work properly. OpenGL acceleration works fine at 1920x1600px but Google Earth caused a system hang, which I'll try to fix using fglrx v8.36 and changing settings with Catalyst.
|-
|HP nc6400
| Ati X1300
|Works
|Gentoo
|Tested under xorg 7.1 with xgl/beryl
|-
|HP nc8230
|Radeon Mobility X600
|Works
|Debian/GNU unstable
|Tested under Debian/GNU unstable under xorg 7.2-5, kernel 2.6.18-3-686-bigmem and running the ATI-supplied installation package v8.38.6. Works fine, haven't verified TV-out et al, but running dual x-servers (dual-head with diffrent resolutions) works fine.
|-
|HP nw8440
|Radeon Mobility X1600
|Works
|Ubuntu 7.04
|
|-
|}

===Resources===

[[Category:OEMs]]

Frequently Asked Questions

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==Installation==
===How do I know fglrx is installed correctly?===
There are several ways to check if fglrx is loaded and running.
<br>1. Check your X.org or XFree86 log. You should see "DRI Initialization Successful."
# less /var/log/Xorg.0.log
or
# less /var/log/XFree86.0.log
2. Check glxinfo. You should see "direct" and not "indirect."
# glxinfo | grep direct
3. Check your kernel log. You should see fglrx messages near the bottom.
# dmesg
4. Check your modules. You should see fglrx loaded.
# lsmod | grep fglrx
*NOTE: [[Glxgears is not a Benchmark|glxgears]] is not a definite way of checking the installation of fglrx.

=== Is the rebooting really necessary? ===

No.

However, rebooting is the easiest method to ensure that the kernel module(s) from the old driver are unloaded and the fglrx module is loaded instead. If you don't want to reboot for some reason, you may manually shut down Xorg, unload any old "drm", "radeon" or "fglrx" modules and then start Xorg again.

==Kernel==
===Why does fglrx not work for my bleeding-edge kernel?===
The development process of the fglrx driver and the Linux kernel are not on the same level. The fglrx driver requires some special interactions with the kernel memory API and these tend to change between kernel versions.

There is also an 11-12 week cycle required to develop, validate and test each release of an ATI driver <ref>http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=735&num=1</ref>. ATI will only look to support the latest kernel that is officially out (no -rc or -git releases are supported) at the time they release a driver. Example: fglrx version A comes out Monday, but kernel version B comes out Tuesday. Kernel version B is not supported by fglrx version A. (but might be able to work anyway by doing a 'modprobe -f fglrx' in a shell)

The binary part of ATI's kernel module has no explicit dependency on the Linux kernel. There are a set of source files that provide the glue to the kernel. This is where the dependency to different kernels exist. As a result, user contributed patches for newer kernels can often be found by searching [http://ati.cchtml.com Bugzilla].

==X Configuration==
===Composite Extension===
If you've enabled transparency, and you've added the Composite extension to the xorg.conf file, the ATI driver will disable DRI.

The only way to use 3D and the ATI OpenGL drivers is commenting the Option "Composite" "Enable" line.

It may be necessary to put the following lines into xorg.conf:

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

==Troubleshooting==
* See [[Troubleshooting]] page.

==See Also==
*[http://ati.amd.com/products/catalyst/linux.html Official ATI Linux Driver FAQ]

==References==
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