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2007-12-30T13:52:43Z

74.208.44.213: varacelpas

getlierra
letolimonc4
monace
The list of GNU/Linux flavors that are documented for the ATI Linux driver.

Although ATI can only actively support a small number of distributions, distribution vendors are encouraged to work with ATI to ensure that native packages can be created for their distribution. The current actively supported distributions are the '''Red Hat Enterprise Linux''' and '''Novell/SuSE''' suite of products.

Also note that the End User License Agreement explicitly provides for repackaging and redistribution of ATI's drivers. If your favourite distribution is not listed below, please work with them to contact ATI and either get support in the installer, or natively in the distribution.

8.18.6

2007-12-30T13:18:40Z

74.208.44.213: darelt

elaldar
Release 8.19.10

*Insert Release Notes and Download Page Here*

[[Category:Releases]]

8.24.8

2007-12-30T13:00:24Z

74.208.44.213: varoloracera

bocoroel
32-bit [https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8.24.8-x86.run Download]

64-bit [https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/64bit/ati-driver-installer-8.24.8-x86_64.run Download]

==New Features==

=== New Product Support ===
* RadeonÂ® X1900 series
* RadeonÂ® X1800 series
* RadeonÂ® X1600 series
* RadeonÂ® X1300 series
* Mobilityâ¢ RadeonÂ® X1800
* Mobilityâ¢ RadeonÂ® X1600
* Mobilityâ¢ RadeonÂ® X1400
* Mobilityâ¢ RadeonÂ® X1300

==Resolved Issues==

The following section provide a brief description of resolved issues with the latest version of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver. These include:

* Quake 3: Texture corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game on systems containing an ATI RadeonÂ® 8x00, RadeonÂ® 9000, RadeonÂ® 9100, RadeonÂ® 9200, or RadeonÂ® 9250 product
* The ATI Installer no longer inconsistently backs up and recovers existing XF86 and Xorg config files.
* The ATI Uninstaller /usr/share/fglrx/fglrx-uninstall.sh, can now be executed from any path

==Known Issues==

The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated with the latest version of ATI Proprietary Linux driver. These issues include:

* Attempting to install the ATI Proprietary Linux driver 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. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20868
* TV Display is Corrupt After Switching Resolutions. Further details can be found in topic number 737-1086
* Running two X servers simultaneously results in the system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-220
* X Server may fail to load when using an ATI RadeonÂ® X1x00, 512MB product with certain motherboards. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22056
* TV Out is currently not supported on the ATI RadeonÂ® X1x00 products. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22057
* Toggling between console mode and X Server graphical mode may result in a system hang. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22058
* A system hang may occur when attempting to resume from hibernation mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22059

==Installation==
*Check the wiki for your distribution.

[[Category:Releases]]

Frequently Asked Questions

2007-12-30T12:34:06Z

74.208.44.213: drontrtal

calicorolta
acelcoelouol
==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].

Note: That's why an opensource hardware driver is necessary. Hopefully, AMD will continue releasing more documentation and we will be able to code our own maintainable and free driver, thus freeing ourselves from this dependency on AMD's good will.

==X Configuration==
===How do I configure my system to use the fglrx driver?===
*aticonfig
:Command line program to modify the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
*amdcccle
:GUI program that allows detailed configuration over the driver's controls.

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

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

==References==
<references/>

Talk:8.24.8

2007-12-30T12:32:27Z

74.208.44.213: relzeldo

oubasccsit
Maybe [http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=309 bug #309] could be added to known issues?

IBM

2007-12-30T12:30:42Z

74.208.44.213: trricle

rocotroctroc
IBM has sold the PC business unit to [[Lenovo]].

===Workstations===

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!Model
!Graphics
!Status
!Distributions
!Notes
|-
|Intellistation zPro
|FireGL V3100, FireGL V7100
|Works
|-
|}

===Laptops===

{|border="1" cellpadding="4"
!Model
!Graphics
!Status
!Distributions
!Notes
|-
|ThinkPad T42
|Radeon Mobility 9600
|Works
|openSUSE 10.2
|-
|ThinkPad T42
|Radeon Mobility 9600
|Works - No AIGLX Yet
|Ubuntu 7.10
|Good OpenGL, Relatively Stable
|-
|ThinkPad T43p
|MOBILITY FireGL V3200
|Works
|-
|ThinkPad T60
|Radeon Mobility X1300
|Works
|Gentoo 2007.0
|-
|ThinkPad Z61m
|Radeon Mobility X1400
|Works
|openSUSE 10.2
|Some tinkering in xorg.conf is needed
|-}

===Resources===

[http://thinkwiki.org/ ThinkWiki Community Page]

[[Category:OEMs]]