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

External Links

• Latest Catalyst Hotfixes
• Catalyst Installer for x86 and amd64 systems
• Legacy Installer - AMD Catalyst™ 13.1 Driver for AMD Radeon™ HD 4000, HD 3000 and HD 2000 Series (release date 1/21/2013)