Catalyst 14.4

AMD Catalyst Linux 14.4 driver

Revision Number: 14.4

Release Date: 4/25/2014

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

System requirements

• XOrg 7.4 or above (up to 1.14)
• Linux kernel 2.6 or above (up to 3.11)
• 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

• Support for the AMD Radeon R9 295X
• Ubuntu 12.04.4 support
• Full support for OpenGL 4.4
• OpenGL 4.4 supports the following extensions:

                           ARB_buffer_storage
                           ARB_enhanced_layouts
                           ARB_query_buffer_object
                           ARB_clear_texture
                           ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge
                           ARB_texture_stencil8
                           ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev
                           ARB_multi_bind
                           ARB_bindless_texture
                           ARB_spare_texture
                           ARB_seamless_cubemap_per_texture
                           ARB_indirect_parameters
                           ARB_shader_group_vote

Resolved Issues

• Corruption and system hang observed while running Sanctuary BM with Tear Free Desktop enabled
• Memory leak about hardware context
• EGL create context error for glesx
• GPU hand in CrossFire Mode
• [Piglit] Test "spec/arb_vertex_array_object" failed
• [Piglit] Test "glx/GLX_EXT_import_context/free context" failed
• [Piglit] Test "spec/ARB_seamless_cube_map" failed
• [Piglit] Test "texture swizzle with border color" failed
• Glxtest failures observed in log file
• Blank screen observed while running steam games with Big picture
• 4ms delay observed in the glxSwapBuffers when vsync is enabled
• RBDoom3BFG the game auto quit when use the security camera terminal
• ETQW segmentation fault

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)