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

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)