Crimson 15.11

Crimson is the new marketing name that is replacing Catalyst.

AMD Catalyst Driver is now the AMD Crimson Driver.

AMD Crimson Linux 15.11 driver

Revision Number: 15.11

Release Date: 11/24/2015

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

System requirements

• XOrg 7.4 or above (up to 1.17)
• Linux kernel 2.6 or above (up to 3.19)
• 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

None

Resolved Issues

• [SWDEV-55204] Stuttering when running glxgears with VSync enabled
• [SWDEV-7339] Intermittent mouse cursor corruption

Known Issues

• None listed in the release notes.

External Links

• Latest Catalyst Hotfixes
• Crimson 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)