Catalyst 14.4

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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

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