New Features
This release of the ATI
Catalyst Linux driver introduces early-look support for the following new
operating systems:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6 (tested with Snapshot 6)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 (tested with Snapshot 7)
- Ubuntu 7.10
- RedFlag 6.0 DT (tested with RC)
- OpenSUSE 10.3 (tested with RC1)
Resolved
Issues
The following section
provide a brief description of resolved issues with the latest version of the
ATI Catalyst Linux software suite. These include:
- Corruption for example in the Gnome Terminal or on
the Gnome desktop background is no longer observed on XPress 1200 series
graphics hardware.
- The kernel module is now working on kernel version
2.6.23
- An error message no longer appears during
installation if dash is used as /bin/sh
Known
Issues
The following section
provides a brief description of known issues associated with the latest version
of ATI Catalyst Linux software suite. These issues include:
- There is no support for video playback on the second
head in dual head mode. Further details can be found in topic number
737-26985
- Desktop corruption may be noticed when dragging the
overlay/video when using dual-display mode. Further details can be found in
topic number 737-29578
- A black screen may be observed on some hardware when
switching to the console or leaving the X window system when a Vesa
framebuffer console driver is used. Further details can be found in topic
number 737-30687
