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[Drivers] ATI/AMD Catalyst 8.3 pour Linux

Logiciels requis:

# XOrg 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 or 7.3
# Linux Kernel 2.6 and above
# glibc version 2.2 or 2.3
# POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications

Paquets requis:

# XFree86-Mesa-libGL
# libstdc++
# libgcc
# XFree86-libs
# fontconfig
# freetype
# zlib

Notes de version:

New Features

This release of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux driver introduces Xvideo extension for video scaling and color space conversion is now support on Xpress 1200 series hardware
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:

    * On workstation hardware 3D applications will no longer be corrupted if the screen width is not an integer multiple of 64 pixels, for example with a 1680x1050 wide screen display. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31720
    * Display flicker is no longer be noticed when the gnome screen-saver starts
    * Several image brightness and gamma-correction issues were resolved. Setting the gamma correction using xgamma, fglrx_xgamma, xorg.conf and in OpenGL games will all work as expected now.
    * Diagonal tearing will no longer be noticed when playing a video file using a video player that utilizes the XVideo extension
    * Video playback will no longer look blocky when playing a video file using a video player that utilizes the XVideo extension

Problèmes connus:

# 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
# Video Playback may display wrong colors and additional shadow images when cropping or expanding a video file using a video player that utilizes the XVideo extension

Téléchargement: http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html