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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:

Support for video playback on the second head in dual head mode is now available. Further details can be found in topic number 737-26985

Unresolved symbols in Xorg log under RHEL 4u6 32 and 64 bit no longer occur. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34284

The desktop background color is no longer displayed incorrectly when using xcommgr. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34285

Change VT no longer fails when kernel module is not loaded. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34286

Switching to the virtual terminal multiple times no longer results in X displaying corruption. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34287

Catalyst Control Center: The Preference page is now localized for all supported languages. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34275

The Linux kernel module is no longer installed to wrong location if the Linux kernel is updated. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34288

Random system hangs no longer occur when calls to the ATI driver are made from Ring3. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34289

X window no longer fails to respond when GoogleEarth is maximized. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34290

A segmentation fault no longer occurs when running SPECViewperf on systems containing an ATI FireGL V5100 series product and running SUSE 10.3 x86. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34276

Enabling Composite extension no longer displays 8x AA for graphic cards that do not support 8x AA under the Ubuntu 7.10 operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34291

Display corruption is no longer noticed at logon when compiz is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34292

Launching the glxgears application no longer results in segmentation faults. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34293

GoogleEarth: Launching the application in horizontal mode on a system running X no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34293

Specviewperf 8.1 64 bit version: Segmentation faults no longer occurs on IGP systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34294

Maya 2008: Moving the render window no longer results in the operating system failing. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34295

Glxgears corruption is no longer noticed in big desktop mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34296

 

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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

Bandwidth corruption may be noticed when setting the desktop resolution to 2048x1536 on systems containing an ATI Radeon HD 3200 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33499

SECAM, NTSC or PAL signal changes when using aticonfig or Catalyst Control Center but does not apply to the TV display output. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34297

Running X server without a window manager may result in the X server flashing green for a moment, going black, and the computer becoming unresponsive. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34299

Desktop corruption may be noticed when dragging the overlay/video when using dual-display mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34298

Connecting a CRT display device to a system containing an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 product may result in the display device flashing multiple times or failing to display an image when attempting to launch the Catalyst Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34300

Corruption may be noticed when connecting a DFP display device to a system running X after setting the TV mode to 1080i. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34301

Quake 3 Arena (demo): Segmentation faults may occur when attempting to play the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34302

Specviewperf: Launching the application may result in the Linux operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34282

Opening a terminal and running semi-automated DPPT tests via lnxtest.sh may result in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34283

A segmentation fault may occur when running SPECViewperf on systems containing an ATI FireGL V5100 series product and running SUSE 10.3 x86. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34319

FGL_GLXGEARS or GLXGEARS: X may fail to respond when launching either of the applications. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34316

Maya 2008: Various comparison failures may be noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34277

The X Server may fail to reset clearly when AIGLX is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34317

DiscoveryStudio1.7: The print preview and save as functions may fail to work properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34278

SPEC Viewperf 8.1: A performance drop may be noticed when running the application under Linux. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34279

Maya2008: The hardware render buffer may fail to render/display the image. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34280

May2008: The hardware render Perl script may display an error message when rendering. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34281

 

Blir spennende å prøve dette, ATI/AMD er ihvertfall på rett vei.

 

Lastes ned fra: http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html

[t_k]

Tja. Ser ut som de har jobbet en del med den ihvertfall.

 

Vet ikke om jeg tør prøve meg da...

[idos]

Det går i alle fall rett vei. Håper de snart kommer med h264/x264 gpu playback da slipper jeg å vurdere $MS når jeg skal lage meg HTPC... men det er vel ikke klart med det første..