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The ATI Catalyst™ Linux Graphics Driver software suite is available through an Installer executable.

Refer to the minimum system requirements listed below to ensure you have downloaded the correct driver package for your system.

ATI Workstation Product Support

The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI Workstation products:

ATI FireGL™ V8650	ATI FireGL™ V3300
ATI FireGL™ V8600	ATI FireGL™ V3200
ATI FireGL™ V7700	ATI FireGL™ V3100
ATI FireGL™ V7600	ATI FireGL™ X3-256
ATI FireGL™ V7350	ATI FireGL™ X3
ATI FireGL™ V7300	ATI FireGL™ V5000
ATI FireGL™ V7200	ATI FireGL™ X2-256
ATI FireGL™ V7100	ATI FireGL™ Z1-128
ATI FireGL™ V5600	ATI FireGL™ T2-128
ATI FireGL™ V5200	ATI FireGL™ X1-128
ATI FireGL™ V5100	ATI FireGL™ X1-256p
ATI FireGL™ V5000	ATI FireMV™ 2200 (Single card PCI-e configuration)
ATI FireGL™ V3600	ATI Mobility™ FireGL™ V5000
ATI FireGL™ V3400	ATI Mobility™ FireGL™ T2

ATI Mobility™ and Integrated Mobility™ Product Family Support

The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI Mobility™ products:

ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X3870	ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X1100
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X3850	ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X800
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X3830	ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X700
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X3430	ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ Xpress 1200 series
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X3400	ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X600
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X2600	ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X300
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X2400	ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X200
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X2300	ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ 9800
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X1800	ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ 9600
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X1600	ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ 9550
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X1400	ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ 9500
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X1300	ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ Xpress 1100 series
ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X1200	ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ Xpress 200 series

ATI Desktop Product Family Support

The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI desktop products:

ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series	ATI Radeon™ X1300 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 series	ATI Radeon™ X850 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 series	ATI Radeon™ X800 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3400 series	ATI Radeon™ X700 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 series	ATI Radeon™ X600 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 series	ATI Radeon™ X550/X300 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 series	ATI Radeon™ 9800 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 series	ATI Radeon™ 9700 series
ATI Radeon™ X1900 series	ATI Radeon™ 9600 series
ATI Radeon™ X1800 series	ATI Radeon™ 9550 series
ATI Radeon™ X1600 series	ATI Radeon™ 9500 series

The ATI Radeon™ HD 3870X2 series of product is currently not supported by the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite

All-In-Wonder™ variants based on the above are also supported. Video capture however is not supported.

Software driver support for ATI FireGL™, Integrated, Mobility™ and Desktop products prior to the Radeon™ 9500 is available from ati.com

ATI Integrated Product Family Support

The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following ATI desktop products

ATI Radeon™ HD 3300 series	ATI Radeon™ Xpress1200 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 series	ATI Radeon™ Xpress 200 series
ATI Radeon™ HD 3100 series	ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1100 series

 

Operating Systems Distributions Supported

The latest version of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite is designed to support the following Linux distributions:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux suite
• Novell/SuSE product suite
• Ubuntu

The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite may install on a number of other Linux distributions. Refer to the Package Generation installation instructions for more information.

AMD has accepted contributed packaging scripts to allows creation of other packages, but does not necessarily test, verify or warrant the reliability. Currently Red Hat Enterprise Linux suite and Novell/SuSE product suite are supported Linux distributions

System Requirements

Before attempting to install the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite, the following software must be installed:

• XOrg 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

The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite no longer provides precompiled Kernel Modules; all installations require GCC compiler and kernel-headers or kernel-source in order to enable 2D and 3D acceleration.

For best performance and ease of use, AMD recommends the following:

• Kernel module build environment - should include the following:

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:

• The X-Server will not start on Red Hat WS 4u6 with some ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series devices. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38605
• Screen corruption may occur when using Catalyst Control Center keyboard shortcuts to change display modes. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38603
• Crossfire cannot be enabled in full screen mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38604
• With the display driver installed, starting X can cause RHEL4u6/ RHEL4u6x86 operating system to stop responding. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38601
• Enabling OpenGL overlay may result in the system failing to respond during the X-Server initialization. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38600
• Enabling dual adapter with the following command "aticonfig --initial=dual-head" may cause a segmentation fault. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38599
• Screen corruption occurs when enable "Reflection" effect in compiz setting manager. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38598
• System fails to respond when switching to another console then back to X. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38597
• Screen corruption may occur when playing some video files using Mplayer. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38596
• Direct rendering is not enabled through non Root user accounts for SUSE 10.2
• Non Root accounts may experience a segmentation fault in dual adapter mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35594
• Starting X with component video output can result in no display. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38593
• Failure building RHEL 5.2 and RHEL 4u6 RPM packages using the ATI Installer. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38592
• Enabling anti-aliasing setting in Catalyst Control Center requires restarting the X-Server for each filter setting to take effect. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38579
• Some systems may become unstable and hang the X Server when logging off. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38582
• The entire X desktop including the mouse cursor is no longer choppy during playback of video files. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38581
• Starting X no longer results in a system hang on Radeon X1000 series AGP cards with the AGP aperture different from 128 MB starting. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38580
• Quickly moving a X video window no longer results in occasional corruption being left behind on the desktop when using Radeon X1000 series hardware or later. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38579
• Maya 2008 may stop responding when rendering some models. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38591

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:

• Multi-adapter secondary monitor cannot be enabled using Catalyst Control Center.
• SPECViewperf 8.1: Running the standard DPPT tests may intermittently result in the RHEL 5.2 operating system failing to respond on systems containing an ATI FireGL V7700 series of product.
• Maya 2008 terminates during rendering.
• After installing driver, log file reports error "Failed to enable interrupts" in log file /var/log/Xorg.0.log .
• SuSe10.3 system hangs while logging on X Server after driver package installation.
• Quickly moving a X video window no longer results in occasional corruption being left behind on the desktop on Radeon X1000 series hardware or later.
• Closing Xterm may intermittently result in either kernel panic or a system hang.

For further information and general help on driver or software installation, game issues, and more, visit the ATI FAQ website.

Installing the AMD Proprietary Linux Software Driver

Installation information can be found at: www.ati.com/install

Driver Update Notification

To receive driver notifications, add the following RSS feed to your RSS reader: http://www.ati.com/online/rss/atilinuxdriver.rss

In order to receive notifications you will need to have an RSS reader installed.

AMD Customer Care

The AMD Customer Care website provides a high level of technical support and easy of navigation. The AMD Customer Care website provides accurate and up-to-date product support for optimum usability and performance. Technical issues are categorized and personalized to enhance user experience. The AMD Customer Care Website can be found at: support.ati.com

To view a known or resolved issue, do the following:

Linux Feedback Program

The ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite releases may incorporate suggestions received through the Linux feedback program.
Please refer to http://apps.ati.com/linuxDfeedback/ to provide us with feedback.