ATI Catalyst 5.5 Motherboard/IGP Drivers Released

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27
See Release Notes for list of Resolved and remaining Known Issues for this release.
I've installed and tested the XP set with no apparent problems.
Danno

Sheesh, use the official driver page:
http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
Select Windows 2000, graphic driver and Radeon. You get:
Catalyst 5.1 for Windows 2000

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ATI Catalyst 8.5 Proprietary Linux Display Driver released

New ATI Catalyst™ 8.5 Proprietary Linux Display Driver was released the day before yesterday and according to release notes it has many improvements.
New Features
This release of the Catalyst™ Linux software driver introduces Mipmap Detail, Catalyst A.I., and AA Filters in the 3D ORCA page of the Catalyst™ Control Center Linux Edition.
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
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:
* 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
I wonder when it will appear in Arch's repositories

Yea, it would be great as at Phoronix forums some people are reporting 10% performance increase in games
EDIT: Some release notes from AMD
New Features
This release of the Catalyst™ Linux software driver introduces UYVY and YUY2 pixel format support. This support provides interleaved stream support for video playback applications such as TVTime and MythTV.
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:
*Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: Playing the demo on a system running X no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35208
*Maya 2008: An incorrect colormap is no longer displayed for texture selector on systems running X. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35207
*Quake 3 Arena (demo): Segmentation faults no longer occur when attempting to play the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35206
*Quake3: Corruption is no longer noticed when changing the display resolution when the game is running. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35209
*SECAM, NTSC or PAL signal changes when using aticonfig or Catalyst Control Center and now gets applied to the TV display output. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34297
*Running X server without a window manager no longer results 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
*Corruption is no longer 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
*Clock Gating is now supported and enable under the Linux operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35191
*The desktop background color is no longer displayed incorrectly when using xcommgr. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35192
*Using the wrong delimiter in aticonfig --set-dispattrib=<disp>,<attr>, <value> no longer results in a segmentation fault. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35194
*Audio out is now functioning after the installation of the ATI graphics drivers for Ubuntu 7.10. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35196
*Bandwidth corruption is no longer 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
*Playing a video clip using mplayer with the Xv extension enabled no longer results in an error indicating that Xv could not find a free Xv port. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35198
*Corruption is no longer noticed when enabling Big Desktop on systems containing an ATI FireGL X1 series of product and running X. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35199
*Running the X server generations test no longer results in the operating system failing to respond or a Kernel panic to occur after first server generation on SuSE 10.3 64 bit. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35200
*Attempting to resize a 2D application window no longer results in poor performance being noticed when composing is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35201
*Screen flicker is no longer noticed after running amdcccle in X. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35202
*Corruption is no longer 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 737-35203
*Glxgears corruption is no longer noticed in big desktop mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35204
*Starting glxgears and/or fgl_glxgears no longer results in the gears failing to render on SuSE 10.2 x86_64. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35205
*FGL_GLXGEARS or GLXGEARS: X no longer fails to respond when launching either of the applications. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35210
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:
*DiscoveryStudio1.7: The print preview and save as functions may fail to work properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35219
*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
*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
*DiscoveryStudio1.7: The print preview and save as functions may fail to work properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34278
*Setting the Overscan to an invalid value may result in segmentation faults. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35211
*An incorrect error message may be returned when applying an unsupported TV geometry in a console terminal. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35212
*Desktop corruption may be noticed when dragging the overlay/video when using dual-display mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35213
*An X segmentation fault may occur when launching SUZI/textured video. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35214
*Creating two successive connections may result in direct GL context to fail. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35215
*Moving the mouse or tapping a key may fail to close an OpenGL screen-saver and bring the user back to the x desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35216
*The X Server may fail to reset clearly when AIGLX is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35217
*Opening a terminal and running semiautomated DPPT tests via lnxtest.sh may result in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35218
Last edited by Zibi1981 (2008-06-19 15:42:23)

Catalyst 8.3 vel 8.47 drivers released!

AMD/ATI has released a new version of it's fglrx driver - Catalyst 8.3 vel. 8.47. There are some bug fixes, like:
---> fixed FireGL 3D application corruption when running at some resolutions
---> fixed display flickering when gnome-screen-saver starts
---> fixed some image brightness and gamma correction issues
---> fixed diagonal tearing when using X-Video, and video playback is no longer "blocky" when using X-Video
The only new feature is X-Video support for the Xpress 1200 hardware.
Hope we will have them soon in [extra]

I knew that I could do those 2 things, but maybe there was something else aswell that is needed to be changed. Easier than I thought then
Thanks, I so hope fglrx will work this time around..
EDIT: If you change it to 8.03 it won't work, because ATI hasn't uploaded their driver with the same structure of the filename.
This is what ATI has done with their filenames:
ATI Catalyst 7.11: ati-driver-installer-7-11-x86.x86_64.run
ATI Catalyst 7.12: ati-driver-installer-8.443.1-x86.x86_64.run
ATI Catalyst 8.1: ati-driver-installer-8-01-x86.x86_64.run
ATI Catalyst 8.2: ati-driver-installer-8-02-x86.x86_64.run
ATI Catalyst 8.3: ati-driver-installer-8.3-x86.x86_64.run
So you see that you need a different structure in the filename.
Working PKGBUILD for catalyst-utils:
# $Id: PKGBUILD,v 1.4 2008/02/18 01:52:22 travis Exp $
# Maintainer: Travis Willard <[email protected]>
# Thanks to dibblethewrecker for the original work and packages.
# Thanks to testing monkey S1G1 for contributions
pkgname=catalyst-utils
pkgver=8.3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Proprietary AMD/ATI userspace tools and libraries for Radeon brand cards."
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://www.ati.amd.com"
license=('custom')
#finger required for acpi scripts
depends=('xorg-server>=1.1.1' 'libdrm' 'libstdc++5' 'netkit-bsd-finger' \
'libxrandr' 'libsm' 'fontconfig' 'libxcursor' 'libxi' 'gcc-libs')
replaces=('ati-drivers' 'ati-fglrx-utils' 'fglrx-utils')
conflicts=('libgl' 'ati-drivers-module' 'ati-drivers' 'nvidia')
provides=('libgl')
install=${pkgname}.install
source=(http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-${pkgver/./-}-x86.x86_64.run \
amdcccle.desktop catalyst.sh atieventsd.sh ati-powermode.sh.patch)
#md5sums=('bcdf3c19c0b7a7c2051d751d5131d426'
# '1f4b870e977b155af549442932e8ce6f'
# 'bdafe749e046bfddee2d1c5e90eabd83'
# 'f729bf913613f49b0b9759c246058a87'
# 'b157eecaf2e26b386c427f3a64672dbc')
options=('!strip')
build() {
cd $startdir/src
[ "$CARCH" = "i686" ] && _arch="x86";
[ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && _arch="x86_64";
/bin/sh ./ati-driver-installer-${pkgver-x86.x86_64.run --extract archive_files
# Grab the example ACPI scripts for lid close and AC plugged/unplugged
mkdir -p $startdir/src/etc/
cp $startdir/src/archive_files/common/usr/share/doc/fglrx/examples/etc/acpi $startdir/src/etc -r
cd $startdir/src/etc/acpi
sed -i "s#/usr/X11R6/bin/aticonfig#/usr/bin/aticonfig#g" $startdir/src/etc/acpi/ati-powermode.sh || return 1
sed -i "s#--effective=now##g" $startdir/src/etc/acpi/ati-powermode.sh || return 1
patch -Np0 -i $startdir/src/ati-powermode.sh.patch
cd ../..
# Get our architecture files and common files all in one place
cp $startdir/src/archive_files/arch/${_arch}/* $startdir/src/ -r
cp $startdir/src/archive_files/common/* $startdir/src/ -r
if [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
cp $startdir/src/archive_files/x710_64a/* $startdir/src/ -r
else
cp $startdir/src/archive_files/x710/* $startdir/src/ -r
fi
# Remove src and documents - install remaining files
mkdir -p $startdir/src/usr/share/pixmaps
mv $startdir/src/usr/share/icons/* $startdir/src/usr/share/pixmaps/
rm -rf $startdir/src/usr/{src,share/{icons,doc,applnk,gnome}}
# Install into correct paths for Xorg7
install -d -m 755 $startdir/pkg/usr/include $startdir/pkg/usr/bin \
$startdir/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules $startdir/pkg/etc \
$startdir/pkg/usr/share $startdir/pkg/usr/sbin \
$startdir/pkg/etc/rc.d $startdir/pkg/etc/acpi
mv $startdir/src/etc/* $startdir/pkg/etc/
mv $startdir/src/usr/sbin/* $startdir/pkg/usr/sbin/
mv $startdir/src/usr/include/* $startdir/pkg/usr/include/
mv $startdir/src/usr/share/* $startdir/pkg/usr/share/
mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/include/* $startdir/pkg/usr/include/
mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/bin/* $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/
if [ "$CARCH" == "x86_64" ]; then
mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/* $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules/
rm -rf $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules
mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib64/* $startdir/pkg/usr/lib
else
mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/* $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules/
rm -rf $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib/modules
mv $startdir/src/usr/X11R6/lib/* $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/
fi
# correct dir permissions
find $startdir/pkg/usr -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
# correct FILE permissions - >=8.39.4 has nearly every file marked 0744. This
# is dumb, and previous versions of the drivers had no files marked this
# way. Fixing permissions of files to what they were in 8.38.6
find $startdir/pkg/etc -not -type d -exec chmod 0444 {} \;
find $startdir/pkg/etc -name '*.sh' -not -type d -exec chmod a+x {} \;
chmod u+w $startdir/pkg/etc/{ati/control,acpi/ati-powermode.sh}
find $startdir/pkg/usr/{bin,lib,sbin} -not -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} \;
chmod 0555 $startdir/pkg/usr/sbin/atigetsysteminfo.sh
find $startdir/pkg/usr/lib -name '*.a' -not -type d -exec chmod 0644 {} \;
find $startdir/pkg/usr/{share,include} -not -type d -exec chmod 0444 {} \;
find $startdir/pkg/usr/share/ati/amdcccle/ -name '*.qm' -not -type d -exec chmod 0644 {} \;
find $startdir/pkg/usr/share/man -not -type d -exec chmod 0644 {} \;
# create proper symlinks to libGL.so, libfglrx_pp.so, and libfglrx_gamma.so
cd $startdir/pkg/usr/lib
ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so
ln -s libGL.so.1.2 libGL.so.1
ln -sf /usr/lib/libfglrx_pp.so.1.0 libfglrx_pp.so.1
ln -sf /usr/lib/libfglrx_gamma.so.1.0 libfglrx_gamma.so.1
mkdir -p ${startdir}/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions
cd ${startdir}/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions
ln -sf libGLcore.xorg libGLcore.so
ln -sf libglx.xorg libglx.so
# install licenses
install -m 0644 -D $startdir/src/archive_files/ATI_LICENSE.TXT \
$startdir/pkg/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/AMD_ATI_LICENSE.TXT
# create DE file
install -m 0755 -D $startdir/src/amdcccle.desktop \
$startdir/pkg/usr/share/applications/amdcccle.desktop
# thanks to cerebral, we dont need that damned symlink
install -m 0755 -D $startdir/src/catalyst.sh \
$startdir/pkg/etc/profile.d/catalyst.sh
# Add ATI Events Daemon launcher
install -m 0755 -D $startdir/src/atieventsd.sh \
$startdir/pkg/etc/rc.d/atieventsd
Working PKGBUILD for catalyst: (I know this isn't the prettiest way but it works:p)
# $Id: PKGBUILD,v 1.8 2008/02/18 01:47:54 travis Exp $
# Maintainer: Travis Willard <[email protected]>
# Contributor: amdviaman
pkgname=catalyst
pkgver=8.3
_kernel_version=2.6.24
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Proprietary AMD/ATI kernel drivers for Radeon brand cards. Stock kernel."
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://www.ati.amd.com"
license=('custom')
depends=("catalyst-utils>=${pkgver}" "kernel26>=${_kernel_version}-2" "kernel26<=${_kernel_version}.9999")
makedepends=()
replaces=('ati-fglrx' 'fglrx') # Yay rebranding
install=${pkgname}.install
source=(http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-${pkgver/./-}-x86.x86_64.run)
#md5sums=('bcdf3c19c0b7a7c2051d751d5131d426')
_kernver=${_kernel_version}-ARCH
build() {
cd $startdir/src
[ "$CARCH" = "i686" ] && _arch="x86"
[ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && _arch="x86_64"
/bin/sh ./ati-driver-installer-8-3-x86.x86_64.run --extract archive_files
cp $startdir/src/archive_files/arch/${_arch}/* $startdir/src/ -r
cp $startdir/src/archive_files/common/* $startdir/src/ -r
if [ "$CARCH" == "x86_64" ]; then
cp $startdir/src/archive_files/x710_64a/* $startdir/src/ -r
else
cp $startdir/src/archive_files/x710/* $startdir/src/ -r
fi
cd $startdir/src
cd $startdir/src/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/
# Build the kernel module
cp 2.6.x/Makefile .
make -C /lib/modules/${_kernver}/build SUBDIRS="`pwd`" modules || return 1
# Install the kernel module
install -m 644 -D $startdir/src/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/fglrx.ko \
$startdir/pkg/lib/modules/${_kernver}/video/fglrx.ko
sed -i -e "s/KERNEL_VERSION=.*/KERNEL_VERSION=${_kernver}/g" $startdir/$install
# install licenses
install -m 0644 -D $startdir/src/archive_files/ATI_LICENSE.TXT \
$startdir/pkg/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/AMD_ATI_LICENSE.TXT
EDIT:
Last edited by kevin89 (2008-03-06 14:45:31)

AMD/ATI Catalyst 7.12 Released

7.12 Release Notes wrote:
New Features
This release of the ATI Catalyst™ Linux driver introduces support for the following new operating systems:
* Red Flag DT 6.0 Support
* OpenSUSE 10.3 support
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:
* A memory leak is no longer noticed when running OpenGL applications
* Running X -configure no longer results in a segmentation fault in the fglrx driver
* fglrxinfo no longer reports OpenGL Render string: as Mesa GLX Indirect on systems containing an ATI Rialto AGP series of product
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
* Corruption may be noticed in the lower right corner of the display after the system is running for a long period of time
* Display flicker may be noticed when the gnome screen-saver starts
* Diagonal tearing may be noticed when playing a video file using a video player that utilizes the XVideo extension
* Video playback may look blocky when playing a video file using a video player that utilizes the XVideo extension
* 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
* Connecting a display device that supports 1680x1050 to a system running Linux may result in a maximum display resolution of 1280x1024 only being available
* Custom mode lines in xorg.conf may be ignored by the fglrx driver
* Building RPM packages for Mandriva may fail
Of other note, apparently the libGL soname issue that we devs have noticed with the catalyst-utils package should be fixed.
I'm building packages now - once you get them, feel free to post your experiences.
Last edited by Cerebral (2007-12-21 00:41:17)

robbel wrote:
thayer wrote:Oy... interestingly enough, after upgrading and restarting X I've lost my native resolution of 1680*1050. xrandr --query reports the new max as 1280*1024. Reverting both catalyst and catalyst-utils restores the proper resolution. For the record, I have an ATI Radeon Mobility X1400.
Hey,
I have exactly the same problem (Radeon 9700 Mobility here). My native resolution is 1400x1050 and it used to work just fine but the newest driver maxes out at 1280x1024 (as reported by xrandr).
Shame ATI can't write drivers.
Thanks for posting the old packages.
Best,
Philipp
Me too. Normally I use 1440x900 resolution, but after updating, my resolution is totally wrong. Thanks for the packages!
Last edited by LinuxPatsku (2007-12-21 10:00:16)

ATI Catalyst Control Center is not loading with the latest drivers. Help!!!

I have installed latest ATI drivers from Lenovo 8.712. After that ATI Catalyst Control Center is not loading. The icon is present, when I click display properties. But when I click it, nothing happens. How can I downgrade to the previous version?
And another question: I have a docking station and 2 monitors. One of the monitors with DVI connection is working fine. Is there any way to disable laptop screen and enable second monitor through analog D-SUB.
Thank you in advance.

Let me add. Already tried everything: battery is switched to High Performance, Windows XP service pack 3, T500

ATI Catalyst 12.6 Released - Early Results

I have updated my Windows 7 x64 workstation, equipped with VisionTek ATI Radeon HD 5670, to use the new ATI Catalyst 12.6 release, just out. I upgraded from their last stable release, 12.2.
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx
Early indications, with just a few hours testing, are that the GPU-enhanced features of Photoshop CS6 x64 appear to work OK with this ATI driver version:
I've been able to enable use of the Graphics Processor in Advanced mode, as with 12.2.
I've been able to enable OpenCL and it appears to stay enabled.
Liquify works well and it appears fast.
Oil Paint works well and fast, though there's a slight flicker when panning the image.
The new blurs (e.g., Iris Blur) work well and fast.
Animated zooms are smooth.
Painting with various brushes, including bristle and mixer brushes, seems just about as quick as with earlier driver versions.
No change to the prior slow performance of the Smudge Tool with larger brushes. That may be a Photoshop issue.
Accelerated color-management (Normal and Advanced GPU modes) appears to work the same as before. No change to the inaccuracy issue with documents in the ProPhoto RGB profile.
New Problems Discovered
I now see a minor new transparency glitch, as reported by others in the thread below, where I did not see this problem with Catalyst 12.2: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4530588#4530588
Questionable Things With Workarounds (Geek Stuff):
The driver insists on putting a couple of things in front of the system PATH on installation that are absolutely not needed, and worse, can cause problems on a development system (e.g., with Visual Studio). These can be removed without downside I can see.
The installer sets a registry value that causes the recording of a whole bunch of extraneous events in the System Event Log. This can be undone by setting this value:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Atierecord]
"eRecordEnable"=dword:00000000
Recommendations:
Keep in mind I only updated to this version of the driver earlier today, so I haven't got a lot of experience with it yet. Early indications are that it's not bad, but if you're already on Catalyst 12.2 and you have a stable system, I see no reason to upgrade.
The new version does not appear to be faster, and there is the one new issue where there's a slight transparency glitch in 16 bits/channel documents showing on the screen after a canvas rotation.
I'll update this thread if I find more things to report. Given the new transparency issue and the fact that I had no problems with 12.2, I'll probably test with 12.6 for a few days then drop back to 12.2.
-Noel

You're very welcome, folks. Thanks for taking the time to send your thoughts, and for your contributions here as well.
I've logged one full day of hard use including Photoshop and many other tasks, and I've seen zero glitches (outside the one I mentioned above, which is pretty minor) with the Catalyst 12.6 release.
-Noel

ATI Catalyst 11.3 Drivers - AVOID Using With Photoshop CS5

I recently downloaded and installed ATI's latest drivers - Catalyst 11.3 - from their web site.
In testing with Photoshop, I found these drivers have blocked Photoshop's ability to actually do OpenGL drawing in Normal and Advanced modes, even though the Enable OpenGL Drawing setting is active and checked.
I don't know if this affects all cards. I have an ATI Radeon HD 5670 card, and another user has reported the problem against a Radeon 4650.
If you have an ATI card and Catalyst 11.2 or earlier drivers, you may wish to avoid upgrading to Catalyst 11.3 at this time.
As a workaround, if you have already upgraded to 11.3, you can restore OpenGL functionality by choosing Edit - Preferences - Performance, clicking the [Advanced Settings...] button, then choosing Mode: Basic.
-Noel

Interesting. Thanks for the heads-up Noel. I'm using a 5850 with Catalyst 11.2 and I just noticed that they moved to 11.3... I was pondering if I should bother to update or not - having read your post, I've reached my conclusion!
Have you reported this to ATI?
M

Firefox 6.0.1 causes extreme problems with ATI Catalyst 10.x drivers on a Win7 x64 system. When I roll back to Firefox 6.0, no problems. Can this be resolved?

Firefox 6.0.1 causes extreme problems with ATI Catalyst 10.x drivers on a Win7 x64 system. Took me quite awhile to identify, but when I roll back to Firefox 6.0, no problems. Once Firefox recognizes this and reinstalls the 6.0.1 update then severe display driver problems occur causing very erratic display behavior and ultimately rendering the system inoperative. The problem appears to occur within a minute or two after Firefox has been opened and it occurs even if Firefox has been subsequently closed prior to the actual event taking place. I have attempted this 6 times just to ensure that the problem was associated with the 6.0.1 update.

On Mac OS, plugins are installed to a common location, usually ''' /Library/Internet Plugins''' for system-wide availability or to '''~/Library/Internet Plugins''' for a specific user. Ref: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Issues_related_to_plugins#Background
Does Java 1.6.0_31 work on Safari or another browser?
I also found the following, in case it helps:
*http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57414869-263/how-to-use-java-applets-in-os-x-after-java-2012-003-update/
*http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6411909/how-to-downgrade-jre-jdk-on-mac-osx

Probs with ATI Catalysts Drivers

I’m currently using ATI Catalyst Drivers 6.14.10.6404 (3.9) for my ATI Radeon 9600xt.
If I upgrade to the latest ATI or Omega Drivers (4.7 I think), my card crashes and is very unstable.
my current graphics settings are:
enabled VPU recover
fast write is on
AGPx8
Why does 3.9 work and 4.7 not work, I have only had this problem since changing to this board.
Any help appreciated.

Well I hope it works for you engrrowl! I was installing a slipstreamed version of XP with SP2. But that sure didn't help me. I would randomly have my screen corrupt with my 9700. And that stupid card has given me headaches since I got an LCD. So driver incompatibility used to make my screen go black all the time. It would then revert to normal (maybe!). But there were many times I had to shutdown by the keyboard and disconnect the DVI cable to get it to work again. And the LCD is a Samsung so it's not cheap.
I broke down the other night and when I had to reinstall WinXP from scratch I reverted to an older GF4. This morning I ordered a Geforce 6800, and it will "upgrade" fine. But if I tried to go from an ATI to an Nvidia I would have had to reload my OS again. So it worked out for me.
But it's strange that switching video cards solved all my "issues". That and the fact that I've never really like ATI's drivers means I will never get another of their cards.

AutoUpdate/Ati Catalyst Broken!

AutoUpdate/Ati Catalyst Broken!? When using AutoUpdate here are some things I had to do to get it working:
) installed standard Creative drivers for my X-FI Titanium 2.7.007
it worked
2)? installed ATI Catalyst 9.0
it stopped working.
3) by mistake I let Windows Update install its WHQL Creative driver
AutoUpdate started working
used the other shortcut for AutoUpdateA.exe to get updates for Creative products in windows 7 64, and it worked everytime to reinstall the Creative 2.7.007
4) three weeks later I installed Catalyst 9.2 drivers, and immediately after reboot, AutoUpdate is broken.
Windows 7 Action Center reports errors with Creative AutoUpdate.
If I delete Creative drivers using CTZAPP, Windows Update upon reboot will install its own update to Creative's drivers......... I reinstall Creative 2.7.007 and Creative AutoUpdate still works.
5) installed ATI Catalyst and it is broken again. The Catalyst installation breaks it everytime. Reinstalling Windows Update version of Creative drivers, uninstalling those and installing Creative's several times usually fixes AutoUpdate. Within a few days, Autoupdate will be broken.
Anybody else have the issue with Catalyst 9.0 to 9.2 and Creative AutoUpdate?
Keep in mind, this is not my "new cause" of the week. I just did a clean format a week or so ago, and I am trying to duplicate the problems others are having with AutoUpdate. About 40-45% of users have ATI cards I would guess and I am trying to figure out if this is a common thing with about half of the Creative users. We install Creative drivers and go along for a few weeks, as many people always say, and then something goes wrong.......A new Catalyst is released about once a month or every six weeks.

#Re: AutoUpdate/Ati Catalyst Broken!B <div class="lia">"" try and just uninstall the CCC (Catalyst Control Center) and not the actual video drivers. Its the CCC (the little red "ATI" box in your task manager on the lower right) that is causing this problem. You will still have accelerated video with the drivers installed but not the special ATI utility to configure them. Use the built-in Windows 7 advanced graphics utility when you right click on the desktop (right-click and choose "Screen Resolution"). Inside that window is a link called "Advanced settings" which will let you do the same functions as the CCC does without the CCC's interference.
I hope this hel
ps.
Well this is not a good solution as you will loose advanced settings for your graphic card.

Arch linux doesn't boot after installing AMD ATI Catalyst

I have a laptop which has a integrated graphic card intel 4th generation (4600) and an AMD ATI R9 m265x (hybrid Intel/AMD graphics card) so I have just installed AMD ATI Catalyst proprietary ones by following
AMD Catalyst ArchWiki.
I have used "Installing from the unofficial repository" method so in my pacman.conf I have added below entry for [catalyst-stable]:
[catalyst-stable]
Server = http://catalyst.wirephire.com/repo/catalyst/$arch
## Mirrors, if the primary server does not work or is too slow:
#Server = http://70.239.162.206/catalyst-mirror/repo/catalyst/$arch
#Server = http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr/archlinux-catalyst/repo/catalyst/$arch
#Server = http://mirror.hactar.bz/Vi0L0/catalyst/$arch
Then I have update pacman's database and install below packages:
catalyst-hook
catalyst-utils-pxp
lib32-catalyst-utils-pxp
(No need to install catalyst-total-pxp as I have installed catalyst-utils-pxp)
After installing it, I have configured the driver, configuring X using below command:
# aticonfig --initial
In order to use PowerXpress support I have installed catalyst-utils-pxp package plus additional lib32-catalyst-utils-pxp.
To perform a switch into Intel's IGP I have also installed the mesa-libgl package and Intel's drivers: xf86-video-intel and intel-dri .
I have enable the automatic update by enabling the catalyst-hook.service with below commands since it automatically rebuilds the fglrx modules while the system shuts down or reboots (so I haven't to do it manually each time kernel is updated using Catalyst-generator):
# systemctl enable catalyst-hook
# systemctl start catalyst-hook
And finally I have blacklisted radeon module by creating "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklisted.conf" file which content is:
blacklist radeon
and also I have ensured that fglrx line is added in "/etc/modules-load.d/Catalyst.conf" file.
To avoid problems, I have rebuilt the fglrx module by doing (I know it is not necessary as it is done by catalyst-hook):
catalyst_build_module all
Once I reboot, arch linux does not boot. Last lines printed out are below and then it freezes:
Starting temp files linker to catalyst...
Starting Catalyst event Daemon...
[ OK ] Started Catalyst event Daemon
Starting Catalyst's fglrx kernel' module builder...
[ OK ] Started temp files linker for catalyst.
[ OK ] Started Catalyst's fglrx kernel' modue builder.
[ OK ] Started gnome Display manager.
[ OK ] Started Network manager.
[ OK ] Reached target Multi-User system.
[ OK ] Reached target Graphical Interface.
[ OK ] Reached target Network.
I have tried to put nomodeset as a kernel parameter but it does not work. Also, after reading ArchWiki, I have noticed that it is recommended to don't do this as I am using catalyst-utils-pxp because intel driver needs it so I have removed nomodeset parameter from kernel but It continues not working.
Any ideas?
Package versions:
Kernel version 3.17.6-1-ARCH
catalyst-hook 14.12-1
catalyst-utils-pxp 14.12-1
lib32-catalyst-utils-pxp 14.12-1
xorg-server 1.16.2.901-1
xf86-video-intel 2.99.916-3
Last edited by toni (2014-12-13 19:38:38)

FInally I managed to boot arch linux.
I had to downgrade xorg-server from 1.16.2.901-1 to 1.15.2-1.
It seems there is a problem with Catalyst 14.12-1 and xorg-server 1.16.2.901-1.
Also I had to replace desktop manager from gdm to lightdm as gdm raises segmentation faults using xorg-server versions 1.16.2.901-1 and 1.15.2-1.
Finally I had to add an entry in pacman.conf:
[xorg115]
Server = http://catalyst.wirephire.com/repo/xorg115/$arch
## Mirrors, if the primary server does not work or is too slow:
#Server = http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr/archlinux-catalyst/repo/xorg115/$arch
#Server = http://mirror.hactar.bz/Vi0L0/xorg115/$arch
Then performs following actions:
1) # pacman -Syuu catalyst-hook catalyst-utils-pxp
2) Uninstall all the packages xf86* such as xf86-video-intel, xf86-input-evdev, xf86-input-synaptics, etc.
3) Install the packages uninstalled in step 2 and install them again using xorg115 repo, for example, # pacman -S xorg115/xf86-video-intel xorg115/xf86-input-evdev xorg115/xf86-input-synaptics
I have put a comment here.
Last edited by toni (2014-12-14 12:31:29)

ATI Catalyst 9.2 and "Incompatible display adapter has been disabled."

Hi,
I have this issue... on 3 GPUs. Only one is working. 2 x 3870x2 in crossfire / Vista x64 SP1
I tried everything possible : uninstall all ATI software before, clean registry, delete files, temporary files, many uninstall and reboots, trying different settings in BIOS . Same issue.
This time I choose to install 9.2 drivers only (without Control Center), but the result is the same.
The problem appears since v8.11, but I was able to install at the end by cleaning / reinstalling many times.
v8.12, v9.1, v9.2 are impossible to install correctly on my system. I'm very disapointed.
I've been waiting about 6 month for 8.10 to have stable drivers...
Maybe installing ATI drivers should be proposed to Olympic Games category...
I asked to ATI if they have a tool to clean all previous drivers, and they suggested this link :
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=1447
Look at the utility cat-uninstaller.exe date : 10/08/2003 !!!
It's possible that the problem comes from old drivers, but I refuse to format / reinstall the system each time ATI release a new driver. I did that for 8.12 and I had the same issue.
For users who have this problem : OPEN A TICKET TO ATI CUSTOMER CARE !!!
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=31625
That's the olny way to solve this issue.
My system below :
AMD Phenom 9950 BE / Sunbeam Core-Contact Freezer / ASUS M3A32-MVP DELUXE-WIFI-AP (AMD 790FX/SB600 - BIOS v1406) / OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 8Go ( 4*2Go ) PC8500 1066MHz Cas 5-5-5-18 / Quad CrossfireX : dual MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC - ATI Catalyst 8.11 / RAID0 : 2x Samsung - Spinpoint F1 - 320 Go 7200 rpm SATA II 16 Mo cache / PSU : Thermaltake - TOUGHPOWER 1200W / VISTA x64 SP1

I did tests on my second system :
System 2 :
AMD Athlon X2 6400+ / ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe (AMD 790FX/SB750) / 8GB DDR2 800MHz Corsair Doninator / RAID0 2x Samsung 200 Go SATA II
CrossfireX : 2x MSI RX3870-T2D512E-OC (v120 + v803) / ATI Catalyst 9.1 / Cooler Master Real Power M620 (620W/efficiency >80%) / VISTA x64 SP1
On this system :
Catalyst 9.1 working and Crysis Warhead too
Catalyst 9.2 installation is OK, but :
- Crysis Warhead hang at 85% when a level is loaded
- Crysis v1.2.1 load correctly, but hang after 1 minute
- I noticed that when I lanch CPU-Z 0.3.2 I have on "Bus Interface"
-card 1 : PCI-E x16 2.0@ x16 2.0
-card 2 : PCI-E x16 2.0@ x16 (in catalyst 8.10, both are @2.0)
Uninstall 9.2 and visual c++ x64, reboot, install 9.1 => 2 x GPU disabled error 43 !!!
Going back to 8.10 : it's the last working stable revision from MSI.
For users who use MSI Live update, and drivers from MSI : what are the last ATI Catalyst revision drivers furbished by MSI ?
I would like to have feedback (vista x64, crossfirex).
Thanks

Satellite L350D-20D: ATI radeon 3100 with Ati Catalyst Control

i was instaled on my Satelite L350D 20-D graphic drivers from Toshiba website
But after instalaton i dont have Ati Catalyst Control Center i have ion my Program Files some Foler with instalation but this is some 0.2 MB ,,,
i have now this drivers :
http://driverscollection.com/?H=Radeon%20HD%203100&By=ATI&SS=Windows%20XP
Manufacturer:ATI
Hardware:ATI Radeon HD 3100
Software type:Catalyst Software Suite
Version:11.8
File Size:51.38Mb (53881048 bytes)
Released:16 Aug 2011
Uploaded:27 Aug 2011
Views:159
Downloads:55
System:
Windows XPWindows XP Media Center
Description:Catalyst Software Suite for ATI Radeon HD 3100
Package Includes:
Display Driver
OpenCL Driver
ATI Integrated Driver
Catalyst Control Center
Download ATI Radeon HD 3100 Catalyst Software Suite v.11.8
im not sure if its not t o `BIG` driver for this graph card..
cus its for Ati Radeon HD 3100 and in my Toshiba L350D 20-D i have Ati Radeon 3100 ....

Hi
Here you can download the latest Catalyst software:
http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/amd-catalyst/Pages/catalyst.aspx

ATI Catalyst 7.9

ATI Catalyst™ Software Suite Version 7.9
Caution: Installing the Catalyst software suite 7.8 or 7.9 on a system containing the ATI Radeon™ X1950 AGP series of product may result in either the desktop failing to be drawn properly or the operating system failing to boot. It is recommended to continue using Catalyst 7.7 for this product at this time.
Performance Improvements
The following performance improvements are noticed with Catalyst™ 7.9:
* Far Cry performance improves up to 14 % on the ATI Radeon™ HD2900XT CrossFire™, ATI Radeon™ HD2600XT single card, and ATI Radeon™ HD2400XT CrossFire™ configurations
* Call of Duty 2 performance improves as much as 12% with Anti-Aliasing enabled on the ATI Radeon™ HD2600XT CrossFire™ and single card configurations
* Half-Life 2: Episode 1 performance improves at most 9% on ATI Radeon™ HD2600XT CrossFire™ and as much as 6% on the ATI Radeon™ HD2400XT CrossFire™ configurations.
* Serious Sam 2 performance improves up to 46% on the ATI Radeon™ HD2400XT CrossFire™ and up to 27% on the ATI Radeon™ HD2600XT single card and CrossFire™ configurations with Anti-Aliasing enabled.
* Quake 4 performance with Anti-Aliasing improves 9% or more on the ATI Radeon™ X1600/X1650Pro and ATI Radeon™ X1300/X1550 products in both single and CrossFire™ configurations
New Features
Catalyst 7.9 introduces the following new features:
* Avivo Video Converter for Windows Vista (64-bit)
* Catalyst Control Center: Color Temperature Control
Avivo Video Converter for Windows Vista (64-bit)
This release of Catalyst™ introduces the Avivo Video Converter for the Windows Vista (64 bit) operating system. The Avivo Video Converter is a transcoder tool that provides a quick and easy way of converting videos from one format to another. The Avivo Video Converter found within the Catalyst™ Control Center, allows the user to select the input file, and output format, along with the quality level and file location. The Avivo. Video Converter accepts a wide variety of file formats as a source, and outputs to file formats such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4/DivX, WMA, H.264/AVC and more.
Catalyst Control Center: Color Temperature Control
This release of Catalyst™ introduces Color Temperature Control within the Catalyst Control Center, allowing users to adjust the chromatic level shown on their display. Supported on the ATI Radeon™ X1000 Series and Radeon™ HD 2000 Series of products.
Download: http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
kind regards

Hi Rudinho
If you check graphic cards manufacturers download page you will find instructions that for mobile computing the drivers are provided by notebook manufacturers. Unfortunately graphic drivers can not be updated so often as on desktops.
The reason is simply. With new driver the graphic card will be forced to run on the limit and the result is high temperature. High temperature can be responsible for suddenly shut downs or even for hardware damage. Because of that notebook manufacturers must deal with great care. Can you imagine what will happen if Toshiba offer some driver and result is graphic card damage?
Satellite M30x is pretty old notebook and I do not believe the driver will be updated. The same situation is for my old Satellite P20.

[SOLVED] ATI Catalyst / Xorg issue with Multihead (3monitor)

i'm having problems for a long time, with different versions of the ATI Catalyst driver and Xorg,
right now i'm using this versions,
catalyst-hook 11.2-2
catalyst-utils 11.2-1
lib32-catalyst-utils 11.2-1
xorg-server 1.9.4.901-1
xorg-server-common 1.9.4.901-1
xorg-server-utils 7.6-2
the catalyst package are from the catalyst server recommended by the Arch Wiki
http://catalyst.apocalypsus.net/repo/catalyst/x86_64
the problem that i have is that when i try to pass from one monitor to another, when
i pass to the 3rd one the X crashes, this happen always with the same monitor no matter what.
here is the backtrace from the startx logs,
Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x28) [0x49f788]
1: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x60349) [0x460349]
2: /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f28028b7000+0xf150) [0x7f28028c6150]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so (0x7f27fecf4000+0x86ffff) [0x7f27ff563fff]
4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so (0x7f27fecf4000+0x86fb5d) [0x7f27ff563b5d]
5: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x13bce2) [0x53bce2]
6: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x13be31) [0x53be31]
7: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x13a880) [0x53a880]
8: /usr/bin/X (miPointerUpdateSprite+0x18c) [0x45871c]
9: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x5892d) [0x45892d]
10: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x164266) [0x564266]
11: /usr/bin/X (mieqProcessDeviceEvent+0x172) [0x49ef52]
12: /usr/bin/X (mieqProcessInputEvents+0xcc) [0x49f08c]
13: /usr/bin/X (ProcessInputEvents+0x9) [0x469969]
14: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x2cf73) [0x42cf73]
15: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x2131e) [0x42131e]
16: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f2801837dcd]
17: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x20ec9) [0x420ec9]
Segmentation fault at address (nil)
Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
i wanted to know if there is any official forum / bug tracker of amd/ati where report this bug,
or if one of you had this kind of problem before and can give me a hand to resolve this, i would be grateful.
here is the ati report about the system info,
http://pastebin.com/jU73mU4W
http://ideone.com/mcISC
thanks in advance.
regards.
Last edited by hord (2011-07-10 20:26:12)

solved!
since the cursor used through the proprietary catalyst driver have issues, use instead the SW cursor,
Section "Device"
Option "SWCursor" "true"
EndSection
[0] http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=86
[1] http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=117
[2] http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.p … post209030
Last edited by hord (2011-07-10 20:25:23)

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