- Desktop Graphics
- Radeon 8xxx/9xxx Series
- Linux x86_64
- Version 8.28.8
- Display Drivers for XFree86 4.3 - Size 51.4 MB (ati-driver-installer-8.28.8.run)
- Display Drivers for XFree86 4.3 - Size 17.5 MB (fglrx64_4_3_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm)
- Display Drivers for X.Org 6.8 - Size 17.5 MB (fglrx64_6_8_0-8.28.8-1.x86_64.rpm)
Note:
- The drivers below support English only.
- The display driver requires POSIX shared memory to be enabled on the system.
- Kernel Source package is no longer required if Kernel Header package is installed.
- 32-Bit packages must be installed for 64-Bit Linux drivers to install or work.
- Radeon 8xxx/9xxx Series includes Radeon 8500 Series, Radeon 9000/9200/9250 driver.
Detailed Description:
ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Features
The ATI Proprietary Linux driver provides TV Output support for ATI graphics cards that support TV out. The ATI Proprietary Linux driver also allows for the following monitor arrangements:
- Single Head Mode (single display)
- Clone Mode (same content on both screens)
- Mirror Mode (same content on both screens, with identical display resolution and refresh rates)
- Big Desktop (one desktop stretched across two screens)
- Dual Head (separate instances of X running on each screen)
Note: Mirror mode is not supported on ATI Radeon® 1x00 products.
Web Content Web Content
The ATI Proprietary Linux driver is available in both RPM format and through an Installer executable. You should verify your distribution uses RPM before downloading RPM packages.
Note:
- The packages are available for XFree86 version 4.3, as well as X.org 6.8. One of these two versions must be installed before installing the ATI Proprietary Linux driver.
- Refer to the minimum system requirements listed below to ensure you have downloaded the correct driver package for your system.
ATI Workstation Product Support
- Mobility™ FireGL™ T2
- Mobility™ FireGL™ 9100
- Mobility™ FireGL™ V5000
- FireMV™ 2200 (Single card configuration)
- FireGL™ 8700
- FireGL™ 8800
- FireGL™ X1-256p
- FireGL™ X1-128
- FireGL™ T2-128
- FireGL™ Z1-128
- FireGL™ X2-256
- FireGL™ X3
- FireGL™ X3-256
- FireGL™ V3100
- FireGL™ V3200
- FireGL™ V3300
- FireGL™ V3400
- FireGL™ V5000
- FireGL™ V5100
- FireGL™ V5200
- FireGL™ V7100
- FireGL™ V7200
- FireGL™ V7300
- FireGL™ V7350
ATI Mobility™ Product Support
- Radeon® Xpress 200M series
- Mobility™ Radeon® 9000
- Mobility™ Radeon® 9200
- Mobility™ Radeon® 9500
- Mobility™ Radeon® 9550
- Mobility™ Radeon® 9600
- Mobility™ Radeon® 9800
- Mobility™ Radeon® X300
- Mobility™ Radeon® X600
- Mobility™ Radeon® X700
- Mobility™ Radeon® X800
- Mobility™ Radeon® X1300
- Mobility™ Radeon® X1400
- Mobility™ Radeon® X1600
- Mobility™ Radeon® X1800
ATI Integrated Product Support
- Mobility™ Radeon® 9000 IGP series
- Radeon® 9100 IGP
- Mobility™ Radeon® 9100 IGP series
- Radeon® 9200 IGP
- Radeon® Xpress 200 series
- Radeoon® Xpress 1200 IGP
- Radeoon® Xpress 1250 IGP
- Radeoon® Xpress 1300 IGP
Caution: This software driver provides 2D support only for the ATI Radeon® 9100 IGP and ATI Radeon® 9100 PRO IGP.
ATI Desktop Product Family Support
Operating Systems Distributions Supported
The latest version of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver is designed to support the following Linux distributions:
- Radeon® 8500 series
- Radeon® 9100 series
- Radeon® 9500 series
- Radeon® 9550 series
- Radeon® 9700 series
- Radeon® 9000 series
- Radeon® 9200 series
- Radeon® 9600 series
- Radeon® 9800 series
- Radeon® X300/X550 series
- Radeon® X600 series
- Radeon® X700 series
- Radeon® X800 series
- Radeon® X850 series
- Radeon® X1300 series
- Radeon® X1600 series
- Radeon® X1800 series
- Radeon® X1900 series
Note: ATI All-in-Wonder® variants based on the above are also
supported. Video capture however is not supported.
Operating Systems Distributions Supported
The latest version of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver is designed to support the following Linux distributions:
Note:
- The ATI Proprietary Linux driver may install on a number of other Linux distributions. Refer to the Package Generation installation instructions for more information.
- ATI 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.
Minimum System Requirements
Before attempting to install the ATI Proprietary Linux driver, the following software must be installed:
The following 32 bit packages must be installed in order for 64 bit drivers to install and work properly: Before attempting to install the ATI Proprietary Linux driver, the following software must be installed:
- XOrg 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, or 7.1; XFree86 version 4.3
- Linux kernel 2.4 or higher
- glibc version 2.2 or 2.3
- POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications
Note: XFree86 version 4.1, and 4.2 are no longer supported.
System Recommendations
The ATI Proprietary Linux driver 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.
- Kernel module build environment - should include the following:
- ISSE Support enabled in your Linux Kernel
- The rpm utility should be installed and configured correctly on your system, if you intend to install via RPM packages
- QT version 2.x.x is needed for the ATI Control Panel, but is not mandatory.
Note:
- · XFree86-Mesa-libGL
- · libstdc++
- · libgcc
- · XFree86-libs
- · fontconfig
- · expat
- · freetype
- · zlib
Display
Switching Support for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad Products
This release of the ATI Proprietary
Linux driver provides Display Switching support for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad
products containing a supported ATI Radeon® Mobility™ product. This feature
allows users to use the hotkey function Fn+F7 to toggle between display devices
connected to the laptop.
ATI
Pairmode Support
This release of the ATI Proprietary
Linux driver introduces a new feature called Pairmode. This feature allows
users to enable BigDesktop mode with two different screen resolutions. When
using Xrandr, users can now dynamically switch between BigDesktop and Clone
mode without having to restart the X Server.
Note: This feature is available when
using Horizontal BigDesktop mode.
Retaining
Display Device State Between Restarts
This release of the ATI Proprietary
Linux driver now maintains the display device status between restarts.
Previously, when using multiple display devices, the ATI Proprietary Linux
drivers enabled all displays connected to the display adapter even if the display
devices were disabled by aticonfig or Display Switching.
New
Product Support
This release of the ATI Proprietary
Linux driver introduces support the ATI Radeon® Xpress 1200, Radeon® Xpress
1250, and Radeon® Xpress 1300 products.
Unified Linux Proprietary Linux Driver
This
release of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver now provides a unified driver
installer for the 32bit and 64bit Linux platforms. This intelligent installer
will identify which CPU architecture (IA32, and x86_64) is being used and
install the appropriate driver.
Known Issues
The following section provides a brief description of known issues associated with the latest version of ATI Proprietary Linux driver. These issues include:
- Attempting to install the ATI Proprietary Linux driver on distributions that have updated certain 3D components outside of the stock XOrg 6.8.2 may result in the driver not initializing 3D applications properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-20868
- A system hang may occur when attempting to resume from hibernation mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22059
- Loading the XVideo Extension on 64-bit Xorg 6.9+ systems causes the X Server to segfault on launch with ATI Radeon X1K products. Further details and the workaround can be found in topic number 737-22837
- Users with X Server X.org 7.1 can not play any video using XV. The ATI AVIVO Video adaptor is not present. Further details and the workaround can be found in topic number 737-22852
Resolved Issues
The following section provide a brief description of resolved issues with the latest version of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver. These include:
The following section provide a brief description of resolved issues with the latest version of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver. These include:
