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=== Useful links ===  
 
=== Useful links ===  
 
* [http://www.ati.com/products/catalyst/linux.html ATI Linux Driver FAQ]
 
* [http://www.ati.com/products/catalyst/linux.html ATI Linux Driver FAQ]
* [http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.12.10.html ATI Proprietary Linux Release Notes] <tt>(for 8.10.12)</tt>
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* [http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.12.10.html ATI Proprietary Linux Release Notes] <tt>(for 8.12.10)</tt>
 
* [http://www.rage3d.com/content/articles/atilinuxhowto/ ATI Radeon Linux How-To]
 
* [http://www.rage3d.com/content/articles/atilinuxhowto/ ATI Radeon Linux How-To]
 
* [http://www.rage3d.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=61&daysprune=30&order=asc&sort=title Rage3D Linux Discussion Forum]
 
* [http://www.rage3d.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=61&daysprune=30&order=asc&sort=title Rage3D Linux Discussion Forum]

Revision as of 17:49, 9 May 2005

ATI drivers for Linux

Linux ATI driver for Radeon, FireGL and Mobility boards

How much is the speed gain versus the opensource drivers?

Project Homepage / Availability

http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html

Status

Current version: 8.12.10 (7th April 2005)

Problems & Help

Driver Version 8.8.25: The following patch may be needed for kernels >= 2.6.10: http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33798874

Driver Version 8.8.25: For kernels >= 2.6.11-rc1 try the following patch: http://www.gehirn.org.uk/wiki/images/8.8.25-kernel-2.6.11+.patch

If the ATI driver works only without the hardware acceleration, take into consideration that fglrx_dri.so was linked against libstdc++.so.5 which may not be present if your system uses gcc-3.4. To fix this, compile gcc-3.3.5 and copy libstdc++.so.5* to /usr/lib and update the dynamic linker cache.

Troubles using software suspend : when the computer comes back of suspend, X only displays a garbaged image and the computer is frozen. You have to install vbetool and use it to save/restore the video card state. If you use swsusp2 scripts you just have to uncomment "EnableVbetool yes" in /etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf. Tested with kernel 2.6.10, Debian packaged ATI drivers and swsusp2 patch on a IBM Thinkpad T42p.

Packages

Useful links