Resolved Issues
The following section provide a brief description of resolved issues with the latest version of the ATI Proprietary Linux driver. These include:
* Running two X servers simultaneously no longer results in the system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-220
* X Server no longer fails to load when using an ATI Radeon® X1x00, 512MB product with certain motherboards. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22056
* Toggling between console mode and X Server graphical mode no longer results in a system hang. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22058
* Executing the command aticonfig --tv-format-type=NTSC-M no longer results in NTSC-M being detected as an invalid TV standard. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22386
* The option --get-supported for the ATI installer has been replaced by the option --listpkg. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22387
* User page lock is no longer available for AGP products resulting in a number of options (--agpl, --agp-locked-userpages, --agplock, --iagp, and --internal-agp) being removed from aticonfig and being replaced by the option --locked-userpages. The internal agp GART is no longer provided. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22388
* Attempting to enable clone mode or extended desktop mode no longer results in the secondary display device failing to activate when using the ATI Control Panel. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22392
* Using aticonfig --resolution to configure the display resolution no longer results in the user defined resolution failing to take effect. Further, using the option of aticonfig --resolution2 to configure the secondary display resolution no longer results in the user defined resolution failing to take effect. The option of --resolution2 is now obsolete but its functionality can still be obtained by referring to the --resolution part of the aticonfig --help. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22393
* The software driver now supports Linux kernels that have NUMA support enabled on x86_64 machines. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22394
* A segmentation fault no longer occurs when attempting to initialize an incomplete X Server configuration file using aticonfig -f. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22395
* aticonfig --initial now fills in the VendorName and ModelName sections of the X Server configuration file for increased compatibility for SuSE's SaX2. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22396
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
* TV display is corrupt after switching resolutions. Further details can be found in topic number 737-1086
* TV Out is currently not supported on the ATI Radeon® X1x00 products. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22057
* A system hang may occur when attempting to resume from hibernation mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-22059