August 14th, 2007 by Crusader
AMD has released version 8.40.4 of their ATI display driver for32-bit and 64-bit x86 Linux distributions. Changes:
- TV Out options are now accessible through the Control Center.
- The Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition is now available on 64-bit x86.
- A black screen is no longer observed on some hardware when switching to the console or leaving the X window system when a Vesa framebuffer console driver is used.
- Connecting a component Video display device launching X-Server no longer results in X-Server failing to start and the display device displaying a black screen.
- The DRI no longer fails to initialize in the second server generation.
- Pressing the identify displays function no longer results in display device 1 and 2 being incorrectly identified.
- A Floating Point Exception error no longer occurs when launching amdcccle.
Additional info can be found in the releasenotes; there’s also a FAQ page. Moreover, the Phoronix crew have already posted their impressions.
Download: [ amd.com ]
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