AMD Release New Catalyst 14.12 Omega Driver With Fix Some Error for Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn

 

AMD Catalyst 14.12

AMD Release New Catalyst 14.12 Omega Driver With Fix Some Error for Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn

AMD has released at this time the new Catalyst 14.12 driver, update that includes support for Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic 

AMD Catalyst (formerly ATI Radeon Linux Display Drivers) is a free project that tries to distribute proprietary drivers for all ATI and AMD Radeon graphics cards on Linux-based operating systems.

AMD Features at a glance

It provides support for TV output on AMD graphics cards that support TV-out functionality. In addition, it allows for the following monitor arrangements: Laptop Mode, Clone Mode, Big Desktop, and Dual Head. While the Laptop mode lets users to toggle between internal or external screen of a laptop, the Clone mode will display the same content on both monitors. Furthermore, the Big Desktop option will stretch a single desktop across two screens, and Dual Head separates instances of X running on each screen.

What's New in version 14.12 :

New Features:

• OpenCL 2.0 support (requires 64-bit OS and compatible AMD Radeon™ R Series GPU)
• VAAPI decoding support (H264, VC1, MPEG2, MPEG4)
• Distribution specific package support for Ubuntu and Red Hat

Resolved Issues:

• [402835]: Unexpected pixmap's time stamp change on Ubuntu with composite enabled causes Linux Khronos CTS to randomly fail
• [403420]: Driver install can sometimes have an error in Ubuntu 14.10 using GPL symbol before Kernel 3.16
• [405011]: Driver installation may intermittently fail on Kernel 3.9.0
• [409856]: Generate Distribution Specific Package' mode of Catalyst install does not create symbolic links for libGL
• [407550]: Driver upgrade failed in Ubuntu with specific drivers

AMD Supports 32-bit and 64-bit distributions

The drivers suite provides native graphical installers for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures, and it is known to work well with the major Linux operating systems, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, openSUSE and Ubuntu.

AMD Supported GPUs

For years, users of AMD GPUs struggled to make their graphics cards work on Linux-based operating systems. Some graphics cards work well, but many are quite buggy with major open source projects, such as the GNOME desktop environment.

Almost all desktop AMD Radeon graphics cards series are supported by this driver, including R9 290/280X/270X/260X/, R7 250/240, and HD 8000/7000/6000/5000. Also, it supports the AMD Radeon HD 7600A/7450A/6600A/6350A all-in-one desktop products, AMD Radeon E6760 and E6460 embedded product family, as well as the AMD Radeon R7, HD 8000D/7000D/6000D/8000G/7000G/6000G APU product family.

In addition, AMD Catalyst is compatible with the following AMD mobility product family GPUs: AMD Radeon HD 8000M, 7000M, 6000M and 5000. X.Org 7.4 and above, X.Org Server up to 1.15 and Linux kernel 2.6 or above (up to 3.13) are also supported.

Download:

AMD Catalyst 14.12 Omega Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver [32-bit & 64-Bit]
AMD Catalyst 13.1 Legacy Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver [32-bit & 64-Bit] - P3D

AMD Catalyst 14.12 Omega Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver [RHEL 6.0 & 7.0 32-Bit]
AMD Catalyst 14.12 Omega Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver [RHEL 6.0 & 7.0 64-Bit]
AMD Catalyst 14.12 Omega Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver [Ubuntu 12.04.4 & 14.04 32-Bit]
AMD Catalyst 14.12 Omega Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver [Ubuntu 12.04.4 & 14.04 64-Bit]

Links zum Thema:

Release Notes
AMD Catalyst Installer Notes for Linux
ATI Proprietary Linux Driver FAQ
Linux Crew Driver Feedback
Unofficial Wiki for the ATI Linux Driver
ATI Linux Platform Bug Reporting

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