AMD Catalyst Linux 12.6 Beta Has Arrived

[bug!]

So, did anyone make packages for Debian Sid from this?

[Tiger_Coder]

- Fix for flickering of OpenGL applications when using KWin direct rendering.
- WebGL fixes for Chromium web-browser.
- A fix for an OpenGL performance regression.
- Better Ubuntu 12.04 support.

Happy Happy Happy for this changes....

Then

- Pre-HD5000 series support removed

F**K

[Qaridarium]

- Pre-HD5000 series support removed -- no more HD 2000/3000/4000 series support.
Radeon driver still do have support for these cards

- Fix for flickering of OpenGL applications when using KWin direct rendering.
Was never a problem with the Radeon driver

- Fix for random crashes with GNOME Shell.
Was never a problem with the Radeon driver

- WebGL fixes for Chromium web-browser.
Was never a problem with the Radeon driver

- Fix for screen corruption with GNOME Shell after enabling anti-aliasing.
Was never a problem with the Radeon driver

- A fix for an OpenGL performance regression.
Was never a problem with the Radeon driver

- Better Ubuntu 12.04 support.
Was never a problem with the Radeon driver

- Linux 3.3 kernel support.
Was never a problem with the Radeon driver

- X.Org Server 1.12 support.
Was never a problem with the Radeon driver

- GNOME3 AMDCCCLE support.
Was never a problem with the Radeon driver

- Experimental support for ShadowPrimary.
Was never a problem with the Radeon driver

[PsynoKhi0]

Again one of AMD's miserable jokes. Would it have been so hard to release only one driver for pre-HD5000 that works with X.Org Server 1.12?

Section "Device"
Identifier "Pre-HD5000"
Driver "radeon"
EndSection

You're welcome!

[Tiger_Coder]

- WebGL fixes for Chromium web-browser.
Was never a problem with the Radeon driver

Last time I check Radeon was blacklisted for WebGL on Chrome. Is the situation changed? Do I could play Angry Bird Chrome on Radeon now using WebGL like I play in Catalyst?

[Qaridarium]

Section "Device"
Identifier "Pre-HD5000"
Driver "radeon"
EndSection

You're welcome!

Trolololololololol i already use it.

but better use:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "radeon"
Option "ColorTiling" "1"
Option "ColorTiling2D" "1"
EndSection

then you get colortiling to

and :

R600_GLSL130=1
R600_STREAMOUT=0
PCIE_GEN2=1


in your .pam_environment file in your home dir.

then you get PCIe2 and openGL3 to.

[Nevertime]

I really wish my laptop didn't over heat and shut down using open source drivers....... This could stop my updating kernel and distro.

[Hirager]

Trolololololololol i already use it.

but better use:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "radeon"
Option "ColorTiling" "1"
Option "ColorTiling2D" "1"
EndSection

then you get colortiling to

and :

R600_GLSL130=1
R600_STREAMOUT=0
PCIE_GEN2=1


in your .pam_environment file in your home dir.

then you get PCIe2 and openGL3 to.

Thank you very much for that! I did not know that it was this easy to boost my GPU performance.

[Kano]

Verified that weird crash on debian wheezy with xserver 1.12.0, 1.12.1, 1.12.1.902. As it was a beta, i want a 2nd one...

[Fixxer_Linux]

I do own a HD 4870, no more supported.
So, either AMD releases legacy driver to support from time to time newer releases of Xorg and minimal support or AMD doesn't support it anymore at all and as soon as I can't use my card i will buy a new one, but I will buy Nvidia.

If no support at all is ever provided by AMD, then I will take years to even reconsider buying AMD again.