AMD Catalyst 9.12 For Linux available

[giulio]

I've been having the exact same problem since the 9.9 catalyst also. No matter how it is installed, I always get the black screen. Let's hope that with kernel 2.6.32 plus xorg 7.5 coming by default in lucid next year fixes that, but my wish is to get a nvidia card sooner than april.

[Kano]

Well it is hard to understand that a 1 line fix for 2.6.32 FINAL kernel was not added in time...

[DestroyFX]

Added in gentoo-quebec overlay!
This include the kernel 2.6.32 support patch.

[Technojunkie]

Sigh. No Xorg 7.5

I'd say more but that about sums up my feelings.

Good grief...

Has anyone figured out a patch yet? I'm getting very tired of having to wait months for ATI to provide drivers that load in the current Fedora release. I'm too mad at NVIDIA for quietly putting out defective hardware for 3 years to switch to them, but still.

[a12ctic]

Sigh. No Xorg 7.5

I'd say more but that about sums up my feelings.

Really?

Does that mean no Fedora 12 support? I was hoping for an OS upgrade with the holiday season. This means I'll be waiting till at least next month. Fedora 11 still feels reasonablely fresh, I guess I can deal.

[maciejus]

Well it is hard to understand that a 1 line fix for 2.6.32 FINAL kernel was not added in time...

Do you have any patch which would allow to build kernel module for 2.6.32?

[Vi0L0]

@maciejus:
i may answer for Kano - yes, it is. Look for example here: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ca...patch.kcl_io.c

also there is a solution on howto enable opencl support (here http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32968 i have used newest 9.12 hotfix driver with opencl support). I have found solution on amd developer forum - you just need to add "nopat" to kernel boot line

[Vi0L0]

oouuu and with this "nopat" kernel option - XvBa is working again

( tested on 9.12 hotfix, archlinux x86_64, 2.6.32.1-ck kernel, xorg-server 1.6.x )

[Vi0L0]

?? my previous replay havent been posted, so...

with "nopat" kernel boot option opencl seems to finally work! I have found this solution on an amd developer forum.
(i'm using catalyst 9.12 hotfix driver)

@maciejus:
+#include <linux/signal.h>
in fglrx_archive/common/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/kcl_io.c brings 2.6.32 support

[Technojunkie]

Really?

Does that mean no Fedora 12 support? I was hoping for an OS upgrade with the holiday season. This means I'll be waiting till at least next month. Fedora 11 still feels reasonablely fresh, I guess I can deal.

Correct. I verified that 9.12 fails to build on F12 this morning.