Hitting on Halloween/the last day of the month is the ATI/AMD 8.30.3 Display Drivers!
No new features are in this release, but there is a chunk of resolved issues:
The Fedora Core 6 packaging scripts have also been included. So try them out and report back if there are any problems (mainly interested in the fglrxcontrolpanel problem).
The Phoronix ATI 8.30.3 Review can be found @ http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=7715
As always, we share all of the details down to the performance numbers and changes not mentioned in the official log.
The ATI 8.30.3 Release Notes are at https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...ux_8.30.3.html
x86/x86_64 Download: https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...ler-8.30.3.run
No new features are in this release, but there is a chunk of resolved issues:
* Users with X Server X.org 7.1 can now play video using XV. The ATI AVIVO Video adaptor is now present. Further details and the workaround can be found in topic number 737-22852
* When failing to change the TV format the aticonfig --tv-info no longer report the failed TV format. Further details and the workaround can be found in topic number 737-23431
* Using the MPlayer to play a video file followed by dragging any window over top of the player no longer results in corruption being noticed and the video file pausing. Further details and the workaround can be found in topic number 737-23432
* When failing to change the TV format the aticonfig --tv-info no longer report the failed TV format. Further details and the workaround can be found in topic number 737-23431
* Using the MPlayer to play a video file followed by dragging any window over top of the player no longer results in corruption being noticed and the video file pausing. Further details and the workaround can be found in topic number 737-23432
The Phoronix ATI 8.30.3 Review can be found @ http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=7715
As always, we share all of the details down to the performance numbers and changes not mentioned in the official log.
The ATI 8.30.3 Release Notes are at https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...ux_8.30.3.html
x86/x86_64 Download: https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...ler-8.30.3.run
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