Any news on ATI fglrx 8.42?

[Fenix-TX]

My problem that i've always had with fglrx and not with radeon driver, is when i open a program that uses bttv (tv capture), sometimes x server crashes (very frequent), and other times it turns black the screen, so i have to switch to a virtual terminal (ctrl+alt+(F1-F6)) and back again to desktop (ctrl+alt+f7).

I've seen this problem searching in google with a lot of people with fgrlx and programs that uses tv capture. All the answers says it's a fglrx problem. With radeon driver, i've never had problems with my tv capture and using tv programs.

EDITED: This is my configuration:

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AQ [Radeon 9600]"
        Driver          "fglrx"
        BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
        Option          "VideoOverlay"          "on"
        Option          "OpenGLOverlay"         "off"
        Option          "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps"
        Option          "UseFastTLS"            "2"
        Option          "BusType"               "AGP"
        Option          "PseudoColorVisuals"    "off"
        Option          "UseInternalAGPGART"    "no"
        Option          "mtrr"                  "off"
        Option          "no_accel"              "no"
        Option          "no_dri"                "no"
        Option          "EnablePrivateBackZ"    "no"
EndSection

[Nicolas]

So guys, what else do you think is on the table for 8.42 aside from the pre-R600 fixes?

Besides pre-R600 support and AIGLX? I wouldn't ask much... If they deliver that I'm happy already.

Hopefully we're near the release date now, so we shouldn't have to wait long to use it for real .

[kkloster]

sorry to repeat this but I realized that yoshi314 and rthorntn actually discussed it in a different thread and there didn't seem to be a solid answer so maybe Michael or someone can clear this up:

is UVD currently supported in fglrx 8.41 ?

if not, is it a possibility that 8.42 will add support for hardware decoding h.264, VC-1 (i.e, UVD support)?

[Ole-Martin Broz]

AIGLX should be supported from r400 cards aswell, from there on
cause there is not many people who using pre r400 for games aswell.

[Malikith]

I hope today is the day the 8.42 driver comes out. I'm pretty anxious to see what it brings to the table.

[Phlogiston]

I hope today is the day the 8.42 driver comes out. I'm pretty anxious to see what it brings to the table.

I hope so too, it is not out yet.

[Michael]

I hope so too, it is not out yet.

Don't expect it today.

[pierluc]

Micheal, do you know the date when the driver will go out? If you know that it's not today I think it's because you have the real date.

[Michael]

Micheal, do you know the date when the driver will go out? If you know that it's not today I think it's because you have the real date.

I am afraid I can't comment on specific dates due to NDA.

[pierluc]

So you know the date because if you don't know the date you can said "no".

Ok, I will Wait.

Will you give a test of Catalyst 8.42 in the same time that ATI put the new driver on the web?