AMD Catalyst 13.6 Beta

[d2kx]

AMD Catalyst 13.6 Beta release is imminent, probably within a few hours. Sorry for the heads up, but I might go to sleep in a bit but wanted others to know beforehand:

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/amdcatalyst13-6linbetadriver.aspx

[d2kx]

Released: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/amd...x86.x86_64.zip

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst? 13.6 Beta Driver for Linux:
This release of AMD Catalyst? Linux introduces support for the following new features:

Ubuntu 13.04 Production Support
Xserver 1.14 Support
GLX_EXT_buffer_age extension support
Resolved Issues:

[371937] Fix black screen while entering Team Fortress 2 under cinnamon desktop environment
[366812] Fix tearing for some OpenGL applications with VSYNC on or off
[373575] Fix taskbar missing after UVD playback on Ubuntu 12.04
[370955] Fix corruption in Team Fortress 2 when running Dustbowl map
[377199] Fix the error for APL initialization failure
[378086] Fix screen corruption when kill X on Ubuntu 13.04
[374657] Fix some WebGL conformance test failures
[377379] Fix the regression of performance drop with XBMC for UVD playback

[mmstick]

That's a pretty small changelog for over a month of absence since the last driver release.

[lano1106]

Great, I am going to try it out.

Is there any fix regarding Crossfire?

I am experimenting a hard freeze as soon as I call any catalyst opengl functionality with a dual 7970 setup.

http://blog.olivierlanglois.net/index.php/2013/05/24/catalyst_13_4_driver_freeze_x_server_wit

It happens when

ioctl(13, 0xc03064a6

where 13 is a fd on /dev/ati/card0

That pretty much looks like:

[366895]: Fix hard hang when startx with CrossFire enabled for NI Caicos Pro or SI Cape Verde Pro

but with 7970s. Waiting this to be fixed to get 7990s.

I have oprofile data too available. I pretty much know which functions seem to get stuck if it can help you.

Also can you expand what UEFI support new feature does exactly? I have disabled it on my UEFI system with no noticeable difference.

[d2kx]

Display brightness control on laptops is still not fixed
OpenGL input in general is a bit more responsive, BUT the corner cases where there was extreme input lag before is still there

This is a joke.

On a positive note: OpenGL Shader 4.3 is exposed, less tearing.

[[Knuckles]]

Display brightness control on laptops is still not fixed

That's what I wanted to know, thanks. Still stuck with Ubuntu 12.10 then.
Yay, it's all the excitement of having a legacy card "will I get any more updates?" "will I be able to play this game with an old driver?", "when will I be able to use 13.04 or other future ubuntu versions?", but without having a legacy card.

It's like a legacy simulator -- see all the fun you're missing from being ignored!

[Lyoko]

sorry for my stupidity, but does it support 2D Acceleration?
because it is nightmare if it doesn't. scrolling is slow, moving windows(non opengl Window manager).

[grigi]

Just to chime in. Brightness control works perfectly for me, infact, it only worked perfectly from release 12.11beta7 onwards. (before that it was a bit iffy)

Also try to see if you have the ACPI 'video' kernel module loaded. (e.g. try sudo modprobe video)?

[Bucic]

That's what I wanted to know, thanks. Still stuck with Ubuntu 12.10 then.
Yay, it's all the excitement of having a legacy card "will I get any more updates?" "will I be able to play this game with an old driver?", "when will I be able to use 13.04 or other future ubuntu versions?", but without having a legacy card.

It's like a legacy simulator -- see all the fun you're missing from being ignored!

Well said. That's why we should spread the word

http://askubuntu.com/questions/178636/how-to-review-the-current-state-of-open-source-vs-closed-source-graphics-driver

[vyrgozunqk]

I'm using Radeon 6370M 1GB hybrid GPU
and the driver still got the same lagg problems on Source based games!
2D rendering is kinda slow... for example - firefox is scrolling awfully slow...
Atleast some of the 3D rendering drops from 13.4 are fixed...


Anyway the situation compared to Nvidia is terrible... i'm really thinking of buying a new laptop with NV card... i can barely stand this...