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• graphical installation failed on ATI FireMV 2400 cards, although text-mode installations did work.
With this update the r500 driver is now installed by default for FireMV 2400 cards and graphical
installation now work as expected. (
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• on r600-based ATI cards (eg the Radeon 3100, the Radeon HD 3600 XT and Radeon Mobility HD
2600 Series cards) the mouse pointer could become corrupted. Note: this problem only appeared
in Beta releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4. It was not present in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
and was fixed for the public release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 (
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The following enhancements are also included in the updated package:
• the r500 driver was updated to match the upstream X.org ATI 6.12.2 release. This added support for
the latest ATI GPUs including the rs880. (
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• the r500 driver now supports the Xinerama extension, providing significantly improved support for
multi-head setups, especially those involving displays with different aspect ratios. (
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All ATI graphics card users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues and
adds these features.
1.245. xorg-x11-drv-i810
1.245.1. RHBA-2009:1391: bug fix and enhancement update
An updated xorg-x11-drv-i810 driver package that fixes various bugs and provides various
enhancements is now available.
xorg-x11-drv-i810 is an Intel integrated graphics video driver for the X.Org implementation of the X
Window System.
Note that this package provides two drivers, 'i810' and 'intel'. The i810 driver is supported for i8xx
series chips, up to and including i865. The intel driver is supported for all i915 and later chips.
This updated package provides the following bug fixes and enhancements:
• previously, support for switching between virtual terminals -- or between virtual terminals and the
X Window System -- was not fully implemented for newer Intel graphics cards. Users experienced
a wide range of problems when they switched, including: losing the display completely; having the
display filled with random, pulsating colors; receiving "out of range" or "can't display this mode"
errors; the system ceasing to respond; or the system restarting. Cards affected included those with
the G4X, G965, GM45, Q43, and Q45 chipsets. The driver now includes full support for switching to,
from, and between virtual terminals, meaning that users can switch safely without encountering the
problems that they experienced previously. (
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• previously, no man page was provided to describe the "intel" driver included in this package, only
the "i810" driver. A separate man page is now supplied for each driver. (
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• the graphics cards supported by the two drivers in this package overlap considerably. Previously,
this created confusion for users as they selected the driver to use with a particular card. A preferred
driver is now specified for each card, and if users select the non-preferred option, they receive a
warning that the particular combination of card and driver is not a supported configuration. This
clarifies the use of the drivers in this package. Existing configurations will continue to function,
regardless of the combination of card and driver. (
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