AMD has released Proprietary Linux Graphics Driver 8.35.5 for ATI video cards, including driver version for Intel EM64T and AMD64 platform architecture.
This release of the AMD Catalyst Linux Graphics Driver software suite, aimed for ATI Radeon, ATI Mobility Radeon, ATI FireGL, and ATI Mobility FireGL GPUs, introduces the Beta version of the AMD Catalyst Control Centre: Linux Edition to replace the FireGL Control panel.
It resolves the issue found on certain notebooks using AMD ATI GPUs.
“The screen no longer turns black if the X-Server is terminated from the text console. This condition was known to occur only on certain laptop configurations,” according to Release Notes.
