New Linux ATI Driver

Got the new ATI driver from here: https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-8-3-x86.x86_64.run

The number doesn't look right. It says 8-3 and the other says 8.4. However, the release data and the date in the documentation below is Mar 5, 2008.

However, readying the document here: https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/catalyst_83_linux.html

Seems to indicate that it now supports Mesa.

Since it supports the Radeon™ Xpress 1100 series card and mine is an 1150, it is supported.

The following packages must be present to install ATI Catalyst:

1. 
   
2. XOrg 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 or 7.3
3. Linux Kernel 2.6 and above
4. glibc version 2.2 or 2.3
5. POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications

Also the following packages must be present for it to install and work properly.

1. 
   
2. XFree86-Mesa-libGL
3. libstdc++
4. libgcc
5. XFree86-libs
6. fontconfig
7. freetype
8. zlib

OK