[MC-35881] Texture issues: All blocks become black or invisible / transparent with active mipmapping when holding decoration blocks (AMD / ATI "Legacy" driver 3.3.11672 )

Moderator Note

Update to the latest graphics drivers (Catalyst 13.12):

AMD Radeon HD 5xxx .. 9xxx (will solve issue)
AMD Radeon HD 2xxx .. 4xxx (won't solve issue), but if you turn down the mipmapping in the Catalyst control center, the problem gets resolved too.
(Links provided for Windows 7 64 bit, for other systems choose the driver at http://support.amd.com/ )

All blocks become black when I hold some items, including flowers, saplings, lever, all rails, normal and redstone torches and probably many more.

Going to the texture pack menu and pressing "Done" temporarily fix this (until I take these items again)

Workaround: Switch off Mipmapping: Game Menu -> Options -> Video Settings -> Mipmap Levels: OFF

Some collected driver information from the various tickets with crash reports:
~~MC-36080~~ / Mosta

OpenGL: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series GL version 3.3.11672 Compatibility Profile Context, ATI Technologies Inc.

~~MC-35796~~ / Jan-Philipp Deutschmann

OpenGL: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series GL version 3.3.11672 Compatibility Profile Context, ATI Technologies Inc.

~~MC-35881~~ / Nykoload

OpenGL: ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics GL version 3.3.11672 Compatibility Profile Context, ATI Technologies Inc.

~~MC-35881~~ / Yoann

. ~~OpenGL: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series GL version 4.2.11762 Compatibility Profile Context, ATI Technologies Inc.~~
Solved by driver update:
OpenGL: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series GL version 4.2.12422 Compatibility Profile Context 13.152.0.0, ATI Technologies Inc.

Joseph Watson

OpenGL: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series GL version 4.2.11762 Compatibility Profile Context, ATI Technologies Inc.

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OpenGL: ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series GL version 3.3.10362 Compatibility Profile Context, ATI Technologies Inc.

Oliver Winstanley

~~OpenGL: ATI Radeon HD 5450 GL version 4.1.11079 Compatibility Profile Context, ATI Technologies Inc.~~
Solved by driver update

~~MC-36475~~ / wilbo

OpenGL: ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro GL version 3.3.11653 Compatibility Profile Context, ATI Technologies Inc.

Jeroen Oostdam

OpenGL: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series GL version 3.3.11672 Compatibility Profile Context, ATI Technologies Inc.

Matt Reinhart

OpenGL: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series GL version 3.3.11672 Compatibility Profile Context, ATI Technologies Inc.

Thomas Davidson

OpenGL: ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics GL version 3.3.11653 Compatibility Profile Context, ATI Technologies Inc.

Apparently this issue is affecting all older AMD graphics cards. There is an "updated" driver called "Catalyst 13.9" but the driver itself is not updated by AMD, still naming this ATI