Wow, I had exactly the same "bug" on Gentoo and the following step saved my ass.
xorg-server: 1.6.4-r2 ati-drivers: 9.11 gentoo-sources (kernel): 2.6.32 >From the following kernel screenshot ( http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/HP_Elitebook_8530w#ATI_FireGl), I UNDID the kernel support, so it looks like: Processor type and features ---> [ ] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support [ ] Paravirtualization support (EXPERIMENTAL) Bus options (PCI etc.) ---> [*] PCI Express support [ ] Enable deprecated pci_find_* API Device Drivers ---> Graphics support ---> -*- /dev/agpgart (AGP Support) ---> < > Intel 440LX/BX/GX, I8xx and E7x05 chipset support < > Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) Kernel hacking ---> [ ] Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols I have no idea which one actually breakes things, will investigate. I decided to try disabling those options becase it worked for me with same system configuration but diferent kernel config. NOTE: 3D acceleration does not work for me, I will investigate further.
