Installing Ubuntu's supported ATI driver fixes the problem. Can verify that with the supported ATI driver installed, xserver-xorg-d 6.5.7.3-0ubunt X.Org X server -- ATI display driver,
that matrixview and other rss-glx screensavers run much faster, not quite as fast as fglrx with xscreensaver, but perfectly acceptable. -- rss-glx really slow (only 1-2fps) since recent fglrx driver update https://launchpad.net/bugs/51576 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs