I also have a Mobility Radeon 9000, and while the open source drivers do work, they are too slow. I have tried and failed to install the 8.28.8 driver directly, with the log reporting that the kernel module cannot be built, so a legacy driver package would be very helpful.
-- Older ATI Radeons not supported from fglrx driver above 8.28.8 https://launchpad.net/bugs/83145 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs