Steve, sorry for the late reply, was away from my main machine. Apparently that fixed it! Added the line and voila, it booted without the fglrx driver.
I don't see what are you guys talking about the degraded boot experience? When it boots it still shows the Ubuntu logo and the dots under it, then transitions smoothly to the desktop (I have autologin on) . -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/975931 Title: purple screen freeze with AMD 6850 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-gfxpayload-lists/+bug/975931/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs