This seems to be connected to #82195. I have got the same problem with similar hardware, although I don't know exactly since when the drivers stopped working properly since I rarely use 3d. Please check what you get when trying to load fglrx manually: sudo modprobe fglrx
$ lspci | grep -i vga 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) $ fglrxinfo Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". display: :0.0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect OpenGL version string: 1.4 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.2) $ sudo modprobe fglrx -v install /sbin/lrm-video fglrx FATAL: Error running install command for fglrx $ uname -a Linux 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux -- fglrx 3d rendering fails in kernel 2.6.20-3 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/77939 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs