Ok, here is my Xgl patch. It does not really seem to have any adverse effects, but is a hack around what is probably a bug in the fglrx driver.
Misha ** Attachment added: "Patch for XGl to stop crashes on Mobility Radeon 9000 with fglrx" http://librarian.launchpad.net/4820286/04-xgl-fglrx-mobility-radeon-9000-fix.dpatch -- Open office crashes and takes Xgl with it https://launchpad.net/bugs/63830 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs