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** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Invalid

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-driver-ati
   Importance: Medium => Undecided

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-driver-ati
       Status: Confirmed => New

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-driver-ati
 Remote watch: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #20480 => None

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-driver-ati
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  [RV280 9200] Videos have very slow frame rate

Status in xserver-xorg-driver-ati:
  Invalid
Status in xserver-xorg-video-ati package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Trying to see full-screen videos at Youtube or at news sites, etc.,
  the problem it's that all the videos have a very, VERY slow frame
  rate, it simply can't be viewed normally... Annoying. Also, just
  scrolling windows in Ubuntu 8.10 (and in previous versions), sometimes
  it lags behind the mouse, stop and walk repeatedly, somewhat just
  spoiling the user experience in this OS.

  Yes, my Video Card is a Radeon 9200 / 9250 of 125mb and I know that
  ATI not longer supports its drivers for the X-Org version that Ubuntu
  currently uses, only until X-Org 7.1. So EnvyNG is not useful in my
  case.

  My hardware specs: Processor: AMD 2800+, Videocard: ATI Radeon 9200 of
  125 MB, Memory: 768MB of RAM.

  In Windows XP the videocard it's fast enough to see anything
  seamlessly. However, in Mandriva One 2009 as well as in openSUSE 11...
  Well, too!!

  Before uninstalling openSUSE 11 (because rpm is -far- behind deb specially when installing binaries not from repositories and sometimes even so) I did see the videos in openSUSE 11 at full-screen as fast as like in Windows. Nice! The whole OS runs seamlessly, without any lag. This OS recognizes the maker and exact model of my video card, which otherwise it's a quite common videocard.
   
  Then, I've also tried Mandriva One 2009 and (even just from a Live-CD session, without installing it!) I also can see the YouTube videos at full screen at normal FPS then without lagging at all other windows, also.  

  If openSUSE and Mandriva are indeed shipping with full videocard
  drivers support, I wonder if Ubuntu can do the same asap.. It would be
  really nice for the users and evidently, it's feasible as these other
  open Linux distros are doing it already.

  With Ubuntu having just this, it easily would be the best choice, and
  not only regarding Linux based OSes.

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