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[Brian Visel <aeon.descriptor@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know if this works for you, but:

Ubuntu has two types of release -- one of them is "LTS", or "Long-term
support."  I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, because I can have nifty
desktop effects and accelerated graphics, which I find both pretty and
extremely useful.  To do so, you would need to:

1) Install Lucid Lynx
2) Once you're at the login screen, log into a 'failsafe gnome' session
   (down at the bottom of the login screen, after you click your
   username, there's a 'session' option.  Change it to 'failsafe gnome' 
3) run the following command:
gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms-workaround.conf
4) type the following line:
options radeon modeset=0
5) Save, and reboot.

What it does:
forces usage of an older driver
What it provides an x1200 user:
Accelerated desktop with compiz
What it provides an x300 user:
no idea, but it should be better than the default.

I simply haven't had the time to push this issue through to xorg and get
it changed in the new driver -- I've just been too busy.  But there was
a nice writeup earlier about what needs to be done, if anyone can take
up that challenge.

-Brian

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  [rs690m] Graphics corruption with ati x1200

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