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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #188720
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 188720

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joenix (woutersj) wrote :

I also had problems with xorg on a Radeon. Mine is a Radeon Mobility 7000 IGP.

What would happen is that upon loading GDM, the screen would go black, with some garbled output at the top of the screen. I did get a cursor and I could move it.
If I tried to kill the X server by Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, or I tried to switch to a terminal, the screen would hang, although I could still reboot using Ctrl-Alt-Del. Is this the same behaviour as you are seeing?

My problem was solved by installing new ati drivers from this page:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XorgOnTheEdge
Maybe this i worth a try for you too?

Regards,
Jeroen