I finally had a reply through Ubuntu forums. User sbraz commented
"ati card here, hugin works. ubuntu 10.10, fglrx 11-4, installed from repo (2010.0.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1)."
So it seems that the preview failure is not common to all ATI cards.
I finally had a reply through Ubuntu forums.
User sbraz commented
"ati card here, hugin works. 0+dfsg- 3ubuntu1) ."
ubuntu 10.10, fglrx 11-4, installed from repo (2010.0.
So it seems that the preview failure is not common to all ATI cards.