Comment 17 for bug 109217

"Please try one of the "Static MesaGL version" from http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/

This will help us know if this is a OpenGL driver bug."

I used blender-2.48a-linux-glibc236-py25-i386-static.tar.bz2 downloaded from the given link and tested with and without fullscreen (./blender and ./blender -W).
Both worked without problems (except that it's a bit slow to draw the "about" screen, when joining areas or when resizing an area).

As for the blender installed from the Ubuntu repositories (Blender 2.46 (sub 0) Build), it works without problems too (and no slowliness) on Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10. :)

Various system info:
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$dpkg -l | grep mesa
ii libgl1-mesa-dev 7.2-1ubuntu2 A free implementation of the OpenGL API -- G
ii libgl1-mesa-dri 7.2-1ubuntu2 A free implementation of the OpenGL API -- D
ii libgl1-mesa-glx 7.2-1ubuntu2 A free implementation of the OpenGL API -- G
ii libglu1-mesa 7.2-1ubuntu2 The OpenGL utility library (GLU)
ii libglu1-mesa-dev 7.2-1ubuntu2 The OpenGL utility library -- development fi
ii mesa-common-dev 7.2-1ubuntu2 Developer documentation for Mesa
ii mesa-utils 7.2-1ubuntu2 Miscellaneous Mesa GL utilities

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$lspci | grep VGA
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350M
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