Comment 3 for bug 199776

Okay, I could now reproduce a freeze without(!) running compiz:
With the most recent kernel (2.6.24-12-generic) and fglrx driver 8.3 (8.47.3) try starting "glxgears", abort it (ctrl+c), switch to console (ctrl+alt+F1), start "glxgears" again - freeze!
This did not occur when using the standard "ati"-driver, so for the moment I will have to switch back to "ati" if I'd want to use 3d stuff without direct rendering :(
Regardless of the fact that the bug related to the fglrx-driver, is there someone out there who has found a good workaround for this problem? Maybe by changing settings in xorg.conf or by using a different framebuffer driver or whatever? Please help me out!