Comment 75 for bug 284408

AMD seems to think this should work, I'm away from my linux box to check package dependencies.

The release notes for 8.12 state
"
Support for New Linux Operating Systems
This release of ATI Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following new
operating system:
• Ubuntu 8.10 support – early look
"

with requirements:

"
System Requirements
Before attempting to install the ATI Catalyst™ Linux software suite, the following
software must be installed:
• XOrg 6.8, 6.9, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 or 7.4
• Linux Kernel 2.6 and above
• glibc version 2.2 or 2.3
• POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications
For best performance and ease of use, AMD recommends the following:
• Kernel module build environment
• Kernel source code include either the Kernel Source or Kernel Headers
packages
• The RPM utility should be installed and configured correctly on your system,
if you intend to install via RPM packages
• The following packages must be installed in order for the ATI Catalyst™
Linux driver to install and work properly:
• XFree86-Mesa-libGL
• libstdc++
• libgcc
• XFree86-libs
• fontconfig
• freetype
• zlib
"