Ubuntu
fglrx-installer package

  1. Bug #366757
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 366757

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Authentik (newsham) wrote : Re: Display Preferences causes 100% CPU usage and does not open correctly

I have the exact same problem with ATI HD 4850. I normally don't use linux, and I'm trying out Ubuntu just today... a bit disappointed with the graphics issue. Without the proprietary drivers, everything is too slow (and I can't choose my monitor's native resolution), so really need those drivers to work.

On my AMD x4, I get 1 core at 100%, 1 core about 90%, and the other two cores idle. top shows Xorg at 100%, so I killed Xorg, X restarted, and things were back to normal.

By the way, not sure why this is marked as incomplete and tagged as needing Xorg log. A previous commenter attached Xorg log.