I'm confirming this bug in Kubuntu 8.10 Alpha 5 Live CD.
I'll see the exact same behaviour and I too got an ATI HD3870.
For your information I have also seen the same on Kubuntu 8.04 when trying the latest xserver-xorg-video-ati from https://launchpad.net/~tormodvolden/+archive (xserver-xorg-video-ati - 1:6.9.0+git20080820.1cf7a549-0ubuntu0tormod~hardy)
The latest RadeonHD-driver (xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd - 1.2.1+git20080816.76272c54-0ubuntu0tormod~hardy) from the same place works though.
I'm confirming this bug in Kubuntu 8.10 Alpha 5 Live CD.
I'll see the exact same behaviour and I too got an ATI HD3870.
For your information I have also seen the same on Kubuntu 8.04 when trying the latest xserver- xorg-video- ati from https:/ /launchpad. net/~tormodvold en/+archive (xserver- xorg-video- ati - 1:6.9.0+ git20080820. 1cf7a549- 0ubuntu0tormod~ hardy) xorg-video- radeonhd - 1.2.1+git200808 16.76272c54- 0ubuntu0tormod~ hardy) from the same place works though.
The latest RadeonHD-driver (xserver-