Note that while this fixed the immediate problem of x not starting up, the bug reporters were experiencing a number of additional problems, such as a freeze up when switching to ttys, and missing some higher resolutions. I don't know if these will affect us, but if they do, fixes are pending for them.
Here is a .deb of the patch posted for upstream bug 12490: people. ubuntu. com/~bryce/ Testing/ ati-bug86072/
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Note that while this fixed the immediate problem of x not starting up, the bug reporters were experiencing a number of additional problems, such as a freeze up when switching to ttys, and missing some higher resolutions. I don't know if these will affect us, but if they do, fixes are pending for them.