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joelw135
December 15th, 2009, 08:12 PM
I am running Ubuntu 9.04 with NO problems at all. I tried to upgrade to 9.10 and it is slow and has screen artifacts and it locks up very often. I have tried both upgrade path and new install both with same results. I tend to think it is a incompatibility problem with my ATI x300 video card.But if that is the cause why does it work great in 9.04? I am at a loss on what to do and how to proceed.
sanderd17
December 15th, 2009, 09:20 PM
With Ubuntu 9.10 a part of the closed source drivers is no longer accepted and no longer recognized. I'm also having problems with my ATI card. I don't have the symptomes you mention but I have to disable powercontrol (acpi) to be able to boot with the result that I can't hybernate anymore or view my battery status. It's only since 9.10 and I think the best solution would be to go back to 9.04 and try again with the next release.
joelw135
December 15th, 2009, 09:23 PM
With Ubuntu 9.10 a part of the closed source drivers is no longer accepted and no longer recognized. I'm also having problems with my ATI card. I don't have the symptomes you mention but I have to disable powercontrol (acpi) to be able to boot with the result that I can't hybernate anymore or view my battery status. It's only since 9.10 and I think the best solution would be to go back to 9.04 and try again with the next release.

I am back on 9.04 and guess I am stuck there. I can't understand why they did this. Screwed up everything.
presence1960
December 16th, 2009, 04:34 AM
I am back on 9.04 and guess I am stuck there. I can't understand why they did this. Screwed up everything.

It is not Ubuntu, but rather AMD/ATI as they have stopped all support for all but the newest vid cards. Complain to them about this.
joelw135
December 16th, 2009, 05:10 AM
It is not Ubuntu, but rather AMD/ATI as they have stopped all support for all but the newest vid cards. Complain to them about this.

I agree that ATI stopped supporting my card, but it worked in 9.04 so why did Ubuntu drop it? So it is in their ball park not ATI.
presence1960
December 16th, 2009, 05:34 AM
I agree that ATI stopped supporting my card, but it worked in 9.04 so why did Ubuntu drop it? So it is in their ball park not ATI.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzUxNA
presence1960
December 16th, 2009, 05:43 AM
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1314152
joelw135
December 16th, 2009, 01:22 PM
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1314152

I read the article, but is there a link to this unreleased driver?