Ubuntu 9.10 Radeon 9250 Help

[DonutFUN]

I have been experimenting with Linux as of late, but my only problem is that I can't get my main video card to work, When I boot it just won't load at all. ( I may have actaly completely screwed up the xorg.conf by this point, but i can just reinstall quickly if need be, i may need to for other reasons anyways).
I have an Ubuntu 9.04 CD and have updated to 9.10 which I would prefer to keep the most up to date version if I can.
What I've been doing to boot is switching to my on board video card every time I want to boot into Linux (dual booting XP) I have a screen plugged into both, but I really am getting tired of having to look at a screen that's about 2 feet to the right of where I'm sitting.
My hardware is
Compaq Prisario upgraded
2.5 Gb Ram
2.98 gHz Intel Pentium 4 Processor
160 gig HD + 500 gig HD
internal intel video card (128 mb ram)
Radeon 9250 (256 mb ram)
dvd, flopy, card reader, and I think that's all that's really important.

so how do I get it working? or even is there another Linux that may work with it better? (preferably installable within Windows due to the gaming I do I cannot lose windows, and can't format my other HD because I have stuff on it I can't lose)

[RedSingularity]

If you do a complete reinstall can you use the video card?

[DonutFUN]

No, I've tried booting from a live CD, and I've had to reinstall it before and it didn't work.

Just so you know since I am going to have to reinstall it I'll actually be installing Kubuntu instead (I think), but from what I've found the Radeon 9250 just doesn't work with any Linux on its own.

[DonutFUN]

I have installed Kubuntu now and the radeon video card still isn't working...

[RedSingularity]

Ok go to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and post it here.

[DonutFUN]

I'm sorry for taking so long to answer, I did install Kubuntu and tried the EnvyNG thing to install the ATI drivers, now it won't boot again, and I don't quite have time to reinstall it immediately, I usually have busy weekends, especially considering its Valentines day tomorrow, so I will reinstall it right away when I have a chance, also my internet has been going off at random for long periods of time at my house for some reason, so again I may not be able to, but I'll describe what happens more:
When I boot with my onboard intell video card I can boot just fine, but it only let's me choose 800X600, or 640X480, and when I try to boot with my radeon video card it hangs at a screen with the Kubuntu symbol, and when I press alt+F1 and it gets like a green line across it and just stays like that.

But i will reinstall as soon as I can and report back here
Thank you for trying to help.
Now back to my weekend!!

[DonutFUN]

So I've had a long day of trying to get it working, with other things, I laded up my Kubuntu, and it couldn't even find the xorg, so then i reinstalled Ubuntu and had to leave before I had a chance. I may be able to fit it in tonight, or tomorrow.

[DonutFUN]

Ok I finally got it up and running on Ubuntu 9.10, the Video still only lets me go to 800X600 on my onboard video card still, and doesn't work with the Radeon, so here is the xorg:

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

[RedSingularity]

Make the following section look like this, then try your card again......

Section "Device"
    Identifier          "Configured Video Device"
    Driver               "ati"
EndSection

[DonutFUN]

Now it still doesn't work on my video card, still locks up, and then when I try with the on-board video card it says its running in low graphic mode error