Is there a reason why it doesn't start go through the boot process like normal, and before launching X, if it detects any of these cards, pops up a ncurses window and asks if you want to install the radeon or fglrx driver? It would solve the problem of installing a binary driver (since it gives the user the option of what to install, and can have a disclaimer and warning on why this is bad). This could also be done with the 2 different nvidia drivers as well...
-- X fails to start in dapper, edgy with ati X600/X700/X800 (control not delegated to "radeon" driver, "ati" complains about Mach64). https://launchpad.net/bugs/28925 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
