Yes, the new version of the driver was put in just _after_ herd 2. Try eg. newest daily like http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/20070114 /feisty-desktop-i386.iso
-- 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