Public bug reported: The fglrx kernel module seems to be broken on systems running kernels 2.6.17 or higher, here's the dmesg output (partial) after loading the fglrx module:
[17180368.412000] agpgart: Found an AGP 3.5 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0. [17180368.412000] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 4x mode [17180368.412000] agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 4x mode [17180368.412000] [drm] Loading R300 Microcode [17180431.636000] [fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 432 MBytes. [17180431.636000] [fglrx:firegl_init_module] *ERROR* firegl_stub_register failed I can do more tests on my Gentoo installation to see if the problem was corrected with a patch (but it requires time because i'm too busy now). ** Affects: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- [Edgy] linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 & xorg-driver-fglrx - fglrx kernel module is broken https://launchpad.net/bugs/53354 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs