At least many of these problems are fixed in latest daily-live images (not Herd 2, but after that).
ati is not a "wrong" driver, there was just a problem with it delegating control to the radeon part of it. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released -- Wrong driver chosen for ATI graphics cards during install, Cant start x https://launchpad.net/bugs/60712 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs