I have this problem too and have reported in Bug 430851 for Blender. Now I found this bug. My graphic card is [Radeon Xpress 200. I can't select objects in blender. My system is jaunty 9.04. I use radeon driver. When I start blender with console and try to select, there comes this warning message.
-- [RS482] does not work properly in 3D. Software fallback:ctx->RenderMode != GL_RENDER https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283058 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs