Sounds pretty messed up. Unfortunately the logs provided in this bug report don't indicate any errors pertaining to fglrx.
I would probably just bag it and reinstall the system at this point. Why not upgrade to maverick or natty? Can't be any more risky than installing stuff from third party sites... ** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/763001 Title: package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs