@Dirk Heinricks: Buying intel because they have the best open-source
driver support would be a good idea... if Intel cards weren't so darn
wimpy  :-(

I don't really understand why AMD and Nvidia keep releasing their
drivers as proprietary anyway, it's not as though doing it that way lets
them make more money. It just doesn't make any sense.

Anyhoo...

Hmm... according to

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages/legacy-
radeon_linux.aspx

they only say that they won't develop the drivers any more feature-wise.
They do say that they'll continue to release "critical updates", which
ought to include upgrading to allow for the latest X server. Maybe they
just haven't gotten around to it yet, even though they've upgraded their
more recent drivers, but if that page is anything to go by there's still
a good chance they might update the legacy driver eventually or even
soon.

But, in the meantime, the only workaround I see is downgrading to an
older version of X which is supported by the legacy driver.

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  fglrx-installer does not support HD2000-4000 "legacy" cards

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