Just curious about the status of this issue. I too experience exactly the same problem with my ATI Radeon x1650 on my fresh Gutsy install (as of 6. nov 07): I enable the restricted driver, reboot...and black screen.
The only graphics setting that lets me see the Desktop is 'vesa'. See my attached lspci ** Attachment added: "My lspci -vvnn" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10296877/lspci_vvnn.txt -- fglrx - gutsy - ati: Black Screen with ATI RV535 [Radeon X1650 Series] [1002:71c7] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146515 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs