I think this is due to an incompatibility in fglrx 8.42.3 and xserver 1.4 and later. I'm not really sure, but that's what it seems from reading posts from people in the ubuntu forums and in phoronix.
-- compiz will not launch with fglrx driver - falls back to metacity https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173663 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