as Ben Collins suggested in : https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux- source-2.6.15/+bug/46578
changing FBdev option to "true" actually makes r300 work... but it does hang occassionally and there are missing vertices and textures in tuxkart.(screensavers do work well). May be activating Fast Writes it does not hang anymore... -- [Radeon 9200] [Mac Mini (powerpc)] drm fails to initialize the radeon module, consequently direct rendering is disabled. https://launchpad.net/bugs/47762 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs