I ran compiz-check script on 11.04 and it reports that the laptop is using vesa driver instead of radeon. Strange.
$ ./compiz-check Gathering information about your system... Distribution: Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop environment: GNOME Graphics chip: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility U1 Driver in use: vesa Rendering method: AIGLX Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system... [SKIP] Checking for hardware/setup problems... [SKIP] At least one check had to be skipped: Error: vesa driver in use Would you like to know more? (Y/n) Y The vesa driver is not capable of running Compiz, you need to install the proper driver for your graphics card. Check if there's an alternate (proprietary) driver available? (Y/n) n -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/544496 Title: [RS100] desktop became slow after upgrading to Lucid _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp