I'm confirming this bug in Kubuntu 8.10 Alpha 5 Live CD. I'll see the exact same behaviour and I too got an ATI HD3870.
For your information I have also seen the same on Kubuntu 8.04 when trying the latest xserver-xorg-video-ati from https://launchpad.net/~tormodvolden/+archive (xserver-xorg-video-ati - 1:6.9.0+git20080820.1cf7a549-0ubuntu0tormod~hardy) The latest RadeonHD-driver (xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd - 1.2.1+git20080816.76272c54-0ubuntu0tormod~hardy) from the same place works though. -- Radeon Driver fails to load on 2 Sep daily https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264462 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs