Jakob, To upgrade to the Hardy drivers, you must edit /etc/apt/sources.list and 
add:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy main restricted 

You can then download and install the driver from
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11082821/xserver-xorg-video-
ati_6.7.197%2Bgit20071227.bfa22d-0ubuntu0tormod1_i386.deb

It should automatically install dependencies.  You may need to remove the 
previous version of the driver by doing:
sudo apt-get remove xserver-org-video-ati

Unfortunately for me, however, I see no change in the issue and I am
still tearing my hair out.  To date, I have tried the following to
resolve this issue (with an ATI Radeon 9700 pro):

-setting the AGPMode in my xorg.conf to various options.  I can only change 
between 8x and 4x and the issue still persists under both modes.  I have no 
BIOS option to set to a lower agp mode and I can not force the card into AGP 1x 
mode
-setting BusType "PCI" (gives horrible performance and has still locked)
-Option         "RenderAccel" "0"
-Option         "MergedFB"      "off"
-Option         "UseFastTLS" "0"
-setting the agpgart size to 64
-both the hardy and gutsy build drivers of 6.7.197 from tormod's PPA
-disabling DRI and desktop effects
-cursing at my video card and trying about 60,000 other combinations

If anyone has any ideas, I will be incredibly appreciative.  My system
locks within an hour on average, and video/GL only speeds the issue up.
Tormod, if you have any ideas or insight toward this problem, I will
build several churches in your name.

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X freezes when compiz is enabled on ATI cards
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