[ubuntu-uk] 9.10 with ATI Radeon

[Dianne Reuby]

I've got a PC with an ATI Radeon Xpress 200 video - I know I've seen
comments in the past ATI isn't very well supported. Looking at the
forums and the hardware pages, though it seems some people use them OK,
and I've read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver

But when I try the LiveCD (9.10) all I get is a flashing cursor on a
black screen, so I can't try enabling the restricted drivers or checking
the compatibility anyway. Is there a way round this?

And is this an "on board" chip, rather than an actual card which can be
changed? (I get that impression from looking at it, and from reading
stuff on line.)

TIA 
Dianne