xorg & ATI

[Travis Hagglund]

OK, I've been using Ubuntu for a few months now, and I have accepted the
fact that my limited knowledge of linux and the problems that the
developers have in dealing with proprietary drivers will leave many
areas for improvement on my desktop.  One of those areas is 3d
acceleration for my ati radeon 9700.  I am presently running Hoary with
the xorg radeon drivers, which gives me a nice dual head setup, but no
3d accel.  But now I understand that ati have released xorg drivers for
my card.  Are these the same drivers Ubuntu has available as
xorg-driver-fglrx?  I have installed that package but don't seem to have
any fglrx drivers on my system.

If anyone has some insight on this matter please enlighten me.

By the way, Ubuntu has helped open up a whole new world outside of
windows for me.  Funny how their name is completely opposite from their
"mushroom" philosophy.