Status of ATI video on Ubuntu

Thu Mar 19 22:29:50 UTC 2009

On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 10:30 -0400, Rashkae wrote:
> What is the status of Open Source ATI drivers in Ubuntu?  I don't
> really care at all about 3D acceleration in Linux, but care a great
> deal about video playback. 

I'm using the ati driver in Jaunty, running a Radeon X1300 mobile. I
must say that using video is not that great. Totem in particular needs a
lot of CPU. I'm looking forward to fglrx working again (currently broken
due to new X version)