awesome crashes with X_CreateWindow and fglrx driver

Awesome immediately crashes when I try to log into an awesome session or if I try to launch it from a shell. I am using the version from the Intrepid repositories:

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 cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 8.10 \n \l

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 apt-cache policy xorg-driver-fglrx
xorg-driver-fglrx:
  Installed: 2:8.543-0ubuntu4.1
  Candidate: 2:8.543-0ubuntu4.1
  Version table:
 *** 2:8.543-0ubuntu4.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:8.543-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Packages

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apt-cache policy awesome
awesome:
  Installed: 2.3.2-1
  Candidate: 2.3.2-1
  Version table:
 *** 2.3.2-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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apt-cache policy libconfuse0
libconfuse0:
  Installed: 2.6-2
  Candidate: 2.6-2
  Version table:
 *** 2.6-2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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Here is the output of launching 'awesome' from the shell:

W: awesome: xerror:139: fatal error: request code=1, error code=2
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request: 1 (X_CreateWindow)
  Value in failed request: 0x0
  Serial number of failed request: 151
  Current serial number in output stream: 462

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