Comment 65 for bug 494699

Hey Rafal.
It's great to hear that you don't have problems with Ati graphics. But a lot of users really do. Especially new Linux users. Other more advanced users have struggled like hell, tried everything, and they still ended up blank. Thats a fact, and there's no stereotyping in that.
Surfing the net, you will find hundreds of pages describing those problems. Some of them new, and others as old as Ubuntu it selves. A lot of users with those problems turn to pages like this to find solutions, but the way things in here is described will only make them more confused (No disrespect to anyone).
Its sad to see new users (not using Nvidia) drop Ubuntu like a pair of soiled trousers, because they can't find solutions anywhere. Especially if other people have the answers. The hole idea in Ubuntu is sharing, and its actually really disappointing when users with Ati problems look for solutions, all they find is page after page with the exact same problems they have themselves, but no answers on how to fix it. If they are lucky to come across a page with solutions, it still does not help them, because its so badly described that only a total hardcore Linux wizard maybe is able to get something out of it. Considering that you got yours working, maybe you could be the one to change all that?
If you could write a detailed step by step instruction on how to make it work, that new users could easily follow, and put it on this page (and perhaps on some other pages too), a lot of people could really benefit from it.
As I told in my first commend I have been using Nvidia all the time, except on the old Acer Laptop which is running fine with 8,04. I have never had to struggle with drivers, and therefore I have no solutions to pass on to others, except if they have an old Ati card to try out 8,04 or switch to Nvidia. But there is one thing I can do: Speak up, and write about the problem (like in my first commend) on all the pages like this that I come across. I could of course say: I got my a.. covered by using Nvidia, so I don't care. But the thing is that I do care. I really like Ubuntu, and I want to see it grow. So I'm gonna continue writing till someone like you for instance who has the knowledge, write one or more really great instructions, and make them as visible on the net as possible.
Kinda hope for Jackpot this time.

By the way, I'm not saying that Ati is junk. I actually think Ati kicks butt. Especially in Windows (pardon the nasty word). Its just a shame that so many Linux users have such a struggle with them.

Kind regards.