Oh well, just got fglrx installed. At first sight there are no improvements: 3d and xv keep tearing, 2d is horribly slow compared to a non-compiz mode. Maybe I'm missing something?
edit: my kernel is 2.6.24 from ubuntu 8.04, and the graphics is Radeon 9600XT
edit: my kernel is 2.6.24 from ubuntu 8.04, and the graphics is Radeon 9600XT
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