Same problem here with ati 9200SE card. Worked very well in ubuntu 9.04. I have changed to 16 bit colour to get wallpaper background to show while using compiz, by using a manual edit to xorg.conf. The important bits of that are here:-
Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Configured Monitor" HorizSync 30-80 VertRefresh 50-75 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Monitor "Configured Monitor" Device "Configured Video Device" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection -- Desktop background becomes black when desktop effects are enabled on GNOME and KDE https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/462436 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp