Thanks man! :) I confirm I had exactly the same issue and got fixed with cro workaround. fglrx driver driver is now working with Ubuntu 8.10 in dual head fashion.
fglrxinfo outputs: display: :0.0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc. OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT OpenGL version string: 2.1.8087 Release The only difference after removing execution rights to vboxdrv is the output of dkms status, which for vboxdrv is "installed" instead of "added": vboxdrv, 1.6.2, 2.6.24-19-generic, i686: installed fglrx, 8-4, 2.6.24-19-generic, i686: built fglrx, 8.543, 2.6.27-7-generic, i686: installed -- 8.543 Crashes on login screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284505 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs