OK, I applied the nodither patch (amd64) and reverted to using radeon(instead of fglrx) driver to test. It worked great getting to the desktop, using it now. However, I didn't notice first because I had set automatic login, but I still have the issue with huge fonts on the gdm login screen.
I found this old bug, could it be related? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/151689 -- [intrepid] Xorg fails to start xserver-xorg-video-radeon (CD_INVALID_OPCODE) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274234 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
