Please try daily mainline-ppa https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/MainlineBuilds and you will need a special firmware http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/radeonBuildHowTo#TroubleshootingExtraFirmwareforR600.2BAC8-R700
This sounds like null pointer deference in init failure path that was fixed in 2.6.33-rc7 or rc8. Also firmware loading problem might be fixed in newer kernel. -- [lucid] HD3200 intermittently does not start, resulting in low-graphics mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/521260 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