Tormod, it definitively does not work on the live CD, but for a different reason, see bug 94359.
Jean-Denis, what does this show for you? grep ^D /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common -- modprobe fglrx fails https://launchpad.net/bugs/93861 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs