I'm beginning to suspect this is something to do with Debian based distros, as I switched to Slackware-current and am currently running 2.6.16.10 with the proprietary drivers and am not having this issue at all now. Perhaps my modules list is missing something that was causing the lockup, or there was something added in whatever versions of libraries the stuff got compiled against that's causing it in Ubunutu/Mepis. This has worked with the latest three sets of drivers from ATI, with only one lockup total in the last month that I suspect had to do with something I was doing in wine and opengl.
I hope that doesn't muddy the waters too much. If you have any questions about my current setup please let me know and I'll provide as much information as I can to help pinpoint the difference. -- [FGLRX] kernel drivers kills USB subsystem https://launchpad.net/bugs/41272 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
