Thanks for the instructions, Wellmt, they did the trick.
This is what stopped me in my tracks when I tried Ubuntu about a year ago. I was able to get unaccelerated video fine on my ATI Radeon 9600, but couldn't ever get it going with accelerated drivers.
I just installed 5.10 and tried the instructions in the Ubuntu Wiki (link below) and they worked. So, my Radeon now has hardware acceleration. In case other ATI owners have this problem, I used the "Install Instructions for Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) and later" from here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI
You will also need to get your Nvidia or ATI card working with hardware acceleration for best results.
This is what stopped me in my tracks when I tried Ubuntu about a year ago. I was able to get unaccelerated video fine on my ATI Radeon 9600, but couldn't ever get it going with accelerated drivers.
I just installed 5.10 and tried the instructions in the Ubuntu Wiki (link below) and they worked. So, my Radeon now has hardware acceleration. In case other ATI owners have this problem, I used the "Install Instructions for Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) and later" from here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI