Sorry it took me awhile to get back to this thread, I inevitably solved the issue and decided I was due for some much needed sleep. Ultimately my solution was like this.
First I purged all fglrx drivers by this method found in the ubuntu wiki
Code:
sudo /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh # (if it exists)
sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx*
sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati
sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
I deleted /etc/X11/xorg.conf, then rebooted my computer to make sure everything was cleaned up. I then installed the proprietary drivers from the repositories. After I installed these drivers but BEFORE I rebooted my system I typed the following into the terminal.
Code:
sudo aticonfig --initial -f
sudo aticonfig --acpi-services=off
Once my system came back up everything has been working great since. I also do not experience this "slow" performance in 3D people are talking about.
TLR Use the drivers from the repositories not the drivers from ATI.com... and make sure you aticonfig properly.
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