And some additional info I forgot to mention: The ATI Catalyst Control center shows the following informations about the driver: Driver Packaging Version: 8.78.3-100920a-105558C-ATI 2D Driver version: 8.84.60 OpenGL version: 4.1.10665 Compatibility Profile Context This is the driver which was installed by Ubuntu 11.04 in System/Administration/Additional Drivers.