Het lijkt mij ook onwaarschijnlijk dat het met xubuntu of lubuntu beter zal gaan, want voor zover ik heb kunnen nagaan, onderscheiden die zich alleen van ubuntu door de eenvoudiger GUI.
Ik heb ook geen klagen over de snelheid van ubuntu op mijn PC, ook al is het een oud beestje.
lshw levert geen bruikbare informatie over de drivers, maar in de log kom ik een paar vreemde dingen tegen m.b.t. het niet laden van sommige modules.
[ 20.508] (II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
[ 20.513] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fglrx
[ 20.513] (II) UnloadModule: "fglrx"
[ 20.513] (II) Unloading fglrx
[ 20.513] (EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 20.513] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
[ 20.513] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
[ 20.521] (II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 20.521] compiled for 1.14.5, module version = 7.2.0
[ 20.521] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 20.521] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
[ 20.521] (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
[ 20.521] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
[ 20.538] (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 20.538] compiled for 1.14.5, module version = 7.2.0
[ 20.538] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 20.538] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
[ 20.538] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 20.539] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[ 20.544] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 20.544] compiled for 1.14.5, module version = 2.3.2
[ 20.544] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 20.544] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
[ 20.544] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 20.544] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[ 20.551] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 20.551] compiled for 1.14.5, module version = 0.8.0
[ 20.551] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 20.551] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
[ 20.551] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 20.551] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[ 20.560] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 20.560] compiled for 1.14.5, module version = 0.4.3
[ 20.560] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 20.560] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
[ 20.560] (==) Matched fglrx as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 20.560] (==) Matched ati as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 20.560] (==) Matched fglrx as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 20.560] (==) Matched ati as autoconfigured driver 3
[ 20.560] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4
[ 20.560] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 5
[ 20.560] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 6
[ 20.560] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 20.560] (II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
[ 20.561] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fglrx
[ 20.561] (II) UnloadModule: "fglrx"
[ 20.561] (II) Unloading fglrx
[ 20.561] (EE) Failed to load module "fglrx" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 20.561] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
[ 20.561] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
[ 20.561] (II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 20.561] compiled for 1.14.5, module version = 7.2.0
[ 20.561] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 20.561] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
[ 20.561] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 20.561] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[ 20.561] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 20.561] compiled for 1.14.5, module version = 2.3.2
[ 20.561] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 20.561] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
[ 20.561] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[ 20.561] (II) Unloading vesa
[ 20.562] (II) Failed to load module "vesa" (already loaded, 0)
[ 20.562] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 20.562] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[ 20.562] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 20.562] compiled for 1.14.5, module version = 0.8.0
[ 20.562] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 20.562] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
[ 20.562] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[ 20.562] (II) Unloading modesetting
[ 20.562] (II) Failed to load module "modesetting" (already loaded, 0)
[ 20.562] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 20.562] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[ 20.562] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 20.562] compiled for 1.14.5, module version = 0.4.3
[ 20.562] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 20.562] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
[ 20.562] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[ 20.562] (II) Unloading fbdev
[ 20.562] (II) Failed to load module "fbdev" (already loaded, 0)
[ 20.562] (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets:
Daarna volgt een hele lijst met ondersteunde videokaarten, waaronder de X1650.
Vervolgens geen foutmeldingen meer.
Ik kan hier zelf verder niet veel mee, omdat ik nog niet zo veel weet van Linux/Ubuntu.
Ik weet alleen dat ik geen extra drivers heb gedownload, dus de kaart doet het met wat bij de oorspronkelijke installatie is meegekomen (vorige week gedownload) en de updates daarna.
Blijft nog steeds de vraag of ik ergens centraal de hardwareversnelling uit kan schakelen. Alhoewel het na het instellen in Firefox nog maar 1 keer weer fout is gegaan.