04 (Hardy) provides a notification saying that there are restricted drivers available. You just have to go there (Restricted Drivers Manager) and enable the "ATI ... hics driver". Ubuntu will then install and configure the driver for you. If this does not provide the optimal solution you were looking for, please read ahead.
After installati... === Post-Installation Tweaks ====
To enable hardware accelerated video on pre-R500 cards, edit '''/etc/X11/xorg.conf''' to incl... e>
== Method 2: Manual Install Method ==
Make sure ''universe'' and ''multiverse'' are enabled in your repository sources.
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