Comment 8 for bug 283765

The problem arises only when trying to install fglrx from the Hardware Drivers applet. If the packages are installed from Synaptic, the installation succeeds and after reboot the driver works perfectly, including compiz. The Hardware Drivers applet shows a gray bullet indicating a different version of the recommended driver is being used, the 'Activate' button supposedly corrects this, indicating a reboot is required, however, the status doesn't change after reboot.