i run myth on my laptop too. got a FireGL V3200 using 8.24.8<br>
..disabling opengloverlay resolved the problem for me.<br>
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Section "Device"<br>
Identifier "device1"<br>
Driver "fglrx"<br>
BoardName "ATI Radeon (fglrx)"<br>
Option "DPMS"<br>
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"<br>
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"<br>
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