Everything on the laptop works on 6.06, 6.10 and on the up coming new version 7.04 of Ubuntu.
For the Graphic card - Ati 9200 - I recommed using the OpenSource Drivers because the official ATI drivers - FGLRX - dont support this card's anymore and it ( the fglrx ) has some problems with this laptop.
This is my xorg.conf (only the important parts)
QuoteSection "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon R250"
Driver "radeon"
Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "NoRenderExtension" "false"
Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "true"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1680x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1680x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1680x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1680x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1680x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection
To activate radeon :
sudo apt-get remove xorg-driver-fglrx
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri
sudo modprobe radeon
sudo rmmod fglrx
sudo gedit /etc/modules
add to the end of the file :
radeonchange your xorg.conf, section device , driver to radeon.
Reboot and thats it :)
This will work with Beryl or Compiz , using AIGLX ( that is default on the Ubuntu 6.10 and 7.04 )