I just installed Houdini 10 apprentice on ubuntu 9.04 and I am having problems with my display. Here is a screenshot of what it looks like
Pretty messed up huh? Anyway, I am VERY new to Linux and I am still getting things sorted out.
Compiz is off and my wacom tablet is unplugged.
Video Driver: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)

I have downloaded the I have no idea how to driver package from intel but I have no idea how to install it. The web site said to “Please download the README.TXT, as it is not included in the package” but there is no link to that file. Here is the link to the tarball
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/confirm.aspx?httpDown=http://downloadmirror.intel.com/8203/eng/i915Graphics.tar.gz&agr=&ProductID=922&DwnldId=8203&strOSs=&OSFullName=&lang=eng [downloadcenter.intel.com]

Odd, it looks like it's scaled all the sub-windows by some factor. I'd love to offer some explanation, but that's just plain weird.

While browsing the intel download pages, on some pages it indicates that readme.txt is not available for all downloads. Guess your platform is one of the unlucky ones

Anyways, it looks like you can do this:

tar xvfz i915Graphics.tar.gz
cd dripkg
su root

./install.sh

and follow the instructions. Not having an i915, I didn't get very far into the installation

Note that Intel's drivers are generally not very well reviewed, so you may not see much improvement. You can try the MESA software drivers instead if it's still unworkable.

Hope that helps.

Here is the terminal return on the install:

shawn@shawn-laptop:~$ cd /home/shawn/Desktop
shawn@shawn-laptop:~/Desktop$ tar -xvfz i915Graphics.tar.gz
tar: z: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
shawn@shawn-laptop:~/Desktop$ tar xvfz i915Graphics.tar.gz
dripkg/
dripkg/CVS/
dripkg/CVS/Root
dripkg/CVS/Repository
dripkg/CVS/Entries
dripkg/CVS/Tag
dripkg/install.sh
dripkg/Cards
dripkg/GL/
dripkg/GL/CVS/
dripkg/GL/CVS/Root
dripkg/GL/CVS/Repository
dripkg/GL/CVS/Entries
dripkg/GL/CVS/Tag
dripkg/GL/libGL.so.1.2
dripkg/drm/
dripkg/drm/CVS/
dripkg/drm/CVS/Root
dripkg/drm/CVS/Repository
dripkg/drm/CVS/Entries
dripkg/drm/CVS/Tag
dripkg/drm/.tmp_versions/
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dripkg/drm/.tmp_versions/CVS/Root
dripkg/drm/.tmp_versions/CVS/Repository
dripkg/drm/.tmp_versions/CVS/Entries
dripkg/drm/.tmp_versions/CVS/Tag
dripkg/drm/.tmp_versions/gdg.mod
dripkg/drm/.gdg.ko.cmd
dripkg/drm/.gdg.mod.o.cmd
dripkg/drm/.gdg.o.cmd
dripkg/drm/.gdg_dma.o.cmd
dripkg/drm/.gdg_drv.o.cmd
dripkg/drm/.gdg_irq.o.cmd
dripkg/drm/.gdg_mem.o.cmd
dripkg/drm/Kconfig
dripkg/drm/Makefile.kernel
dripkg/drm/Makefile.linux
dripkg/drm/drm.h
dripkg/drm/drmP.h
dripkg/drm/drm_agpsupport.h
dripkg/drm/drm_auth.h
dripkg/drm/drm_bufs.h
dripkg/drm/drm_context.h
dripkg/drm/drm_dma.h
dripkg/drm/drm_drawable.h
dripkg/drm/drm_drv.h
dripkg/drm/drm_fops.h
dripkg/drm/drm_init.h
dripkg/drm/drm_ioctl.h
dripkg/drm/drm_irq.h
dripkg/drm/drm_lists.h
dripkg/drm/drm_lock.h
dripkg/drm/drm_memory.h
dripkg/drm/drm_memory_debug.h
dripkg/drm/drm_os_linux.h
dripkg/drm/drm_pm.h
dripkg/drm/drm_proc.h
dripkg/drm/drm_sarea.h
dripkg/drm/drm_scatter.h
dripkg/drm/drm_stub.h
dripkg/drm/drm_vm.h
dripkg/drm/drmstat.c
dripkg/drm/gdg.h
dripkg/drm/gdg.mod.c
dripkg/drm/gdg_dma.c
dripkg/drm/gdg_drm.h
dripkg/drm/gdg_drv.c
dripkg/drm/gdg_drv.h
dripkg/drm/gdg_irq.c
dripkg/drm/gdg_mem.c
dripkg/drm/sav.Makefile.linux
dripkg/drm/linux
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dripkg/drm/.gdg_drv.o.flags
dripkg/drm/gdg_dma.o
dripkg/drm/.gdg_dma.o.flags
dripkg/drm/gdg_irq.o
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dripkg/drm/gdg_mem.o
dripkg/drm/.gdg_mem.o.flags
dripkg/drm/gdg.o
dripkg/drm/gdg.mod.o
dripkg/drm/gdg.ko
dripkg/dri-I915.spec
dripkg/pkginfo
dripkg/agpgart/
dripkg/agpgart/CVS/
dripkg/agpgart/CVS/Root
dripkg/agpgart/CVS/Repository
dripkg/agpgart/CVS/Entries
dripkg/agpgart/CVS/Tag
dripkg/agpgart/linux
dripkg/agpgart/GNUmakefile
dripkg/agpgart/Makefile
dripkg/agpgart/agp.h
dripkg/agpgart/agp_backend.h
dripkg/agpgart/agpgart.h
dripkg/agpgart/agpgart_be.c
dripkg/agpgart/agpgart_fe.c
dripkg/agpgart/picker.c
dripkg/agpgart/testagp.c
dripkg/agpgart/testgart.c
dripkg/agpgart/agpgart_be.o
dripkg/agpgart/agpgart_fe.o
dripkg/agpgart/agpgart.o
dripkg/agpgart/testgart
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dripkg/agpgart-2.0/CVS/
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/CVS/Root
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/CVS/Repository
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/CVS/Entries
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/CVS/Tag
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.tmp_versions/
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.tmp_versions/agpgart.mod
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.tmp_versions/ali-agp.mod
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.tmp_versions/ati-agp.mod
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.tmp_versions/amd-k7-agp.mod
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.tmp_versions/amd64-agp.mod
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.tmp_versions/intel-agp.mod
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.tmp_versions/nvidia-agp.mod
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.tmp_versions/sis-agp.mod
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.tmp_versions/sworks-agp.mod
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.tmp_versions/via-agp.mod
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/Makefile
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dripkg/agpgart-2.0/ali-agp.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/alpha-agp.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/amd-k7-agp.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/amd64-agp.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/ati-agp.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/backend.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/frontend.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/generic.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/hp-agp.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/i460-agp.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/intel-agp.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/isoch.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/nvidia-agp.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/picker.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/sis-agp.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/sworks-agp.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/testagp.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/uninorth-agp.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/via-agp.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/agpgart.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.backend.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/frontend.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/backend.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.frontend.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.generic.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.isoch.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/generic.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/isoch.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.agpgart.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/via-agp.mod.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/amd64-agp.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/ali-agp.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.ali-agp.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/ati-agp.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.ati-agp.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.amd64-agp.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/amd-k7-agp.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.amd-k7-agp.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.intel-agp.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/intel-agp.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.sis-agp.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/nvidia-agp.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.nvidia-agp.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/sis-agp.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.via-agp.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/sworks-agp.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.sworks-agp.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/via-agp.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/sworks-agp.mod.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/sis-agp.mod.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/nvidia-agp.mod.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/intel-agp.mod.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/ati-agp.mod.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/amd64-agp.mod.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/amd-k7-agp.mod.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/ali-agp.mod.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/agpgart.mod.c
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/agpgart.mod.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/agpgart.ko
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.agpgart.ko.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.agpgart.mod.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/ali-agp.ko
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/amd-k7-agp.ko
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.ali-agp.ko.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.ali-agp.mod.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/amd-k7-agp.mod.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/amd64-agp.ko
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.amd-k7-agp.ko.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.amd-k7-agp.mod.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/amd64-agp.mod.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.amd64-agp.mod.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/ati-agp.ko
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.amd64-agp.ko.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/ati-agp.mod.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/intel-agp.ko
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.ati-agp.ko.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.ati-agp.mod.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/intel-agp.mod.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.intel-agp.mod.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/nvidia-agp.mod.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.intel-agp.ko.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/nvidia-agp.ko
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/sis-agp.mod.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.nvidia-agp.ko.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.nvidia-agp.mod.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/sis-agp.ko
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/sworks-agp.ko
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.sis-agp.ko.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.sis-agp.mod.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/sworks-agp.mod.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/via-agp.ko
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.sworks-agp.ko.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.sworks-agp.mod.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/via-agp.mod.o
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.via-agp.ko.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/.via-agp.mod.o.cmd
dripkg/agpgart-2.0/ali-agp.mod.o
dripkg/gdg/
dripkg/gdg/CVS/
dripkg/gdg/CVS/Root
dripkg/gdg/CVS/Repository
dripkg/gdg/CVS/Entries
dripkg/gdg/CVS/Tag
dripkg/gdg/gdg_dri.so
dripkg/gdg/i810_drv.o
dripkg/gdg/tmp.log
dripkg/kernel-modules/
dripkg/kernel-modules/CVS/
dripkg/kernel-modules/CVS/Root
dripkg/kernel-modules/CVS/Repository
dripkg/kernel-modules/CVS/Entries
dripkg/kernel-modules/CVS/Tag
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.108-default/
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.108-default/CVS/
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.108-default/CVS/Root
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.108-default/CVS/Repository
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dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.108-default/CVS/Tag
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.108-default/Cards
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.108-smp/
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.108-smp/CVS/
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.108-smp/CVS/Root
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.108-smp/CVS/Repository
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.108-smp/CVS/Entries
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.108-smp/CVS/Tag
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.108-smp/Cards
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-default/
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-default/CVS/
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-default/CVS/Root
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-default/CVS/Repository
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-default/CVS/Entries
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-default/CVS/Tag
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-default/intel-agp.ko
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-default/Cards
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-default/gdg.ko
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-smp/
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-smp/CVS/
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-smp/CVS/Root
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-smp/CVS/Repository
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-smp/CVS/Entries
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-smp/CVS/Tag
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-smp/intel-agp.ko
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-smp/Cards
dripkg/kernel-modules/novell-9-2.6.5-7.111-smp/gdg.ko
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1/
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1/CVS/
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1/CVS/Root
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1/CVS/Repository
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1/CVS/Entries
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1/CVS/Tag
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1/agpgart.o
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1/Cards
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1/gdg.o
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1.EL/
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1.EL/CVS/
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1.EL/CVS/Root
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1.EL/CVS/Repository
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1.EL/CVS/Entries
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1.EL/CVS/Tag
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1.EL/Cards
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1smp/
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1smp/CVS/
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1smp/CVS/Root
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1smp/CVS/Repository
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1smp/CVS/Entries
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1smp/CVS/Tag
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1smp/agpgart.o
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1smp/Cards
dripkg/kernel-modules/redflag-Desktop4.1-2.4.26-1smp/gdg.o
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.EL/
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.EL/CVS/
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.EL/CVS/Root
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.EL/CVS/Repository
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.EL/CVS/Entries
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.EL/CVS/Tag
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.EL/agpgart.o
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.EL/Cards
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.EL/gdg.o
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.ELsmp/
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.ELsmp/CVS/
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.ELsmp/CVS/Root
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.ELsmp/CVS/Repository
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.ELsmp/CVS/Entries
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.ELsmp/CVS/Tag
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.ELsmp/agpgart.o
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.ELsmp/Cards
dripkg/kernel-modules/redhat-Desktop3-2.4.21-20.ELsmp/gdg.o
shawn@shawn-laptop:~/Desktop$ cd dripkg
shawn@shawn-laptop:~/Desktop/dripkg$ su root
Password:
root@shawn-laptop:/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg# ./install.sh


DIRECT RENDERING OPEN SOURCE PROJECT - DRIVER INSTALLATION SCRIPT



==========================================================================

Welcome to the DRI Driver Installation Script

The package you downloaded is for the following driver:

Driver Name : gdg
Description : Intel 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G Driver
Architecture : I386
Build Date : 20040604
Kernel Module : gdg

Optional Information

Driver Version :
Special Description :

Press ENTER to continue or CTRL-C to exit.



DIRECT RENDERING OPEN SOURCE PROJECT - DRIVER INSTALLATION SCRIPT



==========================================================================

Select from the following options:

1. Install driver (default)
2. Uninstall driver

Enter reponse , or CTRL-C to exit
1
get_osname()










DIRECT RENDERING OPEN SOURCE PROJECT - DRIVER INSTALLATION SCRIPT



==========================================================================

The script will now compile the agpgart module and DRM kernel modules
for your machine.

Press ENTER to continue or CTRL-C to exit.


Compiling new agpgart module…

ERROR: AGPGART module did not compile

Compiling DRM module…

ERROR: Kernel modules did not compile

The DRI drivers can not be installed without the latest kernel modules.
Installation will be aborted. See the dri.log file for information on
what went wrong.

root@shawn-laptop:/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg#


And here is the dri.log:

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.28-12-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg/agpgart-2.0 modules
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-12-generic'
CC /home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg/agpgart-2.0/backend.o
/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg/agpgart-2.0/backend.c:68: error: conflicting types for ‘agp_backend_acquire’
include/linux/agp_backend.h:105: error: previous declaration of ‘agp_backend_acquire’ was here
/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg/agpgart-2.0/backend.c:77: error: conflicting types for ‘agp_backend_acquire’
include/linux/agp_backend.h:105: error: previous declaration of ‘agp_backend_acquire’ was here
/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg/agpgart-2.0/backend.c:88: error: conflicting types for ‘agp_backend_release’
include/linux/agp_backend.h:106: error: previous declaration of ‘agp_backend_release’ was here
/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg/agpgart-2.0/backend.c:93: error: conflicting types for ‘agp_backend_release’
include/linux/agp_backend.h:106: error: previous declaration of ‘agp_backend_release’ was here
/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg/agpgart-2.0/backend.c:220: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘drm_agp’
/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg/agpgart-2.0/backend.c: In function ‘agp_add_bridge’:
/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg/agpgart-2.0/backend.c:281: error: implicit declaration of function ‘inter_module_register’
/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg/agpgart-2.0/backend.c:281: error: ‘drm_agp’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg/agpgart-2.0/backend.c:281: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg/agpgart-2.0/backend.c:281: error: for each function it appears in.)
/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg/agpgart-2.0/backend.c: In function ‘agp_remove_bridge’:
/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg/agpgart-2.0/backend.c:301: error: implicit declaration of function ‘inter_module_unregister’
make: *** Error 1
make: *** Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-12-generic'
make: *** Error 2
make -f Makefile.linux DRM_MODULES=gdg.ko modules
make: Entering directory `/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg/drm'
+ ln -s Makefile.linux Makefile
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.28-12-generic/build SUBDIRS=`pwd` DRMSRCDIR=`pwd` modules
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-12-generic'
rm: cannot remove `/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg/drm/.tmp_versions/CVS': Is a directory
make: *** Error 1
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-12-generic'
make: *** Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/home/shawn/Desktop/dripkg/drm'
make: *** Error 2

I will try the Mesa drivers now.