diff -up xf86-video-ati-20101201/src/radeon_kms.c.da xf86-video-ati-20101201/src/radeon_kms.c
--- xf86-video-ati-20101201/src/radeon_kms.c.da	2010-12-01 11:55:56.000000000 +1000
+++ xf86-video-ati-20101201/src/radeon_kms.c	2010-12-01 11:56:24.000000000 +1000
@@ -809,6 +809,7 @@ Bool RADEONScreenInit_KMS(int scrnIndex,
     int ret;
 
     pScrn->fbOffset = 0;
+    pScreen->canDoBGNoneRoot = TRUE;
 
     miClearVisualTypes();
     if (!miSetVisualTypes(pScrn->depth,