X won't start without LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE set.  Log file is Xort.0.log.sav
above.

I notice that Xorg.0.log and lspci identify my card in different ways?  Radeon
9600 vs. 9550?

>From Xorg.0.log
(--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon 9600 AS (AGP)" (ChipID = 0x4153)

lspci -nn | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
[AMD/ATI] RV350 [Radeon 9550] [1002:4153]

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Another thought... 

Not sure anybody needs to run Xorg -configure anymore, but I tried it to see if
I could learn anything and got the message "Number of created screens does not
match number of detected devices".  The configure process noted three screens
and three monitors, I believe my card supports my monitor and an external TV.