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There's a workaround by downgrading Xorg that you may try
This is linked to in linuxmint 14's release notes, which are almost immediately reached from the front page when you when to get to the distro.. That's why I can provide you with this link even though I don't have ATI or AMD cards.

http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/10/how-to-install-amd-catalyst-legacy.html

It's just about AMD saving money and resources. Blame them, and/or yourself because every one know only nvidia does fast and long term linux/unix drivers.

So why am I getting cognitive dissonance about the tune that John Carmack sings these days? Judging from the repeated success of Humble Bundle on Linux and Valve's credible statements, it would seem that, to put it bluntly, than John is wrong. So what's up? Intentionally wrong or inadvertently wrong? If inadvertently wrong, maybe the effect John detects is, not much interest from Linux gamers in yet another marginally playable Quake sequel. If intentionally wrong then what's up? Is John a closet Apple fan?

A clear and concise explaination for why they might ban Linux users. Only problem? Banning Linux users isnt whats happening here, and they have stated that playing on Linux will NOT get you banned: http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/07/blizzard-clarifies-diablo-iii-ban.html

We’ve not found any situations that could produce a false positive, have found that the circumstances for which they were banned were clear and accurate, and we are extremely confident in our findings.

Playing the game on Linux, although not officially supported, will not get you banned – cheating will.

I dont think Warden works properly on Linux, but then it didnt for WoW either, and that didnt stop it from working flawlessly. Blizzards games have tended to be shining examples of Wine actually working well.

only the initial complaint in the WINE appdb was from a FreeBSD user (who didn't even mention if he runs linux-wine or native wine) so Blizzard's "everything's fine on linux" reply is pretty useless...

A clear and concise explaination for why they might ban Linux users. Only problem? Banning Linux users isnt whats happening here, and they have stated that playing on Linux will NOT get you banned:
http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/07/blizzard-clarifies-diablo-iii-ban.html

We’ve not found any situations that could produce a false positive, have found that the circumstances for which they were banned were clear and accurate, and we are extremely confident in our findings.

Playing the game on Linux, although not officially supported, will not get you banned – cheating will.

I dont think Warden works properly on Linux, but then it didnt for WoW either, and that didnt stop it from working flawlessly. Blizzards games have tended to be shining examples of Wine actually working well.

From http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/07/blizzard-clarifies-diablo-iii-ban.html

"We’ve extensively tested for false positive situations, including replicating system setups for those who have posted claiming they were banned unfairly. We’ve not found any situations that could produce a false positive, have found that the circumstances for which they were banned were clear and accurate, and we are extremely confident in our findings.

Playing the game on Linux, although not officially supported, will not get you banned – cheating will."

For what it's worth to you, I've found that this solves my menu problems in the recent Ubuntu releases.