well it seems that i have had some success.
this is the log generated on my last attempt to install 11.6
Package /home/chip/fglrx_8.861-0ubuntu1_i386.deb has been successfully generated
Package /home/chip/fglrx-dev_8.861-0ubuntu1_i386.deb has been successfully generated
Package /home/chip/fglrx-amdcccle_8.861-0ubuntu1_i386.deb has been successfully generated
however, when i try to run: sudo aticonfig --initial -f --adapter=all
i get:
sudo: aticonfig: command not found