Just FYI, there is a fix upstream for this, and the latest Ubuntu has a similar patch to upstream. I've also fixed / worked around a crash with overlay video after switching VTs. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/127101 -- Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!)