This is caused by the fix to bug #555906 (enable KMS in the module) Here's 2 different workarounds: 1 - enable KMS in the kernel This caused everything to be super slow 2 - delete or comment out /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf This essentially disabled KMS from the module Workaround #2 is what I am currently using and it is working well. I cannot live with workaround #1 which seems like "the real fix" because of the extreme slowness it introduces. -- Tarek