On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Alan Cox <alan at linux.intel.com> wrote: > > > This happens _only in X_ and not on the console. My system and Xorg is > > very old. (Ubuntu 9.10). > > Make sure you have the framebuffer driver in use not the vesa one if > you are using an old X11. If you use the vesa driver then randomness > will occur.
No, I'm definitely on fbdev: "Section "Device" Identifier "GMA500" Driver "fbdev" EndSection"