Happened to me reliably with my Acer Aspire One 110L, when watching movies with mplayer (usually after 5 - 15 minutes). In my case switching off framebuffer compression worked (See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video- intel/+bug/193419):
Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" Driver "intel" Option "FramebufferCompression" "off" EndSection -- [i945] spontaneous black screen (major pipe-A underrun) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/311895 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs