Since there's not really been any notable testing work done on this bug report in over a year I'm closing out the bug.
Unfortunately, upstream is limiting support for i865 chips and it's definitely true that there are stability issues. I think it is probably best if issues with i865 be reported upstream at bugs.freedesktop.org. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/407587 Title: [i865] pretty unstable -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs