Nope, new kernel didn't help; it actually made things worse. I've attached my dmesg showing the BUG message. When booting I end up seeing the text output from the boot process with a mouse cursor on top of it. If it switch to another VT then back to VT 7 everything paints correctly.
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Natty) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/702090 Title: i965gm GPU lockup if vesafb is left loaded (EIR: 0x00000010 PGTBL_ER: 0x00000100) - *ERROR* EIR stuck: 0x00000010, masking _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp