Same thing happened to me on a Lenovo ideapad s400 running stock gnome 3 on Ubuntu 12.04.1. The System is a fresh install+gnome3 and fully patched.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1034260 Title: Desktop Freeze Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I worked in Nautilus, renamed a file, and then Nautilus window and whole desktop became unresponsive and grayed. I waited for two minutes and had to restart lightdm from the console. In the logs I've seen "[drm:drm_mode_getfb] *ERROR* invalid framebuffer id" line approximately when crash had occurred. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 with all updates installed. --- ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11 Architecture: amd64 DistroCodename: precise DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 DistroVariant: ubuntu EcryptfsInUse: Yes Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21 Tags: precise running-unity ubuntu Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic x86_64 UnreportableReason: Please work this issue through technical support channels first. UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1034260/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp