This sounds like it could possibly be an issue with a memory leak, similar to bug 360319. That bug is also on the 945gm chipset, so these issues could be linked.
** Tags added: 945gm black-screen intel -- [i945gm] External screen blanks black/gray/white unless Framebuffer Compression is turned off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/193419 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