I seem to have the same bug (EIR-error message on startup) and also cannot activate desktop effects with karmic (with 8.10, they worked, in jaunty, anything graphics-driver related was problematic).
-- KMS error message while intializing modesetting (during boot and resume) - render error detected, EIR: 0x00000010 [i915] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404064 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