Yeah, it's expected that you'll get software rendering with that option turned on. It's a safe mode that can't use OpenGL.
Now that it correctly uses software rendering instead of crashing, I'll mark this as fixed. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- [xorg-edgers] X server crash with intel driver when using "shadow" option https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/640058 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