I had the same problem on my Asus EEETop 1602. It looks like I could solve the problem by disabling the framebuffercompression in xorg.conf - like what jk suggested above (2009-01-28) -- I quote the details:
"Adding "Framebuffercompression false" like below did the trick. Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller" Driver "intel" BusID "PCI:0:2:0" Option "FramebufferCompression" "false" EndSection " thanks dirk -- [i945] screen goes black after a while with intel integrated graphics 945 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305227 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ 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