Installing the git version of the driver seems to solve the problem I had.
I had a very similar problem but my display was not unrestorable only when I switched to VT but also on suspend-to-disk, -to-ram, logout, shutdown, reboot... Systematically my computer hard freeze. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]