It looks like my problem is a different bug so I'm going to open a new one. I should say that my problems have disappeared when I used the mainline kernel:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.32/ -- [i945gme] Xorg crash on an idle netbook (Intel video): [mi] EQ overflowing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/507813 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