Comment 50 for bug 578673

Paulo: I get this behavior if i don't change the xorg.conf, you just have to create /etc/X11/xorg.conf _before_ of restarting the system with this content:

 # /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Device"
        Identifier "Configured Video Device"
        Driver "vesa" # Change this to the driver you want
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Default Screen"
        Monitor "Configured Monitor"
        Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

After that, disable kms (i.e, as root: echo options i915 modeset=0 > /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf) and th, th, that's all folks!

BTW, with vesa driver you can't watch DVD or high resolution films... anyway, you can undo this (i've done this weekend) to watch a film and then do the trick again.