I have noticed a similar problem . -Computer- Processor : 2x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P9400 @ 2.40GHz Memory : 3566MB (833MB used) Operating System : Ubuntu 9.04 Date/Time : Mon 11 May 2009 18:35:25 NZST -Display- Resolution : 1280x1024 pixels OpenGL Renderer : Mesa DRI Mobile IntelĀ® GM45 Express Chipset GEM 20090114 x86/MMX/SSE2 X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation -Multimedia- Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel -Input Devices- Operating System ---------------- -Version- Kernel : Linux 2.6.28-11-generic (i686) Compiled : #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 C Library : GNU C Library version 2.9 (stable) Default C Compiler : GNU C Compiler version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) Distribution : Ubuntu 9.04 -Current Session- Desktop Environment : GNOME 2.26.1 -Misc- Uptime : 1 hour, 20 minutes Load Average : 0.02, 0.24, 0.31 Kernel Modules -------------- -Loaded Modules- isofs udf : Universal Disk Format Filesystem crc_itu_t : CRC ITU-T V.41 calculations i915 : Intel Graphics drm : DRM shared core routines binfmt_misc ppdev bridge stp bnep : Bluetooth BNEP ver 1.3 input_polldev : Generic implementation of a polled input device joydev : Joystick device interfaces lp parport snd_hda_intel : Intel HDA driver snd_pcm_oss : PCM OSS emulation for ALSA. snd_mixer_oss : Mixer OSS emulation for ALSA. arc4 : ARC4 Cipher Algorithm snd_pcm : Midlevel PCM code for ALSA. ecb : ECB block cipher algorithm snd_seq_dummy : ALSA sequencer MIDI-through client snd_seq_oss : OSS-compatible sequencer module snd_seq_midi : Advanced Linux Sound Architecture sequencer MIDI synth. snd_rawmidi : Midlevel RawMidi code for ALSA. snd_seq_midi_event : MIDI byte <-> sequencer event coder snd_seq : Advanced Linux Sound Architecture sequencer. iwlagn : Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux iwlcore : iwl core snd_timer : ALSA timer interface snd_seq_device : ALSA sequencer device management led_class : LED Class Interface snd : Advanced Linux Sound Architecture driver for soundcards. btusb : Generic Bluetooth USB driver ver 0.3 mac80211 : IEEE 802.11 subsystem hid_logitech sdhci_pci : Secure Digital Host Controller Interface PCI driver soundcore : Core sound module psmouse : PS/2 mouse driver uvcvideo : USB Video Class driver ff_memless : Force feedback support for memoryless devices dcdbas : Dell Systems Management Base Driver (version 5.6.0-3.2) sdhci : Secure Digital Host Controller Interface core driver snd_page_alloc : Memory allocator for ALSA system. serio_raw : Raw serio driver intel_agp pcspkr : PC Speaker beeper driver cfg80211 : wireless configuration support compat_ioctl32 videodev : Device registrar for Video4Linux drivers v2 iTCO_wdt : Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver iTCO_vendor_support : Intel TCO Vendor Specific WatchDog Timer Driver Support agpgart : AGP GART driver v4l1_compat : v4l(1) compatibility layer for v4l2 drivers. usbhid : USB HID core driver video : ACPI Video Driver output : Display Output Switcher Lowlevel Control Abstraction ohci1394 : Driver for PCI OHCI IEEE-1394 controllers ieee1394 e1000e : Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver fbcon tileblit : Tile Blitting Operation font : Console Fonts bitblit : Bit Blitting Operation softcursor : Generic software cursor Display ------- -Display- Resolution : 1280x1024 pixels Vendor : The X.Org Foundation Version : 1.6.0 -Monitors- Monitor 0 : 1280x1024 pixels -Extensions- BIG-REQUESTS Composite DAMAGE DOUBLE-BUFFER DPMS DRI2 GLX Generic Event Extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER MIT-SHM RANDR RECORD RENDER SECURITY SGI-GLX SHAPE SYNC X-Resource XC-MISC XFIXES XFree86-DGA XFree86-VidModeExtension XINERAMA XInputExtension XKEYBOARD XTEST XVideo -OpenGL- Vendor : Tungsten Graphics, Inc Renderer : Mesa DRI Mobile IntelĀ® GM45 Express Chipset GEM 20090114 x86/MMX/SSE2 Version : 2.1 Mesa 7.5-rc1 Direct Rendering : Yes