Noticed that this can be easily triggered by switching between text and X console few times. My current versions: # uname -a Linux Cerberos 3.6.5-10-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 31 20:15:15 UTC 2012 (cefb3b0) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux # rpm -q libdrm_radeon1 libdrm_radeon1-2.4.39-94.1.x86_64