diff -up xf86-video-intel-2.13.901/src/intel_display.c.jx xf86-video-intel-2.13.901/src/intel_display.c
--- xf86-video-intel-2.13.901/src/intel_display.c.jx	2010-11-15 15:29:08.198441005 -0500
+++ xf86-video-intel-2.13.901/src/intel_display.c	2010-11-15 15:30:45.987441742 -0500
@@ -1546,10 +1546,14 @@ Bool intel_mode_pre_init(ScrnInfoPtr scr
 	gp.value = &has_flipping;
 	(void)drmCommandWriteRead(intel->drmSubFD, DRM_I915_GETPARAM, &gp,
 				  sizeof(gp));
+        xf86DrvMsg(scrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO,
+                   "Pageflipping %s in kernel, %s disabled in X\n",
+                   has_flipping ? "enabled" : "disabled",
+                   has_flipping ? "but" : "and");
 	if (has_flipping) {
 		xf86DrvMsg(scrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO,
-			   "Kernel page flipping support detected, enabling\n");
-		intel->use_pageflipping = TRUE;
+			   "Don't panic: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/588421\n");
+		intel->use_pageflipping = FALSE;
 
 		mode->event_context.version = DRM_EVENT_CONTEXT_VERSION;
 		mode->event_context.vblank_handler = intel_vblank_handler;
@@ -1563,7 +1567,7 @@ Bool intel_mode_pre_init(ScrnInfoPtr scr
 void
 intel_mode_init(struct intel_screen_private *intel)
 {
-	if (intel->use_pageflipping) {
+	if (intel->use_pageflipping || 1) {
 		struct intel_mode *mode = intel->modes;
 
 		/* We need to re-register the mode->fd for the synchronisation
diff -up xf86-video-intel-2.13.901/src/intel_dri.c.jx xf86-video-intel-2.13.901/src/intel_dri.c
--- xf86-video-intel-2.13.901/src/intel_dri.c.jx	2010-10-13 20:19:18.000000000 -0400
+++ xf86-video-intel-2.13.901/src/intel_dri.c	2010-11-15 15:29:08.209441005 -0500
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ Bool I830DRI2ScreenInit(ScreenPtr screen
 
 	info.CopyRegion = I830DRI2CopyRegion;
 #if DRI2INFOREC_VERSION >= 4
-	if (intel->use_pageflipping) {
+	if (intel->use_pageflipping || 1) {
 	    info.version = 4;
 	    info.ScheduleSwap = I830DRI2ScheduleSwap;
 	    info.GetMSC = I830DRI2GetMSC;