(Filing this a a separate issue as suggested by Bryce Harrington in comments of Bug #903831.)

With the -intel driver specified in xorg.conf (or without an xorg.conf so that -intel is used), booting Precise with the current 3.2.0-12 always results in a kernel panic. I’ll attach a couple of shots I took of two instances (although to me the panic looks the same in both cases).

This began within the Precise cycle: with the early kernels I was able to boot fine, although Bug #903831 did come up then.

I have yet to try 3.2.0-13 which has just been released. Once package listings pick it up I’ll give it a go and report back.

I’m able to boot by switching to fbdev in xorg.conf (the way I’m reporting this now).