After updating to ubuntu 14.04 daily build everything worked as expected, except I couldn’t play video files 🙁
Youtube and flash streamed ok, I installed VLC and ubuntu-restricted-extras, with no luck; each time I tried to open a video file Ubuntu would log out… until I installed xbmc!
Issue solved for now, and with a fantastic treat, I get to see Zombieland for the first time! 🙂