After updating the kernel to 2.6.32-220.2.1 this morning and
restarting, the system locked up completely after a few minutes
browsing the web and I had to do a hard reset. /var/log/messages
shows the following:
Dec 28 10:28:36 KCHV5GC kernel: [drm:i915_hangcheck_elapsed] *ERROR*
Hangcheck timer elapsed... GPU hung
Dec 28 10:28:36 KCHV5GC kernel: [drm] capturing error event; look for
more information in /debug/dri/0/i915_error_state
Dec 28 10:28:36 KCHV5GC kernel: [drm:i915_gem_wait_request] *ERROR*
i915_gem_wait_request returns -11 (awaiting 115356 at 115242, next
115359)
Reverting to the 2.6.32-131.21.1 kernel solved the problem for now.
I'm using an old IBM Thinkcentre S50 with a Pentium 4 processor and
82865G graphics.