Thanks for the reply. I'll assume (unless someone tests and proves otherwise) that the agp/drm updates fix this.
** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- system freeze/kernel panic with kernel 2.6.17 (probably due to via-agp) https://launchpad.net/bugs/53772 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs