It does seem to be this incompatibility between i915,drm modules and the kernel itself. I have downloaded and compiled the DRM modules and got further, but now there seems to be another problem along the same lines as what users of other distributions have faced and solved:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=975650 I guess the best (ie. quickest!) solution is to avoid the 2.6.24 kernel until its fixed in debian too. Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. www.yahoo7.com.au/y7mail
