Removed all XGL, AIGLX, and Compiz related packages, and forced all xorg and ati related packagesto previous versions; I haven't experienced any hangs in the last 12 hours. I'm going to give it another day, and if things are still stable, I'll let the latest xorg updates reapply and repost.
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