I've done some further testing with some of the git builds from Bryce against 
bug #210600.  These two along with the latest today:
xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.1.0+git20070625.ccac60bf-1_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.2.0+git20080102.0fd769b5-1_i386.deb

Sometimes the freeze doesn't happen for a couple of dozen tests then it
happens several times in a row.  The ForceEnablePipeA option does
eliminate it.  It doesn't happen with the i810 or vesa drivers although
the intel driver also has the spurious green lines shown when returning
from a VT just like vesa.

I have a theory that the two bugs are related.  It may be that the intel
driver is not initializing the shared memory area correctly and
sometimes the corruption is just visual as in bug #210600 and sometimes
it hits something important and freezes the system.

There is another issue I discovered - if I attempt a display switch to
an external monitor when one is not connected then the system freezes.
This also doesn't happen with the i810 or vesa drivers (although vesa
can't seem to make the switch).

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occasional hard crash on vt switch
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204603
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