I can confirm this problem on my Thinkpad E130 (Core i3, Sandybridge) with 3.2.46-1~bpo60+1 from squeeze-backports. For me the easiest way to trigger a complete freeze of the graphics is moving my mouse courser fast over the animated icons of avant-window-navigator a few times.
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