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This might be a problem with other flavors of Linux as well, but I've had issues with my Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 adapter on an HP dv9000 laptop running Ubuntu 7.10 - Gutsy. This is also using the stock installation of Compiz.

From time to time, I would notice my screen flicker black and then go back to normal. Every once in a while, the screen would freeze entirely for periods as long as a few minutes. Usually the mouse would hang, but sometimes it would move. I run the system monitor applet in the Gnome panel and it would completely freeze up. Most of the time, the screen would come back after a minute or so and then business as usual. Other times, I had to do the old ctl-alt-backspace to kill X and start over.
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