Comment 7 for bug 478253

I have the same problem. My VGA controller is (according to LSPCI): VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)

I edited xorg.conf in order to swap to the vesa driver but this problem remains (that change did at least allow Google Earth to run - another problem I was having with the other driver).