Intermittent freezes with kernel-2.6.17-1.2302_FC6

[Joachim Frieben]

After applying today's updates to my system, an IBM ThinkPad T23, I notice
intermittent desktop freezes during which it's even impossible to move the
mouse pointer for 5-10 seconds. Running 'top' in a shell, a process
"events/0" is reported at the top of the process list with a load share of
about 80% after the system has become responsive again. Similar observations?