wings 3d freezes the system when launching

Binary package hint: wings3d

Every time I try to launch Wings 3D, it displays an empty window (with title, decoration, but inside it nothing is displayed) and freezes my system: I can still move my mouse, but nothing is responding, I can't click anywhere, I can't type anything or do something with a keyboard shortcut.
The only thing that work are the magic keys of the kernel, so I can sync my disks and reboot with Alt+PrintScreen+key
It is happening on an up-to-date fresh installation of Jaunty, where the Wings3D package have never been installed before, and where the machine's graphic chipset is an Intel 82845G/GL (with this card I have OpenGL direct rendering activated, but I can't use desktop effects and compositing).