diff --git a/hosts/FredOS-Eee.nix b/hosts/FredOS-Eee.nix
index d84c860..bfa0082 100644
--- a/hosts/FredOS-Eee.nix
+++ b/hosts/FredOS-Eee.nix
@@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ in
 
   # Firefox is marked unsupported on i686 (Mozilla dropped 32-bit Linux), so
   # WebKit is the only engine left that handles the modern web.
+  # WebKit's GPU rendering froze the box the instant bbc.co.uk started to
+  # paint (also on 6.12, memtest clean); NetSurf and the desktop, which don't
+  # touch GL, never did. Keep WebKit off the GMA 945 entirely.
+  environment.sessionVariables = {
+    WEBKIT_SKIA_ENABLE_CPU_RENDERING = "1";
+    WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER = "1";
+    WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE = "1";
+  };
+
   # NetSurf: no JavaScript, so news sites load as plain pages on this CPU.
   environment.systemPackages = [
     pkgs.epiphany