Synaptic freezes after use

[Rosalind Mitchell]

After I've used Synaptic to install new goodies, it freezes.

This isn't a serious problem as it does the job just fine first and
anyway I can always use sudo apt-get, but

1) Is it just me?

and

2) Is there anything I can do to make it behave?

Rosie

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