Updates seem to make things worse, not better

[Carl Friis-Hansen]

Pat Brown wrote:
> I tend to install all the available updates as they come up through my 
> update manager. I used to be able to watch YouTube videos, now I can't. 
> And more often than ever when I am surfing to any kind of web site my 
> laptop will freeze. I can use Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to get out and log back 
> in, but the only thing that stays active is my network connection, 
> everything else crashes, and if I haven't saved my work I often lose it 
> too. I've gotten into the habit of saving often, but it's still a royal 
> pain that the patches not only aren't helping my system's stability, but 
> seem to be making it worse. I don't even bother trying to watch YouTube 
> anymore. I get nothing but blank screens and system freezes.

I have no qualified suggestions or diagnose. However, I have a hunch 
that it is not an update problem, but rather a network problem. It would 
interest me to know if you use wireless with a PCI card. Also, I assume 
you are talking 8.04?

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