repeated system freezes starting today

[G.]

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Ernest Doub <hideserted at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 10:26 PM, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 6:06 AM, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On 26 February 2012 19:37, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>> On 26 February 2012 19:02, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>> I received two separate updates.  One of them I noticed had some
>> >>>>> updates for Chrome.  Since I installed these updates both Chrome and
>> >>>>> Firefox have been freezing the whole system.  I have been forced to
>> >>>>> wait a long time and then sometimes I get a script failure notice.
>> >>>>> Sometimes I am forced to pull the plug to shut down.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Sounds like it could be a flash problem.  Any suggestions?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I am using Ubuntu 11.10 on a Samsung netbook with an external 21"
>> >>>>> monitor.  I do not know what other info might be useful.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> One of the most common answers is "keep updating and hope that it
>> >>>> goes
>> >>>> away again soon".
>> >>>>
>> >>>> How are you doing the update? What version of Flash do you have? Are
>> >>>> you running 32-bit or 64-bit?
>> >>
>> >> Hmm. That is the latest, AFAIK, and it's what I'm running as well,
>> >> with no problems at all.
>> >>
>> >> Do you use the GUI updater or do it the CLI way with `apt-get
>> >> dist-upgrade` ?
>> >>
>> >> I don't know of any problems, but I guess there's no harm in some
>> >> generic troubleshooting steps.
>> >>
>> >> I'd try:
>> >>
>> >> Doing an fsck on all filesystems (as root, do a `touch /forcefsck` -
>> >> ditto if you have a separate /home fs: `sudo touch /home/forcefsck')
>> >>
>> >> Clean out the APT cache &c:
>> >> sudo apt-get clean
>> >> sudo apt-get autoclean
>> >> sudo apt-get autoremove
>> >> sudo apt-get purge
>> >>
>> >> Check for & try to fix broken packages:
>> >> apt-get install -f
>> >>
>> >> And finally do an
>> >> apt-get dist-upgrade -y
>> >>
>> >> Then reboot and hope it goes away?
>> >>
>> >> This is all just generic housekeeping, really...
>> >>
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>> > Did all that, will see how it goes.  Last night it froze up during a
>> > playback of an avi video.
>> >
>> > I use the GUI updater.
>> >
>> > Thanks for the assistance!
>> >
>> >
>> > garyk
>>
>> Unfortunately the system froze up again using Chrome and Firefox.
>> Having to unplug to reboot a frozen system 5 times in two days is just
>> beyond the pale.
>>
>> Again thanks for your assistance and if you have any other ideas let me
>> know.
>>
>>
>> garyk
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> Sounds similar to a problem I had recently involving Firefox and some add
> on/extension incompatibilities after an update.
> They all involved flash video.
> Using Ubuntu 10.04 regularly updated and Firefox 10.0.2
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Has become so bad I has to switch over to Lubuntu.

garyk