repeated system freezes starting today

[G.]

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:12 AM, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Ernest Doub <hideserted at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 10:26 PM, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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 had to switch over to Lubuntu.
>
> garyk

Would loading an earlier kernel help?  I should think not.


garyk