repeated system freezes starting today

[G.]

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 7:15 AM, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> gary
>
> Would loading an earlier kernel help?  I should think not.
>
>
> garyk


I loaded gnome 3 and used it for a while until it too froze up.


garyk