On 23/07/2021 08:49, Chris Green wrote:
On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 10:01:47PM +0100, Bev Nicolson wrote:
Not really sure what's up. A couple of times my laptop has frozen. Either the program won't respond or won't launch. I've had to do a fsck check each time to get back in or I'd be stuck in initramfs, unable to log in again. (My phone had not packed up so I was able to google this info.) Anyone got any ideas?
I've had a couple of times when Firefox has hogged the processor so effectively that it felt like the whole thing had hung and in one case I too had to use the power button to turn off and reset everything.
Do you run Firefox? It's Javascript from rubbish websites that causes the problem in my experience.
I do. But it was, by and large, OK till short time ago. My hunch is an update has caused a few issues because it's never been quite this bad. I mean I could use the off button but log in again afterwards. Here, I do the same but I end up in initramfs.
But which update? That's the question. How best to check?
Bev