Ubuntu 11.10 freezes

[EmersonH]

Hi, I am new to Ubuntu and I was trying to use it to replace a laptop's old operating system.

The laptop is a Gateway FX and used to belong to someone else and the old owner did some sort of forced install of Windows 7 over the Windows Vista that was originally on the computer. I downloaded Ubuntu 11.10 32-bit, put it on a USB stick, and used it to boot up the laptop and install Ubuntu.

Everything went fine except that the first time I tried, the mouse got stuck on the little circle/hourglass and the install window froze up except for the language selection and the line that lets you test your keyboard layout. So I had to hold the power button down to shut the laptop off and retry the installation. The second time, there were no problems.

After I had finished installing, everything seemed to work fine until I noticed the update manager telling me that there was something around 378 new updates. I figured what the hell and told it to update everything. After some time, it was all finished and I just had to restart the computer to finish the installations. Once I did that, I went to change the date and time on the computer and as soon as I clicked on today's date it just froze up and the mouse wouldn't move. I held the power button down (cuz that's all I know to do) and turned the computer back on. After about 30 seconds the computer froze up again but I think that time I could move the mouse. So now the laptop keeps freezing every time I boot up the darned thing.

I looked around to try and find people who had issues with their computers freezing but I am new to linux and have no idea what a lot of the code crap is people are talking about.

[sp-1070]

Try reinstalling it again and put youre time correct at the install and then restart and then do the updates and restart again.That might do the trick