The thing is, it can't be the hardware or the network driver, because the problem goes away if I just boot in safe mode - it could easily be a conflict with one of the other things that are disabled then, of course. Norton may be (may?) crap, but it was already on the machine, and I can't get it to stay connected long enough to download anything else, since everyone uses the damn stub installer programs over a network connection. I'll poke deeper into the Malwarebytes and look for Avast to see if I can get a full installer DLed to an SD card or something...
(A live CD wouldn't help even if I had another machine with a CD drive, since the reason I want to use it is software that isn't available for Ubuntu. I have that via crouton chroot on my Chromebook.)
Thanks for taking the time to think through the suggestions and all, though!
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
(A live CD wouldn't help even if I had another machine with a CD drive, since the reason I want to use it is software that isn't available for Ubuntu. I have that via crouton chroot on my Chromebook.)
Thanks for taking the time to think through the suggestions and all, though!
--
"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows