Well thanks for all your help ouroumov. I will try to reinstall and not update to see what happens checking versions of nouveau with inxi-G which I already installed a few days ago.
Been researching this problem extensively and as a newbie to the linux world, going on my 7th day actually with this wonderful OS, have learned quite a bit about linux and it’s it’s inner workings and find it fascinating.
This crashing video problem is a bit of thorn in my side I must admit…trying to tap away some of my newbie enthusiasm…but I just find this OS too good to give up on it.
Maybe Wolfman whom I’ve spoken to recently has some further suggestions or ideas as to a course of action…or anyone else for that matter if they happen to stumble on this post. I’ll welcome any insight.
One last question for you ouroumov:
Any recommendations on video cards models or brands that are more compatible and known to work well with UM?
Thanks again for all your help…