I'm running 11.10 now with the stock kernel (at the moment 3.0.0-16) and never had any more (weird) problems, so you might want to give it a try by upgrading your system or try with a newer kernel.
I'm running 11.10 now with the stock kernel (at the moment 3.0.0-16) and never had any more (weird) problems, so you might want to give it a try by upgrading your system or try with a newer kernel.