Ran "configure" and then "fix broken install" . . . the ran thru apt dist-upgrade and it appeared "OK" . . . then I ran autoremove and autoclean and again ran apt dist-upgrade . . . it showed "52 packages" to upgrade . . . half way through again the GUI crashed into blackness.
This time took a full minute before mouse came back . . . and back into GUI . . . .
Ran "configure" and then "fix broken install" . . . the ran thru apt dist-upgrade and it appeared "OK" . . . then I ran autoremove and autoclean and again ran apt dist-upgrade . . . it showed "52 packages" to upgrade . . . half way through again the GUI crashed into blackness.
This time took a full minute before mouse came back . . . and back into GUI . . . .