I would say that the first thing you should do is this:
make sure that in your /etc/apt/sources.list you have an entry that look like this:
deb
http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
Then run:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
This will bring all your packages up to the most current. It will also download the new kernel, etc. It will completly update your system. If the problem persists after this, then it is probably local to your system.
As far as I know, they're all based off the same system, but they all work differently.