Automatic Upgrade 3.0.4 and plugins

I finally found the time to update to 3.0.4 from 3.0.2 and the automatic update is not working. It brings you to the connection information and I enter the FTP info (Maybe i am not entering the ftp address correctly?) but when i enter the information it sits and then goes to a blank screen.

I finally bit the bullet and updated wordpress manually but don’t want to update the plugins manually. When I try to update a plugin automatically I get the same situation that I was having on the program.

I can’t find anything helpful online or in ww.wp.xz.cn

Does anyone have the answer to fixing the automatic update?