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Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11

From Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11
Date 2022-01-27 02:20 +0100
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Robert F. Crochelt composed on 2022-01-26 16:52 (UTC-0800):

> Older iMac, recently installed Debian 11.  Having system freezes even
> when running light weight environment like fvwm.  Starts with slow
> video, progresses over a few minutes to complete freeze.  Can't even
> shift to a different console with ctrl-F_.  Nothing in top (when it
> starts) to suggest excessive memory or cpu usage.  Tried to install
> nvidia drivers, but apparently not available for my GPU in Debian 11.
> Output from lscpu and nvdia-detect in attached file.
> I would be grateful for any suggestions.

As your attachment reports, the proprietary NVidia driver for your G92M [GeForce
8800M GTS] (rev a2) had its support terminated before Bullseye.

Is the behavior the same if you use Wayland instead of Xorg?

What does inxi -SMGayz report (run from any terminal emulator in X)?
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system freeze older iMac Debian 11 "Robert F. Crochelt" <rfc56@fastmail.com> - 2022-01-27 02:00 +0100
  Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2022-01-27 02:20 +0100
    Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2022-01-27 03:20 +0100
      Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11 "Bob Crochelt" <rfc56@fastmail.com> - 2022-01-27 17:30 +0100
        Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2022-01-27 17:50 +0100
        Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11 "Bob Crochelt" <rfc56@fastmail.com> - 2022-01-27 18:10 +0100
        Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11 "Robert F. Crochelt" <rfc56@fastmail.com> - 2022-02-15 01:40 +0100
  Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11 Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-01-27 06:40 +0100
    Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11 "Bob Crochelt" <rfc56@fastmail.com> - 2022-01-27 17:30 +0100

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