On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 11:15:45AM +1000, Charlie wrote: > > From my keyboard: > > Just out of interest. In case someone has some experience like > this. > > Just over a year ago bought a Dell Inspiron 3593 laptop > computer. > > 1.5.0 BIOS > 610Hx23 service tag > Version BD 1-5-3 > > Running Bullseye. > > I have a Dell Vostro 1510 born or bought in 2013 if I recall. Given > to me. > > Only 3 GB of RAM but good enough, and running Bullseye as testing and > now stable. But I chose the Inspiron rather than the Vostro. which still > works flawlessly. > > The Vostro sold me on trying Dell, though I had avoided them because of > past problems they had. I think at one stage many years ago fried the > hard drive or something when installed with a Linux operating system. > So gave them a wide berth. > > The Inspiron was installed with Bulleye while testing from new.
Spoiler alert: there should be a point release of Bullseye about a week from now on 9th/10th October [and also a point release of Debian 10.11 at the same time] but this will only be a point release with no huge changes. If you have nothing vital on the Inspiron, maybe try a reinstall of Debian: grab a copy of the unofficial netinst including firmware from https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/11.0.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/firmware-11.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso [or the DVD if you don't want to have more software immediately available without network download https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/11.0.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-dvd/firmware-11.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso ] Write the .iso image to a USB : boot from the USB. I prefer to use UEFI when available: on this vintage of laptop, it's the default option, I'm guessing. I prefer to run through a text install rather than graphical if you can so that you don't run into graphics issues. In this instance, it's Intel chipset and video so the intel firmware packages should be used. Some newer Intel laptops also may require non-free firmware drivers for sound. A clean reinstall may just solve your problems. > > I just wonder if anyone has found anything like this, and is it > Bullseye, or is it hardware. The latter will probably keep me away from > Dell again. > It _could_ just be hardware but doing the above may allow you to exclude some factors. > It would be good to know. > > Just if anyone has time or is inclined to give me some of their > thoughts. > > TIA, > Charlie > > East Gippsland Wildlife Rehabilitators Inc.. > http://www.egwildlife.com.au/ > All the very best, as ever, Andy Cater > -- > Registered Linux User:- 329524 > > *********************************************** > > The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new > landscapes, but in having new eyes. --Marcel Proust > > *********************************************** > Debian GNU/Linux - Magic indeed. > > ----------------------------------------------------- >
