On Wed, Jan 26, 2022, at 17:09, Felix Miata wrote:
> 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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> Felix Miata
>
Thanks for the prompt reply. I've not tried Wayland, have been happy with X
till now.
inxi output attached.
Bob
System:
Kernel: 5.10.0-11-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-11-amd64
root=UUID=c7496441-0106-499d-b623-032f6c08fe85 ro quiet
Desktop: FVWM 2.6.8 dm: startx Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Apple product: iMac8,1 v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
Chassis: type: 13 v: Mac-F227BEC8 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Apple model: Mac-F227BEC8 v: PVT serial: <filter> UEFI: Apple
v: IM81.88Z.00C1.B00.0802091538 date: 02/09/08
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA G92M [GeForce 8800M GTS] vendor: Apple driver: N/A
alternate: nvidia bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:0609 class ID: 0300
Device-2: Apple Built-in iSight type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 7-4:2
chip ID: 05ac:8502 class ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: nouveau,vesa
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting alternate: nv display ID: :1 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x318mm (20.0x12.5")
s-diag: 599mm (23.6")
Monitor-1: default res: 1920x1200 hz: 77
OpenGL: renderer: N/A v: N/A direct render: N/A
