On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 08:24:57AM -0800, Bob Crochelt wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022, at 18:14, Felix Miata wrote: > > Bob Crochelt composed on 2022-01-26 17:25 (UTC-0800): > > > > > inxi output attached. > > > > Your iMac's BIOS date is about a month earlier than mine. Likely the only > > difference between ours is you have G92M [GeForce 8800M GTS] while I have > > RV630/M76 [Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT/2700]. If yours is anything like > > mine, it > > generates a lot of heat. Has yours ever had an internal cleaning? It may > > need its > > heat sink compound on CPU and/or GPU replaced. System freezes are a common > > symptom > > of overheating. Also, RAM is subject to failure with age and overheating. > > Have you > > tried running memtest86? > > -- > > Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, > > based on faith, not based on science. > > > > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! > > > > Felix Miata > > > Hi again Felix, > I've thought about cleaning the machine, and watched videos of opening one of > these up, and am intimidated by it. Looks beyond my abilities. Redoing the > heat sink compound probably is. I've lived in small rural communities that > don't have computer services readily available. I could look for an apple > place or take it to the nearest apple store, since that is closer to where I > live now. hard drive is old too so would probably change that out too. > Machine ran without difficulty overnight, and got through a teams meeting > this morning without problem, running gnome on Wayland. Perhaps that is the > way forward. > Tried to run memtest86 from the grub menu but it just seemed to sit there, > will try that again today. > thanks > Bob Crochelt
Hi Felix, thought you might like a little more followup. I wound up trying: apt remove nvidia* and I still have graphics, and the system is running much cooler. No freezes with fvwm, though gnome is still buggy for me, and I have trouble with it coming back to life after the screen blanks. I know your system has different graphics than mine. Best, Bob Crochelt
