Re: system freeze older iMac Debian 11

["Bob Crochelt" <rfc56@fastmail.com>]

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