Re: Debian 11 freezes on Dell Latitude e6520

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Yes, backups are essential!
Thank you,

   mol



El Mon, 27 Dec 2021 18:30:28 +0100
Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[email protected]> escribi=C3=B3:

> On 27.12.21 13:02, Miguel Ortiz Lombard=C3=ADa wrote:
> >Thank you Matus.
> >
> >I'll try first Andy recommendations: making a custom live image is
> >out of reach to me, I'm afraid. =20
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> of course: more in-depth advices are usually better than advices how
> to find/guess the problem.
> just be safe and have backups.
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> good luck
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> >El Sun, 26 Dec 2021 17:41:09 +0100
> >Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[email protected]> escribi=C3=B3:
> > =20
> >> >> On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 11:47:27AM +0100, Miguel Ortiz
> >> >> Lombard=C3=ADa =20
> >> >> > Now, since Debian 11 was released earlier this year, I've been
> >> >> > testing its behaviour on the machine. Unfortunately, even with
> >> >> > the latest live image, including non-free firmware, the test
> >> >> > is not passed. The computer boots well and the graphical
> >> >> > interface (I tried my usual xfce, but also mate) appears neat
> >> >> > and working. However, after a few moments varying from few
> >> >> > seconds to no more than a couple of minutes, the system
> >> >> > freezes completely. Impossible to open a console, there is no
> >> >> > answer at all, only physical shutdown is possible. =20
> >>
> >> On 26.12.21 16:41, Miguel Ortiz Lombard=C3=ADa wrote: =20
> >> >The computer has 8 Gb memory, a lot more than enough to load the
> >> >image. The graphics are NVIDIA 4200M, with drivers provided, under
> >> >Debian 10, by the legacy deb packages. =20
> >>
> >> apparently this requires nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver and its
> >> dependencies. I have no idea if these are available on live CD.
> >> =20
> >> >Of course, I could try upgrading directly from Debian 10 and rely
> >> >on the backups if something goes wrong. As said, I did that for
> >> >previous releases... but only after having successfully made a
> >> >test with the live image.
> >> >
> >> >But you gave me one idea: I'll try the =E2=80=9Cstandard=E2=80=9D liv=
e image,
> >> >without any graphics and try to build from that to see what
> >> >happens. =20
> >>
> >> if you can make the live image to use nvidia-390x driver, it should
> >> work.
> >> =20
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