Yes, backups are essential! Thank you, mol
El Mon, 27 Dec 2021 18:30:28 +0100 Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uh...@fantomas.sk> escribió: > On 27.12.21 13:02, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > >Thank you Matus. > > > >I'll try first Andy recommendations: making a custom live image is > >out of reach to me, I'm afraid. > > of course: more in-depth advices are usually better than advices how > to find/guess the problem. > just be safe and have backups. > > good luck > > >El Sun, 26 Dec 2021 17:41:09 +0100 > >Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uh...@fantomas.sk> escribió: > > > >> >> On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 11:47:27AM +0100, Miguel Ortiz > >> >> Lombardía > >> >> > 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. > >> > >> On 26.12.21 16:41, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > >> >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. > >> > >> apparently this requires nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver and its > >> dependencies. I have no idea if these are available on live CD. > >> > >> >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 “standard” live image, > >> >without any graphics and try to build from that to see what > >> >happens. > >> > >> if you can make the live image to use nvidia-390x driver, it should > >> work. > >> > > >
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