LMDE 4 Debbie 32-bit hangs on rebooting

[logomage]

I have just installed LMDE 4 Debbie on this old 32-bit Acer Aspire 1 netbook, ran the massive update required immediately, added the User & Rubbish Bin applets & changed the background - and now I find that it hangs when I attempt to reboot it, and then I have to switch it off and on with the power button!

It powers off okay with the Power Off/Shut Down buttons in the main menu or the User applet, and boots up fine when switched on - it's just rebooting which doesn't work that makes it hang!

This appears to me to be a Debian linked or kernel update problem, as I had exactly the same problem before after (a) trying to run SparkyLinux on this netbook, and also (b) trying to run LMDE 4 Debbie with the MATE desktop on it.

Any help would be gratefully received with eternal thanks!

logomage

[hazel-bunny]

It would be helpful if you add the output of

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inxi -Fxxx

in your question. Just type it in a terminal & copy the output.
I had the same problem, but getting the latest kernel from backports and solution 2 from here helped me.
FYI, you can get the latest backports kernel by typing

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -t buster-backports linux-image-i386 linux-headers-i386 firmware-linux firmware-linux-nonfree

in a terminal window.