I've read some forums and tried some tricks/solutions, but it seems taht the 'most effective' trick is to do this :
recently I tried to update the debian linux kernel from originally 5.1x.x to linux kernel 6.0.0
I think the command is as follows : "apt install -t bullseye-backports linux-image-amd64 linux-headers-amd64" and then sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y.
After the linux kernel update upgrade to 6.x.x, It seems that the 'crash/hangs' happen to occur less frequent . It's getting better now, not as frequent as before (previously screen can freeze/hang every 15-30 minutes usage or less). Few months ago I think the LMDE5 esd more stable, it never hangs/freezes.
Additional Info :
I've also tried some other ideas/tricks found from some forums:
1. not use LVM but use EXT4 (basic) --> I reinstalled my LMDE5 from scratch
2. try to change the HDMI cable (from my ATI-AMD vga card to my monitor)
3. reinstall linux mint DE/GUI
4. disable suspend/hibernate mode
5. disable 'hardware acceleration' on my browsers (Firefox n Opera)
6. change the linux kernel from 5.1x.x to 6.x.x --> this one seems to give the more stable result (for now , hopefully it will get better)
by the way my PC spec its a rather old PC 2005 built, DDR3 -PC1600mhz 8GB ram, LGA775 (Core2Quad)(4cores 3Ghz), with new SSD. generally the perormce for daily use is quite acceptable most of the time only around 25% of the cores are used. as for memory currently it's using around 3GB is used (I'm currently viewing a lot of webpages with Firefox). Bu I think if I close all apps, the RAM usage is only arond 1-1.5GB
"inxi -Fxxz" is swhone below below :
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inxi -Fxxxz
System:
Kernel: 6.0.0-0.deb11.6-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.8 tk: GTK 3.24.24 wm: muffin dm: LightDM 1.26.0
Distro: LMDE 5 Elsie base: Debian 11.2 bullseye
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P5P43TD PRO v: Rev X.0x
serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 0710 date: 11/04/2010
CPU:
Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Penryn rev: A L2 cache: 3 MiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 21334
Speed: 2000 MHz min/max: 2003/2670 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2000 2: 2000
3: 2001 4: 2000
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Juniper XT [Radeon HD 5770] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: radeon
v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 1002:68b8 class ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: ati,radeon
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz
2: 1280x1024~60Hz s-dpi: 96
OpenGL:
renderer: AMD JUNIPER (DRM 2.50.0 / 6.0.0-0.deb11.6-amd64 LLVM 11.0.1)
v: 3.3 Mesa 20.3.5 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801JI HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:3a3e class ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Juniper HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5700 Series] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 1002:aa58
class ID: 0403
Sound Server: ALSA v: k6.0.0-0.deb11.6-amd64
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: ATL1E v: N/A port: dc00 bus ID: 02:00.0
chip ID: 1969:1026 class ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8192CU 802.11n WLAN Adapter type: USB
driver: rtl8192cu bus ID: 5-2:2 chip ID: 0bda:8178 class ID: 0000
serial: <filter>
IF: wlx10feed12b44d state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.23 TiB used: 104.78 GiB (4.6%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HTS542516K9SA00 size: 149.05 GiB
speed: 1.5 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: C31P scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: V-Gen model: 09SM22AR256SDK 256GB size: 238.47 GiB
speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 8B0 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EARX-00PASB0
size: 1.82 TiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: AB51 scheme: MBR
ID-4: /dev/sdd type: USB model: SRT USB size: 30.22 GiB serial: <filter>
rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 52.47 GiB used: 15.17 GiB (28.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb6
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 499 MiB used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb5
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4 GiB used: 178 MiB (4.3%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sdb7
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 67.0 C mobo: 46.0 C gpu: radeon temp: 64.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3245 psu: 0 case-1: 0
Power: 12v: 12.04 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.10 vbat: N/A
Info:
Processes: 269 Uptime: 50m wakeups: 0 Memory: 7.77 GiB
used: 3.54 GiB (45.5%) Init: systemd v: 247 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Packages: apt: 2636 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4
running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.01
