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- Fri May 07, 2021 7:14 am
- Forum: Hardware & Laptops with LXDE
- Topic: Screen freezes on Thinkpad E575 (AMD chipset) Topic is solved
- Replies: 7
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[SOLVED] Re: Screen freezes on Thinkpad E575 (AMD chipset) Topic is solved
TL:DR version - setting the parameter TearFree to On (or True) in the screen config appears to fix it. (Thanks drooly for the ongoing advice, I've been using Debian for years but I'm new to this sort of thing). LXDE, Xfce, LXQt, IceWM and Openbox all freeze up after a few windows have been drawn - t...
- Sun May 02, 2021 8:17 am
- Forum: Hardware & Laptops with LXDE
- Topic: Screen freezes on Thinkpad E575 (AMD chipset) Topic is solved
- Replies: 7
- Views: 41999
Re: Screen freezes on Thinkpad E575 (AMD chipset) Topic is solved
Many thanks. The answer to most of that is 'yes'. :) On the E575 with the problem, I've currently got Linux Mint Debian Edition 4 (which, I've read, uses Cinnamon) installed in one partition, and Debian 10 in another, dual-boot. I used the Debian 10 + LXDE non-free (with drivers) amd64 ISO to instal...
- Sat May 01, 2021 11:05 am
- Forum: Hardware & Laptops with LXDE
- Topic: Screen freezes on Thinkpad E575 (AMD chipset) Topic is solved
- Replies: 7
- Views: 41999
Re: Screen freezes on Thinkpad E575 (AMD chipset) Topic is solved
Thanks for very prompt response, and apologies for my delay in replying - real life (TM) interfered. I did previously look at the journal (or at /var/log/syslog) but all I could see was the following: May 01 21:14:48 Tasha kernel: APIC: Switch to symmetric I/O mode setup May 01 21:14:48 Tasha kernel...
- Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:00 am
- Forum: Hardware & Laptops with LXDE
- Topic: Screen freezes on Thinkpad E575 (AMD chipset) Topic is solved
- Replies: 7
- Views: 41999
Screen freezes on Thinkpad E575 (AMD chipset) Topic is solved
Screen freezes on Thinkpad E575 (AMD chipset) [I first posted this in General Help but I think this area is more appropriate} I just installed Debian 10 + LXDE on a Thinkpad E575 (AMD chipset). Shortly after starting LXDE, the screen freezes. That is, the mouse pointer still moves, but mouseclicks a...