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Debian 12 w/ KDE Plasma 5.27.

Debian 12 (KDE Plasma 5.27)

Having Steam open causes my laptop to hit TJmax within a few seconds, is this normal on an old laptop? Clevo NP650SE w/ i7m CPU and a 970M GPU.

Wow, and it still doesn't work!

or
add to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT

Would using either of these by editing the Grub file have any detrimental effects on the system?

Using:
sudo shutdown -hP now

It didn't power off just sat like this for 15 minutes https://bashify.io/img/d072a9e313ac065ba8b7013f79656c1d until I had to hold the power button to power it off.

This is what ChatGPT is telling me:

The image you referenced shows a system process hanging during shutdown or restart in Debian 12 with KDE Plasma. The system appears to be stuck at the "Reached target Power-Off" stage.
This usually indicates an issue with the system failing to complete the ...

The shutdown failed again with those commands. It also fails when I use the 'start menu'
https://bashify.io/i/xartbe Image of the part of the reboot where it hangs.


sudo ps -e | grep -E 'sddm|gdm|lightdm|lxdm' returns:
1329 ? 00:00:00 sddm
1713 ? 00:00:00 sddm-helper

I'm assuming that means yes to the SDDM.

I really don't think it's the mouse as it sometimes works and I never remove the mouse. I think it has something to do with leaving the lid closed for long periods of time because I ...

It boots it just doesn't shutdown/restart. I have to power it off with the the power button. Not sure exactly how restart works but it appears it's freezing/stopping during the 'shutdown phase' not the 'booting phase'

The only USB device is a logitech G502 mouse. (On laptop) If I power it off manually then turn it back on and log in then initiate a restart it works, but if I leave it on and use it for a while including closing the lid for a while and coming back I can no longer restart it from ...

It never did this before, I suspect it had something to do with the nvidia driver install or psensors because it was working before, I can't remember everything I change or when the issue first started.

This is where it stops: https://bashify.io/i/JHMRoe

Should I change the grub file line to:
instead of: Will doing that have any negative effects?

ruwolf wrote: 2024-08-15 06:10 How many GiB of RAM are there?

8GB

KDE Plasma preferably, that's what I use on my 2014 Clevo laptop. Im not sure if KDE will be too "heavy" for the Macbook Air tho.

what package make good experince on old macbook?

It's not that user wasn't in the sudoers file there was no sudo file. Although I ran into that issue later. I'm pretty sure I didn't even have the sudo package(s) I chose XFCE for DE. Anyway I think Downloading a complete Debian image (4.7GB) would have worked better.

The problem was it wouldn't connect to my internet through the wifi so I wasn't able to install all the packages. (Even though other distros worked) I used ethernet connection and it was a breeze. Currently running Debian+KDE ...

I am currently using Debian/KDEPlasma on a Sager/Clevo laptop from 2014 and it seems to be working well. A family member has an old Macbook Air (2012 - 8GB RAM) that no longer receives updates or allows connection to the internet in the browser.
I already tested Mint w/ XFCE on the Macbook Air running from USB for a few minutes and it seems to work fine but I like the look of Plasma better and I think the family member would too. They are basically going to use it as a web browsing machine and a ...

I've tried about 5 different Linux distros, Ubuntu, Mint, Peppermint, Tails, and another USB based one I forget the name Tiny Core I think. Ubuntu and Mint were my favorite (The USB one I used for making a Windows 10 install USB which was a pain in the ass as well but I got it to work) and I never had any trouble getting them running. I try with Debian and it fails to connect to wifi during setup and wont connect with my router via ethernet. I skip the internet connectivity setup and it installs ...