On Sun, Jul 07, 2024 at 07:07:26PM -0700, Van Snyder wrote: > I recently installed Debian 12.5 with kernel 6.5.0.0 on an antique Dell > Vostro 1700. Occasionally it crashes with > > "Kernel Panic - not syncing: Can not allocate SWIOTLB buffer earlier > and can't now provide you with the DMA bounce buffer" >
Hi, As suggested, use the Debian 6.1 kernel. This is a laptop from around 2008 if I'm reading the spec. correctly. This is a laptop with an older Nvidia card. How did you install it? Did you try to install the Nvidia drivers at any point? I can't find out whether this is one of the machines that has dual chipsets (one Intel / one Nvidia). If so, have you used the instructions for bumblebee/primus or whatever the appropriate magic now is? > I saw some remarks about this from 2013 in the context of release 3.5. > > Is this a problem in the kernel, or is the computer broken? > > Should I revert to an earlier release? > > Ideally, if you're running Debian stable, don't revert to prior versions. Apt-get update to ensure that you're running the latest point release. All the very best, as ever, Andy (amaca...@debian.org)
