nouveau going off the deep end...

[Vladimir Dergachev]

On Mon, 20 Jun 2022, Robert Heller wrote:

>>> How do I turn off the compositor?  Do I need it?
>>
>> Look in settings - this depends on whether you use KDE or unity or
>> something else.
>
> I use "something else": Mate, but with FVWM as the window manager and without
> the menu crap and without the file manager.

Ahh, I used FVWM a while back. Nice !

Try 20.04 or later - an install image on a USB stick should be enough to 
figure out whether the crashes still happen.

Maybe the newer driver will fix it for you.

best

Vladimir Dergachev