GNOME takes a ton of resources…
switching to fbdev driver might fix the lockup, but it’ll still be too slow to be usable, documented here: Debian: Getting Started with the BeagleBone Black
#/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Builtin Default Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
Driver "fbdev"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0"
Device "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
Monitor "Builtin Default Monitor"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Builtin Default Layout"
Screen "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0"
EndSection
If you want a usable desktop, our Bullesye repo has a meta package for: bbb.io-xfce4-desktop if you just need xorg for a quick application, use openbox…
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