uConsole CM5 + Kali Linux freezes during downloads

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I’m using a uConsole with CM5, running Kali Linux and ParrotOS (from REX) on a 128 GB SD card (even tried on 32gb)

Boot is fast and the system works fine in general, but I’m facing a consistent issue

Whenever I try to download anything or open browser after few mins the system completely freezes and the only option left is to remove the batteries to reboot. This happens with both Browser downloads and terminal even for git clone. This happens every single time i used my uconsole.

Things I’ve checked/observed:

  • SD card seems fine (no boot or general I/O issues)

  • Happens with both GUI and CLI tools

  • Power is currently from batteries (haven’t tested with external power yet)

Has anyone experienced similar behavior with CM5 + Kali/ParrotOS on uConsole?

Thanks in advance

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It sounds a bit like your partitions on the SD card may not be right, and it’s having trouble writing the downloaded data if there’s not enough space.

Running ‘df -hT’ in terminal will show you the mount points and space in the partitions to see disk space usage, and ‘lsblk’ does a similar thing but shows different info.

What do you see if you run those commands in a terminal?