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<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Shlomi Fish <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shlomif@shlomifish.org" target="_blank">shlomif@shlomifish.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi Max,<br>
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On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 08:24:34 +0300<br>
Max Quarterpleen <<a href="mailto:bogusman222@gmail.com">bogusman222@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I finally got around to upgrading my laptop to Mga2, and it's running<br>
> very hot.<br>
> Much hotter than Windows and Mga1.<br>
> Does anybody know of any way to help this?<br>
> This not only makes it uncomfortable to work, it has a detrimental<br>
> effect on battery life...<br>
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</div></div>Your message is awfully short of details. What I'd like to know is:<br>
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1. What is your laptop's model and specifications?<br></blockquote><div><br>It is a Toshiba Satellite L745-S4210.<br>Specs from manufacturer's site: <a href="http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/l740/l745-s4210/">http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/l740/l745-s4210/</a><br>
(I paid $100 less than that price last December at Best Buy)<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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2. Which desktop environment are you using?<br></blockquote><div><br>KDE 4.8.2<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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3. Which applications are you running?<br></blockquote><div><br>As a general rule: Firefox and Konsole.<br>Occasionally Dolphin, Dragon Player, Libre Office, Amarok.... nothing exceptionally heavy.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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4. Which graphics driver are you using? Is it the proprietary driver?<br></blockquote><div><br>From lshw:<br>*-display<br> description: VGA compatible controller<br> product: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller<br>
vendor: Intel Corporation<br> physical id: 2<br> bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0<br> version: 09<br> width: 64 bits<br> clock: 33MHz<br> capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom<br>
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0<br> resources: irq:41 memory:c0000000-c03fffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff ioport:4000(size=64)<br><br>$ modinfo video<br>filename: /lib/modules/3.3.6-desktop-2.mga2/kernel/drivers/acpi/video.ko.xz<br>
license: GPL<br>description: ACPI Video Driver<br>author: Bruno Ducrot<br>srcversion: 10DC2D8B4D20653B4416E00<br>alias: acpi*:LNXVIDEO:*<br>depends: <br>intree: Y<br>vermagic: 3.3.6-desktop-2.mga2 SMP mod_unload modversions <br>
parm: brightness_switch_enabled:bool<br>parm: allow_duplicates:bool<br>parm: use_bios_initial_backlight:bool<br><br>I think that answers the question.<br>Thanks.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Regards,<br>
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Shlomi Fish<br>
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