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<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Anne Wilson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:annew@kde.org" target="_blank">annew@kde.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On 06/08/12 11:03, Max Quarterpleen wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Shlomi Fish<br>
</div><div class="im">> <<a href="mailto:shlomif@shlomifish.org">shlomif@shlomifish.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:shlomif@shlomifish.org">shlomif@shlomifish.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi Max,<br>
><br>
> On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 08:24:34 +0300 Max Quarterpleen<br>
</div><div class="im">> <<a href="mailto:bogusman222@gmail.com">bogusman222@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:bogusman222@gmail.com">bogusman222@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> I finally got around to upgrading my laptop to Mga2, and it's<br>
>> running very hot. Much hotter than Windows and Mga1. Does<br>
>> anybody know of any way to help this? This not only makes it<br>
>> uncomfortable to work, it has a detrimental effect on battery<br>
>> life...<br>
><br>
> Your message is awfully short of details. What I'd like to know<br>
> is:<br>
><br>
> 1. What is your laptop's model and specifications?<br>
><br>
><br>
> It is a Toshiba Satellite L745-S4210. Specs from manufacturer's<br>
> site:<br>
> <a href="http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/l740/l745-s4210/" target="_blank">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>
><br>
</div>I have a Toshiba Tecra, and it runs considerably cooler than my old Acer.<br>
<div class="im">><br>
><br>
> 2. Which desktop environment are you using?<br>
><br>
><br>
> KDE 4.8.2<br>
><br>
</div>So am I.<br>
<div class="im">><br>
><br>
> 3. Which applications are you running?<br>
><br>
><br>
> As a general rule: Firefox and Konsole. Occasionally Dolphin,<br>
> Dragon Player, Libre Office, Amarok.... nothing exceptionally<br>
> heavy.<br>
><br>
</div>I would normally have a heavier load than that.<br>
<div class="im">><br>
><br>
> 4. Which graphics driver are you using? Is it the proprietary<br>
> driver?<br>
><br>
><br>
> From lshw: *-display description: VGA compatible controller<br>
> product: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics<br>
> Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info:<br>
> pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 09 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz<br>
> capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom<br>
> configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:41<br>
> memory:c0000000-c03fffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff<br>
> ioport:4000(size=64)<br>
<br>
*-display<br>
description: VGA compatible controller<br>
</div> product: Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller<br>
<div class="im"> vendor: Intel Corporation<br>
physical id: 2<br>
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0<br>
</div> version: 12<br>
<div class="im"> width: 64 bits<br>
clock: 33MHz<br>
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom<br>
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0<br>
</div> resources: irq:41 memory:d0000000-d03fffff<br>
memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:3058(size=8)<br>
<br>
Looks almost identical<br>
<div class="im">><br>
> $ modinfo video filename:<br>
> /lib/modules/3.3.6-desktop-2.mga2/kernel/drivers/acpi/video.ko.xz<br>
> license: GPL description: ACPI Video Driver author: Bruno<br>
> Ducrot srcversion: 10DC2D8B4D20653B4416E00 alias:<br>
> acpi*:LNXVIDEO:* depends: intree: Y vermagic:<br>
> 3.3.6-desktop-2.mga2 SMP mod_unload modversions parm:<br>
> brightness_switch_enabled:bool parm:<br>
> allow_duplicates:bool parm:<br>
> use_bios_initial_backlight:bool<br>
><br>
> I think that answers the question. Thanks.<br>
><br>
</div>The first thing I'd suggest is going into System Settings > Desktop<br>
Search and turn off all indexing. If that solves your problem then<br>
you can either leave it off, or try closing all other software and<br>
letting the indexing happen overnight or while you are doing something<br>
elsewhere. The initial indexing does take a lot of resources and many<br>
people have found that their computers run hot while it is working.<br>
Usually, once the initial run is complete, it doesn't cause any real<br>
problem.<br></blockquote><div><br>Nope. It's not the indexing.<br>Top reports what I suspected: nothing taking more than 5% CPU time, and the two top contenders are Firefox and X.<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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HTH<br>
<br>
Anne<br>
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