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Much hotter than Windows and Mga1. Does +</I>><i> >> anybody know of any way to help this? This not only makes it +</I>><i> >> uncomfortable to work, it has a detrimental effect on battery +</I>><i> >> life... +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Your message is awfully short of details. What I'd like to know +</I>><i> > is: +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > 1. What is your laptop's model and specifications? +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > It is a Toshiba Satellite L745-S4210. Specs from manufacturer's +</I>><i> > site: +</I>><i> > <A HREF="http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/l740/l745-s4210/">http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/l740/l745-s4210/</A> +</I>><i> > (I paid $100 less than that price last December at Best Buy) +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> I have a Toshiba Tecra, and it runs considerably cooler than my old Acer. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > 2. Which desktop environment are you using? +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > KDE 4.8.2 +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> So am I. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > 3. Which applications are you running? +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > As a general rule: Firefox and Konsole. Occasionally Dolphin, +</I>><i> > Dragon Player, Libre Office, Amarok.... nothing exceptionally +</I>><i> > heavy. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> I would normally have a heavier load than that. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > 4. Which graphics driver are you using? Is it the proprietary +</I>><i> > driver? +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > From lshw: *-display description: VGA compatible controller +</I>><i> > product: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics +</I>><i> > Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: +</I>><i> > <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">pci at 0000</A>:00:02.0 version: 09 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz +</I>><i> > capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom +</I>><i> > configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:41 +</I>><i> > memory:c0000000-c03fffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff +</I>><i> > ioport:4000(size=64) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> *-display +</I>><i> description: VGA compatible controller +</I>><i> product: Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller +</I>><i> vendor: Intel Corporation +</I>><i> physical id: 2 +</I>><i> bus info: <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">pci at 0000</A>:00:02.0 +</I>><i> version: 12 +</I>><i> width: 64 bits +</I>><i> clock: 33MHz +</I>><i> capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom +</I>><i> configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 +</I>><i> resources: irq:41 memory:d0000000-d03fffff +</I>><i> memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:3058(size=8) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Looks almost identical +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > $ modinfo video filename: +</I>><i> > /lib/modules/3.3.6-desktop-2.mga2/kernel/drivers/acpi/video.ko.xz +</I>><i> > license: GPL description: ACPI Video Driver author: Bruno +</I>><i> > Ducrot srcversion: 10DC2D8B4D20653B4416E00 alias: +</I>><i> > acpi*:LNXVIDEO:* depends: intree: Y vermagic: +</I>><i> > 3.3.6-desktop-2.mga2 SMP mod_unload modversions parm: +</I>><i> > brightness_switch_enabled:bool parm: +</I>><i> > allow_duplicates:bool parm: +</I>><i> > use_bios_initial_backlight:bool +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > I think that answers the question. Thanks. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> The first thing I'd suggest is going into System Settings > Desktop +</I>><i> Search and turn off all indexing. If that solves your problem then +</I>><i> you can either leave it off, or try closing all other software and +</I>><i> letting the indexing happen overnight or while you are doing something +</I>><i> elsewhere. The initial indexing does take a lot of resources and many +</I>><i> people have found that their computers run hot while it is working. +</I>><i> Usually, once the initial run is complete, it doesn't cause any real +</I>><i> problem. +</I>><i> +</I> +Nope. It's not the indexing. +Top reports what I suspected: nothing taking more than 5% CPU time, and the +two top contenders are Firefox and X. + + +><i> +</I>><i> HTH +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Anne +</I>><i> - -- +</I>><i> Need KDE help? 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