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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"> + +<br> +HTH<br> +<br> +Anne<br> +- --<br> +Need KDE help? Try<br> +<a href="http://userbase.kde.org" target="_blank">http://userbase.kde.org</a> or<br> +<a href="http://forum.kde.org" target="_blank">http://forum.kde.org</a><br> +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----<br> +Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux)<br> +Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - <a href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org/" target="_blank">http://enigmail.mozdev.org/</a><br> +<br> +iEYEARECAAYFAlAfp94ACgkQj93fyh4cnBd+UgCdGZG1Wc1vwwfDpXJ4R3DwJJG/<br> +Z8YAn0Qy2k3EoAVGuL1l6q5WEi7pMViG<br> +=yEuz<br> +-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----<br> +</blockquote></div><br></div> |