[Mageia-discuss] Laptop running hot

Tue Aug 7 10:19:00 CEST 2012

Hi Anne and Max
+
+Le 2012-08-06 07:17, Anne Wilson a écrit :
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+> On 06/08/12 11:03, Max Quarterpleen wrote:
+>>
+>>
+>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Shlomi Fish
+>> <shlomif at shlomifish.org<mailto:shlomif at shlomifish.org>>  wrote:
+>>
+>> Hi Max,
+>>
+>> On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 08:24:34 +0300 Max Quarterpleen
+>> <bogusman222 at gmail.com<mailto:bogusman222 at gmail.com>>  wrote:
+>>
+>>> I finally got around to upgrading my laptop to Mga2, and it's
+>>> running very hot. Much hotter than Windows and Mga1. Does
+>>> anybody know of any way to help this? This not only makes it
+>>> uncomfortable to work, it has a detrimental effect on battery
+>>> life...
+>>
+>> Your message is awfully short of details. What I'd like to know
+>> is:
+>>
+>> 1. What is your laptop's model and specifications?
+>>
+>>
+>> It is a Toshiba Satellite L745-S4210. Specs from manufacturer's
+>> site:
+>> http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/l740/l745-s4210/
+>> (I paid $100 less than that price last December at Best Buy)
+>>
+> I have a Toshiba Tecra, and it runs considerably cooler than my old Acer.
+>>
+>>
+>> 2. Which desktop environment are you using?
+>>
+>>
+>> KDE 4.8.2
+>>
+> So am I.
+>>
+>>
+>> 3. Which applications are you running?
+>>
+>>
+>> As a general rule: Firefox and Konsole. Occasionally Dolphin,
+>> Dragon Player, Libre Office, Amarok.... nothing exceptionally
+>> heavy.
+>>
+> I would normally have a heavier load than that.
+>>
+>>
+>> 4. Which graphics driver are you using? Is it the proprietary
+>> driver?
+>>
+>>
+>>  From lshw: *-display description: VGA compatible controller
+>> product: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
+>> Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info:
+>> pci at 0000:00:02.0 version: 09 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz
+>> capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
+>> configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:41
+>> memory:c0000000-c03fffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff
+>> ioport:4000(size=64)
+>
+>   *-display
+>               description: VGA compatible controller
+>               product: Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
+>               vendor: Intel Corporation
+>               physical id: 2
+>               bus info: pci at 0000:00:02.0
+>               version: 12
+>               width: 64 bits
+>               clock: 33MHz
+>               capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
+>               configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
+>               resources: irq:41 memory:d0000000-d03fffff
+> memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:3058(size=8)
+>
+> Looks almost identical
+>>
+>> $ modinfo video filename:
+>> /lib/modules/3.3.6-desktop-2.mga2/kernel/drivers/acpi/video.ko.xz
+>> license:        GPL description:    ACPI Video Driver author: Bruno
+>> Ducrot srcversion:     10DC2D8B4D20653B4416E00 alias:
+>> acpi*:LNXVIDEO:* depends: intree:         Y vermagic:
+>> 3.3.6-desktop-2.mga2 SMP mod_unload modversions parm:
+>> brightness_switch_enabled:bool parm:
+>> allow_duplicates:bool parm:
+>> use_bios_initial_backlight:bool
+>>
+>> I think that answers the question. Thanks.
+>>
+> The first thing I'd suggest is going into System Settings>  Desktop
+> Search and turn off all indexing.  If that solves your problem then
+> you can either leave it off, or try closing all other software and
+> letting the indexing happen overnight or while you are doing something
+> elsewhere.  The initial indexing does take a lot of resources and many
+> people have found that their computers run hot while it is working.
+> Usually, once the initial run is complete, it doesn't cause any real
+> problem.
+>
+> HTH
+>
+> Anne
+> - --
+
+I just had a laptop returned that I installed Mageia2. It also was 
+running hot. I turned off indexing and also turned of the 3D effects in 
+KDE. This seemed to cool it down. I just returned the laptop to its 
+owner and hope to hear from him later this week. He is running a Dell -- 
+I don't have the model specs here as I was hoping I had found the fix 
+for the problem. I know the laptop has on onboard intel graphic chip and 
+that the owner does a lot of YouTube.
+
+BTW ... my own laptop runs fine with indexing on and 3D effects, though 
+I tend to turn it off by choice.
+
+Cheers,
+
+Marc
+
+
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