From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ds3z5-0002PQ-EU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 19:30:31 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6BJS7Os030529; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 19:28:07 GMT Received: from priv-edtnes40.telusplanet.net (outbound05.telus.net [199.185.220.224]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6BJM31t019963 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 19:22:03 GMT Received: from [192.168.2.4] (really [142.59.100.148]) by priv-edtnes40.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.04 201-2131-118-104-20050224) with ESMTP id <20050711192246.THXE26042.priv-edtnes40.telusplanet.net@[192.168.2.4]> for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:22:46 -0600 Message-ID: <42D2738E.5080008@yahoo.ca> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:26:38 +0000 From: Ian K Organization: Linux. Pentium 3, 500Mhz, 256MB RAM / 1GB SWAP, 80.0GB HD, ATI RADEON Evil Wizard 64MB, Xfree, KDE 3.2.2, "PentaQuad" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050507) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: My laptop is freaking me out. References: <42D070E1.3050101@yahoo.ca> <42D173CE.9070905@yahoo.ca> <42D2071C.2080404@asmallpond.org> In-Reply-To: <42D2071C.2080404@asmallpond.org> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------090007070805060004050805" X-Archives-Salt: 1de14bad-b1a0-40cb-8335-07d60a7b9e2b X-Archives-Hash: 5353f902f99c1dc916584637f64d44dd This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090007070805060004050805 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Richard Fish wrote: >Ian K wrote: > > > >>Oh yes, I should also note that this seems to only happen in KDE, >>not XFCE or FluxBox. I perosnally dont care for GNOME so I haven't >>tried it. But I did notice that when I briefly had Ubuntu on this laptop, >>I did not have these issues. Is KDE the culprit? >> >> >> >> > >Probably not KDE, but possibly X itself. Maybe it isn't the CPU, but >the GPU that is overheating. > >The radeon driver has a "DynamicClocks" setting (man radeon). Do you >have this option in your xorg.conf file? > > Nope, but after setting it to 'true' (and restarting my computer) I notice that my laptop cooling fans are on (probably about mid-speed) *constantly*. I'm looking over, and seeing my computer idling at 0% CPU usage. Its fans are blasting cool air through it, and its running a lot less hot. Looks like you solved the problem. Heck, it doesn't matter if its the CPU or GPU warming up too much, the whole system is on at full blast after KDE is started. Its AWESOME! :) I will let you know if I have further problems. > > >>PS>> With those temperatures, I do have all available options under >>ACPI enabled, however, GKrellm2 says in the info tab that no such >>sensors were found. I am also on Kernel 2.6.13-rc1-mm1. Is that >>too bleeding edge? :) >> >> >> >> > >Do you have /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM*/temperature? If so, just do: > > I do, but the directory "structure(?)" ends at thermal_zone. There is nothing in it. >while sleep 2 ; do clear ; cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM*/temperature; >done > >Again, did you check /var/log/messages to see if anything interesting >shows up there. If you have Machine Check Exception options in your >kernel, many overheating, fan, or voltage problems should get reported >there. > >-Richard > > > Thank you so much!!!!! All the best, Ian --------------090007070805060004050805 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="omega_2_1.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="omega_2_1.vcf" begin:vcard fn:Ian K n:K;Ian email;internet:omega_2_1@yahoo.ca note;quoted-printable:Pentium 3=0D=0A= 500mHz=0D=0A= 256MB RAM=0D=0A= 80.0GB HDD=0D=0A= ATI Radeon 7000 Evil Wizard 64MB=0D=0A= Computer name: "PentaQuad"=0D=0A= x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard --------------090007070805060004050805-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list