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 1Ds4LQ-0002UA-Cp for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 19:53:36 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6BJq1DM003605; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 19:52:01 GMT Received: from smtp013.mail.yahoo.com (smtp013.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.57]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6BJmLk0013251 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 19:48:21 GMT Received: (qmail 90594 invoked from network); 11 Jul 2005 19:49:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.50.105?) (richard?j?fish@212.180.33.26 with plain) by smtp013.mail.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Jul 2005 19:49:03 -0000 Message-ID: <42D2CDD9.8010004@asmallpond.org> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:51:53 +0200 From: Richard Fish User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050623) 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> <42D2738E.5080008@yahoo.ca> In-Reply-To: <42D2738E.5080008@yahoo.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: de7dd199-db17-44cf-9dc7-899decb20c3f X-Archives-Hash: 129aa53794e1cf5b511f5a2e76bb5cd3 Ian K wrote: > >>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. > > > I seem to recall some kind of kernel problem with ACPI and fans not turning on....I can't remember the details though, and I didn't have this problem myself. Now, why setting DynamicClocks in the xorg.conf file would turn your fans on, I cannot possibly comprehend!!! But, I'm glad it's working. >I do, but the directory "structure(?)" ends at thermal_zone. There >is nothing in it. > > > Interesting...maybe we should double check your ACPI configuration options. I have: carcharias linux # grep ^CONFIG.*ACPI /usr/src/linux/.config CONFIG_ACPI=y CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_ACPI_AC=y CONFIG_ACPI_BATTERY=y CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO=y CONFIG_ACPI_FAN=y CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL=y CONFIG_ACPI_BLACKLIST_YEAR=0 CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y And during bootup, I get the following in /var/log/messages: Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: AC Adapter [ADP0] (on-line) Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present) Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery absent) Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: Lid Switch [LID] Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB] Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB] Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports 8 throttling states) Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: Processor [CPU1] (supports 8 throttling states) Jul 11 07:20:11 carcharias ACPI: Thermal Zone [THM0] (52 C) Do you get anything similar? -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list