[Mageia-discuss] Laptop running hot

[Anne Wilson]

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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
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