[Mageia-discuss] Laptop running hot

[Max Quarterpleen]

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Anne Wilson <annew at kde.org> wrote:

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> On 06/08/12 11:03, Max Quarterpleen wrote:
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> > 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.
>

Nope. It's not the indexing.
Top reports what I suspected: nothing taking more than 5% CPU time, and the
two top contenders are Firefox and X.


>
> HTH
>
> Anne
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