[ltp] Cooling fan always running

[Alex Deucher]

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:49:24 +0200, Svein Larsen <svein@edbc.no> wrote:
> The new x.org...
> Do you have to compile it? I guess so since its a beta.
> But did you get it working without too much problems?

There are also redhat rpms in rawhide for what will be xorg 6.8.0 and
several people have binaries available.  see this page for the current
release status:
http://www.freedesktop.org/XOrg/XorgReleasePlan

Alex

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> - Svein
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> On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 12:30, Florian Knob
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> loch wrote:
> > hello!
> >
> > the radeon driver of the upcoming x.org release adresses this issue.
> > when using the beta version, like i do with dynamicclocks enabled, the
> > fan has reduced usage, which means, that it is most of the time switche=
d
> > off especially if the laptop is idle.
> > it is far better than without the powerplay stuff but not optimal (yet)=
.
> >
> > greets, flo
> >
> > Konstantin wrote:
> > > hi,
> > >
> > > your radeon has also power management features.
> > > But without support it runs on high power as the CPU would also do wi=
thout
> > > speedstep.
> > > The drivers: ati, radeon don't support this power modes, so the graph=
ic card
> > > is always at high load. That's the problem. Because of the high load
> > > the card is always very hot, so  it must be cooled. But the cooling s=
ystem
> > > is not setup to do this without  fan running, if the card is on high =
load.
> > >
> > > That's the problem :(
> > >
> > > Most people on this list have Radeon 9000 or higher, so they can use
> > > the fglrx driver, but we can't.
> > >
> > > Any help would be great, I don't know how to fix this :(
> > >
> > > Greetz
> > >
> > >
> > > Konstantin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:06:42 +0200
> > > Svein Larsen <svein@edbc.no> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>I switched to the native driver but the fan is still running all the
> > >>time. Maybe i have to switch to a lighter desktop system (i really do=
nt
> > >>want to cause i love kde :)
> > >>Does KDE take lots og resources?
> > >>
> > >>Top shows me that there is actually no or only one process running al=
l
> > >>the time. I cant understand why the fan should run - even when the ai=
r
> > >>coming out is not hot at all.
> > >>
> > >>- Svein
> > >>
> > >>On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 10:46, Konstantin wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>hi,
> > >>>
> > >>>i've tried to setup them on my T40 with Radeon 7500, but I've got a =
lot of warnings.
> > >>>Dri wouldn't work, so no hardware acceleration for kobodeluxe and ot=
her :(
> > >>>
> > >>>After some wasting of time I've gave up and changed to the old radeo=
n driver from Xfree.
> > >>>
> > >>>Would change to X.org, if debian would spend me some packages, so I =
can use it.
> > >>>
> > >>>I don't need high frames at all, but only to stop the fan running!
> > >>>
> > >>>Who can help me???
> > >>>
> > >>>Greetz
> > >>>
> > >>>Konstantin
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:10:44 +0200
> > >>>Didrik Pinte <pinted@tiscali.be> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>Le lun 23/08/2004 =E0 18:37, Markus Nospers a =E9crit :
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>But these drivers aren't suitable for T40 (Radeon 7500) am i right=
?
> > >>>>>Does anyone has tried to make them work with the 7500?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>I think you're right. ;-)
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Didrik
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