[ltp] Cooling fan always running

[Alex Deucher]

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:35:16 +0200, Konstantin <mailoperator@uni.de> wrote:
> hi,
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> which exactly version of X.org is the one with powermanagement????

any of the 6.8.0 release candidates (or cvs head) have the radeon
dynamicclocks option.

Alex

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> Greetz
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> Konstantin
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> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:30:11 +0200
> Florian Knobloch <flokno@gmx.net> wrote:
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> > 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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> > >
> > > -----------------
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