[ltp] Cooling fan always running

[Florian Knobloch]

final version 6.8.0 is planned to be released within some days from now.

Konstantin wrote:
> hi,
> 
> can you tell me which exect version do you use???
> I'm not familiar to X.org version system.
> 
> On the Page I see only CVS and the standard download packages.
> 
> Greetz
> 
> Konstantin
> 
> 
> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:30:11 +0200
> Florian Knobloch <flokno@gmx.net> 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 switched 
>>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 without
>>>speedstep.
>>>The drivers: ati, radeon don't support this power modes, so the graphic 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 system
>>>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 dont
>>>>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 all
>>>>the time. I cant understand why the fan should run - even when the air
>>>>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 other :(
>>>>>
>>>>>After some wasting of time I've gave up and changed to the old radeon 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 à 18:37, Markus Nospers a écrit :
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>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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