"low" seems to help but the fan still runs constantly (although not at a high rate). Even at this setting it doesn't come close to what the official ATI driver offered. Any other suggestions or workarounds? Anything I can help test?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1042492 Title: Open source radeon driver causes laptop to heat up / run fan non-stop Status in “xserver-xorg-video-ati” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Whenever I use the open source radeon driver on my laptop the machine heats up dramatically and as a result needs to run the fan non-stop. This in turn causes the battery to drain quite quickly and makes the machine almost unusable due to the heat it gives off. When I install the proprietary driver my laptop does not have this problem. I am currently experiencing this problem in 12.10 Alpha 3 but it has been an issue for a number of releases now. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-11.11-generic 3.5.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-11-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Mon Aug 27 20:11:46 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: quantal DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV730 XT [Mobility Radeon HD 4670] [1002:9488] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0272] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120724.2) MachineType: Dell Inc. Studio XPS 1640 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-11-generic root=UUID=c27d5cd1-40b1-4ccd-92e1-cab04f8300b1 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/23/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A10 dmi.board.name: 0Y536R dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A10 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A10 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd07/23/2009:svnDellInc.:pnStudioXPS1640:pvrA103:rvnDellInc.:rn0Y536R:rvrA10:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA10: dmi.product.name: Studio XPS 1640 dmi.product.version: A103 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8+bzr3319-0ubuntu2 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.38-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0~git20120821.c1114c61-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0~git20120821.c1114c61-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.12.99.905-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120713.6ef1ad6a-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.3-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.1-4~ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/1042492/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
