Public bug reported: The laptop HP EliteBook 8730w gets very hot. The battery life is very short (45-50 minutes on Oneiric, 3-4 hours on Windows).
$ sensors acpitz-virtual-0 Adapter: Virtual device temp1: +30.0°C (crit = +115.0°C) temp2: +53.0°C (crit = +105.0°C) temp3: +49.2°C (crit = +110.0°C) temp4: +60.0°C (crit = +110.0°C) temp5: +48.0°C (crit = +85.0°C) temp6: +16.0°C (crit = +105.0°C) coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Core 0: +52.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C) Core 1: +52.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C) radeon-pci-0100 Adapter: PCI adapter temp1: +70.0°C The temperature doesn't drop even when the laptop is completely idle. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,move,snap,compiztoolbox,place,gnomecompat,vpswitch,resize,ring,session,mousepoll,imgpng,unitymtgrabhandles,grid,regex,animation,wall,workarounds,expo,fade,ezoom,scale,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Mon Oct 10 21:56:52 2011 DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-10-07 09:50:42.700723 DistroCodename: oneiric DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: vboxhost, 4.1.4, 2.6.38-11-generic, x86_64: installed vboxhost, 4.1.4, 3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu GraphicsCard: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility HD 3670 [1002:9593] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30ec] MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8730w PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: product info: "RICOH", "Bay8Controller", "", "" manfid: 0x0000, 0x0000 function: 254 (unknown) PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: 3.3V 16-bit PC Card Subdevice 0 (function 0) bound to driver "pata_pcmcia" ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=59ad8fb2-a45b-4f83-8bd1-b12499301514 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-07 (3 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 01/26/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68PAD Ver. F.11 dmi.board.name: 30EC dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 91.23 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU94039H1 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68PADVer.F.11:bd01/26/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook8730w:pvrF.11:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30EC:rvrKBCVersion91.23:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 8730w dmi.product.version: F.11 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu25 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1 ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 oneiric running-unity ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871983 Title: Radeon Mobility HD 3670 gets very hot, battery usage consequently low (45 minutes) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/871983/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs