@skiss and others Apart from power_profile did you also set the power_method ??
RD_PROFILE="mid" RD_METHOD="profile" RDSYS="/sys/class/drm/card0/device" echo $RD_METHOD >$RDSYS/power_method echo $RD_PROFILE >$RDSYS/power_profile I've frying my laptop since more than a year with this shit. Default pm sucks a big time and kernel devs should, maybe default to mid ? I don't know about compatibility. But if you don't have a GPU temp sensor available, like me, then.... My Card RV710 [Mobility Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series] It's actually HD 5450v as reported on windows. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/748080 Title: ATI card fan is always on with opensource radeon driver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-driver-ati/+bug/748080/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs