On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Adrian Fita <adrian.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 05/08/12 11:59, John Kapnogiannis wrote: > > [...] > >> My problem on all this is that after a while my laptop starts to gain >> high temperature leading to a complete cut of power. Suppose this is a >> failsafe method for it to avoid permanent damage. I have searched but >> I have found no solution. Any help? > > This is an old issue with the open source xorg radeon driver. See > here[1] a bug report. > > [1]: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36438 > > The best solution that I found was to downgrade to xorg 1.11 and hold > the packages from upgrading so I can use the fglrx driver. Some > instructions on how to do the downgrade[2]. > > [2]: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/07/msg00647.html > > -- > Adrian Fita
I think downgrading the xorg is not a solution. Sometime you will have to upgrade. I will try out the setting the power managment profile to low and report back. :) Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cag2f48htct6q-6n2c82dihnwddoz0fgtu-jikuoa0e0nn9h...@mail.gmail.com
