If this is still occurring on Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" or later, AND you have an AMD/ATI graphics chip, keep reading.
Basic AMD/ATI power management is available in the 2.6.35 kernel (used in Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat") and later. There is a dynamic method or a profile-based method. You can switch between the dynamic and profile-based methods by typing "echo dynpm /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_method” or “echo profile /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_method", and switch profile by typing "echo <option> /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_profile". Replace <option> with auto, low, high, or default. (Depending on your configuration, “card0” might be different) You will not be able to use the better power management which was recently introduced in the upstream 3.11 linux kernel as it is only for AMD/ATI Radeon R600 and newer hardware. The fact that you reported this bug with the 2.6.27-11-generic x86_64 kernel tells me that if you do have an AMD/ATI graphics chip it is an R500 or earlier, as support for the R600 and R700 was introduced in the 2.6.30 kernel. ** Package changed: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Tags added: intrepid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325805 Title: Medion AMD Turion 64x2 Runs HOT (CPU idle temp 46 deg C) Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: My Medion Laptop AMD Turion 64x2 is running hot after a while. Idle CPU core temp is 46-47 deg C and the fan does not speed up when workload is increased (ie. running anything graphical). My specs; laptop description: Computer width: 64 bits capabilities: vsyscall64 vsyscall32 *-core description: Motherboard physical id: 0 *-memory description: System memory physical id: 0 size: 1791MiB *-cpu product: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 1 bus info: cpu@0 size: 1800MHz capacity: 1800MHz width: 64 bits capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch cpufreq Thank you kindly for solving this! Love Ubuntu 8.10 64bit! ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: firefox-3.0 Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic x86_64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/325805/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
