Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-17 Thread s. keeling
Klistvud : > > I've got a HP laptop (Compaq 6715b with a Turion 64 dual core) and it's > running quite hot. When the CPU governor is set to PowerSave, it runs > at roughly 52 C, and when the CPU governor is set to OnDemand, it > easily reaches 90 C and more. FWIW, this is my experience as

Re: switching to proprietary ati radeon driver (was Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm)

2009-08-17 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 8/17/09, Liviu Andronic wrote: > Logging out of Xfce will stop X, but then gdm will fail to re-load X. > It will complain of some "ddm" module already built-in. Worse is that > I still get this error. > then the kernel somewhat crashes, and will not react if I send a > halt/reboot command

Re: switching to proprietary ati radeon driver (was Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm)

2009-08-17 Thread Liviu Andronic
Hello, On 8/17/09, thveillon.debian wrote: > A piece of advice, if you are running a 2.6.30 kernel the testing fglrx > won't build, you have to upgrade xorg and fglrx stuff to Sid. That's > what I am running right now and it works fine. Read about "package > pinning", "/etc/apt/preferences" t

Re: switching to proprietary ati radeon driver (was Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm)

2009-08-17 Thread Liviu Andronic
On 8/17/09, Johan Grönqvist wrote: > I can not help you with that way of doing things, but I have had success > running "aticonfig --initial", which creates an xorg.conf to work for a > basic system. > Thank you, this helped (I already had the fglrx driver built). On system boot X (and gdm) will

Re: switching to proprietary ati radeon driver (was Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm)

2009-08-17 Thread thveillon.debian
Liviu Andronic wrote: > Hello, > > On 8/16/09, Klistvud wrote: >> P.S. I've also noticed that the laptop runs hotter when the free >> graphics driver is used, as opposed to the proprietary ATI one. >> > I also have an HP Dual core 2.1GHz, and it gets kinda to warm during > "idle" work (hovers a

Re: switching to proprietary ati radeon driver (was Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm)

2009-08-17 Thread Johan Grönqvist
Liviu Andronic skrev: I tried to switch Debian to use the fglrx driver following the steps suggested on the wiki [1], I can not help you with that way of doing things, but I have had success running "aticonfig --initial", which creates an xorg.conf to work for a basic system. / johan --

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-16 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 16. 08. 2009 22:42:34 je Klistvud napisal(a): > Dne, 16. 08. 2009 19:02:26 je Brian Marshall napisal(a): > > On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 06:35:20PM +0200, Klistvud wrote: > > > Dne, 16. 08. 2009 16:41:43 je Ron Johnson napisal(a): > > > > On 2009-08-16 09:30, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > On 2009-0

switching to proprietary ati radeon driver (was Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm)

2009-08-16 Thread Liviu Andronic
Hello, On 8/16/09, Klistvud wrote: > P.S. I've also noticed that the laptop runs hotter when the free > graphics driver is used, as opposed to the proprietary ATI one. > I also have an HP Dual core 2.1GHz, and it gets kinda to warm during "idle" work (hovers around 65-67 C); my Debian testing i

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-16 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 16. 08. 2009 19:02:26 je Brian Marshall napisal(a): > On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 06:35:20PM +0200, Klistvud wrote: > > Dne, 16. 08. 2009 16:41:43 je Ron Johnson napisal(a): > > > On 2009-08-16 09:30, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > On 2009-08-16 03:20, Klistvud wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > >> > > > >>

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-16 Thread Brian Marshall
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 06:35:20PM +0200, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 16. 08. 2009 16:41:43 je Ron Johnson napisal(a): > > On 2009-08-16 09:30, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On 2009-08-16 03:20, Klistvud wrote: > > > [snip] > > >> > > >> If it's of any help, according to Synaptic, these are the > > >> Flash

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-16 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-16 11:35, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 16. 08. 2009 16:41:43 je Ron Johnson napisal(a): On 2009-08-16 09:30, Ron Johnson wrote: On 2009-08-16 03:20, Klistvud wrote: [snip] If it's of any help, according to Synaptic, these are the Flash-related packages I have installed: flashplayer-mozill

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-16 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 16. 08. 2009 16:41:43 je Ron Johnson napisal(a): > On 2009-08-16 09:30, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 2009-08-16 03:20, Klistvud wrote: > > [snip] > >> > >> If it's of any help, according to Synaptic, these are the > >> Flash-related packages I have installed: > >> > >> flashplayer-mozilla > >> l

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-16 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-16 09:30, Ron Johnson wrote: On 2009-08-16 03:20, Klistvud wrote: [snip] If it's of any help, according to Synaptic, these are the Flash-related packages I have installed: flashplayer-mozilla libswfdec-0.6-90 swfdec-gnome swfdec-mozilla BTW, I'd either remove the swfdec packages

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-16 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-16 03:20, Klistvud wrote: [snip] If it's of any help, according to Synaptic, these are the Flash-related packages I have installed: flashplayer-mozilla libswfdec-0.6-90 swfdec-gnome swfdec-mozilla Try this: dpkg -S npviewer.bin -- Scooty Puff, Sr The Doom-Bringer -- To UNSUB

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-16 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 16. 08. 2009 04:38:45 je go...@dobosevic.com napisal(a): > Klistvud wrote: > >> Especially when the nspviewer.bin > >> process > >> is running, > > > > That's npviewer.bin, of course. My apologies, but it's 2 AM here in > > Ljubljana ;) > > > Hi Ljubljana, > Zagreb here! Nice to met neighb

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-16 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 16. 08. 2009 02:08:50 je Ron Johnson napisal(a): > On 2009-08-15 19:02, Klistvud wrote: > >> Especially when the nspviewer.bin > >> process > >> is running, > > > > That's npviewer.bin, of course. My apologies, but it's 2 AM here in > > Ljubljana ;) > > Hmmm, why don't I have npviewer.bin,

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-15 Thread go...@dobosevic.com
Klistvud wrote: Especially when the nspviewer.bin process is running, That's npviewer.bin, of course. My apologies, but it's 2 AM here in Ljubljana ;) Hi Ljubljana, Zagreb here! Nice to met neighbor :-) -- Bye, Goran Dobosevic Hrvatski: www.dobosevic.com English: www.dobosevic.com/en/

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-15 Thread go...@dobosevic.com
Hashimoto wrote: Hi, I've the laptop hp dv6650br and it's getting so warm, when it's not processing anything it's in more or less 59C. If I use anything like virtualbox, or any heavy program it gets 75C or more. Does anyone know if it's normal? Does anyone has a similar laptop with the proc

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-15 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-15 19:02, Klistvud wrote: Especially when the nspviewer.bin process is running, That's npviewer.bin, of course. My apologies, but it's 2 AM here in Ljubljana ;) Hmmm, why don't I have npviewer.bin, even though I have Adobe's Flash player? How did you install the Flash player?

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-15 Thread Klistvud
> Especially when the nspviewer.bin > process > is running, That's npviewer.bin, of course. My apologies, but it's 2 AM here in Ljubljana ;) -- Certifiable Loonix User 481801 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact li

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-15 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 15. 08. 2009 22:37:35 je Hashimoto napisal(a): > Or better, who has a HP laptop ? What's the CPU core temperature ? Is > anything similar to mine ? > > Now it's running on 65C. > > > On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 16:49 -0300, Hashimoto wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've the laptop hp dv6650br and it's

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-15 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Saturday 15 August 2009 21:46:45 Hashimoto wrote: > Hi, > > I've the laptop hp dv6650br and it's getting so warm, when it's not > processing anything it's in more or less 59C. If I use anything like > virtualbox, or any heavy program it gets 75C or more. > > Does anyone know if it's normal? Does

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-15 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-15 15:37, John Haggerty wrote: "cpu scaling" never heard of it Google is your friend... My bad, though. Should have said "frequency scaling". On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: On 2009-08-15 14:46, Hashimoto wrote: Hi, I've the laptop hp dv6650br and it's g

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-15 Thread John Haggerty
nope just an acer then again I use one of thouse thermal sand filled mats (when my machine didn't get an almost insolveable boot error. On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Hashimoto wrote: > Or better, who has a HP laptop ? What's the CPU core temperature ? Is > anything similar to mine ? > > Now

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-15 Thread John Haggerty
"cpu scaling" never heard of it On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-08-15 14:46, Hashimoto wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I've the laptop hp dv6650br and it's getting so warm, when it's not >> processing anything it's in more or less 59C. If I use anything like >> virtualbox, or

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-15 Thread Hashimoto
Or better, who has a HP laptop ? What's the CPU core temperature ? Is anything similar to mine ? Now it's running on 65C. On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 16:49 -0300, Hashimoto wrote: > Hi, > > I've the laptop hp dv6650br and it's getting so warm, when it's not > processing anything it's in more or less

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-15 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-15 14:46, Hashimoto wrote: Hi, I've the laptop hp dv6650br and it's getting so warm, when it's not processing anything it's in more or less 59C. If I use anything like virtualbox, or any heavy program it gets 75C or more. > Does anyone know if it's normal? Does anyone has a similar

Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

2009-08-15 Thread Hashimoto
Hi, I've the laptop hp dv6650br and it's getting so warm, when it's not processing anything it's in more or less 59C. If I use anything like virtualbox, or any heavy program it gets 75C or more. Does anyone know if it's normal? Does anyone has a similar laptop with the processor Turion 64x2 ? Th