I can confirm this bug also on my card: Ati Mobility radeon HD 4500, RV710 I always had overheating problems with the opensource driver, so I used the binary driver from ATI.
Actually with the latest updates the ati-closed-driver doesn't work anymore also on ubuntu 12.04 So the only solution is to install the old LTS from Ubuntu or debian stable. I can provide additional information about my hardware and my issue. This bug was around from a lot of time right now and is potentially harmful about the hardware. Can be possible to correct the bug (at least initially) forcing the driver to "low" profile? it will be less responsive but at least it will be safe to use. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080350 Title: CPU Overheating with ATI driver Radeon HD Mobility graphics Status in X.org XServer - ATI gfx chipset driver: Confirmed Status in “xserver-xorg-video-ati” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Ever since upgrading from Maverick (with GNOME Classic) to Precise (using Unity 2D since using the default Unity makes the situation worse) my note book regularly overheats with normal usage: I've been regularly using: echo low | sudo tee /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_profile I've am also using psensor to warn me if the temperature rises above 92°. When 'idle' the temperature is at about 80°. If the CPU is used (merely starting eclipse and letting all the the startup validation processes finish) it quickly rises to 88°. If the usages is sustained (rebuilding a java project) the temperature oscillates between 95° and 98°. If I do anything else that adds to the load (ie. if the temperature is >98° for short period of time), the system freezes, but the everything remains on, fans and CPU temperature stays up. I need to turn off the notebook by keeping the power button pressed. Note that this system overheats /with/ the low power profile. Here are some general stats about this system, please let me know, if I can provide further information: HP Presario CQ61 320eg AMD Turion(tm) II Dual-Core Mobile M500 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV710 [Mobility Radeon HD 4300 Series] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Linux schiefer 3.2.0-33-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 18 16:29:15 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ayers@schiefer:~$ lsmod|grep rad radeon 804503 2 ttm 76949 1 radeon drm_kms_helper 46978 1 radeon drm 241921 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper i2c_algo_bit 13423 1 radeon This started after the upgrading from Maverick. I'm currently running Precise with the 2D Unity desktop. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-33.52-generic 3.2.31 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-33-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,compiztoolbox,grid,resize,snap,vpswitch,move,mousepoll,wall,place,imgpng,gnomecompat,unitymtgrabhandles,regex,session,animation,fade,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] CompositorRunning: None Date: Sun Nov 18 14:30:50 2012 DistUpgraded: 2012-04-29 09:57:42,118 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV710 [Mobility Radeon HD 4300 Series] [1002:9552] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3652] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Presario CQ61 Notebook PC ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-33-generic root=/dev/mapper/vg--hostname-lv--ubuntu ro vga=795 quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-29 (203 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/10/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.07 dmi.board.name: 3652 dmi.board.vendor: Quanta dmi.board.version: 42.14 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.07:bd10/10/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnPresarioCQ61NotebookPC:pvr0392100000210D10000020000:rvnQuanta:rn3652:rvr42.14:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: Presario CQ61 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 0392100000210D10000020000 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.8 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1.2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4.2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-driver-ati/+bug/1080350/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
