Recent drivers from ATI and Nvidia have addressed these issues for linux too. Though the GPUs cannot be switched on the run, either x-server or the system must be restarted.
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Kapil Nakhwa <[email protected]>wrote: > For those who still having the heat up problem, It is mostly seen in > hybrid graphics system as the power regression bug is still on for intel > processors (GPU) and ubuntu as default is using the on board GPU. To solve > this you have two options > > - one is to manually compile AMD's catalyst center to be able to > switch between the two GPU (I dont remember the link but do search on > ubuntu forum for steps )and/or > - Another is to disable a lot of features for intel GPU as according > to this arcticle( > > http://www.phoronix.com/scanphp?page=article&item=intel_i915_power&num=1<http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_i915_power&num=1>) > or > http://help.stedman.net.au/2011/10/xubuntu-1110-on-hp-dv6-6023tx.html. > > It not only worked for me to reduce both heat up and fan noise bit also > tremendously increased my battery life from about 2 hours to now 4.5 hours > under ubuntu. > > > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 6:23 AM, pravin joshi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> U might want to look at this : >> >> http://techhamlet.com/2012/05/ubuntu-how-to-fix-over-heating-of-laptops-with-switchable-graphics/ >> >> Pravin >> >> On May 15, 6:05 pm, nabeen khadka <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I switched to Unity 2D and disabled OpenGl on Cairo dock. Now it's doing >> > okay. Thanks. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Tuesday, May 15, 2012, deeps wrote: >> > > the problem may be because of some hardware running haphazardly...may >> be >> > > due to improper installation of driver... >> > >> > > mine notebook has hybrid graphics..when i had not installed nvidia >> > > graphics driver the notebook used to get hot and gave lower battery >> backup >> > > so i changed my graphics mode from switchable to integrated from BIOS >> menu >> > >> > > in my case it was due to lack of driver of nvidia...so blocked the >> > > hardware from BIOS >> > >> > > -- >> > > FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected]<javascript:_e({}, >> > > 'cvml', '[email protected]');> >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal >> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> > > [email protected]<javascript:_e({}, >> 'cvml', 'foss-nepal%[email protected]');> >> > >> > > Mailing List Guidelines: >> > >http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >> > > Community website:http://www.fossnepal.org/ >> >> -- >> FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> Mailing List Guidelines: >> http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >> Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ >> > > > > -- > With Regards, > Kapil Raj Nakhwa, > @xecutioner303 > 9818451794 > > > > -- > FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ > -- http://surajneupane.com.np/ Suraj Neupane -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/
