On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Shlomi Fish <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Max, > > On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 08:24:34 +0300 > Max Quarterpleen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I finally got around to upgrading my laptop to Mga2, and it's running > > very hot. > > Much hotter than Windows and Mga1. > > Does anybody know of any way to help this? > > This not only makes it uncomfortable to work, it has a detrimental > > effect on battery life... > > Your message is awfully short of details. What I'd like to know is: > > 1. What is your laptop's model and specifications? > It is a Toshiba Satellite L745-S4210. Specs from manufacturer's site: http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/l740/l745-s4210/ (I paid $100 less than that price last December at Best Buy) > > 2. Which desktop environment are you using? > KDE 4.8.2 > > 3. Which applications are you running? > As a general rule: Firefox and Konsole. Occasionally Dolphin, Dragon Player, Libre Office, Amarok.... nothing exceptionally heavy. > > 4. Which graphics driver are you using? Is it the proprietary driver? > >From lshw: *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 09 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:41 memory:c0000000-c03fffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff ioport:4000(size=64) $ modinfo video filename: /lib/modules/3.3.6-desktop-2.mga2/kernel/drivers/acpi/video.ko.xz license: GPL description: ACPI Video Driver author: Bruno Ducrot srcversion: 10DC2D8B4D20653B4416E00 alias: acpi*:LNXVIDEO:* depends: intree: Y vermagic: 3.3.6-desktop-2.mga2 SMP mod_unload modversions parm: brightness_switch_enabled:bool parm: allow_duplicates:bool parm: use_bios_initial_backlight:bool I think that answers the question. Thanks. > Regards, > > Shlomi Fish > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ > Apple Inc. is Evil - http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/anti/apple/ > > Deletionists delete Wikipedia articles that they consider lame. > > Chuck Norris deletes Deletionists whom he considers lame. > > Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . >
