Thanks, you are very helpful. And sorry for the overheat misunderstanding, English is not my native language after all :P
There is something I still don't understand. Suppose I try to use the 2.6.35 kernel... will things improve automagically or will I still need to tweak options inside xorg.conf to lower the temperature? Thanks a lot for your work. As I said before, your driver shows better performances than the proprietary one on my laptop! Compiz, flash player, graphic rendering... everything looks smoother :-) Donato 2010/7/1 Alex Deucher <[email protected]>: > 2010/7/1 Rafał Miłecki <[email protected]>: >> W dniu 1 lipca 2010 16:28 użytkownik Alex Deucher >> <[email protected]> napisał: >>> 2010/7/1 Rafał Miłecki <[email protected]>: >>>> W dniu 1 lipca 2010 12:08 użytkownik Donato Capitella >>>> <[email protected]> napisał: >>>>> Thanks for replying Rafal. I don't happen to be very expert with xorg >>>>> power management, could you point to any relevant link? What options >>>>> in xorg could be related to my issue? Has someone had this problem >>>>> before? I could post here the output of some command to let you know a >>>>> bit more about how my card and driver are working, but I don't know >>>>> how. >>>> >>>> It's common problem, because by default GPU works in it's maximum >>>> performance mode (highest engine clock, memory, voltage). Even when >>>> you do not play any game, GPU won't downclock itself - it has to be >>>> done by driver. >>> >>> >>> The default clocks should be safe; that's why they are the defaults. >>> However, dusty fans and heatsinks and poorly cooled cases could cause >>> problems. The default clocks are not always the maximum clocks >>> supported by the cards. There are "overclock" and performance modes >>> that are higher than the defaults that we don't support at the moment. >>> The driver currently caps then to the default clocks. >> >> I don't think Donato's problem is real overheating. That's what I >> thought first while reading subject, but then I realized it's just >> about higher temperature. > > Ah yes, I too skimmed through too quickly. Thanks, > > Alex > -- It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves. _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
