On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Piotr Winter <piotr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I see > > I noticed my GPU fan is too loud (compared to Windows 7) when system is idle > (no aplications running, just XFCE desktop with no eyecandy). > I did smoe research and found this article, interesting stuff: > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_dpm_preview&num=1 > BTW, I see you are mentioned as the author of DPM in linux 3.11 kernel :) so > maybe you can help. > First, will it help reduce the fan speed when idle?
Yes. > If yes, is there a way to integrate DPM to older kernel, or need I recompile > the kernel to 3.11 to enable DPM. Debian wheezy is using 3.2.0 kernel, and > the next release will be using 3.10, according to documentation > I tried recompiling to 3.11 using this manual: > http://www.upubuntu.com/2013/09/installupgrade-to-linux-kernel-311.html > (first I had to upgrade libc6 to newer version, I upgraded it to 2.17, from > the debian 'testing' repository) > but still i'm getting compilation errors (from gcc), mayby newer gcc is > required then one present in my system, I didn't investigate the error much. > Still, I don't know if it is a good idea to upgrade kernel to latest stable > in Debian. > You'll need to use a 3.11 or newer kernel. Alex > Piotr > > > > > On 16 September 2013 15:15, Alex Deucher <alexdeuc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Piotr Winter <piotr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > This is exactly what was happening. Thank you very much. >> > Installing this package helped: >> > http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/firmware-linux-nonfree >> > I'm reading about this package, and about firmware in Linux in general, >> > and >> > the 'nonfree' term is a bit misleading. Does this mean it is >> > propertiary? >> > What is the reason Debian distribution does not include it? >> > Other distros (i tried Mint, Fedora) didn't have problems with detecting >> > my >> > GPU properly, so does this mean they included this package, or they did >> > it >> > different way? >> >> Most other distros include the firmware by default. Debian considers >> it non-free because the source to the firmware is not available. >> >> Alex >> >> > >> > >> > >> > Piotr >> > >> > >> > >> > On 16 September 2013 02:34, Alex Deucher <alexdeuc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Piotr Winter <piotr...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Hello >> >> > I need help with radeon hd 6870 setup in debian wheezy. I'm a linux >> >> > newbie. >> >> > >> >> > Autodetection did not work, since I only have low resolution enabled >> >> > (max 1280x1024) >> >> > I did the search and found Debian AtiHowTo document. >> >> > I checked the driver and I have already proper one named "radeon" >> >> > installed (judging by synaptic package manager) >> >> > Then I checked xorg.conf and there wasn't any in /etc/X11 >> >> > So I run "Xorg -configure" as root after booting in safe mode and got >> >> > segmentation fault. >> >> > >> >> > attachements: >> >> > "Xorg -configure" output - log.txt >> >> > xorg.conf.new from /root directory >> >> > >> >> > I can attach log mentioned in "Xorg - configure" output - >> >> > /var/log/xorg.0.log if needed >> >> > >> >> > Copying xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf didn't change anything. >> >> > >> >> > Anyone willing to help? >> >> >> >> >> >> Check your dmesg output. I suspect you either don't have kms enabled >> >> in your kernel or your need to install the appropriate linux firmware >> >> packages for your distro. >> >> >> >> Alex >> > >> > > > _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list xorg-driver-ati@lists.x.org http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati