Bug#617505: linux-image-2.6.37-2-amd64: Radeon R600 driver fails to control fan (i2c)

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 02:29:47PM +0100, Denis Washington wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.37-2
> Severity: important
> Tags: upstream
> 
> With the Free Software driver, the GPU fan of my AMD Radeon HD 4650 always
> quickly spins up after a short time of moderate desktop usage and never
> noticeably spins down again (I need to restart the computer for this to
> happen), making the laptop very noisy. This only happens with the Free Software
> radeon driver, unfortunately; the fglrx driver seems to control the fan
> properly, but for technical and ideological reasons, I would like to use the
> free driver instead.
> 
> If this helps, the lm_sensors "sensors-detect" tool seems to find some i2c
> thermal sensor chips belonging to the Radeon card, but only recommends the
> "coretemp" module. (Loading it does not change anything.) I have attached the
> output to sensors-detect if it helps.
> 
> I have firmware-linux-nonfree installed (for the R600 firmware files).
> 

please try latest xorg radeon driver and the 2.6.38-rcX from experimental
it has several radeon related enhancement.

thanks for feedback.

-- 
maks