Bug#725704: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: driver overheats laptop, forces constant fan usage

[Al Stone <ahs3@debian.org>]

On 10/07/2013 09:22 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-10-07 at 09:04 -0600, Al Stone wrote:
> > [...] on using the radeon driver, my laptop now stays very warm
> > constantly, and the cooling fan never stops running (over 24 hours
> > now).  On checking, it appears to be running 5-10 degrees Centigrade
> > warmer all the time, just over the fan trip point.
> >
> > The radeon device is:
> >
> > 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV710/M92 [Mobility Radeon HD 4530/4570/545v] [1002:9553]
>
> Can you try booting a 3.11 kernel with radeon.dpm=1 on the kernel
> command line?

Sure.  What's changed between 3.10 and 3.11 that would have an
affect?  Just DPM?

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Ciao,
al
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Al Stone                                         Debian Developer
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