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chosen

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Registered: 2012-02-24

Posts: 45

Acer getting heat with basic use

Hi

I got Acer aspire 5741G
I5 -430m
nvidia geforce gt 320m
3gb ram

Linux localhost 3.9.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jun 14 08:12:55 CEST 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[fluxbox]

Okay my notebook is getting really hot with basic use(web browser[i am trying to avoid flash] + sometimes netbeans), I even bought cooler pad, but its still hot, I can feel this on touchpad ;/

I am using novaeu driver 304,
I got freqcpu deamon,
I  have installed laptop-mode-tools

What could be an issue which make my laptop hot ?

I reject hardware problems, because on windows it was cold

Thanks !

I really like arch, but I am worried about my notebook

roobre

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From: Spain

Registered: 2010-10-10

Posts: 34

Re: Acer getting heat with basic use

Most likely, and talking with the voice of experience, its a graphic card's driver problem. Try to install propietary drivers from pacman:  and tell us.

Regards

Last edited by roobre (2013-06-21 16:13:58)

chosen

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Registered: 2012-02-24

Posts: 45

Re: Acer getting heat with basic use

What is the best way to remove nouveau and install nvidia ? My pacman commands fails ;/ with mesa-ligl even with these options with arch wiki

#total remove nouveau

Last edited by chosen (2013-06-21 19:19:25)

roobre

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From: Spain

Registered: 2010-10-10

Posts: 34

Re: Acer getting heat with basic use

What is the best way to remove nouveau and install nvidia ? My pacman commands fails ;/ with mesa-ligl even with these options with arch wiki

#total remove nouveau

Have you tried with...?

The nvidia-libgl or nvidia-{304xx,173xx,96xx}-utils package is a dependency and will be pulled in automatically. It may conflict with the libgl package; this is normal. If pacman asks to remove libgl and fails due to unsatisfied dependencies, remove it with pacman -Rdd libgl. Or, if pacman asks to remove mesa-libgl and fails due to unsatisfied dependencies, remove it with pacman -Rdd mesa-libgl

Theorically, with -Rdd, pacman skips dependency checks.

Regards

deca

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From: CA, USA

Registered: 2012-11-17

Posts: 5

Re: Acer getting heat with basic use

Hey chosen,
You may also want to check if your discrete graphics card is powered on. This was my problem when my laptop was running too hot. If you're performing light GPU work, then it should be safe to turn off your discrete card (saving battery and cooling down your machine).

If you have nouveau still installed you can try -

Switchable Graphics

First mount debugfs for switch access:

# mount -t debugfs debugfs /sys/kernel/debug

Make sure nouveau is loaded:

# modprobe nouveau 

Now you may use the following commands:

#Check current status:
cat /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch

#Enable NVIDIA - requires you to re-login to X 
echo DDIS > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch

#Enable Intel - requires you to re-login to X 
echo DIGD > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch

#Power off unused card
echo OFF > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch

#Power on unused card
echo ON > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch

The above was copied nearly verbatim from:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ac … e_Graphics

In my case I was never able to switch to my discrete card, only power it off.
You may also want to look at bumblebee for your graphic needs : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bumblebee

/edit Found this too: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 4#p1241464

Last edited by deca (2013-07-01 07:54:27)

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Hi there.

chosen

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Registered: 2012-02-24

Posts: 45

Re: Acer getting heat with basic use

I tried bumblebee, but my laptop doesnt support Optimus, I chceck my bios there is not even option for switching gpu, I found that there is a hidden tab http://forum.notebookreview.com/acer/51 … t-yet.html , but I dont want to try this hack,
I just want to use my laptop with arch, and dont be afraid of getting my laptop heat. Windows wasnt that hot.

What else I can try ?

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:       +58.0°C  (high = +95.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 2:       +62.0°C  (high = +95.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

this values are really high ;/

// How can I disable nvidia gpu, and let work only intel graphics ?
Bios sucks, Nvidia optimus is not supported ;/

Last edited by chosen (2013-07-21 12:29:41)