Bug 27705

Created attachment 35106 [details]
XorgLogOld.txt - with -ati

Created attachment 35107 [details]
XorgLog.txt - with -fglrx

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BootDmesg.txt

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CurrentDmesg.txt

(In reply to comment #0)

I'm the original filer of this report on ubuntu.launchpad.org.

If anyone wants more information, please feel free to contact me or make requests here. This problem was encountered yet again today while doing a fresh install of the Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 2. This bug is easy to reproduce on a laptop.

Can you attach a copy of your vbios?  to get it (as root):
cd /sys/bus/pci/devices/<pci bus id>
echo 1 > rom
cat rom > /tmp/vbios.rom
echo 0 > rom

Can you confirm that the laptop fan is working properly?  Often the CPU/GPU fan is controlled via ACPI.

I can confirm this bug on Ubuntu 10.04 Final, with

xserver-xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1,
xserver-xorg-core 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7,
xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.0-1ubuntu5.

The heatspreader of my (passively cooled) Sapphire Radeon HD4350 (RV710) has a significantly higher temperature than with the proprietary fglrx driver. Unfortunately, I have no option to measure the temperature exactly (e.g., acpi -t has no effect on my system), but there are some additional measurements here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/488152/comments/6

I'm also affected by this bug. 

This is my original bug report downstream:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/595335

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati

When I'm doing a demanding CPU activity (ripping a CD, doing OCR, etc), the computer shuts itself down due to overheating (more than 99 C).

I've tried running sudo sensors-detect but no modules were loaded.

I've also tried booting with option "acpi.power_nocheck", but to no use.

I've also tried adding options radeon modeset=1 to /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf.

Lastly, I updated my BIOS from the vendor's webpage, but it didn't help either.

This only happens while I'm on the open-source ATI drivers. When I tried the proprietary fglrx drivers, I wasn't able to reproduce it.

See also: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/557829

and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/373669

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.0-1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jun 16 21:03:26 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
MachineType: Acer Aspire 5542
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=261f9489-5351-4e83-94f0-d5aa3a52907b ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati
dmi.bios.date: 12/09/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: V1.08
dmi.board.name: JV50TR
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Rev
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: None
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.08:bd12/09/2009:svnAcer:pnAspire5542:pvr0100:rvnAcer:rnJV50TR:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrNone:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 5542
dmi.product.version: 0100
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.32-23-generic

Created attachment 42962 [details]
vbios file for a Toshiba Satellite L350D-11S

The vbios of Toshiba Satellite L350D-11S with following chip:

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780MC [Radeon HD 3100 Graphics]

If you need any further information please ask! Having the same issue: >70°C in idle, overheating to >100°C under average load. With fglrx the temperatures are about 20°C lower.

Created attachment 43559 [details]
vbios MSI GX 623X

The same problem on MSI laptop, I have no heat sensor (at least detectable by sensors-detect) but comparing only CPU temperature fglrx is up to 15°C cooler then radeon driver. 

With radeon driver the colling is quite loud all the time, and makes work realy bad especially in night.

For me system hang once on fglrx, but no shutdowns or hanging on radeon driver - cooling system works still quite good.

I'm having the same problem here. An older git version (from around 2010-11-09) didn't have this problem. GPU runs around 20°C hotter than it used to and the shared heatsink means that the CPU is frequently overheating.

System is a Thinkpad T60. ATI Mobility X1300. Currently running Fedora 14 with out of the box ati driver, but previously tested on a home built git driver on Fedora 12.

I think I have the same problem. In kubuntu 12.10 the fglrx driver doesn't work anymore and Gallium3D give the overheat problem. My graphics card is a rv710 radeon hd 4350.

Using the KDE System Monitor I see the GPU's temperature (lmsensors/radeon-pci-0200/temp1). The temperature rise up until 128ºC, after it jumps to -128ºC and keeps rising until -50ºC aprox. Afterwards the computer hangs. The fan (a noisy one that used to work when the computer make intensive tasks) never works.

Original reporter hasn't responded to information request in 2 years.