Dv6t fan noise and overheating with Ubuntu!

Hi everyone, so i have a dv6tqe with i7 and 6770m graphic card. I just installed Ubuntu on my laptop for the first time with wubi. The problem is that since i installed it the fan is always and the laptop overheats even if i am just browsing the web. I am not sure how to check the temperatures since i am not really familiar with Ubuntu.

Can anyone please help me? i am really starting to like like Ubuntu

 

Hi,

Did you run it with Windows previously? If so, did it overheat there? If not, in a terminal type:

Code:

uname -a

Show the output from that - Certain kernels between 2.6.xx (I don't remember which x's) and 3.2/3.3 may exacerbate heat issues.

I'm not 100% sure if this will work (since I use fedora, not ubuntu), but try in a terminal:

Code:

sudo apt-get lm_sensors
sudo sensors-detect
sensors

The first command install the lm_sensors package, if apt-get does not find such a package, search the web and you should be able to find what its name is for ubuntu.
The second command will be an interactive scan of your system to find all the sensors. It will tell you the level of risk associated with each particular scan and ask if you wish to proceed with that particular scan. In general, its absolutely fine to accept all the scans, but if you do not feel comfortable with a particular warning, then do not accept that scan.
Finally, the sensors command will give a summary of the current status of all the detected sensors in the system.

Hope that helps,

Yax

 

If you want to use the dGPU, you may need to install the fglrx package so that your graphics card can clock down: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI

If you have switchable graphics in that laptop and want to use it, you can use vgaswitcheroo to toggle the dGPU on/off: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HybridGraphics

There is some consolidated info for that specific HP model here: http://ubuntucomputing.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-to-run-ubuntu-linux-mint-1104-on-hp.html

 

I used to have this problem with my laptop's fan running all the time with 65 degrees. I followed this guide and it got better, now it's running at 50's.

Matt's Computer Fixing: (X)Ubuntu 11.10 on the HP DV6-6023TX

 

AMD/ATi also released a new Catalyst driver set for Ubuntu on 6/25? I had no issues and the fan noise and battery life is (near) infinitely better!

I have NOT tried using the dGPU, I don't need it since Ubuntu is for work purposes. I'll try and check it out and report back, but my Linux familiarity isn't (I have none

- Qlippoth