Have you tried on 6.5? My X1rev6 did not like the upgrade to 6.6. heavy cpu consumption, super hot, laggy when browsing and fan spinning consistently.
I've reinstalled 6.5 and been using the same settings as yours. everything is back to normal. I guess I will wait for 6.7... On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 4:58 PM Michael H <syrianr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > *laptop: thinkpad x230, i7 processor, 8G ram, intel hd 4000 gpu* > *New OpenBSD user with a fresh install.* > > My user account is created from the install process and has "staff" class - > though i haven't increased the datasize-cur, datasize-max for staff yet. > Additionally, apmd has been set to -A as suggested by the faq. > > Basically, whenever I play a video, CPU0, CPU2(shown in top) spike up to > about 30-58%. The heatsink/fan/ventilation area of the laptop gets > extremely hot. > > Videos buffer pretty slowly, and most importantly, when I am watching a > live stream via players such as mpv, it's basically unwatchable because the > video stops every 3-4 seconds. > > *Here is a log file of messages from mpv while playing a stream: * > https://pastebin.com/3VRWgv3K > *Here is a log file of messages from mpv while playing a youtube video: * > https://pastebin.com/mn0wEXMf > > *here is my dmesg:* > http://ix.io/21Bg > *here is my Xorg.0.log:* > http://ix.io/21Bb > > *Here are the firmwares that have been downloaded during installation:* > intel-firmware-20190918v0 microcode update binaries for Intel CPUs > inteldrm-firmware-20181218 firmware binary images for inteldrm(4) driver > iwn-firmware-5.11p1 firmware binary images for iwn(4) driver > uvideo-firmware-1.2p3 firmware binary images for uvideo(4) driver > vmm-firmware-1.11.0p2 firmware binary images for vmm(4) driver > > *Is this an issue with the system somehow using the modesetting driver > instead of the inteldrm* *driver*? if so, why is that and how should i best > remedy this problem? I thought old thinkpads are generally fully supported > by OpenBSD? > > Anyways, if anyone could help i would really appreciate it! > > *and if anyone is using this exact machine (thinkpad x230), could you also > recommend some of the other optimizations you have done for this machine? * > > thanks in advance!
