That bug report has a link to this: http://wiki.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature. Scroll down to the KMS Power Management Options for a more complete explanation of the options.
Then, do: $ cat /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_method to check what method you're machine is using It will very probably answer 'profile' If so, you can change the content of /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_profile to low, mid, auto and see what happens. I did that two days ago, and it's worked very well so far. I haven't modified the necessary config files to make the change persistent through reboots, though. I mean, this method is like putting a ball & chain on your leg to keep you from running, and I'd like to do some experimenting first, perhaps even dynpm, once I understand a bit more of how that might affect things. Chen: Why do you say it won't be fixed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/748080 Title: ATI card fan is always on with opensource radeon driver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-driver-ati/+bug/748080/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
