[Bug 50327] CPU power consumption and temperature way to high when using radeon drivers.

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50327

--- Comment #10 from Robert Vanyi <robert.vanyi at gmail.com> ---
Same problem with a Thinkpad Edge 13. Cannot install fglrx anymore (no support
for RS880M), and changing /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_profile does not
help.

CPU load is below 10%, but laptop is very hot, and fan is running constantly.

robi at edge:~$ lspci|grep VGA
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS880M
[Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series]

robi at edge:~$ dpkg -l "*radeon*"
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                          Version             Architecture       
Description
+++-=============================-===================-===================-================================================================
ii  libdrm-radeon1:amd64          2.4.33-3            amd64              
Userspace interface to radeon-specific kernel DRM services -- ru
ii  radeontool                    1.6.2-1.1           amd64              
utility to control ATI Radeon backlight functions on laptops
ii  xserver-xorg-video-radeon     1:6.14.4-5          amd64               X.Org
X server -- AMD/ATI Radeon display driver

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