Hello all,
I'm currently running Arch Linux and Cinnamon
3.2.8 on a Macbook Pro
11,3 with the
4.8.13-1 kernel and a NVIDIA
GT-750M GPU that I'm driving with the proprietary NVIDIA driver. I'm experiencing some power management and temperature issues and I'm wondering if you guys can provide any insight onto how I can rememdy them.
System temps are between
60 and
85 depending on load and usually idle around
70.Obviously this is very hot compared to temperatures when running in MacOS which are usually between
30 and
50 depending on load. Additionally, my battery life is only around
2 hours when driving two external monitors and
3 hours without. With MacOS, however, I can usually expect around
5-8 hours of battery life when driving two monitors.
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LM-Sensors output:
Code:
Dir: /home/tj
Usr: tj - Tue 24, 11:28AM > sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Physical id 0: +65.0 C (high = +84.0 C, crit = +100.0 C)
Core 0: +62.0 C (high = +84.0 C, crit = +100.0 C)
Core 1: +60.0 C (high = +84.0 C, crit = +100.0 C)
Core 2: +65.0 C (high = +84.0 C, crit = +100.0 C)
Core 3: +62.0 C (high = +84.0 C, crit = +100.0 C)
applesmc-isa-0300
Adapter: ISA adapter
Left side : 3675 RPM (min = 2160 RPM, max = 6156 RPM)
Right side : 3681 RPM (min = 2000 RPM, max = 5700 RPM)
TB0T: +33.5 C
TB1T: +33.5 C
TB2T: +31.5 C
TBXT: +33.5 C
TC0E: +64.2 C
TC0F: +65.5 C
TC0P: +53.5 C
TC1C: +62.0 C
TC2C: +62.0 C
TC3C: +64.0 C
TC4C: +62.0 C
TCGC: +61.0 C
TCSA: +62.0 C
TCTD: +0.0 C
TCXC: +64.2 C
TG0D: +61.8 C
TG0P: +56.5 C
TG1D: +64.0 C
TG1F: +63.5 C
TG1d: +58.0 C
TH0A: +35.8 C
TH0B: +35.8 C
TH0F: -45.2 C
TH0R: -45.2 C
TH0V: +37.0 C
TH0a: +35.8 C
TH0b: +35.8 C
TH0c: -127.0 C
TM0P: +47.2 C
TM0S: +46.5 C
TP0P: +47.5 C
TPCD: +52.0 C
TW0P: +45.5 C
Ta0P: +36.2 C
TaSP: +35.8 C
Th1H: +44.0 C
Th2H: +52.2 C
Ts0P: +31.5 C
Ts0S: +37.0 C
Ts1S: +37.0 C
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Power Management Configuration:
1.
powertop I have set
powertop to run at start with a systemd service module with the
--auto-config parameter that uses a config I created with the
--calibrate flag. Here is the report that it generates for me:
https://tjzimmerman.com/Files/public/powertop.html
2.
cpupower I'm using
cpupower with the conservative governor as defined in /etc/default/cpupower. However, I have not defined a maxium cpu frequency in that file.
3.
mbpfan-git I'm using
mbpfan-git with the following configuration. I derived the settings by using the advice in the config file and at
https://ineed.coffee/3838/a-beginner...n-under-ubuntu
Code:
Dir: /home/tj
Usr: tj - Tue 24, 11:28AM > cat /etc/mbpfan.conf
[general]
# see https://ineed.coffee/3838/a-beginners-tutorial-for-mbpfan-under-ubuntu for the values
min_fan_speed = 2000 # put the *lowest* value of "cat /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan*_min"
max_fan_speed = 6156 # put the *highest* value of "cat /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan*_max"
low_temp = 55 # try ranges 55-63, default is 63
high_temp = 65 # try ranges 58-66, default is 66
max_temp = 84 # take highest number returned by "cat /sys/devices/platform/coretemp.*/hwmon/hwmon*/temp*_max", divide by 1000
polling_interval = 1 # default is 7 seco
4.
cpufreqd I have installed
cpufreqd but have left it to use the default configuration.
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Additional Tweaks I've performed:
1. I disabled the
gpe17 and
sci ACPI Interupts as I noticed that I was experiencing hundreds of thousands of them when I ran
grep . -r /sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts. There are
0 interrupts listed now, though:
Code:
Dir: /home/tj
Usr: tj - Tue 24, 11:14AM > grep . -r /sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_gbl_lock: 0 enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe15: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe05: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe3F: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe33: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe2F: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe23: 0 enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1F: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe13: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0F: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe03: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe3D: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe31: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe2D: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe21: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1D: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe11: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_pwr_btn: 0 enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_slp_btn: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0D: 0 disabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe01: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_pmtimer: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe3B: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe2B: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1B: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe38: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0B: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe28: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe18: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe08: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/sci: 0
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe36: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe26: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/error: 0
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe16: 0 enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe06: 0 enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/ff_rt_clk: 0 disabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe34: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe24: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe14: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe04: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe3E: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe32: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe2E: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe22: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1E: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe12: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0E: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe02: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe3C: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe30: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe2C: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe20: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1C: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe10: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe39: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0C: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe00: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe3A: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe29: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe2A: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe19: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe1A: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe09: 0 enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe37: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe0A: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe27: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe17: 0 disabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/sci_not: 0
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe07: 0 enabled
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe35: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe25: 0 invalid
/sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/gpe_all: 0
2. I've tried to install the
linux-macbook package from the aur but it fails to build and pass a integrity check whenever I try.
3. Computer backlight and keyboard light have been turned down.
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My Questions
1. What can I do to reduce my core temperatures and increase my battery life? I have several friends running Linux on their MBPs without the same issues I'm experiencing so I know it's possible. One runs Arch Linux with a custom kernel and the other uses Xubuntu 16.04. Both of them experience temps in the
40-55 degree range and battery lives of
4-6 hours.
2. Do you guys see anything in my
powertop report that I can do to help my situation?
https://tjzimmerman.com/Files/public/powertop.html
3. Should I be using a different configuration of power management daemons?
4. Does anyone else run Linux on a MBP? What distro? What are your battery life/temps like?
