HP Pavilion DV6 Laptop - does it hate Linux?

[Ali Linx (amjjawad)]

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi amjjawad,
>
>
Hello :)



> Can you see any difference between different versions: 12.04, 12.10,
> 13.04?


No difference at all as far as I can tell. ALL are giving me the same:
overheating, less battery life, etc. That applies for Lubuntu and Ubuntu.
I am posting this from Lubuntu 12.04 amd64 and the temp now is 65c  with
Chromium and Firefox opened.


> I have a newer i5 cpu, and I see very little difference between
> Lubuntu and Ubuntu speed, like you do. However, I do no not notice any
> bad performance or overheating.


HP, as far as I have heard, is not as good as it used to be.
I have an HP from 1999 - P2 with 64MB RAM and 4GB HDD and it works with
Lubutnu 11.10 but yes, very slow.

Nowadays HP seem bad or it could be the model I'm using is bad? I don't
know :(


Maybe the cooperation between the
> graphics driver and chip(s) is the main problem for you.
>
>
~$ sudo lshw -C display
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Madison [Radeon HD 5000M Series]
       vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci at 0000:01:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list
rom
       configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:a0000000-afffffff memory:c4400000-c441ffff
ioport:4000(size=256) memory:c4440000-c445ffff
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci at 0000:00:02.0
       version: 02
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:44 memory:c0000000-c03fffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff
ioport:5050(size=8)



> Which processes are the main users of CPU in Lubuntu and Windows?
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>

I don't know about Windows 7 which I have no such problems with.
With Lubuntu 12.04 amd64 where I'm writing this right now, CPU is always
LOW. Never on 100%. The heat has nothing to do with the CPU as far as I can
tell. I always check the CPU from time to time and I don't see any high CPU
usage on this machine. However, it is so hot.

Yes, I did clean it many times, same.

Thank you :)


> On 2013-05-31 14:27, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I have HP Pavilion DV6 Laptop - Intel Core i5 (1st generation) with 4GB
> > RAM and 500GB HDD and ATI Radeon Graphics + Intel Built-in Graphics (on
> > Windows 7, I can choose between those two).
> >
> > I bought it few years ago with Windows 7 and can't remember when, I
> > installed Linux on it.
> >
> > Long story short and I'm still shocked while writing this and surprised
> > but that is the truth:
> > This machine works 'better' in Windows 7 than Linux on these area:
> > a- More Battery Life in Windows 7 (almost 2 hours while only 1 with
> Linux).
> >
> > b- Less Heat and Fan Noise in Windows 7 (with Linux, heat sometimes go
> > above 70c and while doing nothing, it is 60c - 65c).
> >
> > c- Brightness (can't adjust it with Linux like I do with Windows 7)
> >
> > And to my surprise, my old test machine starts up and shuts down even
> > faster O_o
> > Check my signature to find out the Hardware Details of my Test Machine.
> >
> > Regardless what version I use, both Ubuntu and Lubuntu, all the same
> > performance.
> >
> > I hate to say this but Linux on this machine is a real pain.
> >
> > Am I the only one with this issue?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > P.S.
> > Despite the many threads about this machine, non solved so far and that
> > is why I'm still looking for a solution.
> >
> > --
> > *Best Regards,*
> > *amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/>*
> > *Start Ubuntu
> > <
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu/StartUbuntu
> >*
> >
> > /Test Machine: ASUS F3F Laptop - //Intel Core Duo T2350 @ 1.86GHz with
> > 489MB RAM/
> >
> >
> >
>
>


-- 
*Best Regards,*
*amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/>*
*Start Ubuntu<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu/StartUbuntu>
*

*Test Machine: ASUS F3F Laptop - **Intel Core Duo T2350 @ 1.86GHz with
489MB RAM*
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