Hello guys,
I've just installed Artix Community qt edition on my HP laptop (intel, 8G RAM, from 2017).
After the clean install, no software added, the fans are always running loud 100% of the time, and CPU is always above 50% on idle, the computer is always extremelly hot and battery life obviously sucks a lot.
Main processes using processor:
Kwin_X11 (20%), picom (10%), plasma-systemonitor (5%)
Can anyone help me out reducing processor / fan activity?
Here's my inxi, thanks!
System:
Kernel: 6.2.11-artix1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.4 Distro: Artix Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Convertible System: HP product: HP Spectre x360 Convertible 13-ac0XX
v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 827E v: 94.55 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: F.23 date: 04/13/2017
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 30.1 Wh (59.6%) condition: 50.5/50.5 Wh (100.0%)
volts: 11.3 min: 11.6 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary status: discharging
Device-1: hid-0018:04F3:22E2.0001-battery model: ELAN0732:00 04F3:22E2
charge: N/A status: N/A
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core i7-7500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Amber/Kaby Lake note: check rev: 9 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB
L3: 4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2700 min/max: 400/3500 cores: 1: 2700 2: 2700 3: 2700
4: 2700 bogomips: 23209
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 bus-ID: 00:02.0
Device-2: Suyin HP TrueVision FHD RGB-IR type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-5:2
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1 driver: X:
loaded: intel unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: i965 gpu: i915
resolution: 1600x900
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.2 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL
GT2) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
API: ALSA v: k6.2.11-artix1-1 status: kernel-api
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off
Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off
Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.69 status: off
Server-4: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 01:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-7:3
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 16.55 GiB (6.9%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLW256HEHP-000H1
size: 238.47 GiB temp: 32.9 C
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 195.31 GiB used: 16.55 GiB (8.5%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 608 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
ID-3: /home size: 195.31 GiB used: 16.55 GiB (8.5%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
ID-4: /var/log size: 195.31 GiB used: 16.55 GiB (8.5%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 62.0 C pch: 48.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 241 Uptime: 20m Memory: 7.64 GiB used: 2.85 GiB (37.3%)
Init: OpenRC runlevel: default Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 Packages: 1638
Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 inxi: 3.3.26
now this doesn't fix the issue you're having with that community edition, but, if you know what desktop you want to use then personally i'd install that (one of the stable builds) and build up what you want, rather than using a community ed. that loads more than you'll probably want in the first place.
Imho Kde plasma may be culprit
use Xfce, Imho much better
Try liquorix, eg. mine here,
Kernel: 6.0.9-lqx1-2-lqx
is likely bit efficient
cross check running it at lower or lowest fre. Hertz ? if gives help, the H/W not suitable to run customarily in high Hz
I don`t know why you use both Kwin and picom at the same time.
Kwin should also be a compositor so picom should not be required.
I would try to stop picom and see the results.