Laptop Overheats

[aptitude]

I have a dell latitude e6410 and I just installed LMDE. Loving it so far, and I think this should be the main release instead of the Ubuntu based edition. I've only encountered one problem so far. My laptop overheats, nomatter how many programs I'm running. It especially gets worse when I run skype. I've looked at my system monitor and my average RAM usage is around 400-600MB (I'm assuming this might be related to battery usage as well). I use about 1.3-1.8 GB in windows but my battery lasts longer in windows (~3hrs compared to 1.5 hrs in LMDE) and my fan rarely has to work hard because the laptop never heats up too much. Also, when I charge my laptop, once the battery is at 100%, it drops down to ~65% the moment I remove the charger. Are there any power management tools I can install to fix this problem, apart from those that come by default with gnome?

[water spirit]

I believe that your Laptop has this nvidia graphics card

http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-nvs.html

So installing Bumblebee may solve your problem. Some information here

http://bumblebee-project.org/

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee

To install in LMDE

http://wiki.debian.org/Bumblebee

[aptitude]

Installing bumblebee didnt seem to help. Maybe it's because it works for NVDIA Optimus cards. I have an NVS3100M. I cannot even put my laptop on my lap anymore, I only have 5 tabs open in firefox and 2 terminal windows.

[bimsebasse]

Try Jupiter: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/jupiter- ... es-to.html

[mint-me]

your machine is definitely Optimus - http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-nvs.html

i am working on an easy bumblebee fix for debian use, will post here shortly. if you want to try (not easy) see http://wiki.debian.org/Bumblebee

Mint 13 Cinnamon/Mate has great support for Bumblebee. Easy as...

1. open a Terminal - from menu, or hit simultaneously 3 keys to open Terminal, <ctrl> <alt> T
2. enter
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
3. enter
sudo apt-get update
4. enter
sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia
5. Reboot

Enjoy cool and quiet...

read more if u like, and more.

[aptitude]

Hey mint-me and bimsebasse. I've been trying to install bumblebee but when I try to add it to my repositories, i.e, after running

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable

,

I get back the following error message:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 65, in <module>
    if not sp.add_source_from_line(line):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 630, in add_source_from_line
    (deb_line, file) = expand_ppa_line(line.strip(), self.distro.codename)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 47, in expand_ppa_line
    sourceslistd = apt_pkg.Config.find_dir("Dir::Etc::sourceparts")
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'Config'


I'm not sure what the error means.

[mint-me]

on LMDE you can't just add the PPA and make it work. thats for Ubuntu or Linux Mint 13 Maya, NOT Debian.
Note: LMDE = Linux Mint DEBIAN Edition
if you want easy Bumblebee, install Linux Mint 13 Maya, then install by PPA.

on Debian OS, the following is easy and guaranteed to keep you cool:

***This will work on Debian***
Disable NVIDIA in Optimus and run Integrated Intel graphics only:
http://main.solusos.com/showthread.php? ... Priority-1