pottsy 2017-02-23 19:45:27
I'd say the radeon kernel driver doesn't support your card - http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMD-Radeon-GPU-PRO-Linux-Beta-Driver%E2%80%93Release-Notes.aspx
pottsy 2017-02-23 19:46:38
try the latest proprietary driver.
degenerate 2017-02-23 19:51:59
the struggle is real
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 19:52:08
if it makes you feel any better after reading the question, I too will die someday. But the monitors are plugged into the correct card right?
degenerate 2017-02-23 19:52:44
yes
degenerate 2017-02-23 19:53:06
its one monitor
degenerate 2017-02-23 19:53:09
and im using it now
degenerate 2017-02-23 19:54:49
im burning 15.04 right now im gonna install that i think that amd driver is supported on 15.04 from what i read
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 19:56:24
amdgpu-pro drivers?
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 19:56:30
or a differnt one
BadShah 2017-02-23 20:04:23
T
BadShah 2017-02-23 20:04:54
Is anyone there ?
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:07:53
man bad luck degen, you're right lol. But this one from what I can tell supports it https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver .. it shows it near the bottom.
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:07:57
hi Badshah
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:09:49
how can i check whether my battery is normal or getting weak?
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:09:57
i installed powerstat but cant read it
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:10:36
i heard people running ubuntu has lower lasting battery compared to other OSes, is it true?
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:11:16
mine i got brand new laptop installed ubuntu-gnome, and it last around 2 hours for various activities (coding, streeaming, browsing)
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:11:32
please enlighten me on this, thank you
squelch 2017-02-23 20:11:53
it not a myth
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:11:57
one sec on that craptalk
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:12:18
Frank_Jameso, yes, any help would be appreciated
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:12:40
i got this source: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2210547
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:13:01
generally it is worse
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:13:09
but I've used a program in the past to sort of fine tune it
hateball 2017-02-23 20:13:50
craptalk: upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:13:50
Frank_Jameso, worse in what perspective? is it cause the management of the battery from the OS, or what? cause you know, mine is brand new, it should be something else
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:13:53
I'm trying to verify it's name. If you check the program out thoroughly, you'll probably be pretty impressed with what it can do. But it may take some adjusting to get it perfect for your needs
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:14:29
hateball, what can i check from your command?
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:14:38
craptalk, ironically I'm talking from an area where I don't know for sure on that one, so I have to guess and my guess is that they just don't overly optimize to be safe.
hateball 2017-02-23 20:14:43
craptalk: the state of your battery, which you asked for
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:15:30
ok craptalk, use apt to install powertop
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:15:38
and then run that with root privileges
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:15:45
hateball, this is the result http://termbin.com/xy5f
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:15:47
after you run it, tab over to the far and with tunable.
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:16:21
in there, probably everything almost will be diagnosed as bad in terms of power
squelch 2017-02-23 20:16:26
if you install linux on a new computer you void warranty
hateball 2017-02-23 20:16:30
craptalk: that's not terrible, but capacity is what determines how much power you're able to store
squelch 2017-02-23 20:16:33
:)
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:16:40
you can use arrow key to go down the list, and to tune something, just use the space bar. If something causes issues, leave it as bad.
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:16:56
but I got my old thinkpad watching youtube videos to about 12 watts from 22 watts with that.
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:17:22
Frank_Jameso, since i am new to use powertop, what kind of tuning that you mean? is it including disabling the wifi, screen brightness and alike?
squelch 2017-02-23 20:17:29
they need a new ubuntu laptop edition
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:17:31
hateball, so it is normal?
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:17:34
it's more.. specific
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:17:58
it's not going to disable your wifi, it's going to do other things. you'll see though based on your computer. Each thing has a description of what it is
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:18:01
i was into ubuntu only, now i am using gnome which is more animative or something like that
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:18:10
it should effect the battery life somehow
hateball 2017-02-23 20:18:39
craptalk: assuming it's not brand new, yes. my laptop is 5-6 years and battery is still at 100% tho. but it mostly runs on AC
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:18:40
like "autosuspend for USB device, runtimes for warious things could be more efficient
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:18:49
I recommend trying it out to see. I think you'll be impressed.
Smilex 2017-02-23 20:18:51
Hey. I upgraded my ubuntu, and now I get dmesg messages printed all over when I boot. It even prints into the tty login thing
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:19:28
Frank_Jameso, i got many lists that are labeled as bad
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:19:45
like VM writeback timeout
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:19:54
well, start by playing around with it. take any that aren't the autosuspend for your mouse / keyboard and set them to good.
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:20:06
and then see how it's doing
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:22:35
Frank_Jameso, i did make it good at some points, anyway, what if i put it in wrong thing? is it going to be a problem?
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:22:50
and i dont have to restart to take the effect right?
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:22:57
well
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:23:03
it can make things a bit slower and weird
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:23:10
you don't hav eto restart
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:23:17
I'm trying to find what I used to see power consumption
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:23:25
please let me know
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:23:29
but for the mouse wake one for example
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:23:30
just the essentials
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:23:41
if you choose that one, you have to click the mouse and wait a second for it to work
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:23:43
that's the weirdest thing I've found
martian_ 2017-02-23 20:24:15
jihj
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:24:46
i tried to manage the AMD GPU things
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:24:48
craptalk: if it's a laptop with battery you may be able to use the power statistics that is already installed to see the power use
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:25:18
I'd try just doing everything but the mouse wake one, see what the difference is, and see if you hit any issues
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:25:34
if you do, then it may be a bit trickier than my experience was, but man it's insane what that can do for a battery.
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:25:53
and that's my general experience with linux. If you default it it can be bad but if you really get into it it'll blow windows out of the water.
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:25:55
insane you mean it saves alot the time?
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:26:23
not sure what alot the time means
craptalk 2017-02-23 20:26:48
i mean the battery lasting time to hold the activities while unplugged
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:26:49
but try checking the usage with everything off, then turn on all non mouse ones and check ita gain with a youtube video playing or somethngi
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:27:06
it's the biggest battery savings I have ever seen on anything in my life.
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:27:23
if a company sold this they'd be selling it for $1000 an install =/
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:28:45
these changes by themself won't survive a reboot, but this should help with that. http://askubuntu.com/questions/112705/how-do-i-make-powertop-changes-permanent
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:29:04
once you have it all figured out in a way that doesn't hurt performance for you and saves a lot of battery life, do that part.
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:30:01
and again, to see the change in usage, hit the start (super?) button, and look for power statistics.
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:34:54
like a usb drive?
anddam 2017-02-23 20:35:02
exactly like a usb drive
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:35:51
so this may be a learning experience for me. Is there a difference between umounting it and ejecting it?
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:35:56
as far as I know, they are the same.
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:37:15
or do you mean you are just physically removing the drive frome the computer without unmounting it in the filesystem?
anddam 2017-02-23 20:37:16
no, "ejecting" the device remoes the storing device from kernel, lsblk won't list it anymore
anddam 2017-02-23 20:37:16
that is uncomfortable if you're going to tinker its partition table
anddam 2017-02-23 20:37:29
umounting the partition will just release the mounted device
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:38:20
the guides I'm looking at give both options, testing with a usb drive now. What version of ubuntu are you running?
anddam 2017-02-23 20:38:35
latest LTS
anddam 2017-02-23 20:38:42
what guide is it?
anddam 2017-02-23 20:38:52
I just clicked the eject button on nautilus
anddam 2017-02-23 20:42:16
you cannot highlight a single url split since in textual clients there will be spurious characters in front of the lines following the first
anddam 2017-02-23 20:42:30
my point is I don't have those options frmo the askubuntu
anddam 2017-02-23 20:42:39
actually I don't even have desktop icon, and I'd like them
Frank_Jameso 2017-02-23 20:43:08
I agree with that point, I'm looknig into a few things
anddam 2017-02-23 20:43:39
but in nautilus I get https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/b1ksjgpfcm6rwjf/nautilus.png
ducasse 2017-02-23 20:43:44
elias_a: 'works best' is highly subjective
anddam 2017-02-23 20:44:22
Frank_Jameso: in fact that answer is frmo '10
anddam 2017-02-23 20:44:24
from
elias_a 2017-02-23 20:44:26
ducasse: Anything that works and is safe should be enough for me as I have not used them before.
alkisg 2017-02-23 20:45:04
elias_a: I'm using keepassx for years, it's fine for me