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Old June 23rd 11, 08:38 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,comp.os.linux.hardware
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Default Linux's console text mode make video card's fan spin up and use more power?
Hello!

I noticed most of the times my old NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT video card's
fan is quiet in KDE v3.5.10 with Compiz. When I exit out of X (used
startx to start X.org) to text mode console, my fan will spin up louder
and according to my old APC UPS, more power is used:

Before "startx" command:
APC : 001,037,0905
DATE : 2011-06-22 20:19:49 -0700
HOSTNAME : MyBox
VERSION : 3.14.8 (16 January 2010) debian
UPSNAME : MyBox
CABLE : USB Cable
MODEL : Back-UPS RS 1500
UPSMODE : Stand Alone
STARTTIME: 2011-06-14 20:44:35 -0700
STATUS : ONLINE
LINEV : 115.0 Volts
LOADPCT : 20.0 Percent Load Capacity
BCHARGE : 100.0 Percent
TIMELEFT : 44.5 Minutes
MBATTCHG : 5 Percent
MINTIMEL : 3 Minutes
MAXTIME : 0 Seconds
SENSE : High
LOTRANS : 097.0 Volts
HITRANS : 138.0 Volts
ALARMDEL : Always
BATTV : 26.8 Volts
LASTXFER : Low line voltage
NUMXFERS : 0
TONBATT : 0 seconds
CUMONBATT: 0 seconds
XOFFBATT : N/A
SELFTEST : NO
STATFLAG : 0x07000008 Status Flag
MANDATE : 2005-03-16
SERIALNO : QB0[deleted]
BATTDATE : 2005-03-16
NOMINV : 120 Volts
NOMBATTV : 24.0 Volts
NOMPOWER : 865 Watts
FIRMWARE : 8.g8 .D USB FW:g8
APCMODEL : Back-UPS RS 1500
END APC : 2011-06-22 20:20:22 -0700

After startx command is run and KDE v3.5.10 desktop with Compiz is up
and idling:
APC : 001,037,0905
DATE : 2011-06-22 20:20:49 -0700
HOSTNAME : MyBox
VERSION : 3.14.8 (16 January 2010) debian
UPSNAME : MyBox
CABLE : USB Cable
MODEL : Back-UPS RS 1500
UPSMODE : Stand Alone
STARTTIME: 2011-06-14 20:44:35 -0700
STATUS : ONLINE
LINEV : 115.0 Volts
LOADPCT : 17.0 Percent Load Capacity
BCHARGE : 100.0 Percent
TIMELEFT : 50.6 Minutes
MBATTCHG : 5 Percent
MINTIMEL : 3 Minutes
MAXTIME : 0 Seconds
SENSE : High
LOTRANS : 097.0 Volts
HITRANS : 138.0 Volts
ALARMDEL : Always
BATTV : 26.9 Volts
LASTXFER : Low line voltage
NUMXFERS : 0
TONBATT : 0 seconds
CUMONBATT: 0 seconds
XOFFBATT : N/A
SELFTEST : NO
STATFLAG : 0x07000008 Status Flag
MANDATE : 2005-03-16
SERIALNO : QB0[deleted]
BATTDATE : 2005-03-16
NOMINV : 120 Volts
NOMBATTV : 24.0 Volts
NOMPOWER : 865 Watts
FIRMWARE : 8.g8 .D USB FW:g8
APCMODEL : Back-UPS RS 1500
END APC : 2011-06-22 20:21:49 -0700


Strange that running X makes my UPS show less power used. I guess I
shouldn't exit X to save power. :P

Is this normal? I am using the latest NVIDIA driver binaries, compiled
from its .run files, in Debian (Kernel v2.6.32-...). Obviously, I can't
read my sensors -f fully for NVIDIA in text mode since NVIDIA driver
isn't in used like in X.

More details if useful:
# nvclock -D
--- nVidia Geforce 8800GT GPU registers ---
NV_PMC_BOOT_0 (0x0): 092880a2
NV_PBUS_DEBUG_0 (0x1080): 00000000
NV_PBUS_DEBUG_1 (0x1084): 00041469
NV_PBUS_DEBUG_2 (0x1088): 00000000
NV_PBUS_DEBUG_3 (0x108c): 000000d1
NV_10F0 (0x10f0): 00000000
NV_1540 (0x1540): f30f007f
NV_15B0 (0x15b0): 00000000
NV_15B4 (0x15b4): 00000000
NV_15B8 (0x15b8): 00000000
NV_15F0 (0x15f0): 00000000
NV_15F4 (0x15f4): 00000000
NV_15F8 (0x15f8): 00000000
NV_PBUS_PCI_0 (0x1800): 061110de
NV_PBUS_PCI_0 (0x182c): 053c10de
NV_C010 (0xc010): 00000000
NV_C014 (0xc014): 00000000
NV_C018 (0xc018): 00000000
NV_C01C (0xc01c): 00000000


I went back to X (startx) and reran nvclock -D command to see if there
are any differences:
# nvclock -D
--- nVidia Geforce 8800GT GPU registers ---
NV_PMC_BOOT_0 (0x0): 092880a2
NV_PBUS_DEBUG_0 (0x1080): 00000000
NV_PBUS_DEBUG_1 (0x1084): 00041469
NV_PBUS_DEBUG_2 (0x1088): 00000000
NV_PBUS_DEBUG_3 (0x108c): 000000d1
NV_10F0 (0x10f0): 00000000
NV_1540 (0x1540): f30f007f
NV_15B0 (0x15b0): 00000000
NV_15B4 (0x15b4): 00000000
NV_15B8 (0x15b8): 00000000
NV_15F0 (0x15f0): 00000000
NV_15F4 (0x15f4): 00000000
NV_15F8 (0x15f8): 00000000
NV_PBUS_PCI_0 (0x1800): 061110de
NV_PBUS_PCI_0 (0x182c): 053c10de
NV_C010 (0xc010): 00000000
NV_C014 (0xc014): 00000000
NV_C018 (0xc018): 00000000
NV_C01C (0xc01c): 00000000
NV_C020 (0xc020): 00000000
NV_C024 (0xc024): 00000000
NV_C028 (0xc028): 00000000
NV_C02C (0xc02c): 00000000
NV_C040 (0xc040): 2e80dbb3
NV_4000 (0x4000): 00000000
NV_4004 (0x4004): 00000000
NV_4008 (0x4008): 8018e400
NV_400C (0x400c): 00001903
NV_4010 (0x4010): 00000000
NV_4014 (0x4014): 00000000
NV_4018 (0x4018): 00001200
NV_401C (0x401c): 00001c03
NV_4020 (0x4020): 80000000
NV_4024 (0x4024): 00001c02
NV_4028 (0x4028): a0000000
NV_402C (0x402c): 00002707
NV_4030 (0x4030): a0090000
NV_4034 (0x4034): 00001202
NV_4038 (0x4038): 00000000
NV_403C (0x403c): 00000000
NV_4040 (0x4040): 00010000
NV_4044 (0x4044): 00010000
NV_4048 (0x4048): 00000000
NV_404C (0x404c): 00000000
NV_4050 (0x4050): 00010000
NV_4054 (0x4054): 00000000
NV_4058 (0x4058): 00000000
NV_405C (0x405c): 00000000
NV_4060 (0x4060): 00010000
NV_E100 (0xe100): 00001900
NV_E114 (0xe114): 00000001
NV_E118 (0xe118): 00000000
NV_E11C (0xe11c): 00000001
NV_E120 (0xe120): 00000000
NV_E300 (0xe300): 00000100
NV_20008 (0x20008): c0083905
NV_20400 (0x20400): 00000000
NV_PDISPLAY_SOR0_REGS_BRIGHTNESS(c084): 00000000
NV_PFB_CFG0 (0x100200): 01001000
NV_PFB_CFG0 (0x100204): 01449000
NV_PFB_CFG0 (0x100208): 00000000
NV_PFB_CFG0 (0x10020c): 20000000
NV_PFB_218 (0x100218): 01000101
NV_PFB_TIMING0 (0x100220): 0d162f23
NV_PFB_TIMING1 (0x100224): 11010a0b
NV_PFB_TIMING2 (0x100228): 0208080c
NV_PFB_474 (0x100474): 00000000
NV_PEXTDEV_BOOT_0 (0x101000): 9f428486
NV_NVPLL_COEFF_A (0x680500): 00000000
NV_MPLL_COEFF_A (0x680504): 00000000
NV_VPLL_COEFF (0x680508): 00000000
NV_PLL_COEFF_SELECT (0x68050c): 00000000
NV_NVPLL_COEFF_B (0x680570: 00000000
NV_MPLL_COEFF_B (0x680574: 00000000
--- PCI header ---
00: de 10 11 06 07 00 10 00 a2 00 00 03 00 00 00 00
10: 00 00 00 fd 0c 00 00 d0 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 fa
20: 00 00 00 00 01 ec 00 00 00 00 00 00 de 10 3c 05
30: 00 00 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 01 00 00
40: de 10 3c 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50: 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 ce d6 23 00 00 00 00 00
60: 01 68 03 00 08 00 00 00 05 78 80 00 00 00 00 00
70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 02 00 e0 84 2c 01
80: 10 29 00 00 02 2d 00 00 48 00 02 11 00 00 00 00
90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00
a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
NV_C020 (0xc020): 00000000
NV_C024 (0xc024): 00000000
NV_C028 (0xc028): 00000000
NV_C02C (0xc02c): 00000000
NV_C040 (0xc040): 2e80dbb3
NV_4000 (0x4000): 00000000
NV_4004 (0x4004): 00000000
NV_4008 (0x4008): 8018e400
NV_400C (0x400c): 00001903
NV_4010 (0x4010): 00000000
NV_4014 (0x4014): 00000000
NV_4018 (0x4018): 00001200
NV_401C (0x401c): 00001c03
NV_4020 (0x4020): 80000000
NV_4024 (0x4024): 00001c02
NV_4028 (0x4028): a0000000
NV_402C (0x402c): 00002707
NV_4030 (0x4030): a0090000
NV_4034 (0x4034): 00001202
NV_4038 (0x4038): 00000000
NV_403C (0x403c): 00000000
NV_4040 (0x4040): 00010000
NV_4044 (0x4044): 00010000
NV_4048 (0x4048): 00000000
NV_404C (0x404c): 00000000
NV_4050 (0x4050): 00010000
NV_4054 (0x4054): 00000000
NV_4058 (0x4058): 00000000
NV_405C (0x405c): 00000000
NV_4060 (0x4060): 00010000
NV_E100 (0xe100): 00001900
NV_E114 (0xe114): 00000001
NV_E118 (0xe118): 00000000
NV_E11C (0xe11c): 00000001
NV_E120 (0xe120): 00000000
NV_E300 (0xe300): 00000100
NV_20008 (0x20008): c0083935
NV_20400 (0x20400): 00000000
NV_PDISPLAY_SOR0_REGS_BRIGHTNESS(c084): 00000000
NV_PFB_CFG0 (0x100200): 01001000
NV_PFB_CFG0 (0x100204): 01449000
NV_PFB_CFG0 (0x100208): 00000000
NV_PFB_CFG0 (0x10020c): 20000000
NV_PFB_218 (0x100218): 01000101
NV_PFB_TIMING0 (0x100220): 0d162f23
NV_PFB_TIMING1 (0x100224): 11010a0b
NV_PFB_TIMING2 (0x100228): 0208080c
NV_PFB_474 (0x100474): 00000000
NV_PEXTDEV_BOOT_0 (0x101000): 9f428486
NV_NVPLL_COEFF_A (0x680500): 00000000
NV_MPLL_COEFF_A (0x680504): 00000000
NV_VPLL_COEFF (0x680508): 00000000
NV_PLL_COEFF_SELECT (0x68050c): 00000000
NV_NVPLL_COEFF_B (0x680570: 00000000
NV_MPLL_COEFF_B (0x680574: 00000000
--- PCI header ---
00: de 10 11 06 07 00 10 00 a2 00 00 03 00 00 00 00
10: 00 00 00 fd 0c 00 00 d0 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 fa
20: 00 00 00 00 01 ec 00 00 00 00 00 00 de 10 3c 05
30: 00 00 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 01 00 00
40: de 10 3c 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50: 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 ce d6 23 00 00 00 00 00
60: 01 68 03 00 08 00 00 00 05 78 80 00 00 00 00 00
70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 02 00 e0 84 2c 01
80: 10 29 00 00 02 2d 00 00 48 00 02 11 00 00 00 00
90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00
a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


$ nvclock -i
-- General info --
Card: nVidia Geforce 8800GT
Architectu G92 A2
PCI id: 0x611
GPU clock: 601.712 MHz
Bustype: PCI-Express

-- Shader info --
Clock: 1512.000 MHz
Stream units: 112 (01111111b)
ROP units: 16 (1111b)
-- Memory info --
Amount: 512 MB
Type: 256 bit DDR3
Clock: 899.996 MHz

-- PCI-Express info --
Current Rate: 16X
Maximum rate: 16X

-- Sensor info --
Sensor: Analog Devices ADT7473
Board temperatu 61C
GPU temperatu 76C
Fanspeed: 3941 RPM
Fanspeed mode: manual
PWM duty cycle: 65.5%

-- VideoBios information --
Version: 62.92.1f.00.09
Signon message: GeForce 8800 GT VGA BIOS
Performance level 0: gpu 600MHz/shader 1500MHz/memory 900MHz/0.00V/100%
VID mask: 3
Voltage level 0: 0.95V, VID: 0
Voltage level 1: 1.00V, VID: 1
Voltage level 2: 1.05V, VID: 2
Voltage level 3: 1.10V, VID: 3


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