I like trying (allegedly) lighter apps, so I’ve been trying to install some with yay. One of them is the Sayonara music player, so I can compare it with Audacious. However, when I run the yay sayonara command, it never gets to completion because the system shuts down due to temperatures being too high. I’ve already got the goods in place to turn off the Nvidia GPU (which continues to heat up even when not “in use”), and I selected the “powersave” cpu governor. I’m also using Openbox, not a DE (I had been using Budgie, and it alone kept the CPU temps too high).
I’m new to EndeavourOS, new to using yay and such, and could not find anything helpful in the yay command “help”. Any suggestions?
Thanks, @cscs ! I peeked in /etc/makepkg.conf, and saw what I assumed was the default (commented out via #) as '“-j2” . Does this really mean that it was only using two cores all this time yet STILL taking my system down via overheating? Wow.
You should really investigate why your system is overheating. Maybe time for a better cooler, or a re-paste.
That said, since you’re using the power-profiles-daemon, you could try setting your system to power-saver mode, which will usually set the CPU governor to lower CPU frequency and disable turbo mode. That could help keeping the temp down.
First, list possible modes and note which you’re using (denoted by a *):
Yeah, thanks for reading the first page! This is an early teens Samsung RF711 with Optimus graphics – Intel + Nvidia GE540 or something (that has to be turned OFF to help prevent overheating). Fan speed cannot be controlled. I opened the box up a month ago and replaced the thermal paste. I always make a system so I can see what the current CPU temp is – right now, using a customized Conky (is there a non-customized Conky???), previously was using Budgie, which doesn’t have a widget or suchlike to monitor system temps. I typically ditch most any DE in favor of lightweight WM’s like Openbox, Fluxbox, JWM (my Openbox setup with tint2 and Conky comes up at ~230 MB whereas Budgie was ~660+ MB). Fewer active programs to cycle through most of the time makes for a less hot environment. So I sorta know my way around temperature control stuff.
Right now, I’m wondering if I made a mistake by NOT installing tlp after finding that it conflicted with the Budgie (or EOS) power manager. I use tlp everywhere else, so might have to try disabling the power manager and installing tlp.
Not sure if any of that will help with the yay builds, tho’….
In any case, thanks for chiming in!!! Much appreciated!
@cscs, you got that right! I did just that, installed and ran tlp and tlp-ui and set some pretty limiting caps for CPU usage.
Ran yay sayonara and while it took an inordinate amount of time, it never got over 83C (actually, that might have been prior to the builds) and completed satisfactorily. I’m sure having the MAKEFLAGS=”-j1” helped as well.
Now I know better to not trust my instincts (the bit about not installing tlp in favor of PPD).
And after all that, after trying out Sayonara, it’s no better (and waaay bigger) than Audacious. Now it’s going back to the bit-bin….
This is an early teens Samsung RF711 with Optimus graphics – Intel + Nvidia GE540 or something (that has to be turned OFF to help prevent overheating). Fan speed cannot be controlled. I opened the box up a month ago and replaced the thermal paste. I always make a system so I can see what the current CPU temp is – right now, using a customized Conky (is there a non-customized Conky???), previously was using Budgie, which doesn’t have a widget or suchlike to monitor system temps. I typically ditch most any DE in favor of lightweight WM’s like Openbox, Fluxbox, JWM (my Openbox setup with tint2 and Conky comes up at ~230 MB whereas Budgie was ~660+ MB). Fewer active programs to cycle through most of the time makes for a less hot environment. So I sorta know my way around temperature control stuff. 