Massive heating issues with Ubuntu 18.04 dualboot

[ConfusedJoaker]

Hi all! I've decided to make the switch into linux through Ubuntu 18.04 dualboot due to the nature of my development work (Apparently Docker works better on unix-based systems) and BOY, has it been pure HELL.

 

For starters, here's my system:

 

Acer Triton 500 2019

i7-9750H six-core processor

16gb ram

RTX 2060(Not that this matters)

 

Sounds pretty damn sweet right? Yeah, runs windows 10 perfectly, never breaks the 50C mark on idle or when compiling my code.

 

Then... in came this horrendous monstrosity we call Ubuntu 18.04. I mean ok, i get that its pretty much open-source with no hardware manufacturers' backing, but.... NO NVME native support? Non-intuitive undervolting and overclocking? Seriously? Back in Windows 10 everything literally is plug-and-play. Here I had to wade deep into my computer's hardware configs to switch over to AHCI just to install.

 

Now the main issue:

 

The damn OS causes my laptop to overheat. Badly. Frequent jumps to 90C when doing NOTHING, the whole keyboard deck feels like I'm typing on an Iron and the fans are constantly on half-full throttle. The battery has gone to trash. On Windows 10 I can get easily 6-7 hours on battery, here on UBuntu I'm lucky if I even get 4 hours.

 

Can ANYONE please give me some advice on what to do with regards to optimising this cranky-ass system? I cant even imagine compiling code and running two servers in conjuction when testing out a fullstack project. If it already hits 90C on IDLE, guess whats gonna happen here? LOL.

[ConfusedJoaker]

Damn.... any news on when the developers at Ubuntu will get around to fixing this? I'm seeing a crapton of threads online on how disastrous 18.04/19 is to users but no end in sight for any of us.

 

So is Mint better supported? I chose Ubuntu because(foolishly with 18.04) it seemed like the most stable Linux distro out there. Anddddd as i type this i lose 1% per minute and battery life fml.

[Labeled]

You could try out Solus, I've run that on a laptop with no heating issues and decent battery life.

 

Don't stick to just an idea of "the most stable" distro, try out a few to find out what works best with your hardware.

[C2dan88]

When installing Ubuntu have you installed the propitiatory drivers (eg closed source driver from nvidia) for your hardware and not the open-source drivers Ubuntu will default to (eg nouveau GPU driver).

[Lukyp]

Pretty much you ran into the main Ubuntu LTS issue, your hardware is too new.

 

You are supposed to use the latest version of Ubuntu or even a development one for such new hardware, I'm even surprised you got video working.

 

Linux drivers for that new hardware are available only in non-lts distributions, the issue here it's rather the slow driver cycle because hardware vendors primarily support Windows.

 

You may try PopOS which has some patches for supporting new hardware, but honestly I don't remember, they got two distributions.

 

I'm sure the situation would REALLY improve if you try Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan.

 

Also, don't even try to use Nouveau (the open source driver installed by default)

 

The first thing you should do is installing the Nvidia proprietary one through the driver manager right after installing your system. (which idk how you get it installed if you say it doesn't support nvme??)

[ConfusedJoaker]

5 hours ago, Chunchunmaru_ said:

Pretty much you ran into the main Ubuntu LTS issue, your hardware is too new.

 

You are supposed to use the latest version of Ubuntu or even a development one for such new hardware, I'm even surprised you got video working.

 

Linux drivers for that new hardware are available only in non-lts distributions, the issue here it's rather the slow driver cycle because hardware vendors primarily support Windows.

 

You may try PopOS which has some patches for supporting new hardware, but honestly I don't remember, they got two distributions.

 

I'm sure the situation would REALLY improve if you try Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan.

 

Also, don't even try to use Nouveau (the open source driver installed by default)

 

The first thing you should do is installing the Nvidia proprietary one through the driver manager right after installing your system. (which idk how you get it installed if you say it doesn't support nvme??)

Thanks for the really informative reply! Guess I'll try out 19.04 then. I chose 18.04 primarily because everyone online was saying how the older 18.04 was more stable, but what you said kinda makes sense. 

 

As to this: "The first thing you should do is installing the Nvidia proprietary one through the driver manager right after installing your system. (which idk how you get it installed if you say it doesn't support nvme??)" This was more an issue with the storage mode of my SSD in the laptop, which by default was set to RST Premium. Apparently with 18.04 and older, only AHCI storage mode(which doesnt support NVME) is allowed or the system wouldnt even recognise my SSD. 

 

And: "Also, don't even try to use Nouveau (the open source driver installed by default)" Could you advise me on how I could go about installing the Nvidia propreitary driver on Ubuntu? Thanks! I've been scouring google for hours and this is the first time I'm seeing this as a suggestion.

[Lukyp]

3 hours ago, ConfusedJoaker said:

Thanks for the really informative reply! Guess I'll try out 19.04 then. I chose 18.04 primarily because everyone online was saying how the older 18.04 was more stable, but what you said kinda makes sense. 

 

As to this: "The first thing you should do is installing the Nvidia proprietary one through the driver manager right after installing your system. (which idk how you get it installed if you say it doesn't support nvme??)" This was more an issue with the storage mode of my SSD in the laptop, which by default was set to RST Premium. Apparently with 18.04 and older, only AHCI storage mode(which doesnt support NVME) is allowed or the system wouldnt even recognise my SSD. 

 

And: "Also, don't even try to use Nouveau (the open source driver installed by default)" Could you advise me on how I could go about installing the Nvidia propreitary driver on Ubuntu? Thanks! I've been scouring google for hours and this is the first time I'm seeing this as a suggestion.

Yeah, it's stable... But that also includes the drivers, now you could integrate additional repositories to 18.04 like updated kernel

 

Afaik I don't know if that mode should be supported on Linux, It has its own software raid solution

 

Basically you just open the program called driver manager (you can find this opening the software repository setting) and choose to install the Nvidia proprietary driver, the latest one available (if you see an old one, add the graphics-driver repository)

 

I'm assuming you got switchable graphics, and the the Nvidia proprietary one includes support to it (without you basically goth both of your GPU on draining battery)