On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Tom@gmail <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hey everyone. I just installed debian with Mintppc9 and there is one >> remaining issue - the fan doesn't work. Because of this, the laptop >> gets extremely hot, and the fans never come on. After a few minutes, >> it locks up. >> > > I don't mean to be rude, but if you want to stuck with Mint you might find > you have more luck asking your question on the Mint forums (this list usually > supports Debian, rather than derivative distros such as Mint). > > That said, have you tried installing Debian from an official Debian .iso? > See [www.debian.org/distrib/] > > Good luck > > Tom > >
I have tried, and they pointed me towards this list :) I had originally had debian squeeze installed, but for some reason it wasn't seeing that I had a battery connected, though I think I'm going to leverage the automatically-included modules from mintppc should I switch back. Mint sees the battery without an issue. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

