On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 2:29 AM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: > I just purchased a used T430 to replace a R61 which had died due > to a fan failure. > I've installed a minimal Jessie including what the installer > considers standard utilities and a very basic MATE DE. > > I used Synaptic to install "mate-system-tools". > An error message said "thinkfan post installation script returned > error exit status 1". > I checked for airflow - there was NONE. > Booted into Windows 7. There was warm airflow whose temperature > decreased with time. > I returned to Debian and attempted to reinstall "thinkfan". > Error message stated "attempted to reinstall E: Internal Error, > No file name for thinkfan:i386". > > Two questions: > > 1. How may I force the fan to run continuously at maximum speed. > Noise &/or power consumption is not important. > > 2. What/where is this "missing file"? Any diagnostic suggestions
The lm-sensors package has utilities for measuring temperature and fan speed and setting the fan speed accordingly. That might be a good place to start. As for your specific error message I don't know what that is about. It could be what is causing lm-sensors to not do it's job. This might help http://www.lxle.net/forums/discussion/821/how-to-set-up-thinkfan-on-a-lenovo-thinkpad-t430/p1 Bill _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
