For what it is worth it, I have run (and still do) various versions of openSuSE and Knoppix on T430 without any strange fan control problems. The only fan issue I have encountered was noise from fan's dead bearings after heavy 3 years use, resolved by replacing the fan/heatsink assembly. I'd think, that you could try to install or run live Ubuntu (because it is close to Debian) and see what controls the fan, trace it to a package or kernel module and install it on your Debian copy. Scrolling through lsmod output I see following modules (smells like fan related) loaded: thinkpad_acpi, thermal and various i2c modules maybe used to control the fan's PWM -Tomas On Sat, 2016-12-31 at 22:05 -0800, Chuck Hast wrote:Mate on a X-201 and a X-301, both of them run the fans, > > > indeedthermal > I have them listed in Gkrellm and can see the speed vary as load > > > varies on > the machine. I have not really thought about it as seems that they > > > are "just > there", but I will look and see what it is doing.>
> On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> > > > wrote:> > > On 12/31/2016 9:36 AM, Bill Barry wrote: > > > 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> > > > > > > > > I think I've installed lm-sensors but I have to double check. > > I hadn't seen that your yet. > > I'm beginning to get responses on the Debian user list. I'll > > merge your info into what I'm getting there. > > Thank you.> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug> > > > > > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
