Install Debian Wheezy on a Thinkpad T530

Disclaimer

My t530 is running with MATE 1.6, so this is not a default install by any means, but a lot of these changes will probably still work

Out-of-the-box Stats

Component	Status
NVIDIA Graphics	Needs tweaks; See below
Intel Graphics	Works out-of-box
Fingerprint Reader	Needs tweaks
ACPI - Suspend to Disk (Hibernate)	Untested
Mini Display port out	Untested
VGA out	Untested
Firewire	Untested
Audio in	Works out-of-box
Audio out	Works out-of-box
Wired LAN	Works out-of-box
Thinkvantage Button	Untested
Wireless - 6300AGN	Needs tweaks; See below
Front wireless killswitch	Works out-of-box
Touchpoint	Works out-of-box
Touchpoint Scrolling	Needs Tweaks
Trackpad	Works out-of-box
Trackpad scrolling (side)	Works out-of-box
Sound card	Works out-of-box
Volume up/down buttons	Works out-of-box
Volume mute button	Needs Tweaks
Optical drive	Works out-of-box
USB	Works out-of-box
FN-F3 (Lock)	Works out-of-box
FN-F4 (Sleep)	Works out-of-box
FN-F5 (Wifi/Bluetooth)	Works out-of-box
FN-F8 (Brightness down)	Works out-of-box
FN-F9 (Brightness up)	Needs tweaks
FN-Space (Thinklight/keyboard backlight)	Works out-of-box
ACPI - Lid Open/Close	Works out-of-box
ACPI - Suspend to RAM	Works out-of-box
SD/MMC Memory card reader	Works out-of-box

Hardware Tweaks

Wireless - 6300AGN

This should work for any of the Intel cards that came in the T61p, but I just have the 4965 to test with. Note: this requites that you are connected to the internet, the on-board Ethernet Adapter works out of the box.

Option 1 (graphical):

1. Go to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager
2. search for "firmware-iwlwifi" in the package manager
3. select that package and install it
4. reboot your system

Option 2 (command line):

1. run "sudo apt-get install firmware-iwlwifi"
2. reboot your system