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 T530, but I just have the 6300 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):
- Go to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager
- search for "firmware-iwlwifi" in the package manager
- select that package and install it
- reboot your system
Option 2 (command line):
- run "sudo apt-get install firmware-iwlwifi"
- reboot your system
