Re: no pwm

[David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>]

Replying to me directly is snowballing...


On 5/29/23 20:36, Aleix Piulachs wrote:
> mar, 30 may 2023 a las 5:30, David Christensen
> > On 5/29/23 19:56, Aleix Piulachs wrote:
> > > El El lun, 29 may 2023 a las 9:59, David Christensen
> > > > On 5/28/23 19:27, Aleix Piulachs wrote:
> > > > > i use an hp with bullseye7-386 and it does not support pwm. what can i
> > > > use
> > > > > instead of pwm because it gets very hot

> > > Computer hp compaq 6830s intel pentium dual cpu t3400

> > Looking at the "HP Compaq 6830s Notebook PC Maintenance and Service
> > Guide" and the figure "Computer major components" (page 16), it looks
> > like that laptop has one fan and one heat sink/ heat pipe:
> >
> > https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-compaq-6830s-notebook-pc/3688712/manuals

> The fan runs from windows7 because stays in ram but from bullseye no and
> the temperature is over 55 or so degrees


Again, please "Reply to list" instead of replying to me directly.


What do you mean by "because stays in ram"?


Looking at the "Computer Setup User Guide" -> "System Configuration 
menu" -> "Device Configurations" (page 9), I see one option for the fan:

    Enable/disable fan always on while connected to an AC outlet
    (enabled by default).


Please connect the computer power adapter, verify that the above Setup 
setting is enabled, and test for fan operation with both Windows 7 and 
with Debian 11.


Again, please answer the following questions:

* Under what operating conditions does the processor get hot?

* Have you cleaned the fan, heat sink, and chassis internals with a 
vacuum cleaner?


On 5/29/23 20:47, Aleix Piulachs wrote:
> And I can’t find b43/ucode15.fw and
> b43-open/ucode15.fw free firmware files either


Searching package directories for "b32":

https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages


I see 3 results:

* b43-fwcutter

* firmware-b43-installer

* firmware-b43legacy-installer


All three are "contrib" packages, which means your need to edit 
/etc/apt/sources.list and add "contrib".  Here is my sources.list FYI:

2023-05-29 20:59:17 dpchrist@taz ~/src/perl/Dpchrist-Lib5/lib/Dpchrist/Lib5
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb	http://deb.debian.org/debian/			bullseye	 	main contrib non-free
deb	http://deb.debian.org/debian/			bullseye-updates	main contrib non-free
deb	http://security.debian.org/debian-security	bullseye-security	main 
contrib non-free
deb-src	http://deb.debian.org/debian/			bullseye		main contrib non-free
deb-src	http://deb.debian.org/debian/			bullseye-updates	main contrib 
non-free
deb-src	http://security.debian.org/debian-security	bullseye-security 
main contrib non-free


Then run:

# apt-get update


I am unsure which package is correct.  I would try installing 
firmware-b43-installer:

# apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

Then reboot and test.


If that does not work, I would try installing firmware-b43legacy-installer:

# apt-get remove firmware-b43-installer

# apt-get install firmware-b43legacy-installer

Then reboot and test.


David