Lenovo Thinkpad T430
Hardware information
iGPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000 (without Vulkan support): seventh generation, Ivy Bridge (released in 2012-2013). You can get GPU information in Firefox in about:support.
root #dmidecode# dmidecode 3.3 Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. SMBIOS 2.7 present. 66 structures occupying 2571 bytes. Table at 0xFFFFFFFFDAE9C000. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 134, 16 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: 86 10 00 00 00 53 54 4D 20 01 01 00 00 02 01 02 Strings: TPM INFO System Reserved Handle 0x0001, DMI type 4, 42 bytes Processor Information Socket Designation: CPU Socket - U3E1 Type: Central Processor Family: Core i7 Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation ID: A9 06 03 00 FF FB EB BF Signature: Type 0, Family 6, Model 58, Stepping 9 Flags: FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip) VME (Virtual mode extension) DE (Debugging extension) PSE (Page size extension) TSC (Time stamp counter) MSR (Model specific registers) PAE (Physical address extension) MCE (Machine check exception) CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported) APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported) SEP (Fast system call) MTRR (Memory type range registers) PGE (Page global enable) MCA (Machine check architecture) CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported) PAT (Page attribute table) PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension) CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported) DS (Debug store) ACPI (ACPI supported) MMX (MMX technology supported) FXSR (FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions supported) SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions) SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2) SS (Self-snoop) HTT (Multi-threading) TM (Thermal monitor supported) PBE (Pending break enabled) Version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3840QM CPU @ 2.80GHz Voltage: 0.9 V External Clock: 100 MHz Max Speed: 2800 MHz Current Speed: 2800 MHz Status: Populated, Enabled Upgrade: Socket rPGA988B L1 Cache Handle: 0x0003 L2 Cache Handle: 0x0004 L3 Cache Handle: 0x0005 Serial Number: None Asset Tag: None Part Number: None Core Count: 4 Core Enabled: 4 Thread Count: 8 Characteristics: 64-bit capable Handle 0x0002, DMI type 7, 19 bytes Cache Information Socket Designation: L1-Cache Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1 Operational Mode: Write Through Location: Internal Installed Size: 32 kB Maximum Size: 32 kB Supported SRAM Types: Unknown Installed SRAM Type: Unknown Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: Parity System Type: Data Associativity: 8-way Set-associative Handle 0x0003, DMI type 7, 19 bytes Cache Information Socket Designation: L1-Cache Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1 Operational Mode: Write Through Location: Internal Installed Size: 32 kB Maximum Size: 32 kB Supported SRAM Types: Unknown Installed SRAM Type: Unknown Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: Parity System Type: Instruction Associativity: 8-way Set-associative Handle 0x0004, DMI type 7, 19 bytes Cache Information Socket Designation: L2-Cache Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2 Operational Mode: Write Through Location: Internal Installed Size: 256 kB Maximum Size: 256 kB Supported SRAM Types: Unknown Installed SRAM Type: Unknown Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: Multi-bit ECC System Type: Unified Associativity: 8-way Set-associative Handle 0x0005, DMI type 7, 19 bytes Cache Information Socket Designation: L3-Cache Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 3 Operational Mode: Write Back Location: Internal Installed Size: 8 MB Maximum Size: 8 MB Supported SRAM Types: Unknown Installed SRAM Type: Unknown Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: Multi-bit ECC System Type: Unified Associativity: 16-way Set-associative Handle 0x0006, DMI type 129, 8 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: 81 08 06 00 01 01 02 01 Strings: Intel_ASF Intel_ASF_001 Handle 0x0007, DMI type 16, 23 bytes Physical Memory Array Location: System Board Or Motherboard Use: System Memory Error Correction Type: None Maximum Capacity: 16 GB Error Information Handle: Not Provided Number Of Devices: 2 Handle 0x0008, DMI type 17, 34 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x0007 Error Information Handle: Not Provided Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 8 GB Form Factor: SODIMM Set: None Locator: ChannelA-DIMM0 Bank Locator: BANK 0 Type: DDR3 Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: 2133 MT/s Manufacturer: Kingston Serial Number: 5D1E6408 Asset Tag: None Part Number: KHX2133C11S3L/8G Rank: Unknown Configured Memory Speed: 2133 MT/s Handle 0x0009, DMI type 17, 34 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x0007 Error Information Handle: Not Provided Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 8 GB Form Factor: SODIMM Set: None Locator: ChannelB-DIMM0 Bank Locator: BANK 2 Type: DDR3 Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: 2133 MT/s Manufacturer: Kingston Serial Number: 5F1E7508 Asset Tag: None Part Number: KHX2133C11S3L/8G Rank: Unknown Configured Memory Speed: 2133 MT/s Handle 0x000A, DMI type 19, 31 bytes Memory Array Mapped Address Starting Address: 0x00000000000 Ending Address: 0x003FFFFFFFF Range Size: 16 GB Physical Array Handle: 0x0007 Partition Width: 2 Handle 0x000B, DMI type 0, 24 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: LENOVO Version: G1ETC2WW (2.82 ) Release Date: 08/07/2019 Address: 0xE0000 Runtime Size: 128 kB ROM Size: 12 MB Characteristics: PCI is supported PNP is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed Boot from CD is supported Selectable boot is supported EDD is supported 3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h) Print screen service is supported (int 5h) 8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h) Serial services are supported (int 14h) Printer services are supported (int 17h) CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h) ACPI is supported USB legacy is supported BIOS boot specification is supported Targeted content distribution is supported UEFI is supported BIOS Revision: 2.82 Firmware Revision: 1.13 Handle 0x000C, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: LENOVO Product Name: 2342CTO Version: ThinkPad T430 Serial Number: PBDBYFH UUID: 5ce1ba81-52d5-11cb-adef-8ffdf69da5a1 Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: LENOVO_MT_2342 Family: ThinkPad T430 Handle 0x000D, DMI type 2, 15 bytes Base Board Information Manufacturer: LENOVO Product Name: 2342CTO Version: Not Defined Serial Number: 1ZLMB2C36BN Asset Tag: Not Available Features: Board is a hosting board Board is replaceable Location In Chassis: Not Available Chassis Handle: 0x0000 Type: Motherboard Contained Object Handles: 0 Handle 0x000E, DMI type 3, 22 bytes Chassis Information Manufacturer: LENOVO Type: Notebook Lock: Not Present Version: Not Available Serial Number: PBDBYFH Asset Tag: No Asset Information Boot-up State: Unknown Power Supply State: Unknown Thermal State: Unknown Security Status: Unknown OEM Information: 0x00000000 Height: Unspecified Number Of Power Cords: Unspecified Contained Elements: 0 SKU Number: LENOVO_MT_2342 Handle 0x000F, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: Not Available Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: External Monitor External Connector Type: DB-15 female Port Type: Video Port Handle 0x0010, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: Not Available Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: Mini DisplayPort External Connector Type: Other Port Type: Video Port Handle 0x0011, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: Not Available Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: DisplayPort/DVI-D 1 External Connector Type: Other Port Type: Video Port Handle 0x0012, DMI type 126, 9 bytes Inactive Handle 0x0013, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: Not Available Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: Headphone/Microphone Combo Jack External Connector Type: Mini Jack (headphones) Port Type: Audio Port Handle 0x0014, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: Not Available Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: Headphone Jack External Connector Type: Mini Jack (headphones) Port Type: Audio Port Handle 0x0015, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: Not Available Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: Microphone Jack External Connector Type: Mini Jack (headphones) Port Type: Audio Port Handle 0x0016, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: Not Available Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: Ethernet External Connector Type: RJ-45 Port Type: Network Port Handle 0x0017, DMI type 126, 9 bytes Inactive Handle 0x0018, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: Not Available Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB 1 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x0019, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: Not Available Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB 2 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x001A, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: Not Available Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB 3 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x001B, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: Not Available Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB 4 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x001C, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: Not Available Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB 5 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x001D, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: Not Available Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB 6 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x001E, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: Not Available Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB 7 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x001F, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: Not Available Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB 8 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x0020, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: Not Available Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB 9 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x0021, DMI type 8, 9 bytes Port Connector Information Internal Reference Designator: Not Available Internal Connector Type: None External Reference Designator: USB 10 External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB) Port Type: USB Handle 0x0022, DMI type 126, 9 bytes Inactive Handle 0x0023, DMI type 126, 9 bytes Inactive Handle 0x0024, DMI type 126, 9 bytes Inactive Handle 0x0025, DMI type 9, 17 bytes System Slot Information Designation: ExpressCard Slot Type: x1 PCI Express Current Usage: Available Length: Other ID: 1 Characteristics: Hot-plug devices are supported Bus Address: 0000:00:00.0 Handle 0x0026, DMI type 9, 17 bytes System Slot Information Designation: Media Card Slot Type: Other Current Usage: Available Length: Other Characteristics: Hot-plug devices are supported Bus Address: 0000:00:00.0 Handle 0x0027, DMI type 126, 17 bytes Inactive Handle 0x0028, DMI type 10, 6 bytes On Board Device Information Type: Other Status: Disabled Description: IBM Embedded Security hardware Handle 0x0029, DMI type 12, 5 bytes System Configuration Options Handle 0x002A, DMI type 13, 22 bytes BIOS Language Information Language Description Format: Abbreviated Installable Languages: 1 en-US Currently Installed Language: en-US Handle 0x002B, DMI type 126, 26 bytes Inactive Handle 0x002C, DMI type 126, 26 bytes Inactive Handle 0x002D, DMI type 18, 23 bytes 32-bit Memory Error Information Type: OK Granularity: Unknown Operation: Unknown Vendor Syndrome: Unknown Memory Array Address: Unknown Device Address: Unknown Resolution: Unknown Handle 0x002E, DMI type 21, 7 bytes Built-in Pointing Device Type: Track Point Interface: PS/2 Buttons: 3 Handle 0x002F, DMI type 131, 22 bytes ThinkVantage Technologies Version: 1 Diagnostics: No Handle 0x0030, DMI type 136, 6 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: 88 06 30 00 5A 5A Handle 0x0031, DMI type 130, 20 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: 82 14 31 00 24 41 4D 54 00 00 00 00 01 A5 FF 03 00 00 00 00 Handle 0x0032, DMI type 131, 64 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: 83 40 32 00 14 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 45 00 F8 00 55 1E FF FF FF FF 21 20 00 00 01 00 08 00 18 0E 47 00 00 00 00 00 C8 00 02 15 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 62 00 00 00 76 50 72 6F 00 00 00 00 Handle 0x0033, DMI type 135, 74 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: 87 4A 33 00 54 50 07 02 42 41 59 20 49 2F 4F 20 03 00 06 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 02 04 FF 03 FF Handle 0x0034, DMI type 133, 5 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: 85 05 34 00 01 Strings: KHOIHGIUCCHHII Handle 0x0035, DMI type 15, 31 bytes System Event Log Area Length: 18 bytes Header Start Offset: 0x0000 Header Length: 16 bytes Data Start Offset: 0x0010 Access Method: General-purpose non-volatile data functions Access Address: 0x00F0 Status: Valid, Not Full Change Token: 0x00000000 Header Format: Type 1 Supported Log Type Descriptors: 4 Descriptor 1: POST error Data Format 1: POST results bitmap Descriptor 2: PCI system error Data Format 2: None Descriptor 3: System reconfigured Data Format 3: None Descriptor 4: Log area reset/cleared Data Format 4: None Handle 0x0036, DMI type 140, 67 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: 8C 43 36 00 4C 45 4E 4F 56 4F 0B 00 01 A5 DC 18 54 D5 25 FD 24 44 1C 05 A2 62 B6 47 33 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Handle 0x0037, DMI type 140, 47 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: 8C 2F 37 00 4C 45 4E 4F 56 4F 0B 01 01 29 00 34 E0 A7 BA 89 36 93 61 07 D8 DC 0C CB D7 B0 4E 00 00 00 00 10 00 10 00 10 01 D0 00 20 01 00 01 Handle 0x0038, DMI type 140, 63 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: 8C 3F 38 00 4C 45 4E 4F 56 4F 0B 02 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Handle 0x0039, DMI type 140, 17 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: 8C 11 39 00 4C 45 4E 4F 56 4F 0B 03 01 00 00 00 00 Handle 0x003A, DMI type 140, 19 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: 8C 13 3A 00 4C 45 4E 4F 56 4F 0B 04 01 B2 00 4D 53 20 00 Handle 0x003B, DMI type 140, 19 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: 8C 13 3B 00 4C 45 4E 4F 56 4F 0B 05 01 06 00 00 00 00 00 Handle 0x003C, DMI type 24, 5 bytes Hardware Security Power-On Password Status: Disabled Keyboard Password Status: Not Implemented Administrator Password Status: Disabled Front Panel Reset Status: Not Implemented Handle 0x003D, DMI type 132, 7 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: 84 07 3D 00 01 D8 36 Handle 0x003E, DMI type 135, 18 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: 87 12 3E 00 54 50 07 01 01 D2 FF 01 00 00 F5 01 00 00 Handle 0x003F, DMI type 140, 15 bytes ThinkPad Embedded Controller Program Version ID: G1HT35WW Release Date: 03/04/2014 Handle 0x0040, DMI type 140, 43 bytes OEM-specific Type Header and Data: 8C 2B 40 00 4C 45 4E 4F 56 4F 0B 08 01 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF Handle 0xFEFF, DMI type 127, 4 bytes End Of Table
Firmware setup
Press Enter during boot to enter BIOS, RAM testing. F12 to choose boot media.
Main
After pressing ENTER on boot
Config
Config AMT
Keyboard/Mouse
Startup
Power
Diagnostic main screen
Diagnostic: CPU test
Diagnostic: RAM
lscpu
root #lscpuArchitecture: x86_64 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 4 On-line CPU(s) list: 0-3 Thread(s) per core: 2 Core(s) per socket: 2 Socket(s): 1 Vendor ID: GenuineIntel CPU family: 6 Model: 58 Model name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz Stepping: 9 CPU MHz: 1306.347 CPU max MHz: 3300.0000 CPU min MHz: 1200.0000 BogoMIPS: 5188.11 Virtualization: VT-x L1d cache: 32K L1i cache: 32K L2 cache: 256K L3 cache: 3072K Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cpuid_fault epb tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase smep erms xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts
Product page for stock i5 CPU.
Compare stock CPU with top available 3840QM, userbenchmark.com, notebookcheck.net, technical.city, cpubenchmark.net, cpu-world.com, cpuboss.com.
During Gentoo compilation your T430 may became very hot and even turn off, especially on higher CPU - so you will need to replace HSF too, to have 2 pipes:
lspci
root #lspci -nnk00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller [8086:0154] (rev 09)
Subsystem: Lenovo 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller [17aa:21f3]
Kernel driver in use: ivb_uncore
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09)
Subsystem: Lenovo 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [17aa:21f3]
Kernel driver in use: i915
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller [8086:1e31] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Lenovo 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller [17aa:21f3]
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:1e3a] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Lenovo 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family MEI Controller [17aa:21f3]
Kernel driver in use: mei_me
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1502] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Lenovo 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection [17aa:21f3]
Kernel driver in use: e1000e
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1e2d] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Lenovo 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller [17aa:21f3]
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1e20] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Lenovo 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [17aa:21f3]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1e10] (rev c4)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1e12] (rev c4)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 [8086:1e14] (rev c4)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1e26] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Lenovo 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller [17aa:21f3]
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation QM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller [8086:1e55] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Lenovo QM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller [17aa:21f3]
Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:1e03] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Lenovo 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [17aa:21f3]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SMBus Controller [8086:1e22] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Lenovo 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SMBus Controller [17aa:21f3]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
02:00.0 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller [1180:e823] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Lenovo PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller [17aa:21f3]
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] [8086:0085] (rev 34)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN [8086:1311]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
lsusb
root #lsusbBus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04f2:b2db Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:21e6 Broadcom Corp. BCM20702 Bluetooth 4.0 [ThinkPad] Bus 001 Device 003: ID 147e:2020 Upek TouchChip Fingerprint Coprocessor (WBF advanced mode) Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0bdb:1926 Ericsson Business Mobile Networks BV H5321 gw Mobile Broadband Driver Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
RAM
ThinkPad T430 supports up to 16 GB of SO-DIMM DDR3/DDR3L memory. Max frequency for some machines is 2133 MHz, but personally I got black screen without loading with 2133 MHz memory, so check in shop before buy. DDR3L is better because it is 1.35V instead of 1.5V so it uses 10 percent less battery with the same performance as DDR3. To check how much of memory the laptop has:
root #dmidecode -t memory | grep -i sizeSize: 4096 MB Size: No Module Installed
This shows one 4GB module is installed and a second is unpopulated but available.
To find out the frequency of installed RAM modulesː
root #dmidecode -t memory | grep 'Memory Speed'Configured Memory Speed: 1600 MT/s Configured Memory Speed: Unknown
When a second RAM module is installed, they will operate on the same frequency (the lowest one from both), but size can differ (for example 4 GB plus 8 GB).
See video about how to replace RAM.
Hard Drive
Better replace for SSD for higher speed, 2.5 inch (SATA III: 6Gb/s) or mSATA (SATA II: 3Gb/s). Good models: Samsung EVO 870, MX500, BX500[1], according to Windows benchmark - Samsung is the best.
Also you can replace DVD ullrabay to SSD caddy[2] - SATA III[3], and have two storages.
Or ExpressCard to NVMe Adapter - so you will be able to install some m.2 storage (speed: Sata III - 6 Gb/s).
So totally you can have 4 drives inside this laptop (plus USB).
Trim
If you have SSD — sometimes you need to trim it for faster writing. Do not mount with discard option - it will be slower and can be harmful. Better trim on poweroff, on Fridays:
/etc/local.d/10-run_on_shutdown.stop#!/bin/bash
# From
# https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/running-a-shell-script-at-shutdown-only-not-at-reboot-a-comparison-between-openrc-and-systemd/
if [ `who -r | awk '{print $2}'` = "0" ] && [ "$(date +%a)" = "Fri" ]; then
echo /etc/local.d/10-run_on_shutdown.stop: run SSD trim
fstrim / --verbose
sleep 5
fi
make it executable:
user $chmod +x /etc/local.d/10-run_on_shutdown.stop/etc/local.d — /etc/local.d/ can contain small programs or light scripts to be run when the local service is started or stopped. .
By default prints are hidden, to show them:
/etc/conf.d/localrc_verbose=yes
Battery
Get current battery level (useful when using i3 or Sway window managers without GUI battery indicator)[4]ː
user $cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacityFor all details about the batteryː
user $find /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/ -type f | xargs -tn1 catcat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/energy_full 75390000 cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/manufacturer SANYO cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/cycle_count 0 cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/power_now 16751000 cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacity_level Normal cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/model_name 45N1173 cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/voltage_min_design 10800000 cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/present 1 cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/energy_now 70150000 cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/energy_full_design 93960000 cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacity 93 cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_start_threshold 0 cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/technology Li-ion cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/power/runtime_suspended_time 0 cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/power/autosuspend_delay_ms cat: /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/power/autosuspend_delay_ms: Input/output error cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/power/runtime_active_time 0 cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/power/control auto cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/power/runtime_status unsupported cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/type Battery cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status Charging cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_stop_threshold 100 cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/serial_number 32255 cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/voltage_now 12473000 cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/alarm 3769000 cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/uevent POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=BAT0 POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Charging POWER_SUPPLY_PRESENT=1 POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY=Li-ion POWER_SUPPLY_CYCLE_COUNT=0 POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_MIN_DESIGN=10800000 POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_NOW=12473000 POWER_SUPPLY_POWER_NOW=16751000 POWER_SUPPLY_ENERGY_FULL_DESIGN=93960000 POWER_SUPPLY_ENERGY_FULL=75390000 POWER_SUPPLY_ENERGY_NOW=70150000 POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY=93 POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY_LEVEL=Normal POWER_SUPPLY_MODEL_NAME=45N1173 POWER_SUPPLY_MANUFACTURER=SANYO POWER_SUPPLY_SERIAL_NUMBER=32255
Installation
Firmware
Wi-Fi
The Linux firmware package is needed since the Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN wifi adapter requires a specific firmware file.
Firmware file that is needed is the iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode. It can be obtained by installing the Linux firmware package: sys-firmware/linux-firmware or sys-firmware/iwl6005-ucode.
/etc/portage/make.conf# ipw3945 needed for ThinkPad wireless firmware
ACCEPT_LICENSE="@FREE ipw3945"
Wireless module can be another one, note that Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 does not have bluetooth. If you want bluetooth - you can buy Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260. Also you can get a wireless module that does not need a proprietary blobs, for example something that uses the ath9k driver - in the table look for Mini PCIe (half). [5]
After every kernel update (after make) execute
root #make modules_installFor more info see iwlwifi.
When error messages saying the kernel isn't able to find the iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode, check content of /lib/firmware/.
To make connection emerge wpa_supplicant:
root #emerge --ask net-wireless/wpa_supplicantEdit config file, this is an example (see more at man 5 wpa_supplicant.conf and /usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant-2.10-r1/wpa_supplicant.conf.bz2):
/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.confctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
ap_scan=1
network={
ssid="A1-13"
psk="this is my password"
priority=1
}
network={
ssid="POCO X3 Pro"
psk="and another password"
priority=2
}
network={
ssid="hackerspace"
psk="yet another password"
priority=9
}
network={
ssid="HUAWEI-25 a-2"
psk="password"
priority=99
}
Connect to Wi-Fi with this command:
root #/etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant startYou can replace mini-PCI (half) WLAN module to something that do not need proprietary blobs, for example AR5BHB116.
Ethernet
root #cd /etc/init.d/To try to use Ethernet on laptop boot (run by init system):
root #rc-update add net.enp0s25Bluetooth
Not integrated in my model - I bought a small USB adapter UB500.
If in dmesg you see:
root #dmesgbluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for brcm/BCM20702A1-0a5c-21e6.hcd failed with error -2
Thus a Linux firmware file BCM20702A1-0a5c-21e6.hcd is needed. See Broadcom Bluetooth for additional info.
Sound
If you plan to use Firefox for meetings - you need PulseAudio, because Firefox has the issue that when built with Alsa - your microphone will not work.
Microcode
Intel released microcode updates that fixes fault on processors. Install the officially published microcode package sys-firmware/intel-microcode. For more info see Intel microcode.
Kernel
Gentoo specific Menuconfig. More info at Kernel.
Processor type and features --->
[*] Symmetric multi-processing support
[*] Support x2apic
Processor family --->
(X) Core 2/newer Xeon
[*] SMT (Hyperthreading) scheduler support
[*] Multi-core scheduler support
Preemption Model --->
(X) Preemptible Kernel (Low-Latency Desktop)
[*] Machine Check / overheating reporting
[*] Intel MCE features
[*] CPU microcode loading support
[*] Intel microcode loading support
Timer frequency
(X) 1000 HZ
Power management and ACPI options --->
[*] ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support --->
<*> AC Adapter
<*> Battery
-*- Button
-*- Video
<*> Fan
[*] Dock
<*> Processor
<*> Processor Aggregator
<*> Thermal Zone
CPU Frequency scaling --->
Default CPUFreq governor --->
(X) powersave
<*> 'performance' governor
-*- 'powersave' governor
*** CPU frequency scaling drivers ***
-*- Intel P state control
[*] Cpuidle Driver for Intel Processors
Memory power savings --->
<*> Intel chipset idle memory power saving driver
Bus options (PCI etc.) --->
[*] PCI support
[*] Support mmconfig PCI config space access
[*] PCI Express Port Bus support
[*] Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI and MSI-X)
[*] Interrupts on hypertransport devices
<*> PCCard (PCMCIA/CardBus) support --->
-*- 32-bit CardBus support
<*> CardBus yenta-compatible bridge support
[*] Networking support --->
<*> Bluetooth subsystem support --->
Bluetooth device drivers --->
<M> HCI USB driver
[*] Broadcom protocol support
[*] Realteck protocol support
<*> Wireless --->
<M> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API
<M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
<*> RF switch subsystem support
Device Drivers --->
Generic Driver Options --->
-*- Userspace firmware loading support
[*] Include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary
(intel-ucode/06-3a-09) External firmware blobs to build into the kernel binary
(/lib/firmware) Firmware blobs root directory
Misc Devices --->
-*- Intel Management Engine Interface
<*> ME Enabled Intel Chipsets
SCSI device support --->
<*> SCSI disk support
<*> SCSI media changer support
[*] Asynchronous SCSI scanning
<*> Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers (libata) --->
<*> AHCI SATA support
[*] Network device support --->
[*] Ethernet driver support --->
[*] Intel devices
<M> Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support
<*> USB Network Adapters --->
<*> Multi-purpose USB Networking Framework
-*- CDC NCM support
<*> CDC MBIM support
[*] Wireless LAN --->
<M> Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi)
<M> Intel Wireless WiFi DVM Firmware support
<M> Intel Wireless WiFi MVM Firmware support
Input device support --->
<*> Mouse interface
[*] Keyboards --->
<*> AT keyboard
[*] Mice --->
<*> PS/2 mouse
I2C support --->
I2C Hardware Bus support --->
<*> Intel 82801 (ICH/PCH)
-*- Hardware Monitoring support --->
<*> Intel Core/Core2/Atom temperature sensor
-*- Generic Thermal sysfs driver
[*] X86 package temperature thermal driver
[*] Intel PCH Thermal Reporting Driver
[*] Watchdog Timer Support --->
<*> Intel TCO Timer/Watchdog
Multifunction device drivers --->
<*> Intel ICH LP
<*> Multimedia support --->
[*] Cameras/video grabbers support
[*] Media USB Adapters --->
<*> USB Video Class (UVC)
[*] UVC input events device support
Graphics support --->
<*> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support) --->
<*> Intel 440LX/BX/GX, I8xx and E7x05 chipset support
<*> Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support)
[*] Enable legacy fbdev support for your modesetting driver
<*> Intel 8xx/9xx/G3x/G4x/HD Graphics
[*] Enable capturing GPU state following a hang
[*] Compress GPU error state
[*] Always enable userptr support
Frame buffer Devices --->
[*] EFI-based Framebuffer Support
Console display driver support --->
<*> Framebuffer Console support
<*> Sound card support --->
<*> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture --->
[*] PCI sound devices --->
HD-Audio --->
<*> HD Audio PCI
<*> Build Realtek HD-audio codec support
<*> Build HDMI/DisplayPort HD-audio codec support
[*] USB support --->
<*> xHCI HCD (USB 3.0) support
<*> EHCI HCD (USB 2.0) support
<*> USB Modem (CDC ACM) support
<*> USB Mass Storage support
<*> MMC/SD/SDIO card support --->
<*> Secure Digital Host Controller Interface support
<*> SDHCI support on PCI bus
<*> Realtek PCI-E SD/MMC Card Interface Driver
[*] X86 Platform Specific Device Drivers --->
<M> ThinkPad ACPI Laptop Extras
[*] Console audio control ALSA interface
[*] Video output control support
[*] Support NVRAM polling for hot keys
[*] IOMMU Hardware Support --->
[*] Support for Intel IOMMU using DMA Remapping Devices
[*] Support for Shared Virtual Memory with Intel IOMMU
[*] Enable Intel DMA Remapping Devices by default
[*] Support for Interrupt Remapping
Ready to use .config for Linux 5.
Configuration
Compiler settings
More info is available at:
/etc/portage/make.conf# O2 for super-safe output
CFLAGS="-march=ivybridge -O2 -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
# Dual-core with enabled Hyper-Threading technology - 4 logical processors
MAKEOPTS="-j4"
# AMD64 architecture
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
Packages settings
For more info: CPU_FLAGS_X86
/etc/portage/make.conf# Obtained via cpuid2cpuflags
CPU_FLAGS_X86="aes avx f16c mmx mmxext pclmul popcnt rdrand sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3"
USE flags
You can get or review my /etc/portage configs.
With Intel Modesetting DDX as video driver and libinput as input driver add the USE flags glamor and libinput.
/etc/portage/make.conf# Intel GMA Gen 7 - IvyBridge
VIDEO_CARDS="intel i965"
INPUT_DEVICES="libinput"
USE="glamor libinput"
Firefox video performance
Video performance is better on media-video/mpv (use --hwdec=vaapi), but from 2021 you can USE="vaapi" and enable WebRender in Firefox (if not enabled by default, see about:support) to use GPU for video and get higher FPS. Also in firefox in about:support enable gfx.webrender.all (tested on Firefox 86).
To check that it works: emerge x11-apps/igt-gpu-tools and run intel_gpu_top: it must show loading for Video when Firefox plays YouTube, not like this 0%:
root #intel_gpu_topintel-gpu-top: Intel Ivybridge (Gen7) @ /dev/dri/card0
437/ 441 MHz; 57% RC6; 0.70/12.20 W; 45 irqs/s
IMC reads: 2 MiB/s
IMC writes: 618 MiB/s
ENGINES BUSY MI_SEMA MI_WAIT
Render/3D 8.99% |██ | 0% 0%
Blitter 0.00% | | 0% 0%
Video 0.00% | | 0% 0%Note that Intel HD 4000 (Ivybridge) supports only h264 hardware decoding, as you can see in vainfo:
user $vainfolibva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/va/drivers/iHD_drv_video.so libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1 libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/va/drivers/i965_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_13 libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 vainfo: VA-API version: 1.13 (libva 2.13.0) vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile - 2.4.1 vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointEncSlice
VAProfileH264StereoHigh : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVC1Advanced : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointVideoProc
VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointVLDSo you can install popular browser extension h264ify. On YouTube make right click on video and choose Stats for nerds, see Codecs line. Also check media.ffmpeg.vaapi.enabled.
You can check video performance on this video, maybe vp9 and av1 will play smoothly for you even without hardware decoding (0% Video in intel_gpu_top).
See more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Acceleration_API
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hardware_video_acceleration
Utils
battery charge thresholds
Use: app-laptop/tpacpi-bat. Example config and instructions can be found at: github.com/teleshoes/tpacpi-bat.
fan control
Use: app-laptop/thinkfan.
/etc/modprobe.d/thinkpad.confoptions thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1
/etc/thinkfan.confhwmon /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/temp1_input
hwmon /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon1/temp1_input
hwmon /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon1/temp2_input
hwmon /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon1/temp3_input
tp_fan /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
(0, 0, 55)
(1, 53, 60)
(2, 58, 65)
(3, 63, 70)
(4, 68, 75)
(5, 73, 80)
(6, 78, 85)
(7, 83, 90)
(127, 88, 32767)
Fingerprint reader
Use: sys-auth/fprintd. Instructons can be found at: [1]
ThinkLight
Fn-Space to enable/disable the ThinkLight, useful to see the keyboard in low light conditions.
Displays
Multiple displays
To add more displays[6], there are several methods: one additional external display, or attach two external displays but internal panel will be disabled, or to do a triple monitor setup[7] with a T430 (iGPU model) you'll need the 4337 or 4338 dock for its dual DisplayPort, external screens need to have the same setting (resolution & refresh rate) and interface type (DisplayPort, hence needing the dock). If the monitors lack a DisplayPort you can use an Active cable or adapter (passive cables & adapters won't work).
DisplayPort specification here is 1.1a, so daisy chaining (MST) is unavailable here[8][9][10].
Also you can use x11-misc/synergy (Wayland support in development) or x11-misc/barrier (Wayland support in development) to unite multiple computers.
Fastboot (reduce flickering on boot)
Uncomment and add:
/etc/default/grubGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="i915.fastboot=1"
and regenerate grub, as usual after kernel update:
root #grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfgeGPU
With ThinkPad T430 it is possible to use external GPU, connected to ExpressCard adapter. The performance will be PCI-e x2: not very good, but on the internet you can find many positive posts about it. See more at:
https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/hwmf91/t430_finally_maxed_out_egpu/
https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/hbzkdz/t430_egpu_how_about_coreboot_and_linux/
https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/727mhn/thinkpad_t430_and_expresscard34_egpu_what_ive/
https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2022/01/09/why-i-went-back-to-using-a-thinkpad-from-2012/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=390FuyadPIw?t=222
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TR2qOdrdtE - GPU is Nvidia GTX 1060 3GB, overview of games performance on Windows.
Fix screen tearing
When watching some videos, some frames may be out of sync with the screen rate. Screen tearing can be fixed in multiple ways. For Xorg: ThinkPad T430 has Intel GPU, create this file:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.confSection "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
Option "TearFree" "true"
EndSection
And emerge x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel (because still not implemented in the default xf86-video-modesetting).
Reboot the system for the new configuration to take effect.
Another option against screen tearing: use Sway window manager, because underlying Wayland protocol has no screen tearing by design.
Pros of Wayland (Sway):
- A little bit better scrolling in Firefox, better video playing (no drop frames, even if Youtube shows 0), more FPS
- No need for xf86-video-intel driver
Cons of Wayland
- Difficult screencasting for Google Meet in Firefox, you will need to mess around with unstable PipeWire, xdg-desktop-portal-wlr, personally I got no success in January 2022 after a few hours of trying, see this defect
- Xorg will be installed if you compile Firefox with PGO, looks like Firefox uses Xorg virtual screen for testing
- Impossible to use ffmpeg for screen grabbing, but other options exists
- The most minor - you will need to change your screenshot software from scrot (or maim) to grim
You can check tearing on this video.
i3 bindsym for screenshot to file with a good name and to clipboard
File name will be like 2022-jan-15--12-05-59_maim.png:
bindsym $mod+Shift+s exec maim --select --hidecursor |\
tee /tmp/$(date +%Y-%b-%d--%H-%M-%S_maim | tr A-Z a-z).png |\
xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png
Full screen, waiting 5 seconds before, with led and "notification":
bindsym $mod+Shift+x exec "\
echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/platform\:\:micmute/brightness; \
sleep 5; \
maim --hidecursor ~/screenshots/$(date +%Y-%b-%d--%H-%M-%S_maim | tr A-Z a-z).png; \
echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/platform\:\:micmute/brightness; \
i3-nagbar --message 'Screenshot created' --type warning & \
sleep 3; pkill i3-nagbar"
To be able to toggle the led as a regular user - chmod to 666 will works only before the reboot, persistent solution: create file /etc/tmpfiles.d/<your name> with content:
/etc/tmpfiles.d/brightness.confm /sys/class/leds/platform::micmute/brightness 0664 root video - -
video is the group of your user.
See more about tmpfiles at man 5 tmpfiles.d
Alter brightness
Brightness value live in a file /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness, to react current valueː
user $cat /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightnessTo alter brightnessː
root #echo 400 > /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightnessAlternatively, install sys-power/acpilight or dev-libs/light to control brightness with the xbacklight or light tools respectively.
Keyboard layouts
This is usual, for example here we add Russian language, change by Caps:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keyboard.confSection "InputClass"
Identifier "keyboard-all"
Driver "evdev"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:caps_toggle"
MatchIsKeyboard "on"
EndSection
Screen recording with ffmpeg and vaapi (hardware acceleration, without Nvidia GPU chip)
To h264, because GitHub supports this format (mp4), not webm (vp9), and Ivy Bridge supports hardware encoding to h264 (no audio):
user $ffmpeg -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -f x11grab -video_size 1366x768 -i :0+1200,1152 -vf 'format=nv12,hwupload' -c:v h264_vaapi o.mp4ffmpeg records middle display, where width of the left is 1200 and height is 1920 (1920 - 768 = 1152):
Recording of main screen, with audio (merging system sound + mic) into mono:
main-screen-with-audio.shffmpeg -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -f x11grab -video_size 1366x768 -i :0.0 \
-f pulse -i alsa_output.usb-GN_Netcom_A_S_Jabra_EVOLVE_LINK_00113735E82E0A-00.analog-stereo.monitor \
-f pulse -i alsa_input.usb-GN_Netcom_A_S_Jabra_EVOLVE_LINK_00113735E82E0A-00.mono-fallback \
-filter_complex "amerge" -ac 1 \
-c:v h264_vaapi -vf 'format=nv12,hwupload' ~/record/out/$(date +%Y-%b-%d%a--%H-%M-%S | tr A-Z a-z).mp4
# Press q to finish the recording.
# https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.264
Another example for meetings recording: system sound + USB mic into mono (using the right external display, so you need to adapt this script for you):
right-with-audio.shffmpeg -vaapi_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -f x11grab -video_size 1920x1200 -i :0.0+2566,720 \
-f pulse -i alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor \
-f pulse -i alsa_input.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_Solo_USB_Y7D1J3F0A66336-00.analog-stereo \
-filter_complex "amerge" -ac 1 \
-c:v h264_vaapi -vf 'format=nv12,hwupload' ~/record/$(date +%Y-%b-%d%a--%H-%M-%S | tr A-Z a-z).mp4
# Press q to finish the recording.
# https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.264
Resulting file name will be like 2023-apr-28fri--13-34-54.mp4/home/vitaly/record/out/2023-jul-27thu--13-22-25.mp4
List your audio devices with
user $pacmd list-sources | grep -e 'name:' -e 'index:'Related link: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.264
Control fan noise (RPM)
See Thinkfan.
Example config:
/etc/thinkfan.confsensors:
- hwmon: /sys/class/hwmon
name: thinkpad
indices: [1]
fans:
- tpacpi: /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
levels:
- [0, 0, 40]
- [1, 40, 80]
- ["level auto", 80, 255]
# [level (0-7), from deg, to deg]
Suspend without fan rotation
/lib64/elogind/system-sleep/fan#!/bin/bash
case $1/$2 in
pre/*)
echo level 0 > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
pkill --signal SIGINT openconnect &
sleep 5
# Graceful shutdown of Openconnect: without this after suspend will be no internet connection
# and I will need to stop it manually.
# Related link: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/725171/34318
;;
post/*)
# No need to restart the thinkfan - after a few seconds it will restore the speed according to the config
;;
esac
File name can be anything. Make it executable:
root #chmod +x fanSee more at Elogind.
See also
References
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/rojn2y/what_ssd_can_you_recommend_for_t430/hpys86n/?context=3
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/8u860n/t430_hdd_ultrabay_caddy/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/9fk3bf/t430_ultrabay_sata_2_or_sata_3/
- ↑ https://ostechnix.com/how-to-check-laptop-battery-status-in-terminal-in-linux/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/repy1s/thinkpad_t430_what_is_the_best_wlan_module/
- ↑ https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/T430-Multiple-Monitors-gt-2-with-HD4000/td-p/919831
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/p3q2t3/t430_looks_like_broke_the_mainboard_with_wrong/h8twa36?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
- ↑ https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/displayport-daisy-chaining.75490/
- ↑ https://community.intel.com/t5/Graphics/Is-the-Intel-HD-Graphics-4000-graphics-card-a-DisplayPort-1-2/td-p/646090?profile.language=en
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort#Multi-Stream_Transport_(MST)