modprobe / kernel error with thinkpad_acpi [Thinkpad T410s]

[Christopher Barrington-Leigh]

Installing thinkfan on a thinkpad still (updated 12.10, 20Dec2012) doesn't make it work (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thinkfan/+bug/787031). However, I think i've gone through the necessary extra steps that are supposed to (and used to) make it work.
 But now, after doing a clean install of 12.10, I get the following problem:

sudo modprobe thinkpad_acpi
FATAL: Error inserting thinkpad_acpi (/lib/modules/3.5.0-21-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.ko): Invalid argument

I expected no error and, upon reboot, I expected my fan to stop going at full speed. Instead, thinkfan seems not to work.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: thinkfan 0.8.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Dec 20 11:36:01 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-13 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: thinkfan
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile..etc.default.thinkfan: 2012-12-20T10:51:44.941616
mtime.conffile..etc.thinkfan.conf: 2011-10-26T10:02:42.153194

[Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig)]

Hi Christopher,
  Which model thinkpad is this?
(I've got thinkfan on a w520 and I don't think I had to edit those files to get it to work - although I can't remember).

[Christopher Barrington-Leigh (cpbl)]

Oh, sorry! I'm on a Thinkpad T410s.

[Evgeni Golov (evgeni)]

Hi,

is thinkfan actually running after the reboot? Does "/sys/module/thinkpad_acpi/parameters/fan_control" contain "Y" or "N"?

Greets