HWINFO
HWINFO
Section: System configuration (8) Updated: January 2003 Local index
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NAME
hwinfo - probe for hardware
SYNOPSIS
hwinfo [
options
]
DESCRIPTION
hwinfo
is used to probe for the hardware present in the system. It can be used
to generate a system overview log which can be later used for support.
OPTIONS
- --debug level
-
Set debug
level.
The debug info is shown only in the log file. If you specify a log file,
the debug level is implicitly set to a reasonable value.
- --dump-db n
-
Dump hardware data base,
n
is either
0
for the external data base, or
1
for the internal data base.
- --help
-
Print a usage and exit.
- --log logfile
-
Write info to
logfile.
- --short
-
Just a short listing.
- --version
-
Show libhd version.
- --<hwitem>
-
Probe for the particular hardware item. Available hardware items are:
all, bios, block, bluetooth, braille, bridge, camera, cdrom, chipcard, cpu,
disk, dsl, dvb, fingerprint, floppy, framebuffer, gfxcard, hub, ide, isapnp, isdn,
joystick, keyboard, memory, modem, monitor, mouse, netcard, network,
partition, pci, pcmcia, pcmcia-ctrl, pppoe, printer, scanner, scsi, smp,
sound, storage-ctrl, sys, tape, tv, usb, usb-ctrl, vbe, wlan,
and
zip.
BUGS
Not all hardware can be detected.
AUTHOR
Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@suse.de> - hwinfo
Michal Svec <msvec@suse.cz> - manual page
SEE ALSO
discover(8).
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- BUGS
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- AUTHOR
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- SEE ALSO
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