-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/25/07 12:52, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: >> Hello Amit, i could try to install a package called lshw >> (apt-get install lshw). >> >> DESCRIPTION lshw is a small tool to extract detailed >> information on the hardware configuration of the machine. It >> can report exact memory configuration, firmware version, >> mainboard configuration, CPU version and speed, cache >> configuration, bus speed, etc. on DMI-capable x86 or IA-64 >> systems and on some PowerPC machines (PowerMac G4 is known to >> work). >> > > Thank you for the suggestion. This is definitely the tool that I > was looking for! > > I am still curious, however, if this actually shows all my > hardware?
Because hardware will identify itself at boot time. Linux might not be able to use it, but "it" knows that the h/w is there. > I guess the best comparison would be to Windows Device > Manager where it shows you all hardware associated with your > system and a "question mark" on those that it does not have > drivers for. How do you know that the Windows DM is showing you everything? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG+WaqS9HxQb37XmcRAkSwAJ9OIW9sN5nC08VOf2EIiAZjd46+LgCgtayl vJtE1nr2iZoRWj7TZQUpB5U= =hXFM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
