Am 01.04.2014 um 11:58 schrieb Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz>:

> On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 09:52:12AM +0200, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> root@dev:/home/helmutw# apt-cache search lshw
>> lshw-gtk - graphical information about hardware configuration
>> lshw - information about hardware configuration
> 
> True, but I think the point is that the same information can be garnered
> using existing commands, e.g ip, lspci, dmesg, lsmod, ifconfig etc.
> 
> You shouldn't really need to install extra packages for most
> troubleshooting tasks.

That’s why I usually do not install lshw, which BTW will not provide any 
information on Xen-guests, same with lspci.

It was more meant as a help for finding the module which includes a certain 
command/utility.

Helmut Wollmersdorfer

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