On 2016-06-02 08:06, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > I am planning to develop a script that gathers all the _relevant_ > system information for common configuration tasks such as sound, > graphics, wireless, network, printer etc. > > Here is a proof of concept > https://gitlab.com/d3k2mk7/rutils/blob/master/debian_user/gather_system_info.py > which gathers information related to the sound task such as sound card > information, kernel modules loaded, debian version, kernel version > etc., Appendix shows a sample run on my system. > > Similar things can be done for other tasks. For example, to address X > related issues, the script may parse Xorg.0.log for relevant errors, > show what graphics driver packages are installed, show information on > the graphics adapter etc., > > The general idea is that if a user is having trouble configuring these > tasks (ex:- sound/printer does not work), he can simply copy paste the > output of this single script in the email to debian-user mailing list > as opposed to gathering everything manually. > > What do you think? Is it a useful/stupid idea? Any > feedback/comments/criticism are greatly appreciated (no matter how > small you think they are).
Part of what you want was already done by Karsten M. Self. I remember using a shell script by him in around 2002. You might try Google if you can find a copy of that script. I think it was called systeminfo. Grx HdV
