-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 10:30:33AM +0200, hdv@gmail wrote: > 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.
Then there is Isenkram [1], by Petter Reinholdtsen. It strives for desktop integration, thus it might have tons of dependencies, which you might want or want not... but it sure is a source of inspiration. There's much to learn from Petter, I think regards [1] http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Isenkram_with_PackageKit_support___new_version_0_23_available_in_Debian_unstable.html - -- tomás -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAldP8U8ACgkQBcgs9XrR2kbKGgCdHWZ+RbwF31Vlt5Ud5UU5jm9t n9UAnR1RBNi0neParKGiqzgeJQlrnnX8 =FdSt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
