On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 23:28, Paul Mackinney wrote: > Derrick 'dman' Hudson declaimed: > > | 2. hwconf - shows what hardware is in place > > > > I don't think there is an equivalent. What functionality do you need > > out of this? The 'lspci' command will list the PCI devices. Other > > hardware info, as seen by the kernel, can be found in /proc. There > > are probably other sources of information, depending on what you are > > looking for. > > > > Debian certainly doesn't have anything like RH's kudzu (one of the more > impressive featres of RH, IMO). The 'modconf' command run as root allows > you to dynamically enable/disable kernel modules, and 'dmesg' will print > all the startup messages, which typically show lots of device info.
Try this on for size: duke:~# apt-cache search kudzu kudzu-vesa - Hardware detecting library hwdata - hardware identification / configuration data kudzu - The Red Hat Linux hardware probing tool. kudzu-dev - Hardware detecting library Also: duke:~# apt-cache search discover | grep discover discover - hardware identification system discover-data - hardware lists for libdiscover1 libdiscover-dev - hardware identification library development files libdiscover1 - hardware identification library libdiscover1-pic - hardware identification library - static PIC version read-edid - hardware information-gathering tool for VESA PnP monitors So, where are we now? -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] REMEMBER ED CURRY! http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry You mutter such objects of equine delight, while in a basket of hounds and toes, that the mind's ability to sew together slices of mordant ivory becomes tamed with visions of Tamils in Constantinople.
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