On Sunday 06 September 2009 11:20:04 Dale wrote: > Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > Am Sonntag, 6. September 2009 schrieb Dale: > >> The next one is hwinfo. I googled for it and it appears to be broke and > >> well known that it is so. Does anyone know if it is going to be fixed > >> and do I just ditch it until another day? I don't use it much anyway. > >> > >> Ideas? Thoughts? Heavy artillery to kill it with? LOL > > > > Does lshw fit your needs instead? > > That's what I was thinking of using. I have only used hwinfo a couple > times but I hate for something to be broke at the same time. Someone > else may need it for some reason. It's been broke a while so I'm afraid > it may be terminal.
It's a SuSE thing and fits into YaST somehow. For that reason alone it should be considered suitable for SuSE alone and die a swift death everywhere else. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
