.\" inxi.1 - manpage for inxi system information tool .\" Copyright (C) 2023 Harald Hope .\" .\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify .\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by .\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or .\" (at your option) any later version. .\" .\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, .\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of .\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the .\" GNU General Public License for more details. .\" .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along .\" with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., .\" 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. .\" .TH INXI 1 "2023\-03\-28" "inxi" "inxi manual" .SH NAME inxi \- Command line system information script for console and IRC .SH SYNOPSIS \fBinxi\fR \fBinxi\fR [\fB\-AbBCdDEfFGhiIjJlLmMnNopPrRsSuUVwyYzZ\fR] \fBinxi\fR [\fB\-c -NUMBER\fR] [\fB\-\-sensors\-exclude SENSORS\fR] [\fB\-\-sensors\-use SENSORS\fR] [\fB\-t\fR [\fBc\fR|\fBm\fR|\fBcm\fR|\fBmc\fR][\fBNUMBER\fR]] [\fB\-v NUMBER\fR] [\fB\-W LOCATION\fR] [\fB\-\-weather\-unit\fR {\fBm\fR|\fBi\fR|\fBmi\fR|\fBim\fR}] [\fB\-y WIDTH\fR] \fBinxi\fR [\fB\-\-edid\fR] [\fB\-\-memory\-modules\fR] [\fB\-\-memory\-short\fR] [\fB\-\-recommends\fR] [\fB\-\-sensors\-default\fR] [\fB\-\-slots\fR] \fBinxi\fB [\fB\-x\fR|\fB\-xx\fR|\fB\-xxx\fR|\fB\-a\fR] \fB\-OPTION(s)\fR All short form options have long form variants \- see below for these and more advanced options. .SH DESCRIPTION \fBinxi\fR is a command line system information script built for console and IRC. It is also used a debugging tool for forum technical support to quickly ascertain users' system configurations and hardware. inxi shows system hardware, CPU, drivers, Xorg, Desktop, Kernel, gcc version(s), Processes, RAM usage, and a wide variety of other useful information. \fBinxi\fR output varies depending on whether it is being used on CLI or IRC, with some default filters and color options applied only for IRC use. Script colors can be turned off if desired with \fB\-c 0\fR, or changed using the \fB\-c\fR color options listed in the STANDARD OPTIONS section below. .SH PRIVACY AND SECURITY In order to maintain basic privacy and security, inxi used on IRC automatically filters out your network device MAC address, WAN and LAN IP, your \fB/home\fR username directory in partitions, and a few other items. Because inxi is often used on forums for support, you can also trigger this filtering with the \fB\-z\fR option (\fB\-Fz\fR, for example). To override the IRC filter, you can use the \fB\-Z\fR option. This can be useful in debugging network connection issues online in a private chat, for example. .SH TABLE OF CONTENTS This man page is pretty long and information packed. It is divided into the following sections: * \fBUSING OPTIONS\fR How to use the command line options. * \fBSTANDARD OPTIONS\fR Primary data types trigger items. * \fBFILTER OPTIONS\fR Apply a variety of output filters. * \fBOUTPUT CONTROL OPTIONS\fR Change default colors, widths, heights, output types, etc. * \fBEXTRA DATA OPTIONS\fR What \fB\-x\fR, \fB\-xx\fR, and \fB\-xxx\fR add to the output per primary data type. * \fBADMIN EXTRA DATA OPTIONS\fR What \fB\-a\fR adds to the output per primary data type. These have a lot of information because this is advanced admin data, which are not always intuitive or easy to understand. * \fBADVANCED OPTIONS\fR Modify behavior or choice of data sources, and other advanced switches. * \fBDEBUGGING OPTIONS\fR For development use mainly, or contributing datasets to the project. * \fBDEBUGGING OPTIONS TO DEBUG DEBUGGER FAILURES\fR Only for advanced users, sometimes something will hang the debuggers, this shows you various ways to get around those failures. * \fBSUPPORTED IRC CLIENTS\fR List of known good IRC clients. Not checked often, let us know if something is not working. * \fBRUNNING IN IRC CLIENT\fR How to run inxi in various IRC clients. * \fBCONFIGURATION FILE\fR Configuration file locations and priority in using. * \fBCONFIGURATION OPTIONS\fR Most of the commonly used configuration options, along with sample values. * \fBBUGS\fR How and where to report bugs. * \fBHOMEPAGE\fR, \fBAUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS TO CODE\fR, \fBSPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING\fR These are self explanitory. .SH USING OPTIONS Options can be combined if they do not conflict. You can either group the letters together or separate them. Letters with numbers can have no gap or a gap at your discretion, except when using \fB \-t\fR. Note that if you use an option that requires an additional argument, that must be last in the short form group of options. Otherwise you can use those separately as well. For example: \fBinxi \-AG\fR | \fBinxi \-A \-G\fR | \fBinxi \-b\fR | \fBinxi \-c10\fR | \fBinxi \-FxxzJy90\fR | \fBinxi \-bay\fR Note that all the short form options have long form equivalents, which are listed below. However, usually the short form is used in examples in order to keep things simple. .SH STANDARD OPTIONS .TP .B \-A \fR, \fB\-\-audio\fR Show Audio/sound device(s) information, including device driver. Shows active sound API(s) and sound server(s). Supported servers/APIs: ALSA, JACK, OSS, NAS, PipeWire, PulseAudio, RoarAudio, sndio. Use \fB\-Ax\fR to show all sound APIs/servers detected, including inactive, \fB\-Axx\fR to see API/Server helper daemons/plugin/modules, and \fB\-Aa\fR to see API/sound server tools. .nf \fBAudio: Device\-1: C-Media CMI8788 [Oxygen HD Audio] driver: snd_virtuoso Device\-2: AMD Cedar HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5400/6300/7300 Series] driver: snd_hda_intel Device\-3: AMD Family 17h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel API: ALSA v: k5.19.0\-16.2\-liquorix\-amd64 status: kernel\-api Server\-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active\fR .if .TP .B \-b \fR, \fB\-\-basic\fR Show basic output, short form. Same as: \fBinxi \-v 2\fR .TP .B \-B \fR, \fB\-\-battery\fR Show system battery (\fBID\-x\fR) data, charge, condition, plus extra information (if battery present). Uses \fB/sys\fR or, for BSDs without systctl battery data, use \fB\-\-dmidecode\fR to force its use. \fBdmidecode\fR does not have very much information, and none about current battery state/charge/voltage. Supports multiple batteries when using \fB/sys\fR or \fBsysctl\fR data. Note that for \fBcharge:\fR, the output shows the current charge, as well as its value as a percentage of the available capacity, which can be less than the original design capacity. In the following example, the actual current available capacity of the battery is \fB22.2 Wh\fR. \fBcharge: 20.1 Wh (95.4%)\fR The \fBcondition:\fR item shows the remaining available capacity / original design capacity, and then this figure as a percentage of original capacity available in the battery. \fBcondition: 22.2/36.4 Wh (61%)\fR With \fB\-x\fR, or if voltage difference is critical, \fBvolts:\fR item shows the current voltage, and the \fBmin:\fR voltage. Note that if the current is below the minimum listed the battery is essentially dead and will not charge. Test that to confirm, but that's technically how it's supposed to work. \fBvolts: 12.0 min: 11.4\fR With \fB\-x\fR shows attached \fBDevice\-x\fR information (mouse, keyboard, etc.) if they are battery powered. .TP .B \-\-bluetooth\fR .br See \fB\-E\fR. .TP .B \-c \fR, \fB\-\-color\fR .br See \fBOUTPUT CONTROL OPTIONS\fR. .TP .B \-\-config\fR, \fB\-\-configuration\fR Show active configuration values, by file, and exit. .TP .B \-C \fR, \fB\-\-cpu\fR Show full CPU output (if each item available): basic CPU topology, model, type, L2 cache, average speed of all cores (if > 1 core, otherwise speed of the core), min/max speeds for CPU, and per CPU clock speed. More data available with \fB\-x\fR, \fB\-xxx\fR, and \fB\-a\fR options. Explanation of CPU type (\fBtype: MT MCP\fR) abbreviations: * \fBAMCP\fR \- Asymmetric Multi Core Processor. More than 1 core per CPU, and more than one core type (single and multithreaded cores in the same CPU). * \fBAMP\fR \- Asymmetric Multi Processing (more than 1 physical CPU, but not identical in terms of core counts or min/max speeds). * \fBMT\fR \- Multi/Hyper Threaded CPU (more than 1 thread per core, previously \fBHT\fR). * \fBMST\fR \- Multi and Single Threaded CPU (a CPU with both Single and Multi Threaded cores). * \fBMCM\fR \- Multi Chip Model (more than 1 die per CPU). * \fBMCP\fR \- Multi Core Processor (more than 1 core per CPU). * \fBSMP\fR \- Symmetric Multi Processing (more than 1 physical CPU). * \fBUP\fR \- Uni (single core) Processor. Note that \fBmin/max:\fR speeds are not necessarily true in cases of overclocked CPUs or CPUs in turbo/boost mode. See \fB\-Ca\fR for alternate \fBbase/boost:\fR speed data, more granular cache data, and more. Sample: .nf \fBCPU: Info: 2x 8\-core model: Intel Xeon E5\-2620 v4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP SMP cache: L2: 2x 2 MiB (4 MiB) Speed (MHz): avg: 1601 min/max: 1200/3000 cores: 1: 1280 2: 1595 3: 1416 ... 32: 1634\fR .fi .TP .B \-d \fR, \fB\-\-disk\-full\fR,\fB\-\-optical\fR Show optical drive data as well as \fB\-D\fR hard drive data. With \fB\-x\fR, adds a feature line to the output. Also shows floppy disks if present. Note that there is no current way to get any information about the floppy device that we are aware of, so it will simply show the floppy ID without any extra data. \fB\-xx\fR adds a few more features. .TP .B \-D \fR, \fB\-\-disk\fR Show Hard Disk info. Shows total disk space and used percentage. The disk used percentage includes space used by swap partition(s), since those are not usable for data storage. Also, unmounted partitions are not counted in disk use percentages since inxi has no access to the used amount. If the system has RAID or other logical storage, and if inxi can determine the size of those vs their components, you will see the storage total raw and usable sizes, plus the percent used of the usable size. The no argument short form of inxi will show only the usable (or total if no usable) and used percent. If there is no logical storage detected, only \fBtotal:\fR and \fBused:\fR will show. Sample (with RAID logical size calculated): \fBLocal Storage: total: raw: 5.49 TiB usable: 2.80 TiB used: 1.35 TiB (48.3%)\fR Without logical storage detected: \fBLocal Storage: total: 2.89 TiB used: 1.51 TiB (52.3%)\fR Also shows per disk information: Disk ID, type (if present), vendor (if detected), model, and size. See \fBExtra Data Options\fR (\fB\-x\fR options) and \fBAdmin Extra Data Options\fR (\fB\-\-admin\fR options) for many more features. .TP .B \-E\fR, \fB\-\-bluetooth\fR Show bluetooth device(s), drivers. Show \fBReport:\fR with HCI ID, state, address per device (requires \fBbt\-adapter\fR or \fBhciconfig\fR), and if available (hciconfig only) bluetooth version (\fBbt\-v\fR). See \fBExtra Data Options\fR for more. If bluetooth shows as \fBstatus: down\fR, shows \fBbt\-service:\fR\fB state and rfkill\fR software and hardware blocked states, and rfkill ID. Note that \fBReport\-ID:\fR indicates that the HCI item was not able to be linked to a specific device, similar to \fBIF\-ID:\fR in \fB\-n\fR. If your internal bluetooth device does not show, it's possible that it has been disabled, if you try enabling it using for example: \fBhciconfig hci0 up\fR and it returns a blocked by RF\-Kill error, you can do one of these: \fBconnmanctl enable bluetooth\fR or \fBrfkill list bluetooth\fR \fBrfkill unblock bluetooth\fR .TP .B \-\-edid\fR .br Triggers full \fBEDID\fR data in Graphics, activates \fB\-G\fR and \fB\-a\fR. \- Adds monitor chromacity (\fBchroma: red:..green:...blue:...white:\fR). \- Shows all available monitor modes if > 2 present, in comma separated list. \- Shows \fBEDID\fR errors and warnings if any present. .TP .B \-\-filter\fR, \fB\-z\fR .br See \fBFILTER OPTIONS\fR. .TP .B \-f \fR, \fB\-\-flags\fR Show all CPU flags used, not just the short list. Not shown with \fB\-F\fR in order to avoid spamming. ARM CPUs: show \fBfeatures\fR items. .TP .B \-F \fR, \fB\-\-full\fR Show Full output for inxi. Includes all Upper Case line letters (except \fB\-J\fR and \fB\-W\fR) plus \fB\-\-swap\fR, \fB\-s\fR and \fB\-n\fR. Does not show extra verbose options such as \fB\-d \-f \-i -J \-l \-m \-o \-p \-r \-t \-u \-x\fR unless you use those arguments in the command, e.g.: \fBinxi \-Frmxx\fR .TP .B \-\-gpu\fR Deprecated. See \fB\-G \-a\fR. .TP .B \-G \fR, \fB\-\-graphics\fR Show Graphic device(s) information, including details of device and display drivers (\fBX:\fR \fBloaded:\fR, and, if applicable: \fBunloaded:\fR, \fBfailed:\fR, \fBdri:\fR (if X and different from loaded X drivers) drivers, and active \fBgpu:\fR drivers), display protocol (if available), display server (and/or Wayland compositor), vendor and version number, e.g.: \fBDisplay: x11 server: Xorg v: 1.15.1\fR or: \fBDisplay: wayland server: X.org v: 1.20.1 with: Xwayland v: 20.1\fR If protocol is not detected, shows: \fBDisplay: server: Xorg 1.15.1\fR Adds \fBwith: Xwayland v:...\fR if xwayland server is installed, regardless of protocol. Also shows screen resolution(s) (per monitor/X screen). Shows graphics API used, like OpenGL. For X.org: OpenGL renderer, OpenGL core profile version/OpenGL version; for VESA: data (for Xvesa); for Wayland: GBM/EGL data (not implemented). Compositor information will show if detected using \fB\-xx\fR option or always if detected and Wayland since the compositor is the server with Wayland. \fB\-Gxx\fR shows monitor data as well, if detected. \fB\-\-edid\fR shows advanced monitor data (full modes, chroma, etc.). .TP .B \-h \fR, \fB\-\-help\fR The help menu. Features dynamic sizing to fit into terminal window. Set script global \fBCOLS_MAX_CONSOLE\fR if you want a different default value, or use \fB\-y [width]\fR to temporarily override the defaults or actual window width. .TP .B \-i \fR, \fB\-\-ip\fR Show WAN IP address and local interfaces (latter requires \fBifconfig\fR or \fBip\fR network tool), as well as network output from \fB\-n\fR. Not shown with \fB\-F\fR for user security reasons. You shouldn't paste your local/WAN IP. Shows both IPv4 and IPv6 link IP addresses. .TP .B \-I \fR, \fB\-\-info\fR Show Information: processes, uptime, memory, IRC client (or shell type if run in shell, not IRC), inxi version. See \fB\-Ix\fR, \fB\-Ixx\fR, and \fB\-Ia\fR for extra information (init type/version, runlevel/target, packages). Note: if \fB\-m\fR is used or triggered, the memory item will show in the main Memory: report of \fB\-m\fR, not in \fB\Info:\fR. Raspberry Pi only: uses \fBvcgencmd get_mem gpu\fR to get gpu RAM amount, if user is in video group and \fBvcgencmd\fR is installed. Uses this result to increase the \fBMemory:\fR amount and \fBused:\fR amounts. .TP .B \-j\fR, \fB\-\-swap\fR Shows all active swap types (partition, file, zram). When this option is used, swap partition(s) will not show on the \fB\-P\fR line to avoid redundancy. To show partition labels or UUIDs (when available and relevant), use with \fB\-l\fR or\fB \-u\fR. .TP .B \-J \fR, \fB\-\-usb\fR Show USB data for attached Hubs and Devices. Hubs also show number of ports. Be aware that a port is not always external, some may be internal, and either used or unused (for example, a motherboard USB header connector that is not used). Hubs and Devices are listed in order of BusID. BusID is generally in this format: BusID\-port[.port][.port]:DeviceID Device ID is a number created by the kernel, and has no necessary ordering or sequence connection, but can be used to match this output to lsusb values, which generally shows BusID / DeviceID (except for tree view, which shows ports). Examples: \fBDevice\-3: 4\-3.2.1:2\fR or \fBHub: 4\-0:1\fR The \fBrev: 2.0\fR item refers to the USB revision number, like \fB1.0\fR or \fB3.1\fR. .TP .B \-l \fR, \fB\-\-label\fR Show partition labels. Use with \fB\-j\fR, \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-p\fR, and \fB\-P\fR to show partition labels. Does nothing without one of those options. Sample: \fB\-ojpl\fR. .TP .B \-L\fR, \fB\-\-logical\fR Show Logical volume information, for LVM, LUKS, bcache, etc. Shows size, free space (for LVM VG). For LVM, shows \fBDevice\-[xx]: VG:\fR (Volume Group) size/free, \fBLV\-[xx]\fR (Logical Volume). LV shows type, size, and components. Note that components are made up of either containers (aka, logical devices), or physical devices. The full report requires doas/sudo/root. Logical block devices can be thought of as devices that are made up out of either other logical devices, or physical devices. inxi does its best to show what each logical device is made out of. RAID devices form a subset of all possible Logical devices, but have their own section, \fB\-R\fR. If \fB\-R\fR is used with \fB\-Lxx\fR, \fB\-Lxx\fR will not show RAID information for LVM RAID devices since it's redundant. If \fB\-R\fR is not used, a simple RAID line will appear for LVM RAID in \fB\-Lxx\fR. \fB\-Lxx\fR also shows all components and devices. Note that since components can go in many levels, each level per primary component is indicated by either another 'c', or ends with a 'p' device, the physical device. The number of c's or p's indicates the depth, so you can see which component belongs to which. \fB\-L\fR shows only the top level components/devices (like \fB\-R\fR). \fB\-La\fR shows component/device size, maj:min ID, mapped name (if applicable), and puts each component/device on its own line. Sample: .nf \fB Device\-10: mybackup type: LUKS dm: dm\-28 size: 6.36 GiB Components: c\-1: md1 cc\-1: dm\-26 ppp\-1: sdj2 cc\-2: dm\-27 ppp\-1: sdk2\fR \fBLV\-5: lvm_raid1 type: raid1 dm: dm\-16 size: 4.88 GiB RAID: stripes: 2 sync: idle copied: 100% mismatches: 0 Components: c\-1: dm\-10 pp\-1: sdd1 c\-2: dm\-11 pp\-1: sdd1 c\-3: dm\-13 pp\-1: sde1 c\-4: dm\-15 pp\-1: sde1\fR .fi It is easier to follow the flow of components and devices using \fB\-y1\fR. In this example, there is one primary component (c\-1), md1, which is made up of two components (cc\-1,2), dm\-26 and dm\-27. These are respectively made from physical devices (p\-1) sdj2 and sdk2. .nf \fBDevice\-10: mybackup maj\-min: 254:28 type: LUKS dm: dm\-28 size: 6.36 GiB Components: c\-1: md1 maj\-min: 9:1 size: 6.37 GiB cc\-1: dm\-26 maj\-min: 254:26 mapped: vg5\-level1a size: 12.28 GiB ppp\-1: sdj2 maj\-min: 8:146 size: 12.79 GiB cc\-2: dm\-27 maj\-min: 254:27 mapped: vg5\-level1b size: 6.38 GiB ppp\-1: sdk2 maj\-min: 8:162 size: 12.79 GiB\fR .fi Other types of logical block handling like LUKS, bcache show as: \fBDevice\-[xx] [name/id] type: [LUKS|Crypto|bcache]:\fR .TP .B \-m \fR, \fB\-\-memory\fR Memory (RAM) data. Does not display with \fB\-b\fR or \fB\-F\fR unless you use \fB\-m\fR explicitly. Ordered by system board physical system memory array(s) (\fBArray\-[number]\fR), and individual memory devices (\fBDevice\-[number]\fR). Physical memory array data shows array capacity, number of devices supported, and Error Correction information. Devices shows locator data (highly variable in syntax), type (eg: \fBtype: DDR3\fR)size, speed. Note: \fB\-m\fR uses \fBdmidecode\fR, which must be run as root (or start \fBinxi\fR with \fBdoas/sudo\fR), unless you figure out how to set up doas/sudo to permit dmidecode to read \fB/dev/mem\fR as user. \fBspeed\fR and \fBbus\-width\fR will not show if \fBNo Module Installed\fR is found in \fBsize\fR. Note: If \fB\-m\fR is triggered RAM total/used report will appear in this section, not in \fB\-I\fR or \fB\-tm\fR items. Because \fBdmidecode\fR data is extremely unreliable, inxi will try to make best guesses. If you see \fB(check)\fR after the capacity number, you should check it with the specifications. \fB(est)\fR is slightly more reliable, but you should still check the real specifications before buying RAM. Unfortunately there is nothing \fBinxi\fR can do to get truly reliable data about the system RAM; maybe one day the kernel devs will put this data into \fB/sys\fR, and make it real data, taken from the actual system, not dmi data. For most people, the data will be right, but a significant percentage of users will have either a wrong max module size, if present, or max capacity. Under dmidecode, \fBSpeed:\fR is the expected speed of the memory (what is advertised on the memory spec sheet) and \fBConfigured Clock Speed:\fR is what the actual speed is now. To handle this, if speed and configured speed values are different, you will see this instead: \fBspeed: spec: [specified speed] MT/S actual: [actual] MT/S\fR Also, if DDR, and speed in MHz, will change to: \fBspeed: [speed] MT/S ([speed] MHz)\fR If the detected speed is logically absurd, like 1 MT/s or 69910 MT/s, adds: \fBnote: check\fR. Sample: .nf \fBMemory: RAM: total: 31.38 GiB used: 20.65 GiB (65.8%) Array\-1: capacity: N/A slots: 4 note: check EC: N/A Device\-1: DIMM_A1 type: DDR3 size: 8 GiB speed: 1600 MT/s (800 MHz) Device\-2: DIMM_A2 type: DDR3 size: 8 GiB speed: spec: 1600 MT/s (800 MHz) actual: 61910 MT/s (30955 MHz) note: check Device\-3: DIMM_B1 type: DDR3 size: 8 GiB speed: 1600 MT/s (800 MHz) Device\-4: DIMM_B2 type: DDR3 size: 8 GiB speed: spec: 1600 MT/s (800 MHz) actual: 2 MT/s (1 MHz) note: check\fR .fi See \fB\-\-memory\-modules\fR and \fB\-\-memory\-short\fR if you want a shorter report. .TP .B \-\-memory\-modules\fR, \fB\-\-mm\fR Memory (RAM) data. Show only RAM arrays and modules in Memory report. Skip empty slots. See \fB\-m\fR. .TP .B \-\-memory\-short\fR, \fB\-\-ms\fR Memory (RAM) data. Show a one line RAM report in Memory. See \fB\-m\fR. Sample: \fBReport: arrays: 1 slots: 4 modules: 2 type: DDR4\fR .TP .B \-M \fR, \fB\-\-machine\fR Show machine data. Device, Motherboard, BIOS, and if present, System Builder (Like Lenovo). Older systems/kernels without the required \fB/sys\fR data can use \fBdmidecode\fR instead, run as root. If using \fBdmidecode\fR, may also show BIOS/UEFI revision as well as version. \fB\-\-dmidecode\fR forces use of \fBdmidecode\fR data instead of \fB/sys\fR. Will also attempt to show if the system was booted by BIOS, UEFI, or UEFI [Legacy], the latter being legacy BIOS boot mode in a system board using UEFI. Device information requires either \fB/sys\fR or \fBdmidecode\fR. Note that \fBother\-vm?\fR is a type that means it's usually a VM, but inxi failed to detect which type, or positively confirm which VM it is. Primary VM identification is via systemd\-detect\-virt but fallback tests that should also support some BSDs are used. Less commonly used or harder to detect VMs may not be correctly detected. If you get an incorrect output, post an issue and we'll get it fixed if possible. Due to unreliable vendor data, device type will show: desktop, laptop, notebook, server, blade, plus some obscure stuff that inxi is unlikely to ever run on. .TP .B \-n \fR, \fB\-\-network\-advanced\fR Show Advanced Network device information in addition to that produced by \fB\-N\fR. Shows interface, speed, MAC ID, state, etc. .TP .B \-N \fR, \fB\-\-network\fR Show Network device(s) information, including device driver. With \fB\-x\fR, shows Bus ID, Port number. .TP .B \-\-nvidia\fR, \fB\-\-nv\fR .br Deprecated. See \fB\-Ga\fR. .TP .B \-o \fR, \fB\-\-unmounted\fR Show unmounted partition information (includes UUID and LABEL if available). Shows file system type if you have \fBlsblk\fR installed (Linux only). For BSD/GNU Linux: shows file system type if \fBfile\fR is installed, and if you are root or if you have added to \fB/etc/sudoers\fR (sudo v. 1.7 or newer): .B ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/file (sample) doas users: see \fBman doas.conf\fR for setup. Does not show components (partitions that create the md\-raid array) of md\-raid arrays. To show partition labels or UUIDs (when available and relevant), use with \fB\-l\fR or\fB \-u\fR. .TP .B \-p \fR, \fB\-\-partitions\-full\fR Show full Partition information (\fB\-P\fR plus all other detected mounted partitions). To show partition labels or UUIDs (when available and relevant), use with \fB\-l\fR or\fB \-u\fR. .TP .B \-P \fR, \fB\-\-partitions\fR Show basic Partition information. Shows, if detected: \fB/ /boot /boot/efi /home /opt /tmp /usr /usr/home /var /var/tmp /var/log\fR (for android, shows \fB/cache /data /firmware /system\fR). If \fB\-\-swap\fR is not used, shows active swap partitions (never shows file or zram type swap). Use \fB\-p\fR to see all mounted partitions. To show partition labels or UUIDs (when available and relevant), use with \fB\-l\fR or\fB \-u\fR. .TP .B \-\-processes\fR .br See \fB\-t\fR. .TP .B \-r \fR, \fB\-\-repos\fR Show distro repository data. Currently supported repo types: \fBAPK\fR (Alpine Linux + derived versions) \fBAPT\fR (Debian, Ubuntu + derived versions, as well as RPM based APT distros like PCLinuxOS or Alt\-Linux) \fBCARDS\fR (NuTyX + derived versions) \fBEOPKG\fR (Solus) \fBNIX\fR (NixOS + other distros as alternate package manager) \fBPACMAN\fR (Arch Linux, KaOS + derived versions) \fBPACMAN\-G2\fR (Frugalware + derived versions) \fBPISI\fR (Pardus + derived versions) \fBPKG\fR (OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD + derived OS types) \fBPORTAGE\fR (Gentoo, Sabayon + derived versions) \fBPORTS\fR (OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD + derived OS types) \fBSCRATCHPKG\fR (Venom + derived versions) \fBSLACKPKG\fR (Slackware + derived versions) \fBTCE\fR (TinyCore) \fBURPMI\fR (Mandriva, Mageia + derived versions) \fBXBPS\fR (Void) \fBYUM/ZYPP\fR (Fedora, Red Hat, Suse + derived versions) More will be added as distro data is collected. If yours is missing please show us how to get this information and we'll try to add it. See \fB\-rx\fR, \fB\-rxx\fR, and \fB\-ra\fR for installed package count information. .TP .B \-R \fR, \fB\-\-raid\fR Show RAID data. Shows RAID devices, states, levels, device/array size, and components. See extra data with \fB\-x\fR / \fB\-xx\fR. md\-raid: If device is resyncing, also shows resync progress line. Note: supported types: lvm raid, md\-raid, softraid, ZFS, and hardware RAID. Other software RAID types may be added, if the software RAID can be made to give the required output. The component ID numbers work like this: mdraid: the numerator is the actual mdraid component number; lvm/softraid/ZFS: the numerator is auto\-incremented counter only. Eg. \fBOnline: 1: sdb1\fR If hardware RAID is detected, shows basic information. Due to complexity of adding hardware RAID device disk / RAID reports, those will only be added if there is demand, and reasonable reporting tools. .TP .B \-\-recommends\fR Checks inxi application dependencies and recommends, as well as directories, then shows what package(s) you need to install to add support for each feature. .TP .B \-s \fR, \fB\-\-sensors\fR Show output from sensors if sensors installed/configured: Motherboard/CPU/GPU temperatures; detected fan speeds. GPU temperature when available. Nvidia shows screen number for multiple screens. IPMI sensors are also used (root required) if present. See Advanced options \fB\-\-sensors\-use\fR or \fB\-\-sensors\-exclude\fR if you want to use only a subset of all sensors, or exclude one (currently only for \fBlm\-sensors\fR and \fB/sys\fR sourced data). For current Linux, will fallback gracefully to using \fB/sys/class/hwmon\fR as sensor data source if \fBlm\-sensors\fR is not installed. You can compare the two by using \fB\-\-force sensors\-sys\fR option with \fB\-s\fR. . .TP .B \-\-slots\fR Show PCI slots with type, speed, and status information. .TP .B \-\-swap\fR .br See \fB\-j\fR .TP .B \-S \fR, \fB\-\-system\fR Show System information: host name, kernel, desktop environment (if in X), distro. With \fB\-xx\fR show dm \- or startx \- (only shows if present and running if out of X), and if in X, with \fB\-xxx\fR show more desktop info, e.g. taskbar or panel. .TP .B \-t \fR, \fB\-\-processes\fR [\fBc\fR|\fBm\fR|\fBcm\fR|\fBmc NUMBER\fR] Show processes. If no arguments, defaults to \fBcm\fR. If followed by a number, shows that number of processes for each type (default: \fB5\fR; if in IRC, max: \fB5\fR) Make sure that there is no space between letters and numbers (e.g. write as \fB\-t cm10\fR). .TP .B \-t c\fR \- CPU only. With \fB\-x\fR, also shows memory for that process on same line. .TP .B \-t m\fR \- memory only. With \fB\-x\fR, also shows CPU for that process on same line. If the \fB\-I\fR or \fB\-m\fR lines are not triggered, will also show the system RAM used/total information. .TP .B \-t cm\fR \- CPU+memory. With \fB\-x\fR, shows also CPU or memory for that process on same line. .TP .B \-u \fR, \fB\-\-uuid\fR Show partition UUIDs. Use with \fB\-j\fR, \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-p\fR, and \fB\-P\fR to show partition labels. Does nothing without one of those options. Sample: \fB\-opju\fR. .TP .B \-U \fR, \fB\-\-update\fR Note \- Maintainer may have disabled this function. If inxi \fB\-h\fR has no listing for \fB\-U\fR then it's disabled. Auto\-update script. Note: if you installed as root, you must be root to update, otherwise user is fine. Also installs / updates this man page to: \fB/usr/local/share/man/man1\fR (if \fB/usr/local/share/man/\fR exists AND there is no inxi man page in \fB/usr/share/man/man1\fR, otherwise it goes to \fB/usr/share/man/man1\fR). This requires that you be root to write to that directory. See \fB\-\-man\fR or \fB\-\-no\-man\fR to force or disable man install. .TP .B \-\-usb\fR .br See \fB\-J\fR. .TP .B \-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR inxi full version and license information. Prints information then exits. .TP .B \-\-version\-short\fR, \fB\-\-vs\fR inxi single line version information. Prints information if not short form (which shows version info already). Does not exit unless used without any other options. Can be used with normal line options. .TP .B \-v \fR, \fB\-\-verbosity\fR Script verbosity levels. If no verbosity level number is given, 0 is assumed. Should not be used with \fB\-b\fR or \fB\-F\fR. Supported levels: \fB0\-8\fR Examples :\fB inxi \-v 4 \fR or \fB inxi \-v4\fR .TP .B \-v 0 \- Short output, same as: \fBinxi\fR .TP .B \-v 1 \- Basic verbose, \fB\-S\fR + basic CPU (cores, type, average clock speed, and min/max speeds, if available) + \fB\-G\fR + basic Disk + \fB\-I\fR. .TP .B \-v 2 \- Adds networking device (\fB\-N\fR), Machine (\fB\-M\fR) data, Battery (\fB\-B\fR) (if available). Same as: \fBinxi \-b\fR .TP .B \-v 3 \- Adds advanced CPU (\fB\-C\fR) and network (\fB\-n\fR) data; triggers \fB\-x\fR advanced data option. .TP .B \-v 4 \- Adds partition size/used data (\fB\-P\fR) for (if present): \fB/ /home /var/ /boot\fR. Shows full disk data (\fB\-D\fR) .TP .B \-v 5 \- Adds audio device (\fB\-A\fR), memory/RAM (\fB\-m\fR), bluetooth data (\fB\-E\fR) (if present), sensors (\fB\-s\fR), RAID data (if present), partition label (\fB\-l\fR), UUID (\fB\-u\fR), full swap data (\fB\-j\fR), and short form of optical drives. .TP .B \-v 6 \- Adds full mounted partition data (\fB\-p\fR), unmounted partition data (\fB\-o\fR), optical drive data (\fB\-d\fR), USB (\fB\-J\fR); triggers \fB\-xx\fR extra data option. .TP .B \-v 7 \- Adds network IP data (\fB\-i\fR), forced bluetooth (\fB\-E\fR), Logical (\fB\-L\fR), RAID (\fB\-R\fR), full CPU flags/features (\fB\-f\fR), triggers \fB\-xxx\fR .TP .B \-v 8 \- All system data available. Adds advanced EDID data (\fB\-\-edid\fR), Repos (\fB\-r\fR), PCI slots (\fB\-\-slots\fR), processes (\fB\-tcm\fR), admin (\fB\-\-admin\fR). Useful for testing output and to see what data you can get from your system. .TP .B \-w \fR, \fB\-\-weather\fR Adds weather line. To get weather for an alternate location, use \fB\-W [location]\fR. See also \fB\-x\fR, \fB\-xx\fR, \fB\-xxx\fR options. Please note that your distribution's maintainer may chose to disable this feature. DO NOT USE THIS FEATURE FOR AUTOMATED WEATHER UPDATES! Automated or excessive use will lead to your being blocked from any further access. This feature is not meant for widget type weather monitoring, or Conky type use. It is meant to get weather when you need to see it, for example, on a remote server. If you did not type the weather option in manually, it's an automated request. .TP .B \-W\fR, \fB\-\-weather\-location [location_string]\fR Get weather/time for an alternate location. Accepts postal/zip code[, country], city,state pair, or latitude,longitude. Note: city/country/state names must not contain spaces. Replace spaces with '\fB+\fR' sign. Don't place spaces around any commas. Postal code is not reliable except for North America and maybe the UK. Try postal codes with and without country code added. Note that City,State applies only to USA, otherwise it's City,Country. If country name (english) does not work, try 2 character country code (e.g. Spain: es; Great Britain: gb). See \fIhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166\-1_alpha\-2\fR for current 2 letter country codes. Use only ASCII letters in city/state/country names. Examples: \fB\-W 95623,us\fR OR \fB\-W Boston,MA\fR OR \fB\-W 45.5234,\-122.6762\fR OR \fB\-W new+york,ny\fR OR \fB\-W bodo,norway\fR. DO NOT USE THIS FEATURE FOR AUTOMATED WEATHER UPDATES! Automated or excessive use will lead to your being blocked from any further access. This feature is not meant for widget type weather monitoring, or Conky type use. It is meant to get weather when you need to see it, for example, on a remote server. If you did not type the weather option in manually, it's an automated request. .TP .B \-\-weather\-source\fR, \fB\-\-ws [unit]\fR [\fB1\-9\fR] Switches weather data source. Possible values are \fB1\-9\fR. \fB1\-4\fR will generally be active, and \fB5\-9\fR may or may not be active, so check. \fB1\fR may not support city / country names with spaces (even if you use the \fB+\fR sign instead of space). \fB2\fR offers pretty good data, but may not have all small city names for \fB\-W\fR. Please note that the data sources are not static per value, and can change any time, or be removed, so always test to verify which source is being used for each value if that is important to you. Data sources may be added or removed on occasions, so try each one and see which you prefer. If you get unsupported source message, it means that number has not been implemented. .TP .B \-\-weather\-unit [unit]\fR [\fBm\fR|\fBi\fR|\fBmi\fR|\fBim\fR] Sets weather units to metric (\fBm\fR), imperial (\fBi\fR), metric (imperial) (\fBmi\fR, default), imperial (metric) (\fBim\fR). If metric or imperial not found,sets to default value, or \fBN/A\fR. .SH FILTER OPTIONS The following options allow for applying various types of filtering to the output. .TP .B \-\-filter \fR, \fB\-\-filter\-override\fR .br See \fB\-z\fR, \fB\-Z\fR. .TP .B \-\-filter\-label\fR, \fB\-\-filter\-uuid\fR, \fB\-\-filter\-vulnerabilities\fR .br See \fB\-\-zl\fR, \fB\-\-zu\fR, \fB\-\-zv\fR. .TP .B \-\-host\fR Turns on hostname in System line. Overrides inxi config file value (if set): \fBSHOW_HOST='false'\fR \- Same as: \fBSHOW_HOST='true'\fR This is an absolute override, the host will always show no matter what other switches you use. .TP .B \-\-no\-host\fR Turns off hostname in System line. This is default when using \fB\-z\fR, for anonymizing inxi output for posting on forums or IRC. Overrides configuration value (if set): \fBSHOW_HOST='true'\fR \- Same as: \fBSHOW_HOST='false'\fR This is an absolute override, the host will not show no matter what other switches you use. .TP .B \-z\fR, \fB\-\-filter\fR Adds security filters for IP addresses, serial numbers, MAC, location (\fB\-w\fR), and user home directory name. Removes Host:. On by default for IRC clients. .TP .B \-\-za\fR, \fB\-\-filter\-all\fR Shortcut to trigger \fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-zl\fR, \fB\-\-zu\fR, \fB\-\-zv\fR. All the filters, that is. .TP .B \-\-zl\fR, \fB\-\-filter\-label\fR Filter partition label names from \fB\-j\fR, \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-P\fR, and \fB\-Sa\fR (root=LABEL=...). Generally only useful in very specialized cases. .TP .B \-\-zu\fR, \fB\-\-filter\-uuid\fR Filter partition UUIDs from \fB\-j\fR, \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-P\fR, and \fB\-Sa\fR (root=UUID=...). Generally only useful in very specialized cases. .TP .B \-\-zv\fR, \fB\-\-filter\-v\fR, \fB\-\-filter\-vulnerabilities\fR Filter Vulnerabilities report from \fB\-Ca\fR. Generally only useful in very specialized cases. .TP .B \-Z \fR, \fB\-\-filter\-override \fR, \fB\-\-no\-filter\fR Absolute override for output filters. Useful for debugging networking issues in IRC for example. .SH OUTPUT CONTROL OPTIONS The following options allow for modifying the output in various ways. .TP .B \-c \fR, \fB\-\-color\fR \fR[\fB0\fR\-\fB42\fR] Set color scheme. If no scheme number is supplied, 0 is assumed. .TP .B \-c \fR[\fB94\fR\-\fB99\fR] These color selectors run a color selector option prior to inxi starting which lets you set the config file value for the selection. NOTE: All configuration file set color values are removed when output is piped or redirected. You must use the explicit runtime \fB\-c [color number]\fR option if you want color codes to be present in the piped/redirected output. Color selectors for each type display (NOTE: IRC and global only show safe color set): .TP .B \-c 94\fR \- Console, out of X. .TP .B \-c 95\fR \- Terminal, running in X \- like xTerm. .TP .B \-c 96\fR \- GUI IRC, running in X \- like XChat, Quassel, Konversation etc. .TP .B \-c 97\fR \- Console IRC running in X \- like irssi in xTerm. .TP .B \-c 98\fR \- Console IRC not in X. .TP .B \-c 99\fR \- Global \- Overrides/removes all settings. Setting a specific color type removes the global color selection. .TP .B \-\-export [json|screen|xml]\fR .br See \fB\-\-output\fR. .TP .B \-\-indent [11\-xx]\fR Change primary wide indent width. Generally useless. Only applied if output width is greater than max wrap width (see \fB\-\-max\-wrap\fR). Use configuration item \fBINDENT\fR to make permanent. .TP .B \-\-indents [0\-10]\fR Change primary wrap mode, second, and \fB\-y1\fR level indents. First indent level only applied if output width is less than max wrap width (see \fB\-\-max\-wrap\fR). 0 disables all wrapped indents and all second level indents. Use configuration item \fBINDENTS\fR to make permanent. .TP .B \-\-limit [\-1 \- x]\fR Raise or lower max output limit of IP addresses for \fB\-i\fR. \fB\-1\fR removes limit. .TP .B \-\-max\-wrap\fR, \fB\-\-wrap\-max [integer]\fR Overrides default or configuration set line starter wrap width value. Wrap max is the maximum width that inxi will wrap line starters (e.g. \fBInfo:\fR) to their own lines, with data lines indented default 2 columns (use \fB\-\-indents\fR to change). If terminal/console width or \fB\-\-width\fR is less than wrap width, wrapping of line starter occurs. If \fB80\fR or less, no wrapping will occur. Overrides internal default value (110) and user configuration value \fBMAX_WRAP\fR. .TP .B \-\-output\fR, \fB \-\-export [json|screen|xml]\fR Change data output type. Requires \-\-output\-file if not \fBscreen\fR. See this page \fIhttps://smxi.org/docs/inxi-json-xml-output.htm\fR BEFORE you post an issue about not understanding, or being unable to use, the output format! That gives a fairly complete explanation of what the output means, and how to work with it. It is not a tutorial, and it will not teach you to program, if you don't know how to work with json/xml structures using a proper language, then this feature is not meant for you. .TP .B \-\-output\-file, \fB \-\-export\-file [full path to output file|print]\fR The given directory path must exist. The directory path given must exist, The \fBprint\fR options prints to stdout. Required for non\-screen \fB\-\-output\fR formats (json|xml). .TP .B \-\-partition\-sort [dev\-base|fs|id|label|percent\-used|size|uuid|used]\fR Change default sort order of partition output. Corresponds to \fBPARTITION_SORT\fR configuration item. These are the available sort options: \fBdev\-base\fR - \fB/dev\fR partition identifier, like \fB/dev/sda1\fR. Note that it's an alphabetic sort, so \fBsda12\fR is before \fBsda2\fR. \fBfs\fR \- Partition filesystem. Note that sorts will be somewhat random if all filesystems are the same. \fBid\fR \- Mount point of partition (default). \fBlabel\fR \- Label of partition. If partitions have no labels, sort will be random. \fBpercent\-used\fR - Percentage of partition size used. \fBsize\fR \- KiB size of partition. \fBuuid\fR \- UUID of the partition. \fBused\fR \- KiB used of partition. .TP .B \-\-separator\fR, \fB\-\-sep [character(s)]\fR Change the default output key: value separator \fB:\fR to something else. Make permanent with configuration item \fBSEP2_CONSOLE\fR. .TP .B \-\-wrap\-max [integer]\fR .br See \fB\-\-max-wrap\fR. .TP .B \-y\fR, \fB\-\-width [integer]\fR This is an absolute width override which sets the output line width max. Overrides \fBCOLS_MAX_IRC\fR, \fBCOLS_MAX_NO_DISPLAY\fR, \fBCOLS_MAX_CONSOLE\fR configuration items, or the actual widths of the terminal. * \fB\-y\fR \- sets default width of 80 columns. .br * \fB\-y [60-xxx]\fR \- sets width to given number. Must be 60 or more. .br * \fB\-y 1\fR \- switches to a single indented key/value pair per line, and removes all long line wrapping (similar to \fBdmidecode\fR output). Not recommended for use with \fB\-Y\fR; .br * \fB\-y \-1\fR \- removes width limits (if assigned by configuration items). Examples: .br \fBinxi \-Fxx \-y 130\fR .br \fBinxi \-Fxxy\fR .br \fBinxi \-bay1\fR .TP .B \-Y\fR, \fB\-\-height\fR, \fB\-\-less [\-3\-[integer]\fR Control output height. Useful when in console, and scrollback not available. Breaks output flow based on values provided. * \fB\-Y 0\fR or \fB\-Y\fR \- Set default max height to terminal height. .br * \fB\-Y [1\-xxx]\fR \- set max output block height height in lines. .br * \fB\-Y \-1\fR \- Print out one primary data item block (like \fBCPU:\fR, \fBSystem:\fR) at a time. Useful for very long outputs like \fB\-Fa\fR, \fB\-v8\fR, etc. Not available for \fB\-h\fR. .br * \fB\-Y \-2\fR \- Do not disable output colors when redirected or piped to another program. Useful if piping output to \fBless \-R\fR for example. This does not limit the height otherwise since the expectation it is being piped to another program like \fBless\fR which will handle that. .br * \fB\-Y \-3\fR \- Restore default unlimited output lines if \fBLINES_MAX\fR configuration item set. Recommended to use the following for very clean up and down scrollable output out of display, while retaining the color schemes, which are normally removed with piping or redirect: \fBpinxi \-v8Y \-2 | less \-R\fR Note: since it's not possible for inxi to know how many actual terminal lines are being used by terminal wrapped output, with \fB\-y 1\fR , it may be better in general to use a fixed height like: \fB\-y 1 \-Y 20\fR instead of: \fB\-y 1 \-Y\fR .SH EXTRA DATA OPTIONS These options can be triggered by one or more \fB\-x\fR. Alternatively, the \fB\-v\fR options trigger them in the following way: \fB\-v 3\fR adds \fB\-x\fR; \fB\-v 6\fR adds \fB\-xx\fR; \fB\-v 7\fR adds \fB\-xxx\fR These extra data triggers can be useful for getting more in\-depth data on various options. They can be added to any long form option list, e.g.: \fB\-bxx\fR or \fB\-Sxxx\fR There are 3 extra data levels: .br \fB\-x\fR, \fB\-xx\fR, \fB\-xxx\fR .br OR .br \fB\-\-extra 1\fR, \fB\-\-extra 2\fR, \fB\-\-extra 3\fR The following details show which lines / items display extra information for each extra data level. .TP .B \-x \-A\fR \- Adds (if available and/or relevant) \fBvendor:\fR item, which shows specific vendor [product] information. \- Adds version/port(s)/driver version (if available) for each device. \- Adds PCI/USB ID of each device. \- Adds inactive sound servers/APIs, if detected. .TP .B \-x \-B\fR \- Adds vendor/model, battery status (if battery present). \- Adds attached battery powered peripherals (\fBDevice\-[number]:\fR) if detected (keyboard, mouse, etc.). \- Adds battery \fBvolts:\fR, \fBmin:\fR voltages. Note that if difference is critical, that is current voltage is too close to minimum voltage, shows without \fB\-x\fR. .TP .B \-x \-C\fR \- Adds bogomips to CPU speed report (if available). \- Adds \fBL1:\fR and \fBL3:\fR cache types if either are present/available. For BSD or legacy Linux, uses dmidecode + doas/sudo/root. Force use of dmidecode cache values by adding \fB\-\-dmidecode\fR. This will override /sys based cache data, which tends to be better, so in general don't do that. \- Adds \fBboost: [enabled|disabled]\fR if detected, aka \fBturbo\fR. Not all CPUs have this feature. \- Adds CPU Flags (short list). Use \fB\-f\fR to see full flag/feature list. \- Adds CPU microarchitecture + revision (e.g. Sandy Bridge, K8, ARMv8, P6, etc.). Only shows data if detected. Newer microarchitectures will have to be added as they appear, and require the CPU family ID, model ID, and stepping. \- Adds, if smt (Simultaneous MultiThreading) is available but disabled, after \fBtype:\fR data \fBsmt: disabled\fR. \fBtype: MT\fR means it's enabled. See \fB\-Cxxx\fR. Examples: .br \fBarch: Sandy Bridge rev: 2\fR .br \fBarch: K8 rev.F+ rev: 2\fR If unable to non\-ambiguosly determine architecture, will show something like: \fBarch: Amber Lake note: check rev: 9\fR \- Adds CPU highest speed after \fBavg: [speed] high: [speed]\fR if greater than 1 core and cores have different speeds. Linux only. .TP .B \-x \-d\fR \- Adds more items to \fBFeatures\fR line of optical drive; dds rev version to optical drive. .TP .B \-x \-D\fR \- Adds drive temperature with disk data. Method 1: Systems running Linux kernels ~5.6 and newer should have \fBdrivetemp\fR module data available. If so, drive temps will come from /sys data for each drive, and will not require root or hddtemp. This method is MUCH faster than using hddtemp. Note that NVMe drives do not require \fBdrivetemp\fR. If your \fBdrivetemp\fR module is not enabled, enable it: \fBmodprobe drivetemp\fR Once enabled, add \fBdrivetemp\fR to \fB/etc/modules\fR or \fB/etc/modules\-load.d/***.conf\fR so it starts automatically. If you see drive temps running as regular user and you did not configure system to use doas/sudo hddtemp, then your system supports this feature. If no /sys data is found, inxi will try to use hddtemp methods instead for that drive. Hint: if temp is /sys sourced, the temp will be to 1 decimal, like 34.8, if hddtemp sourced, they will be integers. Method 2: if you have hddtemp installed, if you are root or if you have added to \fB/etc/sudoers\fR (sudo v. 1.7 or newer): .B ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/hddtemp (sample) doas users: see \fBman doas.conf\fR for setup. You can force use of \fBhddtemp\fR for all drives using \fB\-\-hddtemp\fR. \- If free LVM volume group size detected (root required), show \fBlvm-free:\fR on Local Storage line. This is how much unused space the VGs contain, that is, space not assigned to LVs. .TP .B \-x \-E\fR (\fB\-\-bluetooth\fR) \- Adds (if available and/or relevant) \fBvendor:\fR item, which shows specific vendor [product] information. \- Adds PCI/USB Bus ID of each device. \- Adds driver version (if available) for each device. \- Adds (if available, and \fBhciconfig\fR only) LMP (HCI if no LMP data, and HCI if HCI/LMP versions are different) version (if available) for each HCI ID. .TP .B \-x \-G\fR \- Adds GPU micro\-architecture (if AMD/Intel/Nvidia and detected). \- Adds PCI/USB ID of each device. \- Adds (if available and/or relevant) \fBvendor:\fR item, which shows specific vendor [product] information. \- \fBX.org:\fR Adds direct rendering status. \- \fBX.org:\fR Adds (for single GPU, nvidia driver) screen number that GPU is running on. \- Adds device temperature for each discrete device (Linux only). .TP .B \-x \-i\fR \- Adds IP v6 additional scope data, like Global, Site, Temporary for each interface. Note that there is no way we are aware of to filter out the deprecated IP v6 scope site/global temporary addresses from the output of \fBifconfig\fR. The \fBip\fR tool shows that clearly. \fBip\-v6\-temporary\fR \- (\fBip\fR tool only), scope global temporary. Scope global temporary deprecated is not shown \fBip\-v6\-global\fR \- scope global (\fBifconfig\fR will show this for all types, global, global temporary, and global temporary deprecated, \fBip\fR shows it only for global) \fBip\-v6\-link\fR \- scope link (\fBip\fR/\fBifconfig\fR) \- default for \fB\-i\fR. \fBip\-v6\-site\fR \- scope site (\fBip\fR/\fBifconfig\fR). This has been deprecated in IPv6, but still exists. \fBifconfig\fR may show multiple site values, as with global temporary, and global temporary deprecated. \fBip\-v6\-unknown\fR \- unknown scope .TP .B \-x \-I\fR \- Adds current init system (and init rc in some cases, like OpenRC). With \fB\-xx\fR, shows init/rc version number, if available. \- Adds default system gcc. With \fB\-xx\fR, also show other installed gcc versions. \- Adds current runlevel/target (not available with all init systems). \- Adds total packages discovered in system. See \fB\-xx\fR and \fB\-a\fR for per package manager types output. Moves to \fBRepos\fR if \fB\-rx\fR. If your package manager is not supported, please file an issue and we'll add it. That requires the full output of the query or method to discover all installed packages on your system, as well of course as the command or method used to discover those. \- If in shell (i.e. not in IRC client), adds shell version number, if available. .TP .B \-x \-j\fR, \fB\-x \-\-swap\fR Add \fBmapper:\fR. See \fB\-x \-o\fR. .TP .B \-x \-J\fR (\fB\-\-usb\fR) \- For Devices, adds driver(s). .TP .B \-x \-L\fR, \fB\-x \-\-logical\fR \- Adds \fBdm: dm-x\fR to VG > LV and other Device types. This can help tracking down which device belongs to what. .TP .B \-x \-m\fR, \fB\-\-memory\-modules\fR \- If present, adds maximum memory module/device size in the Array line. Only some systems will have this data available. Shows estimate if it can generate one. .TP .B \-x \-N\fR \- Adds (if available and/or relevant) \fBvendor:\fR item, which shows specific vendor [product] information. \- Adds version/port(s)/driver version (if available) for each device; \- Adds PCI/USB ID of each device. \- Adds device temperature for each discrete device (Linux only). .TP .B \-x \-o\fR, \fB\-x \-p\fR, \fB\-x \-P\fR \- Adds \fBmapper:\fR (the \fB/dev/mapper/\fR partition ID) if mapped partition. Example: \fBID\-4: /home ... dev: /dev/dm-6 mapped: ar0-home\fR .TP .B \-x \-r\fR \- Adds Package info. See \fB\-Ix\fR .TP .B \-x \-R\fR \- md\-raid: Adds second RAID Info line with extra data: blocks, chunk size, bitmap (if present). Resync line, shows blocks synced/total blocks. \- Hardware RAID: Adds driver version, Bus ID. .TP .B \-x \-s\fR \- Adds basic voltages: 12v, 5v, 3.3v, vbat (\fBipmi\fR, \fBlm\-sensors / /sys/class/hwmon\fR if present). .TP .B \-x \-S\fR \- Adds Kernel gcc version. \- Adds to \fBDistro:\fR \fBbase:\fR if detected. System base will only be seen on a subset of distributions. The distro must be both derived from a parent distro (e.g. Mint from Ubuntu), and explicitly added to the supported distributions for this feature. Due to the complexity of distribution identification, these will only be added as relatively solid methods are found for each distribution system base detection. .TP .B \-x \-\-slots\fR \- Adds slot \fBbus\-ID:\fR, if found. .TP .B \-x \-t\fR (\fB\-\-processes\fR) \- Adds memory use output to CPU (\fB\-xt c\fR), and CPU use to memory (\fB\-xt m\fR). .TP .B \-x \-w \fR, \fB\-W\fR \- Adds humidity and barometric pressure. \- Adds wind speed and direction. .TP .B \-xx \-A\fR \- Adds vendor:product ID for each device. \- Adds PCIe speed and lanes item (Linux only, if detected). \- Adds \fBwith: [item] \fBstatus: [state/plugin]\fR helper daemons/plugins for the sound API/server. .TP .B \-xx \-B\fR \- Adds serial number. .TP .B \-xx \-D\fR \- Adds disk serial number. \- Adds disk speed (if available). This is the theoretical top speed of the device as reported. This speed may be restricted by system board limits, eg. a SATA 3 drive on a SATA 2 board may report SATA 2 speeds, but this is not completely consistent, sometimes a SATA 3 device on a SATA 2 board reports its design speed. NVMe drives: adds lanes, and (per direction) speed is calculated with lane speed * lanes * PCIe overhead. PCIe 1 and 2 have data rates of GT/s * .8 = Gb/s (10 bits required to transfer 8 bits of data). PCIe 3 and greater transfer data at a rate of GT/s * 128/130 * lanes = Gb/s (130 bits required to transfer 128 bits of data). For a PCIe 3 NVMe drive, with speed of \fB8 GT/s\fR and \fB4\fR lanes (\fB8GT/s * 128/130 * 4 = 31.6 Gb/s\fR): \fBspeed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4\fR \- Adds disk duid, if available. Some BSDs have it. .TP .B \-xx \-E\fR (\fB\-\-bluetooth\fR) \- Adds vendor:product ID of each device. \- Adds (\fBhciconfig \fRonly) LMP subversion (and/or HCI revision if applicable) for each device. \- Adds PCIe speed and lanes item (Linux only, and if PCIe bluetooth, which is rare). .TP .B \-xx \-G\fR Triggers much more complete Screen/Monitor output. \fBX.org:\fR requires \fBxdpyinfo\fR or \fBxrandr\fR, and the advanced per monitor feature requires \fBxrandr\fR. \fBWayland:\fR requires any tool capable of showing monitor and resolution information. \fBSway\fR has \fBswaymsg\fR, \fBweston\-info\fR or \fBwayland\-info\fR can show Wayland information on any Wayland compositor, and \fBwlr\-randr\fR can show Wayland information for any \fBwlroots\fR based compositor. Further note that all references to \fBDisplays\fR, \fBScreens\fR, and \fBMonitors\fR are referring to the \fBX\fR or \fBWayland\fR technical terms, not normal consumer usage. \fBX.org:\fR 1 \fBDisplay\fR runs 1 or more \fBScreens\fR, and 1 \fBScreen\fR runs 1 or more \fBMonitors\fR. \fBWayland:\fR The \fBDisplay\fR is the primary container, and it can contain 1 or more \fBMonitors\fR. \- Adds vendor:product ID of each device. \- Adds PCIe speed and lanes item (Linux only, and if PCIe device and detected). \- Adds output port IDs, active, off (connected but disabled, like a closed laptop lid) and empty. Example: \fBports: active: DVI\-I\-1,VGA\-1 empty: HDMI\-A\-1\fR \- Adds \fBDisplay\fR ID. X.org: the Display running the Screen that runs the Monitors; Wayland: the Display that runs the monitors. \- Adds compositor, if found (always shows for Wayland). \- \fBWayland:\fR Adds to \fBDisplay\fR \fBd-rect:\fR if > 1 monitors in Display. This is the size of the rectangle Wayland creates to situate the monitors in. \- \fBX.org:\fR If available, shows \fBalternate:\fR Xorg drivers. This means a driver on the default list of drivers Xorg automatically checks for the device, but which is not installed. For example, if you have \fBnouveau\fR driver, \fBnvidia\fR would show as alternate if it was not installed. Note that \fBalternate:\fR does NOT mean you should have it, it's just one of the drivers Xorg checks to see if is present and loaded when checking the device. This can let you know there are other driver options. Note that if you have explicitly set the driver in \fBxorg.conf\fR, Xorg will not create this automatic check driver list. \- \fBXorg:\fR Adds total number of \fBScreens\fR listed for the current \fBDisplay\fR. \- \fBXorg:\fR Adds default \fBScreen\fR ID if Screen (not monitor!) total is greater than 1. \- \fBX.org:\fR Adds \fBScreen\fR line, which includes the ID (\fBScreen: 0\fR) then \fBs-res\fR (Screen resolution), \fBs\-dpi\fR. Remember, this is an Xorg \fBScreen\fR, NOT a monitor screen, and the information listed is about the Xorg Screen! It may at times be the same as a single monitor system, but usually it's different in some ways. Note that the physical monitor dpi and the Xorg dpi are not necessarily the same thing, and can vary widely. \- Adds \fBMonitor\fR lines. Monitors are a subset of a \fBScreen\fR (X.org) or \fBDisplay\fR (Wayland), each of which can have one or more monitors. Normally a dual monitor setup is 2 monitors run by one Xorg Screen/Wayland Display. \- \fBpos: [primary,]{position string|row\-col}\fR (X.org: requires \fBxrandr\fR; Wayland: requires \fBswaymsg\fR [sway], \fBwlr\-randr\fR [wlroots based compositors], \fBweston\-info\fR / \fBwayland\-info\fR [all]). Uses either explicit \fBprimary\fR value or +0+0 position if no primary monitor value set. \fBpos:\fR does not show for single monitor setups, or if no position data was found. Position is text (left, center, center-l, center\-r, right, top, top\-left, top\-center, top\-right, middle, middle\-c, middle\-r, bottom, bottom\-l, bottom\-c, bottom\-r) if monitors fit within the following grids: 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 2x1, 2x2, 2x3, 3x1, 3x2, 3x3. If layout not supported in text, uses [row\-nu]\-[column\-nu] instead to indicate the monitor's position in its grid. The position is based on the upper left corner of each monitor relative to the grid of monitors that the \fBXorg\fR \fBScreen\fR is composed of. \- \fBdiag:\fR monitor screen diagonal in mm (inches). Note that this is the real monitor size, not the Xorg full Screen diagonal size, which can be quite different. \- For free drivers, adds OpenGL compatibility version number if available. For nonfree drivers, the core version and compatibility versions are usually the same. Example: \fBv: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0 compat\-v: 3.0\fR .TP .B \-xx \-I\fR \- Adds init type version number (and rc if present). \- Adds other detected installed gcc versions (if present). \- Adds system default runlevel/target, if detected. Supports Systemd / Upstart /SysVinit type defaults. \- Shows \fBPackages:\fR counts by discovered package manager types (\fBpm:\fR). In cases where only 1 pm had results, does not show total after \fBPackages:\fR. Does not show installed package managers with 0 packages. See \fB\-a\fR for full output. Moves to \fBRepos\fR if \fB\-rxx\fR. \- Adds parent program (or pty/tty) that started shell, if not IRC client. .TP .B \-xx \-j\fR (\fB\-\-swap\fR), \fB\-xx \-p\fR, \fB\-xx \-P\fR \- Adds swap priority to each swap partition (for \fB\-P\fR) used, and for all swap types (for \fB\-j\fR). .TP .B \-xx \-J\fR (\fB\-\-usb\fR) \- Adds vendor:chip id. .TP .B \-xx \-L\fR, \fB\-xx \-\-logical\fR \- Adds internal LVM Logical volumes, like raid image and meta data volumes. \- Adds full list of Components, sub\-components, and their physical devices. \- For LVM RAID, adds a RAID report line (if not \fB\-R\fR). Read up on LVM documentation to better understand their use of the term 'stripes'. .TP .B \-xx \-m\fR, \fB\-\-memory\-modules\fR \- Adds memory device Manufacturer. \- Adds memory device Part Number (\fBpart\-no:\fR). Useful for ordering new or replacement memory sticks etc. Part numbers are unique, particularly if you use the word \fBmemory\fR in the search as well. With \fB\-xxx\fR, also shows serial number. \- Adds single/double bank memory, if data is found. Note, this may not be 100% right all of the time since it depends on the order that data is found in \fBdmidecode\fR output for \fBtype 6\fR and \fBtype 17\fR. \- Adds, if present, memory array voltage. Only some legacy systems will have this data available. \- Adds memory module current configured operating voltage, if available. .TP .B \-xx \-M\fR \- Adds chassis information, if data is available. Also shows BIOS ROM size if using \fBdmidecode\fR. .TP .B \-xx \-N\fR \- Adds vendor:product ID for each device. \- Adds PCIe speed and lanes item (Linux only, and if PCIe device and detected). .TP .B \-xx \-r\fR \- Adds to \fBPackages:\fR info. See \fB\-Ixx\fR .TP .B \-xx \-R\fR \- md\-raid: Adds superblock (if present) and algorithm. If resync, shows progress bar. \- Hardware RAID: Adds Chip vendor:product ID. .TP .B \-xx \-s\fR \- Adds DIMM/SOC voltages, if present (\fBipmi\fR only). .TP .B \-xx \-S\fR \- Adds display manager (\fBdm\fR) type, if present. If none, shows N/A. Supports most known display managers, including gdm, gdm3, idm, kdm, lightdm, lxdm, mdm, nodm, sddm, slim, tint, wdm, and xdm. \- Adds, if run in X, window manager type (\fBwm\fR), if available. Not all window managers are supported. Some desktops support using more than one window manager, so this can be useful to see what window manager is actually running. If none found, shows nothing. Uses a less accurate fallback tool \fBwmctrl\fR if \fBps\fR tests fail to find data. \- Adds desktop toolkit (\fBtk\fR), if available (Xfce/KDE/Trinity). .TP .B \-xx \-\-slots\fR \- Adds slot length. \- Adds slot voltage, if available. .TP .B \-xx \-w \fR, \fB\-W\fR \- Adds wind chill, heat index, and dew point, if available. \- Adds cloud cover, rain, snow, or precipitation (amount in previous hour to observation time), if available. .TP .B \-xxx \-A\fR \- Adds, if present, serial number. \- Adds, if present, PCI/USB class ID. .TP .B \-xxx \-B\fR \- Adds battery chemistry (e.g. \fBLi\-ion\fR), cycles (NOTE: there appears to be a problem with the Linux kernel obtaining the cycle count, so this almost always shows \fB0\fR. There's nothing that can be done about this glitch, the data is simply not available as of 2018\-04\-03), location (only available from \fBdmidecode\fR derived output). \- Adds attached device \fBrechargeable: [yes|no]\fR information. .TP .B \-xxx \-C\fR \- Adds CPU voltage and external clock speed (this is the motherboard speed). Requires doas/sudo/root and \fBdmidecode\fR. \- Adds, if smt (Simultaneous MultiThreading) data is available, after \fBtype:\fR data \fBsmt: [status]\fR. .br \fBsmt: [status]\fR .br \fBMT\fR in \fBtype:\fR will show if smt is enabled in general. 3 values are possible: [\fBenabled|disabled|\fR]. \fB\fR means the CPU does not support SMT. .TP .B \-xxx \-D\fR \- Adds disk firmware revision number (if available). \- Adds disk partition scheme (in most cases), e.g. \fBscheme: GPT\fR. Currently not able to detect all schemes, but handles the most common, e.g. \fBGPT\fR or \fBMBR\fR. \- Adds disk type (\fBHDD\fR/\fBSSD\fR), rotation speed (in some but not all cases), e.g. \fBtype: HDD rpm: 7200\fR, or \fBtype: SSD\fR if positive SSD identification was made. If no HDD, rotation, or positive SSD ID found, shows \fBtype: N/A\fR. Not all HDD spinning disks report their speed, so even if they are spinning, no rpm data will show. .TP .B \-xxx \-E\fR (\fB\-\-bluetooth\fR) \- Adds, if present, PCI/USB class ID. \- Adds (\fBhciconfig \fRonly) HCI version, revision. .TP .B \-xxx \-G\fR \- Adds, if present, Device PCI/USB class ID. \- Adds to Device \fBserial:\fR number (if found). \- \fBXorg:\fR Adds to \fBScreen:\fR \fBs\-size:\fR and \fBs\-diag:\fR. (Screen size data requires \fBxdpyinfo\fR). This is the X.org Screen dimensions, NOT the Monitor size! \- Adds to Monitors (if detected) frequency (\fBhz:\fR). \- Adds to Monitors (if detected) size (\fBsize: 277x156mm (10.9x6.1")\fR). Note that this is the real physical monitor size, not the Xorg Screen/Wayland Display size, which can be quite different (1 Xorg Screen / Wayland Display can for instance contain two or more monitors). \- Adds to Monitors \fBmodes: min: max:\fR (if detected). These are the smallest and largest monitor modes found, using an inexact method, so might not always be right. \- Adds to Monitors \fBserial:\fR number (if detected). \- \fBWayland:\fR Adds to Monitors \fBscale:\fR (if detected). .TP .B \-xxx \-I\fR \- For \fBUptime:\fR adds \fBwakeups:\fR to show how many times the machine has been woken from suspend state during current uptime period (if available, Linux only). 0 value means the machine has not been suspended. \- For \fBShell:\fR adds \fB(su|sudo|login)\fR to shell name if present. \- For \fBShell:\fR adds \fBdefault:\fR shell if different from running shell, and default shell \fBv:\fR, if available. \- For \fBrunning\-in:\fR adds \fB(SSH)\fR to parent, if present. SSH detection uses the \fBwhoami\fR test. .TP .B \-xxx \-J\fR (\fB\-\-usb\fR) \- Adds, if present, serial number for non hub devices. \- Adds \fBinterfaces:\fR for non hub devices. \- Adds, if available, USB speed in \fBMbits/s\fR or \fBGbits/s\fR. \- Adds, if present, USB class ID. \- Adds, if non 0, max power in mA. .TP .B \-xxx \-m\fR, \fB\-\-memory\-modules\fR \- Adds memory bus width: primary bus width, and if present, total width. e.g. \fBwidth (bits): data: 64 total: 72\fR Note that total / data widths are mixed up sometimes in dmidecode output, so inxi will take the larger value as the total if present. \fBData\fR width usually corresponds to the CPU bits. \fBTotal\fR can reflect EEC or Dual Channel widths. If no total width data is found, shows: \fBwidth: N/A\fR \- Adds device type detail, e.g. \fBtype: DDR3 detail: Synchronous\fR. \- Adds device serial number. \- Adds memory module current, max, and min voltages, if they are available and different from each other. If they are the identical, displays same as \fB\-xxm\fR voltage report. Use \fB\-ma\fR to always see them. .TP .B \-xxx \-N\fR \- Adds, if present, serial number. \- Adds, if present, PCI/USB class ID. .TP .B \-xxx \-R\fR \- md\-raid: Adds system mdraid support types (kernel support, read ahead, RAID events) \- zfs\-raid: Adds portion allocated (used) by RAID array/device. \- Hardware RAID: Adds rev, ports, and (if available and/or relevant) \fBvendor:\fR item, which shows specific vendor [product] information. .TP .B \-xxx \-S\fR \- Adds, if in X, or with \fB--display\fR, bar/dock/panel/tray items (\fBinfo\fR). If none found, shows nothing. Supports desktop items like gnome\-panel, lxpanel, xfce4\-panel, lxqt\-panel, tint2, cairo-dock, trayer, and many others. \- Adds (if present), window manager (\fBwm\fR) version number. \- Adds (if present), display manager (\fBdm\fR) version number. \- Adds (if available, and in display), virtual terminal (\fBvt\fR) number. These are the same as \fBctrl+alt+F[x]\fR numbers usually. Some systems have this, some don't, it varies. .TP .B \-xxx \-w \fR, \fB\-W\fR \- Adds location (city state country), observation altitude (if available), weather observation time (if available), sunset/sunrise (if available). .SH ADMIN EXTRA DATA OPTIONS These options are triggered with \fB\-\-admin\fR or \fB\-a\fR. Admin options are advanced output options, and are more technical, and mostly of interest to system administrators or other machine admins. The \fB\-\-admin\fR option sets \fB\-xxx\fR, and only has to be used once. It will trigger the following features: .TP .B \-a \-A\fR \- Adds, if present, possible \fBalternate:\fR kernel modules capable of driving each \fBDevice\-x\fR (not including the current \fBdriver:\fR). If no non\-driver modules found, shows nothing. NOTE: just because it lists a module does NOT mean it is available in the system, it's just something the kernel knows could possibly be used instead. \- Adds PCIe generation, and, if different than running PCIe generation, speed or lanes, \fBlink\-max: gen: speed: lanes:\fR (only items different from primary shown). \- Adds list of detected audio server tools (\fBtools: [tools]\fR) to API/Server lines, like alsamixer, jack_control, pactl, pavuctl, pw-cli, sndioctl, etc. .TP .B \-a \-C\fR .br \- Adds CPU generation, process node, and built years, if detected. For Intel, only will show if Core generation, otherwise the arch value is enough. For AMD, only shows Zen generation. \- Adds microarchitecture \fBlevel:\fR (v1,v2,v3,v4) (64 bit Intel/AMD CPUs only). This information is used for setting compile time optimization switches in for example GCC. These levels were introduced in 2020. Because this a CPU flag based test, and these levels when > 2 are not always 100% based on exposed CPU flags (eg OSXSAVE), for > v2, adds \fBnote: check\fR. \- Adds CPU family, model\-id, and stepping (replaces \fBrev\fR of \fB\-Cx\fR). Format is \fBhexadecimal (decimal)\fR if greater than 9, otherwise \fBhexadecimal\fR. \- Adds CPU microcode. Format is \fBhexadecimal\fR. \- Adds socket type (for motherboard CPU socket, if available). If results doubtful will list two socket types and \fBnote: check\fR. Requires doas/sudo/root and \fBdmidecode\fR. The item in parentheses may simply be a different syntax for the same socket, but in general, check this before trusting it. Sample: \fBsocket: 775 (478) note: check\fR .br Sample: \fBsocket: AM4\fR \- Adds DMI CPU base and boost/turbo speeds. Requires doas/sudo/root and \fBdmidecode\fR. In some cases, like with overclocking or 'turbo' or 'boost' modes, voltage and external clock speeds may be increased, or short term limits raised on max CPU speeds. These are often not reflected in /sys based CPU \fBmin/max:\fR speed results, but often are using this source. Samples: .br CPU not overclocked, with boost, like Ryzen: .nf \fBSpeed (MHz): avg: 2861 high: 3250 min/max: 1550/3400 boost: enabled base/boost: 3400/3900\fR .fi Overclocked 2900 MHz CPU, with no boost available: .nf \fBSpeed (MHz): avg: 2345 high: 2900 min/max: 800/2900 base/boost: 3350/3000\fR .fi Overclocked 3000 MHz CPU, with boosted max speed: .nf \fBSpeed (MHz): avg: 3260 high: 4190 min/max: 1200/3001 base/boost: 3000/4000\fR .fi Note that these numbers can be confusing, but basically, the \fBbase\fR number is the actual normal top speed the CPU runs at without boost mode, and the \fBboost\fR number is the max speed the CPU reports itself able to run at. The actual max speed may be higher than either value, or lower. The \fBboost\fR number appears to be hard\-coded into the CPU DMI data, and does not seem to reflect actual max speeds that overclocking or other combinations of speed boosters can enable, as you can see from the example where the CPU is running at a speed faster than the min/max or base/boost values. Note that the normal \fBmin/max:\fR speeds do NOT show actual overclocked OR boost/turbo mode speeds, and appear to be hard\-coded values, not dynamic real values. The \fBbase/boost:\fR values are sometimes real, and sometimes not. \fBbase\fR appears in general to be real. \- Adds frequency \fBscaling: governor:.. driver:..\fR if found/available. Also adds scaling min/max speeds if different from standard CPU min/max spees (not common). \- Adds description of cache topology per cpu. Linux only. \- Creates new \fBTopology:\fR line after the \fBInfo:\fR line. Moves cache data to this line from \fBInfo:\fR line. Topology line contains, if available and/or relevant: physical CPU count (\fBcpus:\fR); per physical cpu core count (cores:\fR); threads per core, if > 1 (\fBtpc:\fR); how many \fBthreads:\fR (if more threads than cores); \fBdies:\fR (rarely detected, but if so, if > 1); smt status (if no smt status found, shows \fBN/A\fR). If complex CPU type, like Alder lake, cores; will have a more granular breakdown of how many mt (multi\-threaded) and how many st (single\-threaded) cores there in the physical cpu ( \fBmt\-cores:\fR, \fBst\-cores:\fR); For complex CPU types like ARM SoC devices with 2 CPU types, with different core counts and/or \fBmin/max:\fR) frequencies, \fBvariant:\fR per type found, with relevant differences shown, like \fBcores:\fR, \fBmin/max:\fR, etc. .nf \fBCPU: Info: model: AMD EPYC 7281 bits: 64 type: MT MCP MCM SMP arch: Zen gen: 1 level: v3 note: check process: GF 14nm built: 2017\-19 family:0x17 (23) model\-id:1 stepping: 2 microcode: 0x8001250 Topology: cpus: 2 cores: 16 tpc: 2 threads: 32 dies: 4 cache: L1: 2x 1.5 MiB (3 MiB) desc: d\-16x32 KiB; i\-16x64 KiB L2: 2x 8 MiB (16 MiB) desc: 16x512 KiB L3: 2x 32 MiB (64 MiB) desc: 8x4 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 1195 high: 1197 min/max: 1200/2100 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi\-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1195 2: 1196 .... bogomips: 267823\fR .fi \- Adds CPU Vulnerabilities (bugs) as known by your current kernel. Lists by \fBType: ... (status|mitigation): ....\fR for systems that support this feature (Linux kernel 4.14 or newer, or patched older kernels). .TP .B \-a \-d\fR,\fB\-a \-D\fR \- Adds logical and physical block size in bytes. Using \fBsmartctl\fR (requires doas/sudo/root privileges). \- Adds device model family, like \fBCaviar Black\fR, if available. \- Adds SATA type (eg 1.0, 2.6, 3.0) if a SATA device. \- Adds device kernel major:minor number (Linux only). \- Adds SMART report line: status, enabled/disabled, health, powered on, cycles, and some error cases if out of range values. Note that for Pre\-fail items, it will show the VALUE and THRESHOLD numbers. It will also fall back for unknown attributes that are or have been failing and print out the Attribute name, value, threshold, and failing message. This way even for unhandled Attribute names, you should get a solid report for full failure cases. Other cases may show if inxi believes that the item may be approaching failure. This is a guess so make sure to check the drive and smartctl full output to verify before taking any further action. \- Adds, for USB or other external drives, actual model name/serial if available, and different from enclosure model/serial, and corrects block sizes if necessary. Adds in drive temperature for some drives as well, and other useful data. .TP .B \-a \-E\fR (\fB\-\-bluetooth\fR) \- Adds (\fBhciconfig\fR only) extra line to \fBReport:\fR, \fBInfo:\fR. Includes, if available, ACL MTU, SCO MTU, Link policy, Link mode, and Service Classes. \- Adds PCIe generation, and, if different than running PCIe generation, speed or lanes, \fBlink\-max: gen: speed: lanes:\fR (only items different from primary shown. Bluetooth PCIe rare). .TP .B \-a \-G\fR \- Adds, if present, possible \fBalternate:\fR kernel modules capable of driving each \fBDevice\-x\fR (not including the current \fBloaded:\fR). If no non\-driver modules found, shows nothing. NOTE: just because it lists a module does NOT mean it is available in the system, it's just something the kernel knows could possibly be used instead. \- Adds (AMD/Intel/Nvidia, if available) \fBprocess: [node] built: [years]\fR to \fBarch:\fR item. \- Adds (if Linux and Nvidia device) non\-free support information (if available). This can be useful for forum support people to determine if the card supports current active legacy Nvidia driver branches, or if the card nonfree driver is EOL or active. Note that if card is current, shows basic series and status. Includes extended non free Nvidia legacy informatin (Linux and Nvidia only), and \fBarch:\fR reports (AMD/Intel/Nvidia). Useful to help diagnose driver support issues, shows extra data that can help diagnose/debug. Adds \fBcode:\fR item if found and not the same as \fBarch:\fR. .nf \fBinxi \-Gaz Graphics: Device\-1: NVIDIA NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] driver: nouveau v: kernel non\-free: 173.14.xx status: legacy (EOL) last: kernel: 3.12 xorg: 1.15 release: 173.14.39 arch: Rankine code: NV3x process: 130\-150nm built: 2003\-05 ports: active: VGA\-1 empty: DVI\-I\-1,TV\-1 bus\-ID: 01:00.0 chip\-ID: 10de:0322 class\-ID: 0300 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa alternate: nv,nvidia gpu: nouveau display\-ID: :0 screens: 1\fR .fi With \fB\-y1\fR: .nf \fBinxi \-Gaz \-y1 Graphics: Device\-1: NVIDIA NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] driver: nouveau v: kernel non\-free: series: 173.14.xx status: legacy (EOL) last: kernel: 3.12 xorg: 1.15 release: 173.14.39 arch: Rankine code: NV3x process: 130\-150nm built: 2003\-05 ports: active: VGA\-1 empty: DVI\-I\-1,TV\-1 bus\-ID: 01:00.0 chip\-ID: 10de:0322 class\-ID: 0300\fR .fi \- Adds PCIe generation, and, if different than running PCIe generation, speed or lanes, \fBlink\-max: gen: speed: lanes:\fR (only items different from primary shown). \- Adds to Monitors \fBbuilt:\fR, \fBgamma:\fR, \fBratio:\fR (if found). X.org sample (with both \fBxdpyinfo\fR and \fBxrandr\fR data available): .nf \fBinxi \-aGz Graphics: Device\-1: AMD Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series] vendor: XFX Pine driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu arch: TeraScale\-2 code: Evergreen process: TSMC 32\-40nm built: 2009\-15 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link\-max: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s ports: active: DVI\-I\-1,VGA\-1 empty: HDMI\-A\-1 bus\-ID: 0a:00.0 chip\-ID: 1002:68f9 class\-ID: 0300 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.0 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver: X: loaded: modesetting dri: r600 gpu: radeon display\-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 Screen\-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1024 s-dpi: 96 s\-size: 677x270mm (26.65x10.63") s\-diag: 729mm (28.7") Monitor\-1: DVI\-I\-1 pos: primary,left model: Samsung SyncMaster serial: built: 2004 res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 dpi: 96 gamma: 1.2 size: 338x270mm (13.31x10.63") diag: 433mm (17") ratio: 5:4 modes: max: 1280x1024 min: 720x400 Monitor\-2: VGA\-1 pos: right model: Dell 1908FP serial: built: 2008 res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 dpi: 86 gamma: 1.4 size: 376x301mm (14.8x11.85") diag: 482mm (19") ratio: 5:4 modes: max: 1280x1024 min: 720x400 API: OpenGL renderer: AMD CEDAR (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.16.0-11.1\-liquorix-amd64 LLVM 12.0.1) v: 3.3 Mesa 21.2.6 compat\-v: 3.1 direct-render: Yes ....\fR .fi Wayland sample, with Sway/swaymsg: .nf \fBinxi \-aGz Graphics: Device\-1: AMD Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series] vendor: XFX Pine driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu arch: TeraScale 2 process: TSMC 32\-40nm pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link\-max: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s ports: active: DVI\-I\-1,VGA\-1 empty: HDMI\-A\-1 bus\-ID: 0a:00.0 chip\-ID: 1002:68f9 class\-ID: 0300 Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 21.1.4 compositor: sway v: 1.6.1 driver: gpu: radeon d\-rect: 2560x1024 Monitor-1: DVI\-I\-1 pos: right model: SyncMaster serial: built: 2004 res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 dpi: 96 gamma: 1.2 size: 340x270mm (13.4x10.6") diag: 434mm (17.1") ratio: 5:4 modes: max: 1280x1024 min: 720x400 Monitor\-2: VGA-1 pos: primary,left model: DELL 1908FP serial: res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 gamma: 1.4 dpi: 86 gamma: 1.4 size: 380x300mm (15.0x11.8") diag: 484mm (19.1") ratio: 5:4 modes: max: 1280x1024 min: 720x400 API: GBM/EGL Message: Wayland GBM/EGL data currently not available. .fi .TP .B \-a \-I\fR \- Adds to Packages number of lib packages detected per package manager. Also adds detected package managers with 0 packages listed. Adds package manager tools (supported: rpm, dpkg, pkgtool) Moves to \fBRepos\fR if \fB\-ra\fR. .nf \fBinxi \-aI Info: .... Init: systemd v: 245 target: graphical.target (5) default: graphical.target Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 5/6/7/8/9 Packages: pm: apt pkgs: 3681 libs: 2096 tools: apt, apt\-get,aptitude pm: rpm pkgs: 0 Shell: ksh v: A_2020.0.0 default: Bash v: 5.0.16 running\-in: kate inxi: 3.1.04\fR .fi \- Adds service control tool, tested for in the following order: \fBsystemctl rc\-service rcctl service sv /etc/rc.d /etc/init.d\fR. Can be useful to know which you need when using an unfamiliar machine. .TP .B \-a \-j\fR, \fB\-a \-P\fR [swap], \fB\-a \-P\fR [swap] \- Adds swappiness and vfs cache pressure, and a message to indicate if the value is the default value or not (Linux only, and only if available). If not the default value, shows default value as well, e.g. For \fB\-P\fR per swap physical partition: \fBswappiness: 60 (default) cache\-pressure: 90 (default 100)\fR For \fB\-j\fR row 1 output: \fBKernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache\-pressure: 90 (default 100)\fR \- Adds device kernel major:minor number (Linux only). .TP .B \-a \-L\fR \- Expands Component report, shows size / maj-min of components and devices, and mapped name for logical components. Puts each component/device on its own line. \- Adds maj-min to LV and other devices. .TP .B \-a \-m\fR \- Expands volts to include curr/min/max values even if they are all identical. .TP .B \-a \-n\fR, \fB\-a \-N\fR, \fB\-a \-i\fR \- Adds, if present, possible \fBalternate:\fR kernel modules capable of driving each \fBDevice\-x\fR (not including the current \fBdriver:\fR). If no non\-driver modules found, shows nothing. NOTE: just because it lists a module does NOT mean it is available in the system, it's just something the kernel knows could possibly be used instead. \- Adds PCIe generation, and, if different than running PCIe generation, speed or lanes, \fBlink\-max: gen: speed: lanes:\fR (only items different from primary shown). .TP .B \-a \-o\fR \- Adds device kernel major:minor number (Linux only). .TP .B \-a \-p\fR,\fB\-a \-P\fR \- Adds raw partition size, including file system overhead, partition table, e.g. \fBraw\-size: 60.00 GiB\fR. \- Adds percent of raw size available to \fBsize:\fR item, e.g. \fBsize: 58.81 GiB (98.01%)\fR. Note that \fBused: 16.44 GiB (34.3%)\fR percent refers to the available size, not the raw size. \- Adds partition filesystem block size if found (requires root and blockdev). \- Adds device kernel major:minor number (Linux only). .TP .B \-a \-r\fR \- Adds to \fBPackages:\fR report. See \fB\-Ia\fR .TP .B \-a \-R\fR \- Adds device kernel major:minor number (mdraid, Linux only). \- Adds, if available, component size, major:minor number (Linux only). Turns Component report to 1 component per line. .TP .B \-a \-S\fR \- Adds kernel boot parameters to \fBKernel\fR section (if detected). Support varies by OS type. .TP .B \-a \-\-slots\fR \- Adds PCI children of the main slot bus ID, and their types and class IDs, recursively. Linux only, and only if detected. Sample: .nf \fBSlot: 0 type: PCIe lanes: 16 status: in use length: long volts: 3.3 bus\-ID: 00:03.1 children: 1: 07:00.0 class\-ID: 0300 type: display 2: 07:00.1 class\-ID: 0403 type: audio\fR .fi .SH ADVANCED OPTIONS .TP .B \-\-alt 40\fR Bypass \fBPerl\fR as a downloader option. Priority is: Perl (HTTP::Tiny), Curl, Wget, Fetch, (OpenBSD only) ftp. .TP .B \-\-alt 41\fR Bypass \fBCurl\fR as a downloader option. Priority is: Perl (HTTP::Tiny), Curl, Wget, Fetch, (OpenBSD only) ftp. .TP .B \-\-alt 42\fR Bypass \fBFetch\fR as a downloader option. Priority is: Perl (HTTP::Tiny), Curl, Wget, Fetch, (OpenBSD only) ftp. .TP .B \-\-alt 43\fR Bypass \fBWget\fR as a downloader option. Priority is: Perl (HTTP::Tiny), Curl, Wget, Fetch, OpenBSD only: ftp .TP .B \-\-alt 44\fR Bypass \fBCurl\fR, \fBFetch\fR, and \fBWget\fR as downloader options. This basically forces the downloader selection to use \fBPerl 5.x\fR \fBHTTP::Tiny\fR, which is generally slower than \fBCurl\fR or \fBWget\fR but it may help bypass issues with downloading. .TP .B \-\-bt\-tool [bt\-adapter|hciconfig|rfkill]\fR Force the use of the given tool for bluetooth report (\fB\-E\fR). \fBrfkill\fR does not support mac address data. .TP .B \-\-dig\fR Temporary override of \fBNO_DIG\fR configuration item. Only use to test w/wo dig. Restores default behavior for WAN IP, which is use dig if present. .TP .B \-\-display [:]\fR Will try to get display data out of X (does not usually work as root user). Default gets display info from display \fB:0\fR. If you use the format \fB\-\-display :1\fR then it would get it from display \fB1\fR instead, or any display you specify. Note that in some cases, \fB\-\-display\fR will cause inxi to hang endlessly when running the option in console with Intel graphics. The situation regarding other free drivers such as nouveau/ATI is currently unknown. It may be that this is a bug with the Intel graphics driver \- more information is required. You can test this easily by running the following command out of X/display server: \fBglxinfo \-display :0\fR If it hangs, \fB\-\-display\fR will not work. .TP .B \-\-dmidecode\fR Shortcut. See \fB\-\-force dmidecode\fR. .TP .B \-\-downloader [curl|fetch|perl|wget]\fR Force inxi to use Curl, Fetch, Perl, or Wget for downloads. .TP .B \-\-force [option(s)]\fR Various force options to allow users to override defaults. Values can be given as a comma separated list: \fBinxi \-MJ --force dmidecode,lsusb\fR \- \fBcolors\fR \- Same as \fB\-Y \-2\fR . Do not remove colors from piped or redirected output. \- \fBdmidecode\fR \- Force use of \fBdmidecode\fR. This will override \fB/sys\fR data in some lines, e.g. \fB\-M\fR or \fB\-B\fR. \- \fBhddtemp\fR \- Force use of hddtemp instead of /sys temp data for disks. \- \fBlsusb\fR \- Forces the USB data generator to use \fBlsusb\fR as data source (default). Overrides \fBUSB_SYS\fR in user configuration file(s). \- \fBrpm\fR, \fBpkg\fR \- Force override of disabled RPM package counts on primarily RPM run systems due to unacceptably slow execution times for this command: .nf \fBrpm \-qa \-\-nodigest \-\-nosignature\fR .fi Even on newer RPM systems, in virtual machines, running rpm package list query takes more than 0.15 seconds (compared to 0.01 to 0.05 for dpkg, pacman, pkgtool etc) for just this single feature, which is north of 10% of total execution time for \fBinxi \-bar\fR. On bare metal this can hit 1 second or more in our tests. Older systems have taken up to 30 seconds to run this command! For systems that support running rpm along with the primary package installer (dpkg/apt, pacman, and pkgtool/slackpkg), there are not going to be many rpms, if any, installed, so the command runs in those cases (if inxi can determine it is running in that type of system). \- \fBsensors\-sys\fR \- Force use of \fB/sys/class/hwmon\fR data for sensors (excluding ipmi sensors, which are their own line if present), skip \fBlm\-sensors\fR. Generally useful for testing since sys data is used if no lm\-sensors data was found anyway, but if \fBlm\-sensors\fR was installed, and returned no data, it's most likely if not nearly certain that \fB/sys\fR will also not return data. \- \fBusb\-sys\fR \- Forces the USB data generator to use \fB/sys\fR as data source instead of \fBlsusb\fR (Linux only). \- \fBvmstat\fR \- Forces use of vmstat for memory data. \- \fBwayland\fR \- Forces use of Wayland, disables x tools glxinfo, xrandr, xdpyinfo. \- \fBwmctrl\fR \- Force \fBSystem\fR item \fBwm\fR to use \fBwmctrl\fR as data source, override default \fBps\fR source. .TP .B \-\-hddtemp\fR Shortcut. See \fB\-\-force hddtemp\fR. .TP .B \-\-html\-wan\fR Temporary override of \fBNO_HTML_WAN\fR configuration item. Only use to test w/wo HTML downloaders for WAN IP. Restores default behavior for WAN IP, which is use HTML downloader if present and if dig failed. .TP .B \-\-man\fR Updates / installs man page with \fB\-U\fR if \fBpinxi\fR or using \fB\-U 3\fR dev branch. (Only active if \fB\-U\fR is is not disabled by maintainers). .TP .B \-\-no\-dig\fR Overrides default use of \fBdig\fR to get WAN IP address. Allows use of normal downloader tool to get IP addresses. Only use if dig is failing, since dig is much faster and more reliable in general than other methods. .TP .B \-\-no\-doas\fR Skips the use of doas to run certain internal features (like \fBhddtemp\fR, \fBfile\fR) with doas. Not related to running inxi itself with doas/sudo or super user. Some systems will register errors which will then trigger admin emails in such cases, so if you want to disable regular user use of doas (which requires configuration to setup anyway for these options) just use this option, or \fBNO_DOAS\fR configuration item. See \fB\-\-no\-sudo\fR if you need to disable both types. .TP .B \-\-no\-html-wan\fR Overrides use of HTML downloaders to get WAN IP address. Use either only dig, or do not get wan IP. Only use if dig is failing, and the HTML downloaders are taking too long, or are hanging or failing. Make permanent with \fBNO_HTML_WAN='true'\fR .TP .B \-\-no\-man\fR Disables man page install with \fB\-U\fR for master and active development branches. (Only active if \fB\-U\fR is is not disabled by maintainers). .TP .B \-\-no\-sensor\-force\fR Overrides user set \fBSENSOR_FORCE\fR configuration value. Restores default behavior. .TP .B \-\-no\-ssl\fR Skip SSL certificate checks for all downloader actions (\fB\-U\fR, \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-W\fR, \fB\-i\fR). Use if your system does not have current SSL certificate lists, or if you have problems making a connection for any reason. Works with \fBWget\fR, \fBCurl\fR, \fBPerl HTTP::Tiny\fR and \fBFetch\fR. .TP .B \-\-no\-sudo\fR Skips the use of sudo to run certain internal features (like \fBhddtemp\fR, \fBfile\fR) with sudo. Not related to running inxi itself with sudo or superuser. Some systems will register errors which will then trigger admin emails in such cases, so if you want to disable regular user use of sudo (which requires configuration to setup anyway for these options) just use this option, or \fBNO_SUDO\fR configuration item. .TP .B \-\-pm\-type [package manager name]\fR For distro package maintainers only, and only for non apt, rpm, or pacman based systems. To be used to test replacement package lists for recommends for that package manager. .TP .B \-\-rpm\fR, \fB\-\-pkg\fR Shortcut. See \fB\-\-force rpm\fR. .TP .B \-\-sensors\-default\fR Overrides configuration values \fBSENSORS_USE\fR or \fBSENSORS_EXCLUDE\fR on a one time basis. .TP .B \-\-sensors\-exclude\fR Linux only. Similar to \fB\-\-sensors\-use\fR except removes listed sensors from sensor data. Make permanent with \fBSENSORS_EXCLUDE\fR configuration item. Note that gpu, network, disk, and other specific device monitor chips are excluded by default. Example: \fBinxi \-sxx \-\-sensors\-exclude k10temp-pci-00c3\fR .TP .B \-\-sensors\-sys\fR Shortcut. See \fB\-\-force sensors\-sys\fR .TP .B \-\-sensors\-use\fR Linux only. Use only the (comma separated) sensor arrays for \fB\-s\fR output. Make permanent with \fBSENSORS_USE\fR configuration item. Sensor array ID value must be the exact value shown in lm\-sensors sensors output (lm-sensors only) or use \fB\-s \-\-dbg 18\fR ('main' =>.. section) to see the sensor ID strings used internally. If you only want to exclude one (or more) sensors from the output, use \fB\-\-sensors\-exclude\fR. Can be useful if the default sensor data used by inxi is not from the right sensor array. Note that all other sensor data will be removed, which may lead to undesired consequences. Please be aware that this can lead to many undesirable side\-effects, since default behavior is to use all the sensors arrays and select which values to use from them following a set sequence of rules. So if you force one to be used, you may lose data that was used from another one. Most likely best use is when one (or two) of the sensor arrays has all the sensor data you want, and you just want to make sure inxi doesn't use data from another array that has inaccurate or misleading data. Note that gpu, network, disk, and other specific device monitor chips are excluded by default, and should not be added since they do not provide cpu, board, system, etc, sensor data. Example: \fBinxi \-sxx \-\-sensors\-use nct6791-isa-0290,k10temp-pci-00c3\fR .TP .B \-\-sleep [0\-x.x]\fR Usually in decimals. Change CPU sleep time for \fB\-C\fR (current: \fB\0.35\fR). Sleep is used to let the system catch up and show a more accurate CPU use. Example: \fBinxi \-Cxxx \-\-sleep 0.15\fR Overrides default internal value and user configuration value: \fBCPU_SLEEP=0.25\fR .TP .B \-\-tty\fR Forces internal IRC flag to off. Used in unhandled cases where the program running inxi may not be seen as a shell/pty/tty, but it is not an IRC client. Put \fB\-\-tty\fR first in option list to avoid unexpected errors. If you want a specific output width, use the \fB\-\-width\fR option. If you want normal color codes in the output, use the \fB\-c [color ID]\fR flag. The sign you need to use this is extra numbers before the key/value pairs of the output of your program. These are IRC, not TTY, color codes. Please post a github issue if you find you need to use \fB\-\-tty\fR (including the full \fB\-Ixxx\fR line) so we can figure out how to add your program to the list of whitelisted programs. You can see what inxi believed started it in the \fB\-Ixxx\fR line, \fBShell:\fR or \fBClient:\fR item. Please let us know what that result was so we can add it to the parent start program whitelist. In some cases, you may want to also use \fB\-\-no\-filter\fR/\fB\-Z\fR option if you want to see filtered values. Filtering is turned on by default if \fBinxi\fR believes it is running in an IRC client. .TP .B \-\-usb\-sys\fR Shortcut. See \fB\-\-force usb\-sys\fR .TP .B \-\-usb\-tool\fR Shortcut. See \fB\-\-force lsusb\fR .TP .B \-\-wan\-ip\-url [URL]\fR Force \fB\-i\fR to use supplied URL as WAN IP source. Overrides dig or default IP source urls. URL must start with http[s] or ftp. The IP address from the URL must be the last item on the last (non\-empty) line of the page content source code. Same as configuration value (example): \fBWAN_IP_URL='https://mysite.com/ip.php'\fR .TP .B \-\-wayland\fR, \fB\-\-wl\fR Shortcut. See \fB\-\-force wayland\fR. .TP .B \-\-wm\fR Shortcut. See \fB\-\-force wmctl\fR. .SH DEBUGGING OPTIONS .TP .B \-\-dbg {[1\-x][,[1\-x]]}\fR Accepts one or more comma separated dbg specific debugging numbers. \fB1\fR \- Debug downloader failures. Turns off silent/quiet mode for curl, wget, and fetch. Shows more downloader action information. Shows some more information for Perl downloader. \fB1\-xx\fR \- See github \fBinxi\-perl/docs/inxi\-values.txt\fR for specific specialized debugging options. There are a lot. .TP .B \-\-debug [1\-3]\fR \- On screen debugger output. .TP .B \-\-debug 10\fR \- Basic logging. Check \fB$XDG_DATA_HOME/inxi/inxi.log\fR or \fB$HOME/.local/share/inxi/inxi.log\fR or \fB$HOME/.inxi/inxi.log\fR. .TP .B \-\-debug 11\fR \- Full file/system info logging. .TP .B \-\-debug 20\fR Creates a tar.gz file of system data and collects the inxi output in a file. * tree traversal data file(s) read from \fB/proc\fR and \fB/sys\fR, and other system data. * xorg conf and log data, xrandr, xprop, xdpyinfo, glxinfo etc. * data from dev, disks, partitions, etc. .TP .B \-\-debug 21\fR Automatically uploads debugger data tar.gz file to \fIftp.smxi.org\fR, then removes the debug data directory, but leaves the debug tar.gz file. See \fB\-\-ftp\fR for uploading to alternate locations. .TP .B \-\-debug 22\fR Automatically uploads debugger data tar.gz file to \fIftp.smxi.org\fR, then removes the debug data directory and the tar.gz file. See \fB\-\-ftp\fR for uploading to alternate locations. .TP .B \-\-debug\-id [string]\fR Insert string to file name for debugger. This is helpful so you can add for instance a username to a debugger dataset to make it easy to find. Sample: \fB\-\-debug 22 \-\-debug\-id mrmazda\fR .TP .B \-\-fake\-data\-dir\fR Developer only: Change default location of $fake_data_dir, which is where files are for \fB\-\-fake {item}\fR items. .TP .B \-\-ftp [ftp.yoursite.com/incoming]\fR For alternate ftp upload locations: Example: \fBinxi \-\-ftp \fIftp.yourserver.com/incoming\fB \-\-debug 21\fR .SH DEBUGGING OPTIONS TO DEBUG DEBUGGER FAILURES Only use the following in conjunction with \fB\-\-debug 2[012]\fR, and only use if you experienced a failure or hang, or were instructed to do so. .TP .B \-\-debug\-proc\fR Force debugger to parse \fB/proc\fR directory data when run as root. Normally this is disabled due to unpredictable data in /proc tree. .TP .B \-\-debug\-proc\-print\fR Use this to locate file that /proc debugger hangs on. .TP .B \-\-debug\-no\-exit\fR Skip exit on error when running debugger. .TP .B \-\-debug\-no\-proc\fR Skip /proc debugging in case of a hang. .TP .B \-\-debug\-no\-sys\fR Skip /sys debugging in case of a hang. .TP .B \-\-debug\-sys\fR Force PowerPC debugger parsing of /sys as doas/sudo/root. .TP .B \-\-debug\-sys\-print\fR Use this to locate file that /sys debugger hangs on. .SH SUPPORTED IRC CLIENTS BitchX, Gaim/Pidgin, ircII, Irssi, Konversation, Kopete, KSirc, KVIrc, Weechat, and Xchat. Plus any others that are capable of displaying either built\-in or external script output. .SH RUNNING IN IRC CLIENT To trigger inxi output in your IRC client, pick the appropriate method from the list below: .TP .B Hexchat, XChat, Irssi \fR(and many other IRC clients) .B /exec \-o inxi \fR[\fBoptions\fR] If you don't include the \fB\-o\fR, only you will see the output on your local IRC client. .TP .B Konversation .B /cmd inxi \fR[\fBoptions\fR] To run inxi in Konversation as a native script if your distribution or inxi package hasn't already done this for you, create this symbolic link: KDE 4: .B ln \-s /usr/local/bin/inxi /usr/share/kde4/apps/konversation/scripts/inxi KDE 5: .B ln \-s /usr/local/bin/inxi /usr/share/konversation/scripts/inxi If inxi is somewhere else, change the path \fB/usr/local/bin\fR to wherever it is located. If you are using KDE/QT 5, then you may also need to add the following to get the Konversation \fR/inxi\fR command to work: .B ln \-s /usr/share/konversation /usr/share/apps/ Make sure you also have the \fRqdbus\-qt5\fR package (Debian/Ubuntu + derived), \fRqt5\-qttools\fR (Fedora/RHEL/SUSE + derived), \fRqt5\-tools\fR (Arch + derived) installed (for KDE 5/QT 5, check distros for future package names), \fRqt5\-tools\fR (Arch + derived). Check your distro if the program is missing. Depending on the distro, \fR/usr/lib/qt5/bin/qdbus\fR is required, which in Debian+ is provided by the above package. Then you can start inxi directly, like this: .B /inxi \fR[\fBoptions\fR] .TP .B WeeChat .B NEW: /exec \-o inxi \fR[\fBoptions\fR] .B OLD: /shell \-o inxi \fR[\fBoptions\fR] Newer (2014 and later) WeeChats work pretty much the same now as other console IRC clients, with \fB/exec \-o inxi \fR[\fBoptions\fR]. Newer WeeChats have dropped the \fB\-curses\fR part of their program name, i.e.: \fBweechat\fR instead of \fBweechat\-curses\fR. .SH CONFIGURATION FILE inxi will read its configuration/initialization files in the following order: \fB/etc/inxi.conf\fR contains the default configurations. These can be overridden by creating a \fB/etc/inxi.d/inxi.conf\fR file (global override), which will prevent distro packages from changing or overwriting your edits. This method is recommended if you are using a distro packaged inxi and want to override some global configuration items from the package's default \fB/etc/inxi.conf\fR file but don't want to lose your changes on a package update. You can also override, per user, with a user configuration file found in one of the following locations (inxi will store its config file using the following precedence): if \fB$XDG_CONFIG_HOME\fR is not empty, it will go there, else if \fB$HOME/.config/inxi.conf\fR exists, it will go there, and as a last default, the legacy location is used), i.e.: \fB$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/inxi.conf\fR > \fB$HOME/.config/inxi.conf\fR > \fB$HOME/.inxi/inxi.conf\fR > \fB/etc/inxi.d/inxi.conf\fR > \fB/etc/inxi.conf\fR .SH CONFIGURATION OPTIONS See the documentation page for more complete information on how to set these up, and for a complete list of options: .I https://smxi.org/docs/inxi\-configuration.htm .TP .B Basic Options Here's a brief overview of the basic options you are likely to want to use: \fBCOLS_MAX_CONSOLE\fR The max display column width on terminal. If terminal/console width or \fB\-\-width\fR is less than wrap width, wrapping of line starter occurs \fBCOLS_MAX_IRC\fR The max display column width on IRC clients. \fBCOLS_MAX_NO_DISPLAY\fR The max display column width in out of X / Wayland / desktop / window manager. \fBCPU_SLEEP\fR Decimal value \fB0\fR or more. Default is usually around \fB0.35\fR seconds. Time that inxi will 'sleep' before getting CPU speed data, so that it reflects actual system state. \fBDOWNLOADER\fR Sets default inxi downloader: curl, fetch, ftp, perl, wget. See \fB\-\-recommends\fR output for more information on downloaders and Perl downloaders. \fBFILTER_STRING\fR Default \fB\fR. Any string you prefer to see instead for filtered values. \fBINDENT\fR Change primary indent width of wide mode output. See \fB\-\-indent\fR. \fBINDENTS\fR Change primary indents of narrow wrapped mode output, and second level indents. See \fB\-\-indents\fR. \fBLIMIT\fR Overrides default of \fB10\fR IP addresses per IF. This is only of interest to sys admins running servers with many IP addresses. \fBLINES_MAX\fR Values: [\-2\-xxx]. See \fB\-Y\fR for explanation and values. Use \fB\-Y \-3\fR to restore default unlimited output lines. Avoid using this in general unless the machine is a headless system and you want the output to be always controlled. \fBMAX_WRAP\fR (or \fBWRAP_MAX\fR) The maximum width where the line starter wraps to its own line. If terminal/console width or \fB\-\-width\fR is less than wrap width, wrapping of line starter occurs. Overrides default. See \fB\-\-max\-wrap\fR. If \fB80\fR or less, wrap will never happen. \fBNO_DIG\fR Set to \fB1\fR or \fBtrue\fR to disable WAN IP use of \fBdig\fR and force use of alternate downloaders. \fBNO_DOAS\fR Set to \fB1\fR or \fBtrue\fR to disable internal use of \fBdoas\fR. \fBNO_HTML_WAN\fR Set to \fB1\fR or \fBtrue\fR to disable WAN IP use of \fBHTML Downloaders\fR and force use of dig only, or nothing if dig disabled as well. Same as \fB\-\-no\-html\-wan\fR. Only use if dig is failing, and HTML downloaders are hanging. \fBNO_SUDO\fR Set to \fB1\fR or \fBtrue\fR to disable internal use of \fBsudo\fR. \fBPARTITION_SORT\fR Overrides default partition output sort. See \fB\-\-partition\-sort\fR for options. \fBPS_COUNT\fR The default number of items showing per \fB\-t\fR type, \fBm\fR or \fBc\fR. Default is 5. \fBSENSORS_CPU_NO\fR In cases of ambiguous temp1/temp2 (inxi can't figure out which is the CPU), forces sensors to use either value 1 or 2 as CPU temperature. See the above configuration page on smxi.org for full info. \fBSENSORS_EXCLUDE\fR Exclude supplied sensor array[s] from sensor output. Override with \fB\-\-sensors\-default\fR. See \fB\-\-sensors\-exclude\fR. \fBSENSORS_USE\fR Use only supplied sensor array[s]. Override with \fB\-\-sensors\-default\fR. See \fB\-\-sensors\-use\fR. \fBSEP2_CONSOLE\fR Replaces default key / value separator of '\fB:\fR'. Test with \fB\-\-separator\fR. \fBUSB_SYS\fR Forces all USB data to use \fB/sys\fR instead of \fBlsusb\fR. \fBWAN_IP_URL\fR Forces \fB\-i\fR to use supplied URL, and to not use dig (dig is generally much faster). URL must begin with http or ftp. Note that if you use this, the downloader set tests will run each time you start inxi whether a downloader feature is going to be used or not. The IP address from the URL must be the last item on the last (non\-empty) line of the URL's page content source code. Same as \fB\-\-wan\-ip\-url [URL]\fR \fBWEATHER_SOURCE\fR Values: [\fB0-9\fR]. Same as \fB\-\-weather\-source\fR. Values 4\-9 are not currently supported, but this can change at any time. \fBWEATHER_UNIT\fR Values: [\fBm\fR|\fBi\fR|\fBmi\fR|\fBim\fR]. Same as \fB\-\-weather\-unit\fR. .TP .B Color Options It's best to use the \fB\-c [94\-99]\fR color selector tool to set the following values because it will correctly update the configuration file and remove any invalid or conflicting items, but if you prefer to create your own configuration files, here are the options. All take the integer value from the options available in \fB\-c 94\-99\fR. NOTE: All default and configuration file set color values are removed when output is piped or redirected. You must use the explicit \fB\-c [color number]\fR option if you want colors to be present in the piped/redirected output (creating a PDF for example). \fBCONSOLE_COLOR_SCHEME\fR The color scheme for console output (not in X/Wayland). \fBGLOBAL_COLOR_SCHEME\fR Overrides all other color schemes. \fBIRC_COLOR_SCHEME\fR Desktop X/Wayland IRC CLI color scheme. \fBIRC_CONS_COLOR_SCHEME\fR Out of X/Wayland, IRC CLI color scheme. \fBIRC_X_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME\fR In X/Wayland IRC client terminal color scheme. \fBVIRT_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME\fR Color scheme for virtual terminal output (in X/Wayland). .TP .B Developer Options These are useful only for developers. \fBFAKE_DATA_DIR\fR \- change default fake data directory location. See \fB\-\-fake\-data\-dir\fR. .SH BUGS Please report bugs using the following resources. You may be asked to run the inxi debugger tool (see \fB\-\-debug 21/22\fR), which will upload a data dump of system files for use in debugging inxi. These data dumps are very important since they provide us with all the real system data inxi uses to parse out its report. .TP .B Issue Report File an issue report: .I https://github.com/smxi/inxi/issues .TP .B Forums Post on inxi forums: .I https://techpatterns.com/forums/forum\-33.html .TP .B IRC irc.oftc.net\fR / \fBirc.libera.chat\fR You can also visit \fRchannel:\fI #smxi\fR to post issues on either network. .SH HOMEPAGE .I https://github.com/smxi/inxi \fR \- Home of the source code, and tech docs (\fIinxi\-perl/docs\fR). .I https://smxi.org/docs/inxi.htm \fR \- The main docs for inxi. See \fIinxi\-perl/docs\fR for more technical docs. .I https://fosstodon.org/@smxi \fR \- Follow @smxi on Mastodon! .SH AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS TO CODE .B inxi is a fork of \fBlocsmif\fR's very clever \fBinfobash\fR script. Original infobash author and copyright holder: Copyright (C) 2005\-2007 Michiel de Boer aka locsmif inxi version: Copyright (C) 2008\-2023 Harald Hope This man page was originally created by Gordon Spencer (aka aus9) and is maintained by Harald Hope (aka h2 or TechAdmin). Initial CPU logic, konversation version logic, occasional maintenance fixes, and the initial xiin.py tool for /sys parsing (obsolete, but still very much appreciated for all the valuable debugger data it helped generate): Scott Rogers Further fixes (listed as known): Horst Tritremmel Steven Barrett (aka: damentz) \- USB audio patch; swap percent used patch. Jarett.Stevens \- \fBdmidecode \-M\fR patch for older systems with no \fB/sys\fR. .SH SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING The nice people at irc.oftc.net channels #linux\-smokers\-club and #smxi, who all really have to be considered to be co\-developers because of their non\-stop enthusiasm and willingness to provide real\-time testing and debugging of inxi development over the years. LinuxQuestions.org Slackware forum members, for major help with development and debugging new or refactored features, particularly the redone CPU logic of 2021\-12. Siduction forum members, who have helped get some features working by providing a large number of datasets that have revealed possible variations, particularly for the RAM \fB\-m\fR option. AntiX users and admins, who have helped greatly with testing and debugging, particularly for the 3.0.0 release. ArcherSeven (Max), Brett Bohnenkamper (aka KittyKatt), and Iotaka, who always manage to find the weirdest or most extreme hardware and setups that help make inxi much more robust. For the vastly underrated skill of output error/glitch catching, Pete Haddow. His patience and focus in going through inxi repeatedly to find errors and inconsistencies is much appreciated. For a huge boost to BSD support, Stan Vandiver, who did a lot of testing and setup many remote access systems for testing and development. For testing, bug finding, suggestions, feature requests, MrMazda. He has over the years has helped shape inxi into what it is today, in particular but not limited to, the Graphics features. All the inxi package maintainers, distro support people, forum moderators, and in particular, sys admins with their particular issues, which almost always help make inxi better, and any others who contribute ideas, suggestions, and patches. Without a wide range of diverse Linux kernel\-based Free Desktop systems to test on, we could never have gotten inxi to be as reliable and solid as it's turning out to be. And of course, a big thanks to locsmif, who figured out a lot of the core ideas, logic, and tricks originally used in inxi Gawk/Bash. .\" EOF