NAME¶

cpu-x - X11 Tool that gathers Information on CPU, Motherboard and more...

SYNOPSIS¶

cpu-x [ <DISPLAY> ] [ <OPTIONS> ] cpu-x_polkit [ <DISPLAY> ] [ <OPTIONS> ]

DESCRIPTION¶

CPU-X is similar to CPU-Z (for MS Windows). It can be used in graphical mode by using GTK or in text-based mode by using NCurses. A dump mode is present from the command line.

Parts of CPU-X require root privileges. If your desktop session has PolicyKit support, you can launch cpu-x_polkit. After admin authentication, CPU-X will present to you its full feature set.

OPTIONS¶

Available options to be used as <DISPLAY>:

-g, --gtk

Start graphical user interface (GUI) (default).

-n, --ncurses

Start text-based user interface (TUI).

-d, --dump

Dump all data on standard output and exit.

-D, --dmidecode

Run embedded command dmidecode and exit.

Available options to be used as <OPTIONS>:

-a, --tab

Set default tab (integer).

-r, --refresh

Set custom time between two refreshes (in seconds).

-o, --nocolor

Disable colored output.

-i, --issue-fmt

Print required information to paste in an issue.

-v, --verbose

Verbose output.

-h, --help

Print help and exit.

-V, --version

Print version and exit.

Environment variables with influence on runtime functionality:

CPUX_NETWORK

Temporarily disable network support.

CPUX_BCLK

Enforce the bus clock.

AUTHOR¶

This man page has been written by Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> for the Debian project but maybe used by others.