NAME¶
hwinfo - probe for hardware
SYNOPSIS¶
hwinfo [ options ]
DESCRIPTION¶
hwinfo is used to probe for the hardware present in the system. It can be
used to generate a system overview log which can be later used for support.
OPTIONS¶
- --debug level
- Set debug level. The debug info is shown only in the
log file. If you specify a log file, the debug level is implicitly set to
a reasonable value.
- --dump-db n
- Dump hardware data base, n is either 0 for
the external data base, or 1 for the internal data base.
- --help
- Print a usage and exit.
- --log logfile
- Write info to logfile.
- --short
- Just a short listing.
- --version
- Show libhd version.
- --<hwitem>
- Probe for the particular hardware item. Available hardware
items are: all, bios, block, bluetooth, braille, bridge, camera, cdrom,
chipcard, cpu, disk, dsl, dvb, fingerprint, floppy, framebuffer,
gfxcard, hub, ide, isapnp, isdn, joystick, keyboard, memory, modem,
monitor, mouse, netcard, network, partition, pci, pcmcia,
pcmcia-ctrl, pppoe, printer, scanner, scsi, smp, sound,
storage-ctrl, sys, tape, tv, usb, usb-ctrl, vbe, wlan, and
zip.
BUGS¶
Not all hardware can be detected.
AUTHOR¶
Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@suse.de> - hwinfo
Michal Svec <msvec@suse.cz> - manual page
SEE ALSO¶
discover(8).