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     4 ================

     5  List hardware.

     6 ================

     7 .. contents::

     8 

     9 List hardware under Linux.

    10 ==========================

    11 

    12   ``dmesg``

    13                 Messages about detecting new hardware.

    14   ``lshal -m``

    15                 monitor for hardware changes

    16   ``lspci``

    17     All PCI devices.

    18   ``lspci -vvv``

    19     All PCI devices. Very verbose output.

    20   ``hwinfo --short``

    21                 Overview of all hardware, as well as more detailed info.

    22   ``lshw``

    23                 Another program for listing hardware.

    24   ``lshw -html | w3m -T text/html``

    25                 Lists hardware with HTML output in the w3m web browser.

    26   ``uptime``

    27                 Current time elapsed since last reboot, users, and load average.

    28   ``lsusb``

    29     USB buses and attached devices.

    30   ``lsusb -vvv``

    31     USB buses and attached devices. Very verbose output.

    32 

    33 List hardware under Windows.

    34 ============================

    35 

    36   ``%WINDIR%\system32\msinfo32.exe``

    37     msinfo32

    38   http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

    39     cpu-z

    40   ``%WINDIR%\system32\dxdiag.exe``

    41     DirectX Diagnostic Tool

    42   ``%WINDIR%\system32\devmgmt.msc /s``

    43     Device Manager

    44 

    45 List memory.

    46 ============

    47 

    48   ``free``

    49     Total, used, and free memory.

    50   ``free -m``

    51     Total, used, and free memory shown in MB.

    52   ``cat /proc/meminfo``

    53     Amount of RAM and swap, and how much is being used for what.

    54   ``top``

    55     Real-time memory consumption. Press M key to sort processes by memory usage.

    56 

    57 ::

    58 

    59   $ cat /proc/meminfo

    60   $ sudo lshw -short -C memory

    61   $ sudo dmidecode --type memory

    62 

    63   $ sudo apt-get install i2c-tools

    64   $ sudo modprobe eeprom

    65   $ sudo decode-dimms

    66 

    67   $ read-edid

    68 

    69 Graphics card.

    70 ==============

    71 

    72   ``glxinfo``

    73                 Details about OpenGL, the Xserver, and your graphics card.

    74   ``glxinfo | grep direct``

    75                 Do you have direct 3d rendering?

    76   ``glxinfo | grep vendor``

    77                 Graphics card vendor.

    78   ``lspci | grep VGA``

    79                 Specific graphics card model.

    80   ``glxgears``

    81                 A simple 3d benchmark, prints frame rate to the terminal.

    82   ``xrandr``

    83                 Supported display resolutions.

    84   ``xdpyinfo``

    85     Utility for displaying information about an X server.

    86   ``xvinfo``

    87     Print out X-Video extension adaptor information.

    88   ``xdriinfo``

    89     Query configuration information of DRI drivers.

    90 

    91 Audio.

    92 ======

    93 

    94   ``lspci | grep Audio``

    95                 Audio controller.

    96   ``aplay --list-devices``

    97                 More audio device information.

    98 

    99 Software versions.

   100 ==================

   101 

   102   ``cat /etc/issue``

   103                 Current distribution and version.

   104   ``apt-cache showpkg packagename``

   105                 Packagename’s version and dependencies.

   106   ``uname -r``

   107                 Linux kernel version.

   108   ``uname -a``

   109                 All kernel details.

   110 

   111 Networking.

   112 ===========

   113 

   114   ``lspci | grep Ethernet``

   115                 Ethernet controllers.

   116   ``ip addr show``

   117                 List of netword devices, assigned IP addresses and MAC addresses.

   118   ``ifconfig``

   119                 Networking interfaces, IP addresses, and more.

   120 

   121 Processor.

   122 ==========

   123 

   124   ``cat /proc/cpuinfo``

   125                 All processors, clock speeds, flags, and more.

   126   ``cat /proc/loadavg``

   127                 Processor load average for the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes.

   128   ``top``

   129                 Press C key to sort processes by CPU usage.

   130 

   131 Hard disks.

   132 ===========

   133 

   134   ``df -H``

   135                 Partitions, as well as their mount-points and usage in GB.

   136   ``sudo fdisk -l``

   137                 All partitions, their device names, and positions on disk.

   138   ``hwinfo --disk`` or  ``lshw -class disk``

   139                 Disk hardware info.

   140   ``smartctl``

   141                 Show S.M.A.R.T. reports about disk heals.

   142 

   143 BIOS info.

   144 ==========

   145 

   146 Human readable string with BIOS.motheboard names::

   147 

   148   $ dd if=/dev/mem bs=64k skip=15 count=1 | strings

   149