hardware-listner.rst
changeset 130 3f6dc062af4b
parent 112 1a657a8f1fe5
child 735 5c437e2d5fe1
--- a/hardware-listner.rst	Sat Jun 06 21:05:10 2009 +0300
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   $ lsusb
   $ lspci
 
+** Graphics card.
+
+glxinfo - details about OpenGL, the Xserver, and your graphics card
+glxinfo | grep direct - do you have direct 3d rendering?
+glxinfo | grep vendor - graphics card vendor
+lspci | grep VGA - specific graphics card model
+glxgears - a simple 3d benchmark, prints frame rate to the terminal
+xrandr - supported display resolutions
+
+** Audio.
+
+lspci | grep Audio - audio controller
+aplay --list-devices - more audio device information
+
+** Software versions.
+cat /etc/issue - current distribution and version
+apt-cache showpkg packagename - packagename’s version and dependencies
+uname -r - Linux kernel version
+uname -a - all kernel details
+
+** Networking.
+
+lspci | grep Ethernet - Ethernet controllers
+ifconfig - networking interfaces, IP addresses, and more
+
+** Processor.
+
+cat /proc/cpuinfo - all processors, clock speeds, flags, and more
+cat /proc/loadavg - processor load average for the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes
+top - press C key to sort processes by CPU usage
+
+** Memory.
+
+cat /proc/meminfo - amount of RAM and swap, and how much is being used for what
+free -m - total, used, and free memory shown in MB
+top - press M key to sort processes by memory usage
+
+** Hard disks.
+
+df -H - partitions, as well as their mount-points and usage in GB
+sudo fdisk -l - all partitions, their device names, and positions on disk
+
+** USB devices.
+
+lsusb - USB buses and attached devices
+
+** Even more.
+
+lshal -m - monitor for hardware changes
+lspci - all PCI devices
+hwinfo --short (install from package hwinfo) - overview of all hardware, as well as more detailed info
+lshw - another program for listing hardware
+lshw -html | w3m -T text/html - lists hardware with HTML output in the w3m web browser
+uptime - current time elapsed since last reboot, users, and load average
+
 ** Debian.
 
   $ sudo apt-get install lshw