Some Hardware Information Commands available in Linux
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dmesg
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debugging
messages from kernel
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lshw
> lshw.txt
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makes
txt file with list of hardware in /home/user
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lspci
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lists
PCI devices, more elaborate with the -vv option
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lspcidrake
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same
as above but only in Mandriva and PCLos
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scanpci
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to
scan PCI buses and report information about the configuration space settings
for each PCI device.
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dmidecode
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the
computer's DMI SMBIOS table in
readable format
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lsusb
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lists
USB devices, more elaborate with the -vv option
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lshal
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lists
all devices with their properties, "lshal --monitor" monitors the
changes
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cat
/proc/devices
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list
loaded hardware devices
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cat
/proc/dma
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what
dma channels are used
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cat
/proc/interrupts
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what
IRQs are used
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cat
/proc/ioports
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what
I/O are used
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cat
/proc/meminfo
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info
about memory use
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cat
/proc/modules
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loaded
kernel modules
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cat
/proc/cpuinfo
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info
about the processor
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cat
/proc/pci
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plugged
in PCI devices
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cat
/proc/scsi/scsi
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SCSI
devices
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cat
/proc/buddyinfo
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check
memory fragmentation
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Happy learning , More To Come
