HWINFO(8)

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, 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.

FILES
/var/lib/hardware/*

BUGS
Not all hardware can be detected.

AUTHOR
Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@suse.de> - hwinfo
Michal Svec <msvec@suse.cz> - manual page

SEE ALSO
Documentation in /usr/share/doc/packages/hwinfo.