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==== Tools for hardware enumeration ====
Thanks to DebPkg:debtags, you can easily list tools to ''view and detect hardware'' :
{{{
debtags search "hardware::detection && use::viewing"
}}}
Also, you can visit the online tool [http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/cloud/] which is more up-to-date. Currently it returns the following packages:
 * DebPkg:cpufrequtils utilities to deal with the cpufreq Linux kernel feature
 * DebPkg:cpuid Intel and AMD x86 CPUID display program
 * DebPkg:discover hardware identification system
 * DebPkg:dmidecode Dump Desktop Management Interface data
 * DebPkg:hardinfo Displays system information
 * DebPkg:kcontrol control center for KDE
 * DebPkg:lshw information about hardware configuration
 * DebPkg:pcmcia-cs transitional package
 * DebPkg:pcmciautils PCMCIA utilities for Linux 2.6
 * DebPkg:usbutils Linux USB utilities
 * DebPkg:usbview USB device viewer
 * DebPkg:xutils X Window System utility programs metapackage
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See also: [:Portal_Hardwares:Hardwares],[http://packages.debian.org/sid/lshw lshw] See also: [:Portal_Hardwares:Hardwares]

How to "identify" the devices (components, peripherals..) that are connected to you computer.

  • [:HowToIdentifyADevice/CPU:CPU] Processor

  • [:HowToIdentifyADevice/USB:USB] USB Devices

  • [:HowToIdentifyADevice/PCI:PCI] PCI ; CardBus ; AGP ; PCI-Express, and other PCI compatibles

  • [:HowToIdentifyADevice/PC Card:PC Card] often known as pcmcia

  • [:HowToIdentifyADevice/Motherboard:Motherboard] baseboard

  • [:HowToIdentifyADevice/RAM:RAM] Memory

  • [:HowToIdentifyADevice/Serial:Serial] Serial Interfaces

  • [:HowToIdentifyADevice/System:System] Computer Model

Help

The "HowToIdentifyADevice" pages above lists multiple way to identify your devices. The first in each page is the easier one, among the tools installed by default on a "Debian Desktop" installation. Often, you might want to install a suggest optional tool, which would be easier to use.

Todo

  • pnp devices

  • DMI / SMBIOS (not actually a device ;)

  • input devices

  • howto : using gnome or kde gui tool based on hal - Unless the tool is available by default in the "Debian Gnome Desktop", list it a the second choice.

Tools for hardware enumeration

Thanks to debtags, you can easily list tools to view and detect hardware : 

debtags search "hardware::detection && use::viewing"

Also, you can visit the online tool [http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/cloud/] which is more up-to-date. Currently it returns the following packages:

  • cpufrequtils utilities to deal with the cpufreq Linux kernel feature

  • cpuid Intel and AMD x86 CPUID display program

  • discover hardware identification system

  • dmidecode Dump Desktop Management Interface data

  • hardinfo Displays system information

  • kcontrol control center for KDE

  • lshw information about hardware configuration

  • pcmcia-cs transitional package

  • pcmciautils PCMCIA utilities for Linux 2.6

  • usbutils Linux USB utilities

  • usbview USB device viewer

  • xutils X Window System utility programs metapackage

See also: [:Portal_Hardwares:Hardwares]