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.