src/hwinfo/doc/hwinfo.8

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   7 .TH HWINFO 8 "January 2003" "hwinfo" "System configuration"
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  10 .SH NAME
  11 hwinfo \- probe for hardware
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  14 .SH SYNOPSIS
  15 .B hwinfo [
  16 .I options
  17 .B ]
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  20 .SH DESCRIPTION
  21 .B hwinfo
  22 is used to probe for the hardware present in the system. It can be used
  23 to generate a system overview log which can be later used for support.
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  26 .SH OPTIONS
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  28 .TP
  29 .BI --debug " " level
  30 Set debug
  31 .B level.
  32 The debug info is shown only in the log file. If you specify a log file,
  33 the debug level is implicitly set to a reasonable value.
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  35 .TP
  36 .BI --dump-db " " n
  37 Dump hardware data base,
  38 .B n
  39 is either
  40 .B 0
  41 for the external data base, or
  42 .B 1
  43 for the internal data base.
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  46 .BI --help
  47 Print a usage and exit.
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  50 .BI --log " " logfile
  51 Write info to
  52 .B logfile.
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  54 .TP
  55 .BI --short
  56 Just a short listing.
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  58 .TP
  59 .BI --version
  60 Show libhd version.
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  62 .TP
  63 .BI --<hwitem>
  64 Probe for the particular hardware item. Available hardware items are:
  65 .B all, bios, block, bluetooth, braille, bridge, camera, cdrom, chipcard, cpu,
  66 .B disk, dsl, dvb, floppy, framebuffer, gfxcard, hub, ide, isapnp, isdn,
  67 .B joystick, keyboard, memory, modem, monitor, mouse, netcard, network,
  68 .B partition, pci, pcmcia, pcmcia-ctrl, pppoe, printer, scanner, scsi, smp,
  69 .B sound, storage-ctrl, sys, tape, tv, usb, usb-ctrl, vbe, wlan,
  70 and
  71 .B zip.
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  74 .SH FILES
  75 .B /var/lib/hardware/*
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  78 .SH BUGS
  79 Not all hardware can be detected.
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  82 .SH AUTHOR
  83 .nf
  84 Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@suse.de> - hwinfo
  85 Michal Svec <msvec@suse.cz> - manual page
  86 .fi
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  89 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  90 Documentation in /usr/share/doc/packages/hwinfo.
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