hwinfo

[Teddy David Mills]

Found this interesting program called "hwinfo"
I am trying Ubuntu, so I am apt-get install'ing everything that looks 
interesting.
This is the short summary..the standard hwinfo report goes on for like 
25 pages!
Run it once..keep the report on the drive somewhere..



root at ubs01:/usr/share# hwinfo --short

cpu:                                                           
                       Pentium III (Coppermine), 697 MHz
keyboard:
  /dev/input/event0    AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
monitor:
                       Generic Monitor
graphics card:
                       Compaq 82810E CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]
sound:
                       Compaq 82801AA AC'97 Audio
storage:
                       Intel 82801AA IDE
network:
  eth0                 Intel 82559 Fast Ethernet LOM with Basic Alert on 
LAN*
network interface:
  eth0                 Ethernet network interface
  lo                   Loopback network interface
  sit0                 Network Interface
disk:
  /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_AC26400R_WD-WM6273248081 WDC AC26400R
partition:
  /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_AC26400R_WD-WM6273248081-part1 Partition
  /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_AC26400R_WD-WM6273248081-part2 Partition
  /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_AC26400R_WD-WM6273248081-part5 Partition
usb controller:
                       Intel 82801AA USB
bios:
                       BIOS
bridge:
                       Intel 82810E DC-133 GMCH [Graphics Memory 
Controller Hub]
                       Intel 82801AA PCI Bridge
                       Intel 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC)
hub:
                       Linux 2.6.15-23-server uhci_hcd UHCI Host Controller
memory:
                       Main Memory
unknown:
                       FPU
                       DMA controller
                       PIC
                       Timer
                       RTC
                       Keyboard controller

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