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kv1dr
Asked: 2011-01-05 13:26:34 +0800 CST

Is there any program that shows all hardware?

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Is there any program that shows all hardware (e.g. Graphic card NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT, Network card, and so on) on your computer?

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    There are a couple of command line programs that give you this kind of information, you could try lshw and lspci.
    For a GUI that nicely displays information from these and other sources, try hardinfo Install hardinfo.

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    It will appear in the applications menu under System > System Profiler and Benchmarks.
    As the name suggests, it also offers some benchmarks ;)

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  2. Sounds like you're looking for lspci. It's not all hardware; but it is the ones you listed and it's usually the one I want.

    (lshw also exists, although I'm not sure if it's installed by default. It's usually more info than I want)

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  3. The old school method that I use is to type dmesg at the prompt. It will show you the last startup log of the Linux system.

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  4. Find Hardware Specs (Details) on your Computer

    I stumbled upon the nifty “lshw” tool today. lshw lists your hardware. Try it now:

    sudo lshw

    You can get specific details by using the -C flag:

    sudo lshw -C disk

    will list all you hard disks.

    It can create a html page with your hardware details if you do:

    sudo lshw -html > your-file-name.html
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