HWINFO(8)						       System configuration							 HWINFO(8)

NAME

       hwinfo - probe for hardware

SYNOPSIS

       hwinfo [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

       hwinfo  is  used  to probe for the hardware present in the system. It can be used to generate a system overview log which can be later used
       for support.

OPTIONS

       --debug level
	      Set debug level.	The debug info is shown only in the log file. If you specify a log file, the debug level is implicitly	set  to  a
	      reasonable value.

       --dump-db n
	      Dump hardware data base, n is either 0 for the external data base, or 1 for the internal data base.

       --help Print a usage and exit.

       --log logfile
	      Write info to logfile.

       --short
	      Just a short listing.

       --version
	      Show libhd version.

       --<hwitem>
	      Probe  for  the particular hardware item. Available hardware items are: all, bios, block, bluetooth, braille, bridge, camera, cdrom,
	      chipcard, cpu, disk, dsl, dvb, fingerprint, floppy, framebuffer, gfxcard, hub, ide, isapnp, isdn, joystick, keyboard, memory, modem,
	      monitor, mouse, netcard, network, partition, pci, pcmcia, pcmcia-ctrl, pppoe, printer, scanner, scsi, smp, sound, storage-ctrl, sys,
	      tape, tv, usb, usb-ctrl, vbe, wlan, and zip.

BUGS

       Not all hardware can be detected.

AUTHOR

       Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@suse.de> - hwinfo
       Michal Svec <msvec@suse.cz> - manual page

SEE ALSO

       discover(8).

hwinfo								   January 2003 							 HWINFO(8)