Preinstalled Tools

Ubuntu comes with several command line tools which might help you detect more hardware than the Hardware Manager.

• lshw lists all hardware.

• lshw -short provides a short hardware summary.

• Use cat /proc/cpuinfo for a crude, but quick way to display your processor information.

• lspci lists connected PCI cards.

• lsusb lists connected USB devices.

• cat /proc/net/dev lists all the network interfaces. Alternatively, try lshw -class network.

• cat /proc/ioports lists communication ports and adresses

• cat /proc/iomem shows the memory map and reserved zones.

• cat /proc/interrupts lists the interruption assignments.

• cat /proc/dma lists the Direct Memory Accessess

• lsmod lists the modules loaded by the kernel, and helpt to identify the hardware configured

External Tools

• Ryan's Linux Inventory Aggregator is a Perl script that returns a nicely formatted, short hardware summary, including which drivers are used.

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