I think it depends on what distrobution you're using. I'm not too impressed with the Device Manager in Ubuntu, however, SuSE and Mandriva have a pretty decent one. I guess the distro's just work on whatever they feel is most important.
On 4/5/06, Agent M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You didn't seriously expect Linux to make it so easy, did you? There is > no export feature and the "user interface" is basically a prettified > dump from /proc. You could create a simple script to dump all the /proc > nodes and get a similar result. Sorry. > > On Apr 5, 2006, at 7:56 PM, Robert Citek wrote: > > > > > On Apr 5, 2006, at 6:12 PM, Agent M wrote: > >> Linux stores loads of tasty info in /proc/ for hardware specs. Any > >> app you find will be reading from that or the Hardware Abstraction > >> Layer daemon interface. Ubuntu comes with "Device Manager" which is > >> "/usr/bin/hal-device-manager". > > > > I haven't seen the Ubuntu Device Manager. I'll have to give that a > > try. Does it produce output similar to what System Profiler puts > > out? System Profiler's output is very well organized, easy to read, > > and complete with hardware, firmware, and software. Below is a mini- > > report using "File > Save As" and choosing text, although I could > > also choose XML or PDF. The Full report is quite extensive, over 120 > > pages. > > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > AgentM > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ > -- The information transmitted (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is intended only for the person(s) or entity/entities to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient(s) is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
