On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 11:18:30AM -0700, Todd Walton wrote: > On Apr 5, 2005 9:22 AM, Gus Wirth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes. It's called the linux kernel. > > I don't think I have that installed. At least, I can't seem to find > the command to run that. > > Yes, dmesg, /proc, and the like, let me know all about what I have. > And, to tell you the truth, I didn't think about those when I asked > the question. But, this doesn't quite meet what I'm wishing for. > This gives much more info than I want, and information is dispersed > across various points. What I'd like is for all relevant information > to be collected in one spot, and given in a report format. Something > I can print out and keep on file. I'm sending a computer to a granny > user (thanks, Lan) halfway across the country, and I want to have > user-level info on hand in case there are problems. I may just copy > down information bit by bit from dmesg and ilk. I'm also going to > take screenshots of the Gnome preference dialogs, so I can walk him > through those if need be.
This is why why god invented perl. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
