Hello, On Apr 6, 2005 11:18 AM, Todd Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
I don't see how this info: quote > It says, "You have this much memory, and it's of this type. Your CPU is this quote > make, model, speed, etc. You have these drives..." and so on Will give you any useful info if there's a problem. What I would do is keep a copy of /etc and /home (especially all of the . files) and possibly /var. This way, if something "happens", you know the original configs of everything to compare to. m2c Steve -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
