On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Carl Lowenstein wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Doug LaRue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I never heard of this and noticed it has not been mentioned/uses in the
>>> archives
>>> so I'll throw this out.
>>>
>>> Has anyone used this tool before or even heard of it?
>>>
>>> FYI,
>>> while searching for info on another issue, I ran across a mention to use
>>> the "lshw" command to show info on a wireless card. It might be of
>>> interest
>>> as a generic tool instead of lspci type output.
>>>
>>
>> Never heard of it until now. Some Google search shows that it is
>> available on freshmeat.net and apparently first showed up in Dag
>> Weiers repository. It is available from the Fedora 9 repository.
>>
>> Trying it shows lots of information, some of which may be useful. It
>> reminds me much of a similar tool that was commercially available for
>> Sun hardware, with a free .edu license.
>>
>> carl
>>
>
>
> Neat little program.
>
> But it reports something on several items that I find curious: "UNCLAIMED"
> Also "DISABLED" on one other item.
. . . lots of internal information . . .
>
> Hmmmm. It seems not to have detected my LaserJet 1100 on the parallel port.
I don't think it is intended to detect external devices.
carl
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