From 454dbef72056a7041dadaebcf1a47f7e97e3845b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marja van Waes Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 15:46:17 +0100 Subject: - new help texts by AM Desmottes (lebarhon) - typo fixes by Umeaboy and MrsB --- docs/mcc-help/en/lspcidrake.xml | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/mcc-help/en/lspcidrake.xml') diff --git a/docs/mcc-help/en/lspcidrake.xml b/docs/mcc-help/en/lspcidrake.xml index 34a9353f..3dd9e999 100644 --- a/docs/mcc-help/en/lspcidrake.xml +++ b/docs/mcc-help/en/lspcidrake.xml @@ -1,26 +1,52 @@ -
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- Display Your PCI Information - lspcidrake + Display Your PCI, USB and PCMCIA + Information + + lspcidrake - This tool - - You can start this tool from the command line, by typing lspcidrake. - - can only be started and used on the command line. + This tool + You can start this tool from the command line, by typing lspcidrake. + can only be started and used on the command line. It will give + some more information if used under root. + + lspcidrake gives the list of all the connected devices to the computer + (USB, PCI and PCMCIA) and the used drivers. It needs the ldetect and + ldetect-lst packages to work. + + + + + + + + With the -v option, lspcidrake adds the vendor and device + identifications. + + lspcidrake often generates very long lists, so, to find an + information, it is often used in a pipeline with the grep command, like in + these examples: + + Information about the graphic card; + + lspcidrake | grep VGA + + Information about the network + + lspcidrake | grep -i network + + -i to ignore case distinctions. + + In this screenshot below, you can see the action of the -v option for + lspcidrake and the -i option for grep. - This page hasn't been written yet for lack of resources. If you think - you can write this help, please contact - the - Documentation team. Thanking you in advance. + + + + + -
+ There is another tool that gives information about the hardware, it is + called dmidecode (under root) +
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