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How to get a system report similar to dxdiag in Linux

  • 16-05-2008 1:43pm
    #1
    L31mr0d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭


    I'm looking for a way I can get a system report from Linux that gives me all the details I need about hardware in the system.

    In windows I usually just run "dxdiag" from the command line and then save a report. Is there any facility for this within Linux?


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  • #2
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    lspci

    Run it in a terminal. Its prob as near as you'll get to it


  • #3
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    The 'lspci' utility mentioned above lists devices on the PCI busses in the system.

    The 'dmidecode' utility should allow you to get detailed information from your BIOS about your processor, memory, chipsets, etc.

    The output of the 'dmesg' command will quite often contain most of the information you want.

    The 'glxinfo' command can give you details of the OpenGL capabilities of your hardware.

    The vast majority of the information is available to utilities via the /proc and /sys filesystems so there are probably one-stop system summary tools out there that I've never seen.


  • #4
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    lshw is worth a look at too


  • #5
    sobriquet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 413 ✭✭sobriquet


    A quick google turned this up. It's all terminal based but pretty comprehensive.


  • #6
    cmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭cmo


    hwinfo is also worth a look


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  • #7
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    If you're on Debian/Ubuntu then

    sudo apt-get install hardinfo

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardInfo


  • #8
    Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 811 ✭✭✭Rambo


    cmo wrote: »
    hwinfo is also worth a look

    where can you get this for redhat
    thanks


  • #9
    cmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭cmo


    Rambo wrote: »
    where can you get this for redhat
    thanks

    you can grab the source here and build it manually

    http://packages.debian.org/source/stable/hwinfo

    It seems its a suse utility so I can't find an rpm for redhat, if you fancy you can download a suse rpm, Im sure there wont be too much of a difference as this tool doesnt appear to be too complicated as you can see from the package layout. It will complain on install if there is any problem

    http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/7585283/com/hwinfo-14.17-3.i586.rpm.html

    rpm file for x86: ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/ftp.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/suse/i586/hwinfo-14.17-3.i586.rpm

    Here is just a sample from my hwinfo:

    60: None 01.0: 10103 CPU
    [Created at cpu.301]
    Unique ID: wkFv.j8NaKXDZtZ6
    Hardware Class: cpu
    Arch: Intel
    Vendor: "GenuineIntel"
    Model: 15.6.4 "Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz"
    Features: fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,dts,acpi,...
    Clock: 3400 MHz
    BogoMips: 6783.50
    Cache: 2048 kb
    Units/Processor: 2
    Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown


    If that fails then I saw somebody in a similar situation use this, but I have never used it.

    http://ezix.org/project/wiki/HardwareLiSter


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