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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: LANMonkey on September 12, 2010, 12:37:32 AM

Title: [Solved] How can I determine hardware in SME?
Post by: LANMonkey on September 12, 2010, 12:37:32 AM

I'd like a rundown of all the hardware I am running on SME.  This could be a basic Linux question, but I figure I should start here first.

I'd like to know which processor, how much memory, video card, etc.  These things are really easy to look up in Windows and even in a Linux desktop it's easy to get this information.  Failing some solution in SME, is there a way to do it in Linux?

Any and all tips or clues would be appreciated.

Title: Re: How can I determine hardware in SME?
Post by: Boris on September 12, 2010, 04:06:31 AM

All the information about hardware on running Linux is stored in the /proc directory. You can view it via midnight commander (mc) or by issuing commands like:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
cat /proc/partitions
cat /proc/scsi/scsi
etc...

Also look inside the folders /proc/ide and /proc/bus
Video card on SME is irrelevant, since its only uses simple text screen and not any of the graphic features.

Title: Re: How can I determine hardware in SME?
Post by: idp_qbn on September 12, 2010, 10:23:11 AM

LANmonkey
You could try the contrib "Hardware_Info" http://wiki.contribs.org/Hardware_Info which can list all the hardware info the system knows.
I have been using it for some time now - works well.

Cheers
Ian

Title: Re: How can I determine hardware in SME?
Post by: LANMonkey on September 12, 2010, 08:14:30 PM

Thanks all.  The contribs addition looks interesting, but command line calls to information in the /proc director did the job.