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Hardware detection
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This article lists and describes several utilities used to detect hardware. See the respective article for additional details on each utility.
Available software
| Utility | Package | Description |
|---|---|---|
| dmidecode | sys-apps/dmidecode | DMI (Desktop Management Interface) table related utilities |
| hdparm | sys-apps/hdparm | hdparm is a command line utility to set and view ATA & SATA hard disk drive hardware parameters. |
| hwinfo | sys-apps/hwinfo | The hardware detection utility of OpenSUSE. |
| hw-probe | sys-apps/hw-probe | — a tool to probe for hardware, check its operability and upload result to the Linux hardware DB: https://linux-hardware.org |
| inxi | sys-apps/inxi | A system information script for IRC and system administrators. |
| libinput-list-devices | dev-libs/libinput | list local devices as recognized by libinput |
| lpinfo | net-print/cups | Lists all printers and the used drivers (via CUPS). |
| lsinput | sys-apps/input-utils | Small collection of linux input layer utils |
| lshw | sys-apps/lshw | Generates a structured list of detected hardware and their features. |
| lspci | sys-apps/pciutils | Includes command-line tools for identifying PCI system hardware. |
| lsusb | sys-apps/usbutils | Includes command-line tools for identifying USB system hardware. |
| i2cdetect | sys-apps/i2c-tools | I2C tools for bus probing, chip dumping, register-level access helpers, EEPROM decoding, and more. |
| Scan modem | Not applicable | scanModem.sh is a script used for finding suited driver for connected modems. |