Getting Hardware Info

seamore · 09-12-2020, 07:14 AM

Is there a way to get hardware information such as CPU specs?
Have an old server don't have record of specs.

3rensho · 09-12-2020, 07:18 AM

This might help - https://www.binarytides.com/linux-co...hardware-info/

thirdm · 09-12-2020, 07:34 AM

There's a script called neofetch that will show basic hardware info. slackbuilds.org packages it (how much you need packaging to run a shell script I don't know). There's another like it in current maybe that's become more popular, I forget the name.

Output from neofetch:

Code:

$ /usr/bin/neofetch 
                  :::::::                      herring@ware.sea
            :::::::::::::::::::                ----------------------- 
         :::::::::::::::::::::::::             OS: Slackware 14.2 x86_64 
       ::::::::cllcccccllllllll::::::          Host: HP EliteBook 8440p 
    :::::::::lc               dc:::::::        Kernel: 4.4.227 
   ::::::::cl   clllccllll    oc:::::::::      Uptime: 12 mins 
  :::::::::o   lc::::::::co   oc::::::::::     Packages: 111 (pkg_info), 1419 ( 
 ::::::::::o    cccclc:::::clcc::::::::::::    Shell: ksh Version AJM 93u+ 2012 
 :::::::::::lc        cclccclc:::::::::::::    Resolution: 1366x768 
::::::::::::::lcclcc          lc::::::::::::   Theme: GTK+ [GTK2], Adwaita [GTK 
::::::::::cclcc:::::lccclc     oc:::::::::::   Icons: Adwaita [GTK3] 
::::::::::o    l::::::::::l    lc:::::::::::   Terminal: xterm 
 :::::cll:o     clcllcccll     o:::::::::::    CPU: Intel i5 M 520 (4) @ 2.400G 
 :::::occ:o                  clc:::::::::::    GPU: NVIDIA NVS 3100M 
  ::::ocl:ccslclccclclccclclc:::::::::::::     Memory: 405MiB / 3812MiB 
   :::oclcccccccccccccllllllllllllll:::::
    ::lcc1lcccccccccccccccccccccccco::::                               
      ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::                                 
        ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
           ::::::::::::::::::::::
                ::::::::::::

The theme output is unreliable. It has nothing to do with what I'm running that I can see.

If you want more info read through your dmesg or look at files under /proc and /sys.

Uncle Lumpy · 09-12-2020, 07:47 AM

I run "dmidecode" to get a bunch of hardware info from my Slackware boxen.

Lumpy

Chuck56 · 09-12-2020, 07:50 AM

Try dmidecode. See "man dmidecode" for details.

drgibbon · 09-12-2020, 10:02 AM

inxi is a handy script for this:

Code:

# basic info (same as inxi -v 2)
inxi -b

The -v option goes from 0 (minimal) up to 8 (everything).

seamore · 09-12-2020, 10:41 AM

Wow! This is a great forum. Thank you for the quick responce. Have not been here in a while. Stay safe everyone.

Gordie · 09-12-2020, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seamore

Is there a way to get hardware information such as CPU specs?
Have an old server don't have record of specs.

Hi,
If you don't mind installing it you can get lshw from SBo. I find that it does a great job

Daedra · 09-12-2020, 11:43 AM

hwinfo is another good program
https://slackbuilds.org/repository/1...?search=hwinfo

glorsplitz · 09-12-2020, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drgibbon

inxi is a handy script for this:

Code:

# basic info (same as inxi -v 2)
inxi -b

The -v option goes from 0 (minimal) up to 8 (everything).

apparently does weather too

FlinchX · 09-13-2020, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seamore

Is there a way to get hardware information such as CPU specs?

Seeing people suggesting third party tools for this is slightly confusing me.

Doesn't anybody do just

Code:

cat /proc/cpuinfo

anymore nowadays?

Sure I understand and agree that those recommended third party tools allow gathering data about all hardware, not just the CPU.

frankbell · 09-13-2020, 07:58 PM

Included with KDE is the KInfoCenter, which works very nicely.

Gordie · 09-13-2020, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thirdm

There's a script called neofetch that will show basic hardware info. slackbuilds.org packages it (how much you need packaging to run a shell script I don't know). There's another like it in current maybe that's become more popular, I forget the name.[/CODE]

neofetch is included in current. screenfetch is rather similar but is available on SBo

thirdm · 09-14-2020, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlinchX

Seeing people suggesting third party tools for this is slightly confusing me.

This forum taught me the existence of neofetch, and I wanted to pass it on. It's neat for having ascii art for different systems. Try --ascii_distro with each of the distros mentioned in the man page to see all of it. The art for some systems is really nice.

And it gives the top level most important info, the name of your cpu, your chipset and your video card. You can find all that elsewhere obviously, but it's a nice summary. For me the video card name is especially helpful. When I look for that in dmesges or Xorg.log I'm not sure which names for nvidia are the gpu chipset and which the card name.

I'd be the first to avoid extraneous packages, but it's only a shell script and a man page.

jamison20000e · 09-14-2020, 09:05 PM

Get your fish and tips here.

Find most your answers there: www.duckduckgo.com/ ...