find out what my system details are?
Forum: Apps
Topic: find out what my system details are?
started by: gekkokid
Posted by gekkokid on April 03 2004,16:34
is their a lil'app in dsl to find out my system config i.e. screen resolution and whats mounted etc?
Posted by TyphoonMentat on April 03 2004,19:09
You could try looking in /proc to find out system information, and there are dockapps to show memory usage and so on (use the enhance option). I'd suggest ProcMeter - a small program similar to gkrellm.
Posted by gekkokid on April 03 2004,20:01
thanks 
i am nearly there i know mount without any arguments will show me wots mounted i will have to learn more about the linux world lol :P
Posted by Grim on April 04 2004,22:13
If you're dual-booting (i.e. if you're still using Windows) there's a handy little app called the < Belarc Advisor >.It's about half a Meg and it only runs on Windows but, like I said, if you're dual-booting with Windows, it can be really handy.
Posted by gekkokid on April 04 2004,22:46
sadly im not 
i wanted to know if there are any commands that could allow me to check my status of my system i.e. what pcmcia cards connected? etc
Posted by TyphoonMentat on April 05 2004,09:31
You could also use lspci, lsusb and cartctl to find out about your PCI, USB and PCMCIA devices, I suppose. Also, if you look in /etc/sysconfig you should find some info about your monitor etc.
Posted by gekkokid on April 05 2004,12:18
thank you TyphoonMentat
Posted by hasty on April 05 2004,17:37
Also useful is dmesg | grep hd (cd, usb or whatever you want to find out) rather than page through the whole blasted thing
Posted by cbagger01 on April 05 2004,17:48
But if you really do want to page through the whole blasted thing, try:dmesg | more
Where the "|" or PIPE sign is shift-Backslash on most US keyboards.
Posted by gekkokid on April 05 2004,22:02
thx guys - gonna boot it up and give it ago
Posted by Grim on April 06 2004,02:20
< Powertweak Linux > provides information about your computer hardware and linux kernel setup including:* DMI BIOS interrogation (not only bios settings, but ports, cpu and events) (NEW)
* some 2.5 linux kernel proc settings (NEW)
* PCI configuration space tuning.
* Adjusting block device elevator algorithms.
* Changing /proc/sys entries.
* hdparm type features (Informational only right now)
* IDE SMART status.
* CPU Model specific register tuning
* CPU MTRR registers (Informational only right now)
Powertweak can be used to tune your kernel and hardware configuration for optimal performance, or for viewing hardware and kernel settings. It currently has a graphical GTK GUI, and a simple text based tree lister.
--Last updated July 2003, but maybe it's worth a shot --