lshw-gtk VS hal-device-manager

[Derek Broughton]

Ouattara Oumar Aziz wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have recently discovered lshw and found it more intuitive than
> hal-device manager . what do you think of it ? Should this replace
> hal-device-manager ?
> 
> lshw : http://www.flickr.com/photos/60765994@N00/396197264

Odd.  lshw on my system is a console program!  lshw-gtk perhaps?
> 
> hal-device-manager : http://www.flickr.com/photos/60765994@N00/396197240

It certainly shouldn't _replace_ hal-device-manager.  They're not reporting
the same things - lshw is getting the information (I guess) from directly
querying the hardware.  hal-device-manager queries hal.  hal is what you
need in userland - I've used it to help writing udev rules.  lshw may well
be useful for debugging if you have a device that hal doesn't even
recognize.
-- 
derek