System Information

[Charlie Kravetz]

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On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:15:07 -0700
NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 08/29/2008 07:14 PM, Charlie Kravetz wrote:
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> > On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:30:17 -0400
> > Jonathan Hirschman <jonathan at hirschman.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> Keith Clark wrote:
> >> > Is there a way/command to see system details like what kind/how much ram 
> >> > is installed, video card, sound card and so on?  Maybe something from 
> >> > the gui as opposed to a cl?
> >> > 
> >> > Keith
> >> > 
> >> Heh, I could use a suggestion for the same, but for something from the 
> >> command line and not from a gui - need to take an inventory of a number 
> >> of computers...
> >> 
> > 
> > Have you tried hwinfo?
> > 
> > Good luck,
> 
> While hwinfo provides some good "other" information, it does not break
> down the memory by slot (which is what Keith was looking for). lshw
> provides the information like so:
> 
>   *-memory
>           description: System Memory
>           physical id: 39
>           slot: System board or motherboard
>           size: 1GB
>         *-bank:0
>              description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
>              product: PartNum1
>              vendor: Manufacturer1
>              physical id: 0
>              serial: SerNum1
>              slot: J6G1
>              size: 512MB
>              width: 64 bits
>              clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
>         *-bank:1
>              description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns) [empty]
>              product: PartNum2
>              vendor: Manufacturer2
>              physical id: 1
>              serial: SerNum2
>              slot: J6G2
>              width: 64 bits
>              clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
>         *-bank:2
>              description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
>              product: PartNum3
>              vendor: Manufacturer3
>              physical id: 2
>              serial: SerNum3
>              slot: J6H1
>              size: 512MB
>              width: 64 bits
>              clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
>         *-bank:3
>              description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns) [empty]
>              product: PartNum4
>              vendor: Manufacturer4
>              physical id: 3
>              serial: SerNum4
>              slot: J6H2
>              width: 64 bits
>              clock: 333MHz (3.0ns)
> 
> So from the above you can see that I've got 512MB modules in 0 and 2
> (slot's J6G1 and J6H1). You cannot do that with hwinfo.
> 

Thanks for the information, but the reply was to Jonathon, who wanted a
command line app to find system information. I did not know hwinfo
would not find memory banks, but it does give a hardware list.

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Charlie Kravetz 
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