Device Manager on Ubuntu

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Thu, 11/20/08, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:

> From: Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>
> Subject: Re: Device Manager on Ubuntu
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 9:04 AM
> Nils Kassube wrote:
> 
> > Chaman Singh Verma wrote:
> >> Does Ubuntu has tool similar to "Device
> Manager" on Vista, so that I
> >> can see what devices are available on a given
> >> machine running Ubuntu.
> > ><snip> 
> Or else, how about "Device Manager" :-)  Comes in
> both kde 
> (kde-hal-device-manager) and gnome (probably - I'm
> making a wild guess - 
> gnome-hal-device-manager) flavors.
> -- 
> derek
> 
> 
Just installed the above for kicks. Nice, but has a lot of "unknow" in the device tab and a little more in the advanced tab. Is there some trick to load the info detail for the manager. IMHO, lshw gives much more detail.

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net