On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 14:28, Bob Lockie wrote: > Is there any software for identifying which chip it is?
I use bash :D cat /proc/cpuinfo Handy bash commands for finding out stuff in Linux: # Find CPU specifications cat /proc/cpuinfo # What pci cards are installed and what irq/port is used cat /proc/pci # Memory and swap information free # How is the hard drive partitioned fdisk /dev/hd<X> -l # How much free drive space df -h # Show disk usage by current directory and all subdirectories du | less # Find running kernel version uname -r # Find X server version X -showconfig # What is the distribution cat /etc/.product cat /etc/.issue cat /etc/issue cat /etc/issue.net sysinfo # For finding or locating files find locate which whereis # Use dmesg to view the kernel ring buffer (error messages) dmesg | less # Watch error messages as they happen (sysklog needed) as root, [b]tail -f /var/log/messages[/b] (shows last 10 lines, use a number in front of [b]f[/b] for more lines) # What processes are running ps -A # Find a process by name ps -ef | grep -i <plain text> For example, XCDroast ps -ef | grep -i xcdroast # See current environment list, or pipe to file env | more env > environmentvariablelist.txt # Show current userid and assigned groups id # See all command aliases for the current user alias # What directory am I using pwd # What takes up so much space on your box # Run from the directory in question and the largest chunk shows up last find $1 -type d | xargs du -sm | sort -g Look at [B]man <command>[/B] or [B]info <command>[/B] for the flags I used and for other options you can use for bash commands. -- Phil Our 2nd CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/naomisfancy Naomi's Fancy performances: http://naomisfancy.virtualave.net/schedule.html -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list