hwinfo/libhd are used to probe for the hardware present in the system. It can be used to generate a system overview log which can be later used for support.
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read-edid Alternatives
read-edid is described as 'Pair of tools (originally by John Fremlin) for reading the EDID from a monitor. It should work with most monitors made since 1996 (except for newer ones with 256-byte EDID's - WiP), assuming the video card supports the standard read commands (most do)' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are seven alternatives to read-edid for Linux, Haiku and Windows. The best read-edid alternative is hwinfo, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like read-edid are Dmidecode, Glxinfo, cpuid and vbetool.
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- 126 hwinfo alternatives
Dmidecode reports information about your system's hardware as described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard. This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, asset tag as well as a lot of other details of...
glxinfo is a command-line tool that can help you diagnose problems with your 3D acceleration setup. It can also provide additional helpful information for developers.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
cpuid dumps detailed information about the CPU(s) gathered from the CPUID instruction, and also determines the exact model of CPU(s).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
vbetool is a small application that executes code from the BIOS of your video card. This is mostly useful for reinitialising the hardware, for instance after ACPI suspend/resuming.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
Yacpi is an acpi monitoring program for Linux. It displays various acpi information like battery status and ac status on notebooks. The main reason why i wrote this program is, because i don't like the acpi program, which is included in debian :) It displays things like...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
DRIconf is a configuration applet for the Direct Rendering Infrastructure. It allows customizing performance and visual quality settings of OpenGL drivers on a per-driver, per-screen and/or per-application level.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Linux
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