How to test your hardware

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[h1]Automatically compiling information[/h1]
[p][a]http://h-node.org/wiki/page/en/client-for-h-node-org | h-client[/a] is developed to provide automatic information compiling.

[h1]Fingerprint Readers[/h1]
Install and test [a]http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/ | fprint[/a].

[h1]Notebooks, netbooks and tablet PCs[/h1]
[p]Test each component individually using the suggestions below.[/p]

[h1]Video Cards[/h1] [h1]Printers[/h1]
Install [a]http://rss-glx.sourceforge.net/|rss-glx[/a] by means of [p]Test out-of-the-box support. Check other printer entries on h-node for additional driver options.[/p]
[h2]Does the package manager of your distribution or compiling it from source and try some screensavers (for example Skyrocket or Solarwinds). Check printer track users?[/h2]
[p]Check [a]https://www.eff.org/pages/list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-display-tracking-dots | this EFF webpage[/a] to determine if you can play the screensaver (and/or if you can play it smoothly).

[h2]If the 3D acceleration works[/h2]
Try printer adopts any techniques to enable compiz track users.[/p]

[h1]Sound Cards[/h1]
First, make sure you know how many sound devices your computer has. If your computer has only one sound device, you can just try to play a music file or use an application which has music in the background. If there are more than one sound cards in you computer, you should test each of them separately by using the sound configuration application of you distribution. For example in Trisquel 5.5, you can find it in the System Settings menu. Form there, go to the hardware tab and test each sound device by clicking the [i]Test Speakers[/i] button.

[h1]Webcams[/h1]
Install and test [a]http://guvcview.sourceforge.net/downloads.html | guvcview[/a].

For Trisquel users
[code]
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pj-assis/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install guvcview
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Git
[code]git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/guvcview/git-master guvcview [/code]
[p]For other GNU/Linux users, download the source code from the above website.[/p]

[h1]Video Cards[/h1]
Install [a]http://rss-glx.sourceforge.net/|rss-glx[/a] by means of the package manager of your distribution or compiling it from source and try some screensavers (for example Skyrocket or Solarwinds). Check if you can play the screensaver (and/or if you can play it smoothly).

[h2]If the 3D acceleration works[/h2]
Try to enable compiz

[h1]Scanners[/h1]
[p]Install and test [a]https://launchpad.net/simple-scan | Simple Scan.[/a] (Included with Trisquel 6)[/p]

[h1]SD card readers[/h1]
[p]Test out-of-the-box support. Check other SD card reader entries on h-node for additional driver options.[/p]

[h1]Printers[/h1]
[p]Test out-of-the-box support. Check other printer entries on h-node for additional driver options.[/p]
[h2]Does the printer track users?[/h2]
[p]Check [a]https://www.eff.org/pages/list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-display-tracking-dots | this EFF webpage[/a] to determine if the printer adopts any techniques to track users.[/p]

[h1] WiFi Cards[/h1]

[code]
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
[/code]

Check wifi with no other modifications.

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