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Per sapere i dettagli del tuo hardware puoi eseguire le seguenti azioni:
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Apri un terminale e digita il seguent comanto:
lspcioppure
lspci > FILENAME # output to a file
Otterrai una lista di dispositivi PCI simile a quella mostrata sotto
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 02) 05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M GS] (rev a1)
Nota: Il nome di ogni device è scritto dopo i due punti (vedi testo in grassetto nella lista superiore)
Apri un terminale e digita il seguente comando:
lsusb -voppure
lsusb -v > FILENAME # output to a fileYou will obtain the list of your USB devices, similar to the one written below
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0846:4260 NetGear, Inc. WG111v3 54 Mbps Wireless [realtek RTL8187B] Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x0846 NetGear, Inc. idProduct 0x4260 WG111v3 54 Mbps Wireless [realtek RTL8187B] bcdDevice 2.00 iManufacturer 1 iProduct 2 iSerial 3 ... ... Bus 002 Device 003: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc. AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bDeviceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass bDeviceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol bMaxPacketSize0 8 idVendor 0x08ff AuthenTec, Inc. idProduct 0x2580 AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor bcdDevice 6.23 iManufacturer 0 iProduct 1 Fingerprint Sensor iSerial 0 bNumConfigurations 1 ... ...
Note: The name of each device is written at the row starting with "idProduct" (see the text in bold in the above list)
Another program that can be handy to retrieve hardware information, specially USB drivers used by the system is hwinfo. Note that this doesn't come with a standard GNU/Linux distribution, and you'll have to install it with your package management system or from source code.
Open a terminal and type the following command:
uname -r
Open a terminal and type the following command:
sudo lspciThen look for the row containing the string VGA or Display controller. You can also try one of the following commands:
lspci | grep "Display controller"or
lspci | grep "VGA"
Open a terminal and type the following command:
sudo lspci -nnkYou should obtain a list of hardware similar to the one written below
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 02) Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge Kernel modules: ssb 05:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M GS] [10de:0427] (rev a1) Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidiafb
The strings in bold and placed inside the square brackets (in the above list) are the code you are looking for. The first set of digits (before the colon) are the VendorID, the second set of digits are the ProductID. In the above example: the VendorID:ProductID code of the wifi card (note the strings "Network controller" and "WLAN") is 14e4:4311 while the VendorID:ProductID code of the video card (note the string "VGA") is 10de:0427
Open a terminal and type the following command:
sudo lsusbYou should obtain a list of hardware similar to the one written below
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0846:4260 NetGear, Inc. WG111v3 54 Mbps Wireless [realtek RTL8187B] Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 003: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc. AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor
The strings in bold (in the above list) are the code you are looking for. The first set of digits (before the colon) are the VendorID, the second set of digits are the ProductID. In the above example: the VendorID:ProductID code of the external USB wifi card (note the strings "Wireless") is 0846:4260
The easiest way to know the driver used by a USB device is with hwinfo
Open a terminal and type the following command:
hwinfo --usbYou should obtain a list of hardware similar to the one written below
19: USB 00.0: 0000 Unclassified device [Created at usb.122] Unique ID: FKGF.WYbsxjVsRmA Parent ID: pBe4.v+N+B0xY+P6 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0 SysFS BusID: 2-1:1.0 Hardware Class: unknown Model: "Microdia Triplex i-mini PC Camera" Hotplug: USB Vendor: usb 0x0c45 "Microdia" Device: usb 0x6029 "Triplex i-mini PC Camera" Revision: "1.01" Driver: "sonixb" Driver Modules: "gspca_sonixb" Speed: 12 Mbps Module Alias: "usb:v0C45p6029d0101dc00dsc00dp00icFFiscFFipFF" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: gspca_sonixb is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe gspca_sonixb" Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #9 (Hub)
The string in bold (in the above list) is the driver's device that is using in order to work on your system.
Install rss-glx 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)
Try to enable compiz
Open a terminal and type the following command:
sudo lspciThen look for the row containing the string Wireless or Network controller. You can also try one of the following commands:
lspci | grep "Wireless"or
lspci | grep "Network"
Open a terminal and type the following command:
dpkg-query -W -f '${Version}\n' cups
Open a terminal and type the following command:
cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "lm"If you get a message like this:
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm
then you machine is x86-64/amd64 capable and you could choose a x86-64/amd64 distro to run on it.
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