---
name: "biosinfo"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "nvram-wakeup"
version: "1.1-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/biosinfo"
---

# biosinfo(8)

Shows type, revision and vendor of the mainboard as well as vendor version and release date of the BIOS.

## NAME

biosinfo - Shows type, revision and vendor of the mainboard as well as vendor version and release date of the BIOS.

## SYNOPSIS

**biosinfo** \[**--debug**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**biosinfo** is a (small) program, that shows you some information about the installed mainboard and BIOS. This may help you troubleshooting problems with  nvram-wakeup. For support requests, please include the output of this program.

## OPTIONS

- **--debug**

  This option enables printing debug messages.

## SEE ALSO

[**nvram-wakeup**(8)](/nvram-wakeup/8.md)

## HOMEPAGE

http://sf.net/projects/nvram-wakeup/

## AUTHOR

Written by  Sergei Haller \<Sergei.Haller@math.uni-giessen.de\>.

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs at the bug tracking system (see HOMEPAGE) or on the mailing list **nvram-wakeup-devel@lists.sourceforge.net**

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2001-2004 Sergei Haller.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA