Reference

detect(1)

detects hardware on a system

NAME

detect - detects hardware on a system

SYNOPSIS

detect [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

detect is only a small frontent for libdetect(3). When started, detect tries to determine your hardware, and creates a file named report.txt in the current directory.

OPTIONS

--help

Print help information and exit.

--debug

Show debug informations.

--serial-modem

Detect serial modem(s) and exit.

--version

Show version info and exit.

--verbose

Create a more user readable report file.

FILES

./report.txt

The report file generated by detect.

/usr/share/detect/isa.lst

Lookup table for ISA PnP ID <-> device and driver mapping.

/usr/share/detect/pci.lst

Lookup table for PCI ID <-> device and driver mapping.

/usr/share/detect/pcmcia.lst

Lookup table for PCMCIA ID <-> device and driver mapping.

/usr/share/detect/usb.lst

Lookup table for USB ID <-> device and driver mapping.

BUGS

The serial probe may disturb any currently in-use devices, and return odd results if used on machines acting as serial consoles.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

SEE ALSO

For detect updates, more information and documentation, software related to detect, development of detect, and more, see: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/harddrake/

harddrake(1), isapnp(8), isapnp.conf(5), libdetect(3), modules.conf(5)

AUTHOR

MandrakeSoft, Inc.