detect(1)

detect1

Detects hardware on a system

Usage

detect [OPTION] ...

Overview

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]>.

Author

MandrakeSoft, Inc.

From libdetect0 0.9.72-6.1 in Debian 3.0 (Woody). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.