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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:06:12
Message-Id: pan.2005.12.16.13.58.52.166728@cox.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work by Gavin Seddon
1 Gavin Seddon posted <1134736826.1625.3.camel@linuxstation>, excerpted
2 below, on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:40:26 +0000:
3
4 > On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 18:36 -0800, Steve Herber wrote:
5 >> Besides lspci and lsusb, I like lshw.
6 >>
7 >> sys-apps/lshw
8 >>
9 >> >From the man page:
10 >>
11 >> lshw is a small tool to extract detailed information on the hardware
12 >> configuration of the machine. It can report exact memory configuration,
13 >> firmware version, mainboard configuration, CPU version and speed, cache
14 >> configuration, bus speed, etc. on DMI-capable x86 or IA-64 systems and
15 >> on some PowerPC machines (PowerMac G4 is known to work).
16 > Hi,
17 > 'lshw' not found.
18
19 It's "not found" because you haven't merged it. sys-apps/lshw indicates
20 that "lshw" is a package in the "sys-apps" category in the portage tree.
21 Thus, you have to "emerge -a lshw" before you can run it.
22
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25 "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
26 and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in
27 http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html
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