[CentOS] How do I identify my hardware?

Mark Hull-Richter
2007-01-24T22:47:32Z

So if it's not there, does that mean the device is not supported on
Linux?

Yoik.  Neither of the video ids is in the list....

My audio id is there - it is the integrated mobo audio, but it failed
initialization - does it need something to be plugged into it to work?

Thanks again.

-----Original Message-----
From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
Behalf Of Paul Heinlein
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 1:54 PM
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: Re: [CentOS] How do I identify my hardware?

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Mark Hull-Richter wrote:

> I have two issues with my machine - sound and video.  My sound card
> is not recognized at all (I think it's on the mobo, but I'm not
sure
> how to identify it), and I have an ATI dual video card with two
> screens, but both show the same output, so I'm guessing that my
> CentOS does not know what it is, either (they show up as
> unidentified in the config file).

What I do is

   # get plain-language pci listing
   lspci
   # get numeric only pci listing
   lspci -n

Match the plain listing with the numeric listing to get the raw PCI ID
of the device in question, e.g.,

   # plain language
   01:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit
   Ethernet Controller (rev 02)

   # numeric
   01:0c.0 0200: 8086:100e (rev 02)

Then head to the Linux PCI ID repo and search for the specific ID ($3
to awk :-), in this case, "8086:100e":

   http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/

In this case, 8086 is an Intel vendor ID and 100e specifies a '82540EM
Gigabit Ethernet Controller' device.

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