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Post # 271009

new inxi features of possible interest

I've just finished a large chunk of inxi improvements.

Latest version now: 1.4.86

New options: -n
shows an additional line of information for user network cards, the interface id, like: eth0, status up/down, speed, mac address, duplex mode.

This can help in especially non X situations to verify what actual connection is present, if any.

This is a new feature so it probably won't work for all scenarios, especially usb wifi I suspect, but we'll get that debugged as we get more user feedback, that's why this release is 1.4.86, not 1.5.0

Also, -Gx now shows the graphics card pci busID, also useful for debugging misconfigured xorg.conf files or whatever.

A new option allows users to pick from one of about 30 color schemes, this is started by running inxi in terminal, with -c 94 to 99 options, like so: inxi -c 98

This runs what is basically a color picker for the schemes, then writes them to user config files.


	Code: -c Available color schemes. Scheme number is required. Color selectors run a color selector option prior to inxi starting which lets you set the config file value for the selection. Supported color schemes: 0-30 Example: inxi -c 11 Supported color selectors: 94 (console, no X); 95 (terminal, X); 96 (irc, X); 97 (irc, X, in terminal); 98 (irc, no X); 99 (global). -n Show Advanced Network card information. Same as -Nnx. Shows interface, speed, mac id, state, etc.

I also fixed the inxi updater, inxi -U, now it's more robust and less prone to failures, and has better exit error messages to let the user know what to do to fix the problem depending on the cause.

I think that's the main changes, a lot of smaller cleanup items, but these are the ones you might find of interest in terms of user support.

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Post # 271019

Re: new inxi features of possible interest

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It says "State: unknown" ?


	Code: Card Macronix [MXIC] MX987x5 driver tulip v: 1.1.15-NAPI port c800 busID: 00:0c.0 IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

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Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:23 am

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Post # 271021

Re: new inxi features of possible interest

Correct, older kernels I am seeing have very little information available, and the 'unknown' value is in fact the value the system gives to inxi, I get that on my Lenny kernels, for example.

I believe a newer kernel will show you more, they seem to be filling in that section of /sys on more recent kernels.

Can't say for sure, haven't seen enough data yet, that's what I noticed on the first tests and results though.Network:
Card Altima (nee Broadcom) AC9100 Gigabit Ethernet driver tg3 v: 3.115 busID: 01:09.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

for example is running with the 2.6.37 kernel.

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Post # 271070

Re: new inxi features of possible interest

For those of us playing at home

/http://www.inxi.org/

Still learning about it:

Although I am pretty sure I installed inxi via smxi, I am showing 1.4.23-1 as the latest available via Synaptic - is it a matter of waiting for the deb to be updated there, and/or where is the latest version available?

What is the command to show the most information? ( Mine below is a result of inxi -F )

Thanks for a great tool.

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Re: new inxi features of possible interest


	iridesce wrote: For those of us playing at home /http://www.inxi.org/ Still learning about it: Although I am pretty sure I installed inxi via smxi, I am showing 1.4.23-1 as the latest available via Synaptic - is it a matter of waiting for the deb to be updated there, and/or where is the latest version available? What is the command to show the most information? ( Mine below is a result of inxi -F ) Thanks for a great tool.

I'm showing the current version of inxi to be 1.4.86

You should be able update to the latest inxi version using it's -U option:


	Quote: su -c 'inxi -U'

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Post # 271073

Re: new inxi features of possible interest

You could also update with inxi -U ie no need to be root.
BTW no need to run inxi as root either.

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	anticapitalista wrote: You could also update with inxi -U ie no need to be root. BTW no need to run inxi as root either.

I think it depends on how inxi was originally installed whether you update it as root or as a regular user.

If it was originally installed using Synaptic I think you would need to update it as root.

Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:10 pm

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	Quote: This is a new feature so it probably won't work for all scenarios, especially usb wifi I suspect, but we'll get that debugged as we get more user feedback, that's why this release is 1.4.86, not 1.5.0


	Code: harry@bikertest4:~$ sux Password: root@bikertest4:/home/harry# inxi -U Starting inxi self updater. Currently running inxi version number: 1.4.23 Updating inxi in /usr/local/bin using svn server as download source... Successfully updated to svn server version: 1.4.86 To run the new version, just start inxi again. root@bikertest4:/home/harry# inxi -n Network: Card Intel 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller driver e100 v: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port 2000 busID: 02:08.0 IF: eth0 state: down speed: 10 Mbps duplex: half mac: 00:09:6b:b8:bf:d4 root@bikertest4:/home/harry# lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8189 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04b3:310c IBM Corp. Wheel Mouse root@bikertest4:/home/harry# inxi -F System: Host bikertest4 Kernel 2.6.36-1-mepis-smp i686 (32 bit) Distro antiX-M11-686 Jayaben Desai 24 April 2011 CPU: Single core Intel Pentium 4 (-UP-) cache 256 KB flags (sse sse2) bmips 3587.73 clocked at 1793.866 MHz Graphics: Card: nVidia NV6 [Vanta/Vanta LT] busID: 01:00.0 X.org 1.9.5 Res: 80x24 Gfx Data: N/A for root Audio: Card Intel 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller driver Intel ICH ports 1c00 1840 busID: 00:1f.5 Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.23 Network: Card Intel 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller driver e100 v: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port 2000 busID: 02:08.0 Disks: HDD Total Size: 100.1GB (11.5% used) 1: /dev/sda IC35L040AVVA07 40.0GB 2: /dev/sdb SAMSUNG_SV6003H 60.1GB Partition: ID:/ size: 26G used: 2.7G (11%) fs: ext3 ID:swap-1 size: 1.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap ID:swap-2 size: 1.16GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap Info: Processes 98 Uptime 5 min Memory 189.6/1135.1MB Runlevel 5 Client Shell inxi 1.4.86 root@bikertest4:/home/harry#


	Code: root@bikertest4:/home/harry# lsusb \|grep Realtek Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8189 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter


	Code: # lsmod \| sort ac97_bus 698 1 snd_ac97_codec arc4 978 2 button 3530 1 nouveau cfg80211 97225 2 rtl8187,mac80211 container 1769 0 cpufreq_conservative 6166 0 cpufreq_powersave 590 0 cpufreq_stats 1910 0 cpufreq_userspace 1456 0 drm 115936 3 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper drm_kms_helper 19057 1 nouveau e100 21240 0 ecb 1389 2 eeprom_93cx6 959 1 rtl8187 evdev 5539 9 floppy 41460 0 fuse 46984 1 hid 50141 1 usbhid i2c_algo_bit 3349 1 nouveau i2c_core 12893 4 nouveau,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit led_class 1543 1 rtl8187 mac80211 142376 1 rtl8187 mii 2690 1 e100 Module Size Used by mperf 915 0 nouveau 338295 0 output 1132 1 video parport 20618 1 parport_pc parport_pc 15439 0 pci_hotplug 16892 1 shpchp processor 22611 0 rfkill 10646 1 cfg80211 rng_core 2274 0 rtl8187 25331 0 shpchp 17905 0 snd 33144 8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device snd_ac97_codec 76597 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_intel8x0 19471 1 snd_page_alloc 4857 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm snd_pcm 46446 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec snd_seq 34132 0 snd_seq_device 3635 1 snd_seq snd_timer 12287 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq soundcore 3263 1 snd speedstep_lib 2447 0 thermal 9374 0 thermal_sys 9304 3 video,processor,thermal tpm 7841 1 tpm_tis tpm_bios 3343 1 tpm tpm_tis 5257 0 ttm 35738 1 nouveau uinput 4924 1 usbhid 25998 0 video 15179 1 nouveau

The rtl8187 is what is driving my Wireless USB. I Hope/Guess that is the feedback you needed for USB.


	Code: root@bikertest4:/home/harry# ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:09:6b:b8:bf:d4 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:e0:4c:5a:56:07 inet addr:192.168.2.5 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:5398 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:3688 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:3969301 (3.7 MiB) TX bytes:612841 (598.4 KiB)

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Post # 271077

Re: new inxi features of possible interest

[In case no one mentioned it yet,]
We have a 'Wiki' entry for inxi, here:

http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php?title=Inxi

Feel free to update any info there, based on new features, or whatever.
[I haven't YET played with the latest version of 'inxi', but plan to very soon.]

EDIT: I've LONG been an advocate of getting Warren to pre-install this script,
but that's never happened. Maybe someone could 'do the right thing' in regards
to putting it into that 'Welcome' (community) thingy? (or whatever it's called.)
It really needs some 'words' along with it, to go beyond just pre-installing it,
so that users LEARN/understand its purpose, and about putting its output
into forum posts when reporting crashes or asking hardware-related questions.

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Post # 271078

Re: new inxi features of possible interest

kmathern wrote:


	anticapitalista wrote: You could also update with inxi -U ie no need to be root. BTW no need to run inxi as root either.

I think it depends on how inxi was originally installed whether you update it as root or as a regular user.

If it was originally installed using Synaptic I think you would need to update it as root.

As it mentions in our wiki entry, it works best if EXECUTED as normal user.
[Some output doesn't get shown, relating to drivers, IIRC, when you run it as root.]
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