How to install LSHW and use on OpenSUSE Leap 42.3
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To Install lshw and Use on OpenSUSE Leap 42.3
lshw (stands for Hardware Lister) is a small nifty tool that generates detailed reports about various hardware components on the machine such as memory configuration, firmware version, mainboard configuration, CPU version and speed, cache configuration, usb, network card, graphics cards, multimedia, printers, bus speed, etc. lshw, when used without any options would generate all the detected hardware report in single shot which is no use since you can’ t see any information properly. There are many ways through which lshw can be used and this article covers the method to install and use lshw.
Installing lshw
First you need to install the lshw application by making use of the following command.
linuxhelp:~ # zypper install lshw
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...
The following NEW package is going to be installed:
lshw
1 new package to install.
Overall download size: 249.3 KiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation,
additional 792.2 KiB will be used.
Continue? [y/n/...? shows all options] (y): y
Retrieving package lshw-B.02.18-3.2.x86_64 (1/1), 249.3 KiB (792.2 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: lshw-B.02.18-3.2.x86_64.rpm ..................................[done]
Checking for file conflicts: .............................................[done]
(1/1) Installing: lshw-B.02.18-3.2.x86_64 ................................[done]
Display Full Information
After installing, if you need to get complete information on lshw in your system, you shall simply run the following command.
linuxhelp:~ # lshw
USB
www.linuxhelp1.com
description: Computer
product: VMware Virtual Platform
vendor: VMware, Inc.
version: None
serial: VMware-56 4d ff af 3a d4 be d7-fa 1e 5c e4 b6 79 b0 97
width: 4294967295 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.7 dmi-2.7 vsyscall32
configuration: administrator_password=enabled boot=normal frontpanel_password=unknown keyboard_password=unknown power-on_password=disabled uuid=564DFFAF-3AD4-BED7-FA1E-5CE4B679B097
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
version: None
serial: None
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
physical id: 0
version: 6.00
date: 07/02/2015
size: 86KiB
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*-pci:33
description: PCI bridge
product: PCI Express Root Port
vendor: VMware
physical id: 18.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.7
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:55 memory:fb500000-fb5fffff ioport:e5b00000(size=1048576)
*-scsi
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi2
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: VMware IDE CDR10
vendor: NECVMWar
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: 1.00
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open
*-remoteaccess UNCLAIMED
vendor: Intel
physical id: 1
capabilities: inbound
You can also display information using short or businfo options with the lshw command in the following two scenarios.
linuxhelp:~ # lshw -short H/W path Device Class Description ===================================================== system VMware Virtual Platform /0 bus 440BX Desktop Reference Platform /0/0 memory 86KiB BIOS /0/4 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3330 CPU @ 3.00GHz /0/4/15 memory 16KiB L1 cache /0/25 memory 1664MiB System Memory /0/25/0 memory 1GiB DIMM DRAM EDO /0/25/1 memory 512MiB DIMM DRAM EDO /0/25/2 memory 128MiB DIMM DRAM EDO /0/25/3 memory DIMM DRAM [empty] /0/25/4 memory DIMM DRAM [empty] /0/25/5 memory DIMM DRAM [empty] /0/25/6 memory DIMM DRAM [empty] . . . . /0/100/17.2 bridge PCI Express Root Port /0/100/17.3 bridge PCI Express Root Port /0/100/17.4 bridge PCI Express Root Port /0/100/17.5 bridge PCI Express Root Port /0/100/17.6 bridge PCI Express Root Port /0/100/17.7 bridge PCI Express Root Port /0/100/18 bridge PCI Express Root Port /0/100/18.1 bridge PCI Express Root Port /0/100/18.2 bridge PCI Express Root Port /0/100/18.3 bridge PCI Express Root Port /0/100/18.4 bridge PCI Express Root Port /0/100/18.5 bridge PCI Express Root Port /0/100/18.6 bridge PCI Express Root Port /0/100/18.7 bridge PCI Express Root Port /0/1 scsi2 storage /0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sr0 disk VMware IDE CDR10 /1 system linuxhelp:~ # lshw -businfo Bus info Device Class Description ==================================================== system VMware Virtual Platform bus 440BX Desktop Reference Platform memory 86KiB BIOS cpu@0 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3330 CPU @ 3.00GHz memory 16KiB L1 cache memory 1664MiB System Memory memory 1GiB DIMM DRAM EDO memory 512MiB DIMM DRAM EDO memory 128MiB DIMM DRAM EDO memory DIMM DRAM [empty] memory DIMM DRAM [empty] memory DIMM DRAM [empty] . . . pci@0000:00:18.2 bridge PCI Express Root Port pci@0000:00:18.3 bridge PCI Express Root Port pci@0000:00:18.4 bridge PCI Express Root Port pci@0000:00:18.5 bridge PCI Express Root Port pci@0000:00:18.6 bridge PCI Express Root Port pci@0000:00:18.7 bridge PCI Express Root Port scsi2 storage scsi@2:0.0.0 /dev/sr0 disk VMware IDE CDR10 system
You shall also use the lshw command with the class system option to display system information
linuxhelp:~ # lshw -class system
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description: Computer
product: VMware Virtual Platform
vendor: VMware, Inc.
version: None
serial: VMware-56 4d ff af 3a d4 be d7-fa 1e 5c e4 b6 79 b0 97
width: 4294967295 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.7 dmi-2.7 vsyscall32
configuration: administrator_password=enabled boot=normal frontpanel_password=unknown keyboard_password=unknown power-on_password=disabled uuid=564DFFAF-3AD4-BED7-FA1E-5CE4B679B097
*-remoteaccess UNCLAIMED
vendor: Intel
physical id: 1
capabilities: inbound
To display information about a memory and related details you shall run the command with the class memory command.
linuxhelp:~ # lshw -class memory
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
physical id: 0
version: 6.00
date: 07/02/2015
size: 86KiB
capabilities: isa pci pcmcia pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect edd int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi smartbattery biosbootspecification netboot
*-cache
description: L1 cache
physical id: 15
slot: L1
size: 16KiB
capacity: 16KiB
capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back
configuration: level=1
You can also make the the information about the processor and related details displayed on your screen by using the -class processor.
linuxhelp:~ # lshw -class processor
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3330 CPU @ 3.00GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3330 CPU @ 3.00GHz
slot: CPU #000
size: 3GHz
capacity: 4230MHz
width: 64 bits
capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss syscall nx rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts nopl xtopology tsc_reliable nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq ssse3 cx16 pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm ida arat epb pln pts dtherm fsgsbase tsc_adjust smep
configuration: cores=1 enabledcores=1
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*-bank:125
description: DIMM [empty]
physical id: 7d
slot: NVD #61
width: 32 bits
*-bank:126
description: DIMM [empty]
physical id: 7e
slot: NVD #62
width: 32 bits
*-bank:127
description: DIMM [empty]
physical id: 7f
slot: NVD #63
width: 32 bits
Also, display information about hard disk and related details by making use of the class disk option.
linuxhelp:~ # lshw -class disk
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: VMware Virtual S
vendor: VMware,
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 1.0
size: 20GiB (21GB)
capabilities: 7200rpm partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=2 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=0003044e
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: VMware IDE CDR10
vendor: NECVMWar
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: 1.00
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open
To display information about storage and related details. All the information regarding product name, vendor, physical id, bus info, width, clock, capabilities, and configuration, etc. will be displayed on the screen.
linuxhelp:~ # lshw -class storage
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 7.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:07.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=64
resources: irq:0 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:1060(size=16)
*-scsi
description: SCSI storage controller
product: 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI
vendor: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic
physical id: 10
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
logical name: scsi0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: scsi bus_master cap_list rom scsi-host
configuration: driver=mptspi latency=64 maxlatency=255 mingnt=6
resources: irq:17 ioport:1400(size=256) memory:feba0000-febbffff memory:febc0000-febdffff memory:c0008000-c000bfff
*-scsi
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi2
capabilities: emulated
To display information about volume and related details, use volume class.This will print file system type, vendor, physical id, bus info, logical name, serial, size, capabilities, and configuration, etc,.
linuxhelp:~ # lshw -class volume
*-volume:0
description: Linux swap volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 1
serial: c5970254-e36c-4fb7-8695-a1d6aab85229
size: 2039MiB
capacity: 2039MiB
capabilities: primary nofs swap initialized
configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4096
*-volume:1
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
logical name: /boot
version: 1.0
serial: 52b7e2b5-ef43-4abd-bedd-77ab8140ceab
size: 400MiB
capacity: 400MiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2017-10-09 23:15:52 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/boot modified=2017-10-10 18:21:28 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,data=ordered mounted=2017-10-10 18:21:28 state=mounted
*-volume:2
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: d0d05ae0-2b8b-4544-9cbc-4d37a6c18d26
size: 17GiB
capacity: 17GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2017-10-09 23:15:52 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2017-10-10 18:21:21 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,data=ordered mounted=2017-10-10 18:21:24 state=mounted&emsp
To display information about volume, disk & storage and related details, use following three class disk, storage and volume with short option.
linuxhelp:~ # lshw -short -class disk -class storage -class volume
H/W path Device Class Description
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/0/100/7.1 storage 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE
/0/100/10 scsi0 storage 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI
/0/100/10/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 21GB VMware Virtual S
/0/100/10/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 2039MiB Linux swap volume
/0/100/10/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 400MiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/10/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 17GiB EXT4 volume
/0/1 scsi2 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sr0 disk VMware IDE CDR10
Display Bridge Information
To display information about bridge and related details, use bridge class.
linuxhelp:~ # lshw -class bridge
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
resources: irq:0
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
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*-pci:33
description: PCI bridge
product: PCI Express Root Port
vendor: VMware
physical id: 18.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.7
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:55 memory:fb500000-fb5fffff ioport:e5b00000(size=1048576)
To display information about display card details like VGA and related details, use display class.
linuxhelp:~ # lshw -class display
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: SVGA II Adapter
vendor: VMware
physical id: f
bus info: pci@0000:00:0f.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=vmwgfx latency=64
resources: irq:16 ioport:1070(size=16) memory:e8000000-efffffff memory:fe000000-fe7fffff memory:c0000000-c0007fff
Use the generic option to display all other hardware details
linuxhelp:~ # lshw -class generic
*-generic
description: System peripheral
product: Virtual Machine Communication Interface
vendor: VMware
physical id: 7.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:07.7
version: 10
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi msix bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=vmw_vmci latency=64 maxlatency=255 mingnt=6
resources: irq:16 ioport:1080(size=64) memory:febfe000-febfffff
With this, the installation of lshw comes to an end.
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