The database of hardware

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The database of hardware

#1 Post by linuxbuild »

Please register your computer by https://wiki.debian.org/Hardware/Database if you want to contribute to the hardware database and plot statistical report like this Ubuntu report for MX Linux.

At the moment the database for MX includes only 22 occasional computers. Once it reaches a significant size, it will be possible to generate the report and save it to a git repository.

Thanks.

EDIT: The hw-probe package can now be installed from the http://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo/. You can install it by MX Package Installer / MX Test Repo.

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Last edited by linuxbuild on Wed Jan 15, 2020 1:39 am, edited 1 time in total.
Check your hardware and find drivers by https://wiki.debian.org/Hardware/Database

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MAYBL8
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Re: The database of hardware

#2 Post by MAYBL8 »

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root@mx:~# sudo dpkg -i ./hw-probe_1.4-1_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package hw-probe.
(Reading database ... 343171 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack ./hw-probe_1.4-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking hw-probe (1.4-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hw-probe:
 hw-probe depends on acpica-tools; however:
  Package acpica-tools is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package hw-probe (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 hw-probe

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kmathern
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Re: The database of hardware

#3 Post by kmathern »

Running apt-get install -f will bring in the missing dependency (acpica-tools)

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$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  acpica-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  acpica-tools
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 843 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,720 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 acpica-tools amd64 20181213-1 [843 kB]
Fetched 843 kB in 0s (1,882 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package acpica-tools.
(Reading database ... 342859 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../acpica-tools_20181213-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking acpica-tools (20181213-1) ...
Setting up acpica-tools (20181213-1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/acpixtract-acpica to provide /usr/bin/acpixtract (acpixtract) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/acpidump-acpica to provide /usr/bin/acpidump (acpidump) in auto mode
Setting up hw-probe (1.4-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ...
Could have also used gdebi to install hw-probe, it installs the acpica-tools dependency automatically.

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Re: The database of hardware

#4 Post by imschmeg »

acpica-tools is available in the Buster repo.

However, seems strange that Debian is encouraging people to install non-stable-repo software (hw_probe) in order to collect this info. Why not make hw_probe available in the stable repo? This from the people who brought you https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian

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Re: The database of hardware

#5 Post by Mauser »

Personal build that I will post here and not where I have to jump through all kinds of hoops. Anyone is welcome to post it where ever.

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System:    Host: mauser Kernel: 5.4.0-8.2-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           parameters: audit=0 BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.4.0-8.2-liquorix-amd64 
           root=UUID=aac372a7-702b-4a89-986c-5da6c2115ee0 ro amdgpu.dpm=0 splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-19_x64 patito feo October 21  2019 base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C37) v: 1.0 
           serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.60 date: 11/06/2019 
CPU:       Topology: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ 
           family: 17 (23) model-id: 8 stepping: 2 microcode: 800820D L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
           bogomips: 118386 
           Speed: 3145 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3145 
           2: 2433 3: 2224 4: 2409 5: 3607 6: 2280 7: 2074 8: 2438 9: 2286 10: 2567 11: 2913 
           12: 2183 13: 2361 14: 2388 15: 3439 16: 2675 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 
           mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD Baffin [Polaris11] vendor: XFX Pine driver: amdgpu v: kernel 
           bus ID: 2d:00.0 chip ID: 1002:67ff 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: amdgpu resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Radeon RX 550 Series (POLARIS11 DRM 3.35.0 5.4.0-8.2-liquorix-amd64 
           LLVM 7.0.1) 
           v: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: AMD Baffin HDMI/DP Audio [Radeon RX 550 640SP / RX 560/560X] 
           vendor: XFX Pine driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 2d:00.1 chip ID: 1002:aae0 
           Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 2f:00.3 chip ID: 1022:1457 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-8.2-liquorix-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
           vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 27:00.0 
           chip ID: 10ec:8168 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
           port: d000 bus ID: 29:00.0 chip ID: 8086:24fb 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 7.28 TiB used: 2.90 TiB (39.9%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HUS728T8TALE6L4 size: 7.28 TiB 
           block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm 
           serial: <filter> rev: W414 scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 7.27 TiB size: 7.22 TiB (99.20%) used: 2.90 TiB (40.2%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/dm-0 
           ID-2: /boot raw size: 512.0 MiB size: 487.9 MiB (95.30%) used: 371.9 MiB (76.2%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 1.98 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/dm-1 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 41.9 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
           1: deb http://iso.mxrepo.com/antix/buster buster main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Info:      Processes: 341 Uptime: 3h 46m Memory: 11.71 GiB used: 1.47 GiB (12.6%) Init: SysVinit 
           v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3 
           running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.36 
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Re: The database of hardware

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Re: The database of hardware

#7 Post by Stevo »

Debian has hw-probe 1.4 in Sid, so I'll see about backporting it.

Edit: OK, sending to test repo, but can be downloaded and installed early: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DGxXw ... rhSzeuRE9c
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Re: The database of hardware

#8 Post by jeffreyC »

imschmeg wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2020 4:34 pm acpica-tools is available in the Buster repo.

However, seems strange that Debian is encouraging people to install non-stable-repo software (hw_probe) in order to collect this info. Why not make hw_probe available in the stable repo? This from the people who brought you https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian
acpica-tools is also available in the Stretch repo.

But, yes that does seem strange.

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Re: The database of hardware

#9 Post by linuxbuild »

Paul just upgraded the install instructions on the page to be more secure and safe for the system: https://wiki.debian.org/Hardware/Database
Check your hardware and find drivers by https://wiki.debian.org/Hardware/Database

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Re: The database of hardware

#10 Post by Jerry3904 »

My opinion on all this is that it constitutes a terrific hardware resource for MX, and that I hope people will make use of it. I added my personal machine and the whole process was quick and impressive.

Sure beats a Wiki entry...
Production: 5.10, MX-23 Xfce, AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core, GeForce GT 630/PCIe/SSE2, 16 GB, SSD 120 GB, Data 1TB
Personal: Lenovo X1 Carbon with MX-23 Fluxbox
Other: Raspberry Pi 5 with MX-23 Xfce Raspberry Pi Respin

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