[mythtv-users] Backend consolidation, continued...

David Brieck Jr. dbrieck at gmail.com
Tue Jul 13 19:46:38 UTC 2010


On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Ozzy Lash <ozzy.lash at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Clay <ctmythtv at pacbell.net> wrote:
> > f-myth-users at media.mit.edu wrote:
> >>
> >>    > Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:49:57 -0700
> >>    > From: Clay <ctmythtv at pacbell.net>
> >>
> >>    > Fscking ubuntu doesn't lshw anymore so from memory, the hardware
> is:
> >>
> >> Can you explain this comment?
> >>
> >> I've never seen one for which lshw didn't work, including 10.04, which
> >> is the latest release.  What exactly did you try, and what exactly did
> >> you see when you did?
> >
> > $ lshw
> > $ sudo lshw
> > $ apropos lshw
> > $ apropos ls
> >
> > command not found, or some such.
> >
> > I'm sure it's just another byproduct of doing a net install after the CD
> > install failed.
> >
> > Time to throw in the towel, flatline it, and install again... Much as I
> hate
> > to fix it the 'Windows way', chasing the little niggles and who knows
> what
> > else, makes it tough to debug a flaky backend.
> > Maybe it will fix the DMA issue with the pvr-150's too, but I doubt it.
> >
>
> Most of my systems are debian, and I hadn't heard of lshw until I saw
> it mentioned here.  I had used lsusb, lspci, ... to get similar
> information.  I logged into one of my systems, and tried lshw, and it
> wasn't found, but just did a "sudo apt-get install lshw" installed it,
> and I must say, it looks like a handy tool!  You might try something
> similar.
>
>
I happen to have done a few CD installs of 10.04 in the past few days and
they all have lshw. I never new this existed, so thanks!
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