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    When posting in Help the New Guy

    When posting in Help the New Guy, please include the following information:

    Version of Kubuntu you are running; CPU type (32- or 64-bit) and manufacturer (Intel, AMD, ?); motherboard manufacturer (if known); desktop or laptop PC; types (IDE, SATA, PATA) and number of internal HDs; keyboard/mouse connection type - USB, PS/2, ? (if your PC is a desktop); video card brand and model (nVidia, G-Force, etc).

    This information, along with your question, will help Forum members in assisting you.
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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    Re: When posting in Help the New Guy

    Thank you snowhog.

    Could you maybe post some cli commands on how to find out this information?

    As i don't know them and most new users may not as well it may be useful.
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      Re: When posting in Help the New Guy

      Short answer:

      Code:
      lspci
      will show the pci bus devices, including your video and audio

      Code:
      lsusb
      will show the USB bus devices

      Code:
      sudo fdisk -lu
      will show hard drives and partitions

      Code:
      cat proc/version
      will show your Linux kernel version

      Complete answer:

      http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html

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        Re: When posting in Help the New Guy

        Thank you dible

        what about motherboard, cpu and maybe bios?
        HP Pavilion dv6 core i7 (Main)
        4 GB Ram
        Kubuntu 18.10
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          Re: When posting in Help the New Guy

          Hardware

          man lshw:
          lshw - list hardware

          DESCRIPTION
          lshw is a small tool to extract detailed information on the hardware
          configuration of the machine. It can report exact memory configuration,
          firmware version, mainboard configuration, CPU version and speed, cache
          configuration, bus speed, etc. on DMI-capable x86 or IA-64 systems and
          on some PowerPC machines (PowerMac G4 is known to work).
          Konsole:
          Code:
          sudo lshw
          To the text-file:
          Code:
          sudo lshw > Hardware.txt
          To the html file:
          Code:
          sudo lshw -html > Hardware.html
          man lshal:
          lshal - list HAL devices

          DESCRIPTION
          lshal is a utility for displaying items in the HAL device database. For
          more information about both the big picture and specific HAL proper‐
          ties, refer to the HAL spec which can be found in /usr/share/doc/hal-
          doc/spec/hal-spec.html depending on the distribution.
          Konsole:
          Code:
          lshal

          With KDE gui:
          Package: kde-hal-device-manager, shows the hardware on your computer.
          After installation K > System > Device Manager...


          Links:
          - HOWTO: Read BIOS Information
          Before you edit, BACKUP !

          Why there are dead links ?
          1. Thread: Please explain how to access old kubuntu forum posts
          2. Thread: Lost Information
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            Re: When posting in Help the New Guy

            lshw
            is very informative.
            Thanks
            An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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              Re: When posting in Help the New Guy

              Thank you all that was great.

              Helped solve one or two problems. well at least in part
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