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network devices, pointing devices, system devices, and video cards. Click on the category
name in the left menu, and the information will be displayed.
Figure 20-4. Hardware Browser
You can also use the lspci command to list all PCI devices. Use the command lspci -v for
more verbose information or lspci -vv for very verbose output.
For example, lspci can be used to determine the manufacturer, model, and memory size of
a system’s video card:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev 04) (prog-
if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Matrox Graphics, Inc. Millennium G400 Dual Head Max
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 16
Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
Memory at fcffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M]
Expansion ROM at 80000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [f0] AGP version 2.0
20.5. Additional Resources
To learn more about gathering system information, refer to the following resources.
20.5.1. Installed Documentation
• ps --help — The ps --help displays a list of options that can be used with ps.
• top manual page — Type man top to learn more about top and its many options.
• free manual page — type man free to learn more about free and its many options.