[SOLVED] This information should be included in everyones

[dcihon]

This information should be included in everyone's first post for when they need help with a problem:

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danc@danc-linux-mint:~$ inxi -Fc 0
System:    Host danc-linux-mint Kernel 3.2.0-1-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop Gnome Distro Linux Mint Xfce Edition
Machine:   System Dell product Latitude E6500
           Mobo Dell model 0PP476 Bios Dell version A25 date 04/13/2011
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo CPU P8400 (-MCP-) cache 3072 KB flags (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx)
           Clock Speeds: (1) 800.00 MHz (2) 800.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: nVidia G98M [Quadro NVS 160M] X.Org 1.11.3.901 driver nvidia Resolution 2720x900@50.0hz
           GLX Renderer Quadro NVS 160M/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.20
Audio:     Card Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA v: 1.0.24
Network:   Card-1 Intel 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection driver e1000e
           IF: eth1 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:21:70:bc:bb:d5
           Card-2 Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY driver b43-pci-bridge
           IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 250.1GB (25.2% used) 1: /dev/sda ST9250315AS 250.1GB
Partition: ID:/ size: 40G used: 11G (27%) fs: rootfs ID:/ size: 40G used: 11G (27%) fs: ext4
           ID:/home size: 193G used: 59G (33%) fs: ext4 ID:swap-1 size: 0.41GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 42.5C mobo: N/A gpu: 62C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes 169 Uptime 6:17 Memory 1805.3/4964.7MB Client Shell inxi 1.7.7


[xenopeek]

Moved here by moderator

Forwarded your suggestion to the admins. inxi is mentioned in the "Before you post please read this" link in the newbie forums, but perhaps it is good to include this as the default command to run.

[HughT]

Not a bad idea. I've seen countless posts with very little information, requiring forum helpers to ask for further details. But I'd be concerned that getting a newbie to open a terminal and supply that detail might be beyond them. Having been asked to supply information from a terminal command output, the next question from the newbie OP is "What's a terminal?" Sadly, I bet few even read

Before you post please read this

And too many don't appear to edit the title as <Solved>. What can we do with them?

[GeneC]

.............What can we do with them?

..........

[remoulder]

lol

Nice one though I think we'd have very few forum members if we did that!

[xenopeek]

It shouldn't be to hard to write a small GUI wrapper for inxi if that is easier, though I think even newbies should be able to use the terminal. The next step in problem analysis usually includes some other commands to run from the terminal... The most basic of wrappers for inxi -Fc 0 is:

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#!/bin/bash
tempfile=$(tempfile)
echo -n "[code]" > $tempfile
inxi -Fc 0 &>> $tempfile
echo -n "[/code]" >> $tempfile
zenity --text-info --filename=$tempfile --width=700 --height=500 --title="Please include this in your support request on the forum:"

It pop ups a window with the text that needs to be copied and pasted to the forum. But this is getting of topic for this suggestion...

[remoulder]

It shouldn't be to hard to write a small GUI wrapper for inxi

This has already been done in antix as it contains inxi-gui, though I believe the output is still in a terminal window. Unfortunately short of downloading antix there doesn't seem any way to get this that I can see at the moment.

[proxima_centauri]

* Added inxi command to Read: How To Get Help! and the official section in Forum Rules, Guidelines, and Policy

[xenopeek]

It shouldn't be to hard to write a small GUI wrapper for inxi

This has already been done in antix as it contains inxi-gui, though I believe the output is still in a terminal window. Unfortunately short of downloading antix there doesn't seem any way to get this that I can see at the moment.

This post has at least the January 2011 version http://antix.freeforums.org/viewtopic.p ... view=print

[remoulder]

This post has at least the January 2011 version

Yeah I saw that Vincent but the download links are dead.

[dcihon]

Boy I sure did stir up the pot on this one.
Thanks you guys for all the responses and all of your help when I have needed it.
You guys are the ones that always are there to help. I for one appreciate what you do.
I will mark this post as solved.

[bimsebasse]

Yes please, A bit too many "I have a problem in Mint" posts, and then your job is to guess which Mint it is and what desktop it is.

At least just a first-time reminder that all troubleshooting posts should mention which version of Mint you are using, and which login session if poss.

[itoffshore]

inxi-gui from Antix:

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#!/bin/bash
# File Name: inxi-gui
# Version: 1.0.0
# Purpose: easy to use gui for the inxi script
# Authors: Dave and minor modifications by anticapitalista
# Matching inxi version: 1.4.23
# Acknowledgements: Scott Rogers, Harald Hope, aka trash80 & h2 for inxi version. Antix forum users for suggestions, testing, and input
# Special Acknowledgements: anticapitalista for testing, suggestions, input

# Copyright (C) Sunday, Feb. 5, 2011  by Dave / david.dejong02@gmail.com
# License: gplv2
# This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
################################################################################################################################################

# Help function - displays possible variables that can be used
function help {
   echo "    -a|--audio      view sound card information"
   echo "    -c|--cpu       view cpu information"
   echo "    -g|--graphics   view graphics card information"
   echo "    -n|--nic      view nic information"
   echo "    -l|--system      view system information"
   echo "    -hd|--hard-drive   view hard drive information"
   echo "    -r|--repository   view repository"
   echo "    -s|--sensor      view sensor information"
   echo "    --all      view all (short) information"
   echo "    --help      display this help"
   echo
   exit
}

# Main Function ( starts if functions below are not called by user )
function start {
         A="Audio"
      B="CPU"
      C="Graphics"
      D="NIC and IP address"
      E="System"
      F="Hard Drive"
      G="Repository"
      H="Sensor Output"
      I="All Short"
      ans=$(zenity  --width 280 --height 400 --list  --title "PC Information Options" --text "PC Information aquired by inxi script" --radiolist\
            --column "" --column "PC INFO" \
            FALSE "$A"\
            FALSE "$B"\
            FALSE "$C"\
            FALSE "$D"\
            FALSE "$E"\
            FALSE "$F"\
            FALSE "$G"\
            FALSE "$H"\
            TRUE "$I")
      #echo $ans
      case "$ans" in
      $A)
      roxterm -T 'PC Information' -e bash -c 'inxi-gui -a ; bash'
      inxi-gui
                ;;
      $B)
      roxterm -T 'PC Information' -e bash -c 'inxi-gui -c ; bash'
      inxi-gui
                ;;
      $C)
      roxterm  -T 'PC Information' -e bash -c 'inxi-gui -g ; bash'
      inxi-gui
                ;;
      $D)
      roxterm -T 'PC Information' -e su -c 'inxi-gui -n ; bash'
      inxi-gui
      ;;
      $E)
      roxterm -T 'PC Information' -e bash -c 'inxi-gui -l ; bash'
      inxi-gui
      ;;
      $F)
      roxterm -T 'PC Information' -e bash -c 'inxi-gui -hd ; bash'
      inxi-gui
      ;;
      $G)
      roxterm -T 'PC Information' -e bash -c 'inxi-gui -r ; bash'
      inxi-gui
      ;;
      $H)
      roxterm -T 'PC Information' -e bash -c 'inxi-gui -s ; bash'
      inxi-gui
      ;;
      $I)
      roxterm -T 'PC Information' -e bash -c 'inxi-gui -all ; bash'
      inxi-gui      i
      ;;
      *)
      esac   
      }

# Function for sound card information
function a {
      echo ""
      echo "############ PC INFORMATION - audio ##############"
      echo "############ Press CTRL + C to exit ################"
      echo ""
      inxi -A
      sleep 10000
      inxi-gui
      }

# Function for cpu
function b {
      echo ""
      echo "############ PC INFORMATION  -  cpu ##############"
      echo "############ Press CTRL + C to exit ###############"
      echo ""
      inxi -C
      sleep 10000
      }

# Function for graphics
function c {
      echo ""
      echo "############ PC INFORMATION - graphics ############"
      echo "############ Press CTRL  + C to exit ################"
      echo ""
      inxi -G
      sleep 10000
      }

# Function for nic and ip
function d {
      echo ""
      echo "############ PC INFORMATION - nic + IP #############"
      echo "############ Press CTRL + C to exit ################"
      echo ""
      inxi -i
      echo ""
      ifconfig
      sleep 10000
      }

# Function for system
function e {
      echo ""
      echo "############ PC INFORMATION - system ##############"
      echo "############ Press CTRL  + C to exit ################"
      echo ""
      inxi -S
      echo ""
      inxi -t c10
      echo ""
      inxi -I
      sleep 10000
      }

# Function for hard drive
function f {
      echo ""
      echo "############ PC INFORMATION - hard drive###########"
      echo "############ Press CTRL  + C to exit ###############"
      echo ""
      inxi -D
      inxi -p
      sleep 10000
      }

# Function for repositories
function g {
      echo ""
      echo "############ PC INFORMATION - repositories###########"
      echo "############ Press CTRL  + C to exit #################"
      echo ""
      inxi -r
      sleep 1 && zenity --question --title "Edit?" --text "Edit Repositories?"
      if [ $? = 0 ] ; then
      gksu "leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list " &
                sleep 5
      else
      inxi-gui &
      fi
                killall roxterm
      sleep 10000
      }

# Function for sensors
function h {
      echo ""
      echo "############ PC INFORMATION - sensors #############"
      echo "############ Press CTRL + C to exit #################"
      echo ""
      inxi -s
      sleep 10000
      }

# Function for all short
function i {
      echo ""
      echo "############# PC INFORMATION - all ###############"
      echo "############# Press CTRL + C to exit ##############"
      echo ""
      inxi -F
      sleep 10000
      }
       
 # Setting possible variable options
AA=false
BB=false
CC=false
DD=false
EE=false
FF=false
GG=false
HH=false
II=false
HELP=false

for args; do
case "$1" in
      -a|--audio) AA=true;;
      -c|--cpu)    BB=true;;
      -g|--graphics)    CC=true;;
      -n|--nic) DD=true;;
      -l|--system) EE=true;;
      -hd|--hard-drive) FF=true;;
      -r|--repository) GG=true;;
      -s|--sensor) HH=true;;
      -all|--all) II=true;;
      -h|--help)    HELP=true;;
      --)       shift; break;;
      -*)       echo "Unrecognized option: $1"; ERROR=true;;
      *)       break;;
   esac
shift
done

$AA && {
   a
   exit
}

$BB && {
   b
   exit
}

$CC && {
   c
   exit
}

$DD && {
   d
   exit
}

$EE && {
   e
   exit
}

$FF && {
   f
   exit
}

$GG && {
   g
   exit
}

$HH && {
   h
   exit
}

$II && {
   i
   exit
}

$HELP && {
   help
   exit
}


# Execute if script function is NOT called
start

You will need to install roxterm for the above to work.

If you use lxterminal the following change to lines 68 - 101 will work (tested on Archbang):

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lxterminal -t 'PC Information' --command "bash -c 'inxi-gui -a ; bash'"
inxi-gui
 ;;
$B)
lxterminal -t 'PC Information' --command "bash -c 'inxi-gui -c ; bash'"
inxi-gui
 ;;
$C)
lxterminal -t 'PC Information' --command "bash -c 'inxi-gui -g ; bash'"
inxi-gui
 ;;
$D)
lxterminal -t 'PC Information' --command "su -c 'inxi-gui -n ; bash'"
inxi-gui
;;
$E)
lxterminal -t 'PC Information' --command "bash -c 'inxi-gui -l ; bash'"
inxi-gui
;;
$F)
lxterminal -t 'PC Information' --command "bash -c 'inxi-gui -hd ; bash'"
inxi-gui
;;
$G)
lxterminal -t 'PC Information' --command "bash -c 'inxi-gui -r ; bash'"
inxi-gui
;;
$H)
lxterminal -t 'PC Information' --command "bash -c 'inxi-gui -s ; bash'"
inxi-gui
;;
$I)
lxterminal -t 'PC Information' --command "bash -c 'inxi-gui -all ; bash'"
inxi-gui

[anticapitalista]

The latest antiX version of inxi-gui uses yad rather than zenity.

Depends: yad, leafpad, gksu, roxterm though you can edit the script to your own choosing of course.

The latest .deb can be downloaded from here.

http://www.daveserver.info/antiX/main/