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Thank you note to SMG and h2-1

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Thank you SMG

SMG's astute eye noted a problem that I had that I didn't know about or aware of.
The problem was with the inxi command not displaying properly my graphics cards. This command is used extensively in LM forums for help to resolve problems.
From note [5]
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=83444
List any relevant hardware or software specifications. 'inxi' is a useful terminal command for listing this. Use inxi -h for help. Generally it suffices to type the following in terminal and include the output in your post -> inxi -Fxxxrz

Unfortunately this command didn't properly display the status of my graphics cards in my machine.
That error led me down a rabbit hole wondering if my machine was defective, failing or whatever.
My machine may be on a few in existence that a bug in inxi showed itself.
viewtopic.php?f=49&t=356425



This was resolved by the developer of inxi, h2-1.
Thank You h2-1

LM Update Manager does NOT update inxi! You have to update it manually.
https://sites.google.com/site/easytipsf ... mmand-tool
Just for the heck of it run

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inxi --version
The latest version is

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inxi 3.3.07-00 (2021-10-11)
I hope in the future versions of LM inxi updates will be enabled in the Update Manager.

EDIT

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gksudo gedit /etc/inxi.conf
Doesn't work in LM terminal
Just use
Files>File System>etc and search for

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inxi.conf
Open as a text fie and change the line to true

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B_ALLOW_UPDATE=true
Save changes and update inxi.
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Thanks for the information, have updated.
The URL you posted suggested the following command to edit the inxi.conf file

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gksudo gedit /etc/inxi.conf
gksudo is no longer working in Mint 20.2 - not sure when it was replaced, but I think a couple of years ago now.
The command to edit the inxi.conf file should now read

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xed admin:///etc/inxi.conf
Altering the line
B_ALLOW_UPDATE=false
to read =true
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sudo inxi -U
updates to the latest version easily.. thanks again..
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RIH
I was editing my post when you replied. See above.
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0.o Wow I had no idea that such an odd ...troubleshooting speed bump existed in LM *shrugs*. I've never encountered that same rabbit hole you did, but regardless..happy to read you encountered a solution AND thank ya much for sharing the inxi update-method-info.
gksudo is no longer working in Mint 20.2 - not sure when it was replaced, but I think a couple of years ago now.
The command to edit the inxi.conf file should now read
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xed admin:///etc/inxi.conf
It doesn't matter which text editor you use just in case there is any beginner confusion there.

You may or may not have to use it like this
sudo nameoftexteditor /etc/inxi.conf
including the sudo part *shrugs* For me...the
admin:///
part wasn't needed

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Re: Thank you note to SMG and h2-1

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You know, I think it is also time to thank all of the really helpful people here who have made my Mint journey a success. So Thank you all.
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I too,
want to add my thanks to the many GURUs who have helped me ever so much over the last few years.

Without all of you, and each of you know who you are, but I have to mention Murph especially as he taught me 'cron' and more.

or is it Smurph? my feeble memory is worthless, 15 seconds later, all of it is forgotten :cry:

this update for 'inxi' showed me how out of date my own install is:

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Currently running inxi version number: 3.2.01
Current version patch number: 00
Current version release date: 2020-12-17
Updating inxi in /usr/bin using main branch as download source...
Successfully updated to main branch version: 3.3.07
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farkas wrote: Sat Oct 16, 2021 11:03 pmThank you SMG
You are welcome. I learned A LOT through this inxi journey. :)
farkas wrote: Sat Oct 16, 2021 11:03 pmMy machine may be on a few in existence that a bug in inxi showed itself.
The bug was actually in lpsci commands that inxi was using to produce its output. h2-1 rewrote the code to get the information another way.

Per h2-1:
I'm going to create an inxi workaround for this situation, since you've proved it exists, even though it's a bug/failure of another tool inxi uses, but inxi still has to deal with that. The workaround isn't that easy though, and requires a lot of small invasive changes, not just to graphics, to all the device types, audio, network, raid, since this issue can happen on any of them, it's not about your graphics card, it's about how long that blurb is on that one line in lspci, so the same issue will be found on all pci devices, it's just that in most cases, only graphics devices, and sometimes audio devices, have strings that long.
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I made an entry in my Calendar to repeat at six month intervals.

~$ sudo inxi -U

no harm done if not needed, but who knows, might need it.
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We made the 3.3.07 release notes in the inxi changelog.
Some very nice issue reports have helped correct various corner case issues.
Mint users helped find a big one with lspci.
There is a topic on this forum Moniker for Linuxmint people. We are "Mint people" in Fix #6 of the release notes. I like it. :)
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