Upload a hardware probe of your machine to a online database?

[Stevo]

I just did with the MSI. I went with the Debian section, since they don't have one for MX:

https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=ec89febb0c

You can get a "hw-probe" deb package from the releases here ( I installed the recommended packages of mcelog, edid-decode, memtester, pnputils, sysstat, upower, fdisk, alsa-utils, cpuid, ethtool, i2c-tools, wireless-tools, iw, vainfo, vdpauinfo, vulkan-utils, x11-xserver-utils, xinput) :

https://github.com/linuxhw/hw-probe/releases

Instructions for use are here in the Readme:

https://github.com/linuxhw/hw-probe

[turtlebay777]

Sounds far too complicated, why not just use inxi -F in a terminal? That way your computer's data is not stored on a public database which could be made available to potential hackers.

[Stevo]

Sounds far too complicated, why not just use inxi -F in a terminal? That way your computer's data is not stored on a public database which could be made available to potential hackers.

There's really nothing there I'm not comfortable sharing with the world. The hackers can see what dkms packages I have installed--I don't mind.

It also provides a service for others looking for a fully MX compatible machine, or if they have one picked out and want to see if anyone else has MX running well on it.

[duane]

The list of distros you can search for does not include MX.
Here is the page with the distribution search: https://linux-hardware.org/
Not much use for people looking for MX installations.

[linuxbuild]

The list of distros you can search for does not include MX.

Fixed: https://linux-hardware.org/?d=MX

[linuxbuild]

Sounds far too complicated, why not just use inxi -F in a terminal?

1) To save the data in structured form and have good search capabilities,
2) Check operability of devices and find drivers.

That way your computer's data is not stored on a public database which could be made available to potential hackers.

Private info is not uploaded. If you want to share some logs with other people for debugging purposes then it's safer to use hw-probe to clean private info. See https://github.com/linuxhw/hw-probe#privacy.

[JayM]

You can install a flatpak of hw-probe in MXPI then run it.

[Stevo]

You can install a flatpak of hw-probe in MXPI then run it.

How many MB is that flatpak, out of curiosity?

[linuxbuild]

You can install a flatpak of hw-probe in MXPI then run it.

How many MB is that flatpak, out of curiosity?

6 MB

It includes dmidecode, acpica, smartctl, hdparm, hwinfo, lspci, lsusb, lm-sensors, dmesg, etc.

[Stevo]

You can install a flatpak of hw-probe in MXPI then run it.

How many MB is that flatpak, out of curiosity?

6 MB

It includes dmidecode, acpica, smartctl, hdparm, hwinfo, lspci, lsusb, lm-sensors, dmesg, etc.

Well, that's a reasonable size. Very nice!