Hardware probe

About

The Fedora Hardware Database is automatically created based on hardware probes collected by this RPM package and by this flatpak.

It is a part of the global Linux Hardware Database, the successor of Smolt project. The database is mirrored to a Github repository for statistical analysis by third parties.

Installation

# dnf install hw-probe

For RHEL/CentOS version 6 and 7 the package is available as well in the EPEL repository.

Usage

Submit your hardware:

# hw-probe -all -upload

Output:

   Probe for hardware ... Ok
   Reading logs ... Ok
   Uploaded to DB, Thank you!
   Probe URL: https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=c84b37d646

Decode ACPI tables (requires acpica package):

# hw-probe -all -upload -decode-acpi

Perform simple graphics tests (requires mesa-demos package):

# hw-probe -all -upload -check

Import created probes to a local directory:

# hw-probe -import ./Directory_to_save_index

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  A probe

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  Index of tested computers

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  List of probes

Reports backup

All collected reports are anonymized and dumped to this Github repository: https://github.com/linuxhw/

Statistics

By creating a hardware probe you contribute to the "HDD/SSD Real-Life Reliability Test" and "Devices with poor Linux-compatibility" studies.

Privacy

Private info is not collected. See privacy notes.