MHR wrote:
> Over the weekend, I had to make a technical support call on one of my
> DVD burners, and at one point the recorded message mentioned I should
> have my serial number handy. I thought there was a way to read that
> from at least one piece of software on the system, but I couldn't
> remember one and man -k on a number of subjects was unrevealing.
>
> Can someone enlighten me (us)?
libsmbios is good getting Dell service tag serial number of system.
hal-device is good getting specific device information:
23: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_HL_DT_ST_GCR_8240N'
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_execpaths = { 'hal-storage-eject', 'hal-storage-closetray' } (string list)
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_argnames = { 'extra_options', 'extra_options' } (string list)
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_signatures = { 'as', 'as' } (string list)
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_names = { 'Eject', 'CloseTray' } (string list)
info.interfaces = { 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage', 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage' } (string list)
info.addons = { 'hald-addon-storage' } (string list)
block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_HL_DT_ST_GCR_8240N' (string)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_HL_DT_ST_GCR_8240N' (string)
storage.cdrom.write_speeds = { } (string list)
storage.cdrom.write_speed = 0 (0x0) (int)
storage.cdrom.read_speed = 4224 (0x1080) (int)
storage.cdrom.support_media_changed = true (bool)
storage.cdrom.hddvdrw = false (bool)
storage.cdrom.hddvd = false (bool)
storage.cdrom.bdre = false (bool)
storage.cdrom.bdr = false (bool)
storage.cdrom.bd = false (bool)
storage.cdrom.dvdplusrdl = false (bool)
storage.cdrom.dvdplusrwdl = false (bool)
storage.cdrom.dvdplusrw = false (bool)
storage.cdrom.dvdplusr = false (bool)
storage.cdrom.dvdram = false (bool)
storage.cdrom.dvdrw = false (bool)
storage.cdrom.dvdr = false (bool)
storage.cdrom.dvd = false (bool)
storage.cdrom.cdrw = false (bool)
storage.cdrom.cdr = false (bool)
storage.requires_eject = true (bool)
storage.hotpluggable = false (bool)
info.capabilities = { 'storage', 'block', 'storage.cdrom' } (string list)
info.category = 'storage' (string)
info.product = 'HL-DT-ST GCR-8240N' (string)
storage.size = 0 (0x0) (uint64)
storage.removable = true (bool)
storage.removable.media_available = false (bool)
storage.physical_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_27df_ide_0_0' (string)
storage.firmware_version = '1.10' (string)
storage.vendor = '' (string)
storage.model = 'HL-DT-ST GCR-8240N' (string)
storage.drive_type = 'cdrom' (string)
storage.automount_enabled_hint = true (bool)
storage.media_check_enabled = true (bool)
storage.no_partitions_hint = true (bool)
storage.bus = 'ide' (string)
block.is_volume = false (bool)
block.minor = 0 (0x0) (int)
block.major = 3 (0x3) (int)
block.device = '/dev/hda' (string)
linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3) (int)
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_27df_ide_0_0' (string)
linux.sysfs_path_device = '/sys/block/hda' (string)
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/block/hda' (string)
-Ross
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