On Tue, 2013-02-19 at 10:27 +0100, Olav Vitters wrote: > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 09:30:08AM +0800, Ma Xiaojun wrote: > > As you mentioned, YaST is probably providing a "Device Manager". > > So why "Device Manager" stuff has to be distro specific? > > Is it something distro specific by itself? > Thought I already mentioned that there are various tools for this. E.g. > http://fontanon.org/udevdiscover/ Ah, that reminds me: there is udev-browse [/usr/bin/udev-browse]. That lets you navigate all the hardware components. It is about as useful as the device manager on Windows - as neither will tell you as much about hardware that isn't working as you'd like to know. > Also seen loads of others. Still do not understand why this is oh so > important. I agree that this is a minor issue. If you are to the level of hardware and module debugging what you need is expertise, more than tools. Rule number one: by quality hardware that is known to work. My HP DV7-3085DX worked out-of-the-box. When it died I replaced it with an HP DV7-6B32US where - everything worked out of the box; it has been a very solid workhorse. I pre-screen hardware purchases to see if there are components likely to be problematic; finding hardware that will just-work has been pretty easy for years now. Don't buy crap off the store shelf on a whim. _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
