I've installed slackware on an old celeron coppermine box. I know how to find the name of the CPU, NIC, soundcard and hard disk by examining dmesg, but how do I find the name of the motherboard or chipset (is that the same thing?). I want to know so I can recompile my kernel and take out even more unnecessary drivers.

thanks

Open up your box and look on the MB for a name or a number identifier. If you can't find a name on it you can google the number on the board to identify it. The chipset no. should be labeled on that large IC on the MB. The large IC will be an Intel, SiS, ect. You can also learn the chipset upon boot up with some BIOS's. The first set of numbers that appear on the monitor after memory check I think. I've even seen the chipset listed in the BIOS setup. The MB should have a number identifier on it like Asus 815i or Intel 12345 or something like. On Dells you can search their site by the service tag number on the case for all that info. Hope this helps.

In a terminal as root issue "/sbin/lspci" and you'll get the necessary chipset
information for everything currently on or plugged into your motherboard.
The name of the motherboard manufacturer isn't important, you're right, it's
the chipset that matters.

thanks guys!!