Old laptop... where do I find hardware specs
I have an old compaq laptop (like brfore Hp owned compaq) and I put slackware on it a couple of years ago an then got so busy with school I couldn't do anything with it. I would like to know how to get the harware specs so that I can try to get the drivers that I need, most inportant for me is the video because I hate that jitter skip thing it does when you drag a window and the drivers aren't loaded. ahhhh.
I heard that you can do this very easily with knopix. what do you all think? I was also thinking about putting something else like DSL or maybe even trying to find a more user friendly small linux out there. any suggestions? :newbie: |
Knoppix could tell you, but if you already have Slackware on it, tools like lspci will report back on all hardware devices, and the processor / memory / hard drive size, etc. will be available under /proc under the associated areas. Depending on your windowmanager, there might be a system manager option such as within KDE Control Center that breaks it down and shows all the info on your system.
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ok
alright so do I just go to the command line and type in lspci or /proc ?
I nkow these may be silly wuestions but I put linux on that machine so that I could learn how to use it.... just haven't learned yet! |
Welcome to LQ, j.funk!
The answer to your question (and more) can be found at: http://www.slackbook.org/ http://library.n0i.net/linux-unix/ad...are-unleashed/ http://www.slackbasics.org/ http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz Looks like you've got some reading to do! ;) Also, go to the Compaq website and search for documentation on your computer's model. |
thanks!!!!
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If you have time you should drive by the Linux on laptops site as well. an older laptop should be easy to find in the list and the how-to's usually cover the sound, modem and NIC.. this site can be a great resource when dealing with laptops.
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/compaq.html |
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