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New inxi, new man. Huge update, new line types, huge graphics upgrade, new

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switches, bug fixes, glitch fixes, enhancements, you name it, this has got it!!

Note that since this features a new primary line item (-j / --swap Swap:),
the version number has been bumped to 3.1.0, making this a major version
upgrade, the first since the new Perl inxi rewrite was launched, though of
course 3.0.0 contained many new line items as well, but this is the first
actually new line item since then.

Bugs:
1. Big bug fix: if -z used, and -p, and user had partitions mounted in $HOME
directory, the partitions would buggily duplicate in the output.

2. See Fix 1, inxi was reporting the wrong (or no in some cases) Xorg driver
because it was using the wrong Xorg log, it was only searcing in the original
/var/log/Xorg.0.log file, not the newer alternative path locations.

Fixes:
1. Both an enhancement and a fix, users reported Xorg log file location changes.
Fix is that now inxi uses wildcard searches of all readable locations that can
contain the log files, then collects a list of them, and uses the last modified
one. This ensures that the best possible guess is made about which actual
log file is current, which should lead to significantly more reliable Xorg
driver reports overall.

Note that this fix works for user level and root level, it will always use the
most recent readable file no matter what. For root, that should translate to
the most recent on an absolute level Xorg log file. This issue was caused by
gdm moving from Xorg.0.log to Xorg.1.log on some systems, but not all, and
also, the location is often but not always now:
~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.[01234..].log [except for root, which is why
root has to search for all user Xorg log files to find the most  recent one.

There were many red-herrings in this issue report, so it took some research to
dig through those to the real data sources.

2. Now that the compositor detection is out of early testing mode, enabled
always on compositor detection for Wayland systems. Since the compositor
is the Wayland display server, it makes sense to always show it if Wayland.
Note that there is still no known way to actually reliably get Wayland data
beyond simple environmental variables that let inxi detect Wayland is running
the desktop. Lack of reliable logs or debugging tools across Wayland compositors
makes this entire process about 10-50x more difficult than it should have been.

3. In keeping with 2., also moved compositor: item to be right after server:
item.

4. Debian bug:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?dist=unstable;package=inxi
requested that HTTP::Tiny be set to default always check SSL certificates.
Now inxi does that, and --no-ssl flag disables this, which makes the Perl
http downloader now work roughly the same as wget, curl, etc.

5. Man page fixes, added pointer placeholders for out of alphabetical order
options, so you can find anything by looking down the alpha sorted lists, like:
--swap - See -j. Since inxi is running out of single letters that match new
features, it's easier to point man readers to the right item without them
having to already know it to find it. Also added --dbg [2-xx] pointer to
github inxi-perl/docs/inxi-values.txt so people interested can learn how to
trip the various per feature screen debuggers.

Enhancements:
1. updated ubuntu ids, added 'focal LTS'.

2. USB Graphic devices added. This will add support for USB graphics adapters,
an uncommon but existing category, often used in SOC boards, for example, but
also on desktops, and things like USB webcams. Leaving these off was really
just an oversight, the programming internally had the data, it just wasn't
using it.

3. Support added for TV card type multimedia devices in Graphics. That was
actually a long term oversight, I'd simply missed that in the device ID
documentation, one of the multimedia device subtypes is Video device.

4. Huge, massive, internal upgrade to allow for -Ga output, which gives a
technically accurate Xorg > Display > Screen > Monitor breakdown. Note that
Display and Screen data come from xdpyinfo, and Monitor info comes from xrandr,
but if xrandr is missing, the Screen information shows.

Technically for -G, -Gxx, end users see very little difference except the per
Screen / per Monitor resolutions are listed with a 1: type counter per item.

Note that Xorg Screens are NOT Monitors, they are a virtual space Xorg constructs
out of the pieces of hardware that make up the Screen space. In many cases,
1 Xorg Screen contains only 1 Monitor, but the dimensions or dpi are frequenty
different.

New output items:
Display: ... display ID: [Xorg Screen identifier, like :0.0]; screens: [Total Xorg
Screens in current Display]; [s-default: [if > 1 Screens, default Screen number]]

Screen-x: [Screen number]; s-res: [Xorg Screen resolution];
s-dpi: [Xorg Screen dpi]; s-size: [Xorg Screen mm (inch) size;
s-diag: [diagonal of Xorg Screen size]

Monitor-x: [Monitor Xorg ID]; res: [Actual monitor pixel dimensions];
hz: [actual monitor reported frequency]; dpi: [actual monitor dpi as calculated
from actual monitor resolution/size; size: [actual monitor size in mm (inch);
diag: [actual diagonal size in mm (inch).

4a. -Gxx now shows Xorg s-dpi: for the Screen as well, after the main resolution
section for -G.

5. Big improvement in error messages and logging for Xorg driver detections,
this logic is much more robust now, but after the main driver fix, also much less
likely to ever be seen.

6. Almost not visible to users, but major internal graphics refactor allows now
for more modular treatment, and eventual Wayland data sourcing. Currently
most Wayland data sourcing is in stub form, or only logically possible, but
as it grows possible (if ever, since Wayland protocal appears to have totally
neglected enforcing single location logging, and single tool debugging for
the entire Wayland protocol of compositors, a massive oversight in my view).
The -Ga refactors internally made this much more possible, and I integrated
switches and tests, and fallbacks, and stubs in some locations, so it was
clear where current Xorg specific logic is, and where future Wayland logic
will fit in, sort of anyway.

7. Debugger tools added for new features, or most of them.

8. New primary line item: --swap / -j. This moves all swap data to a dedicated
Swap: line, which looks roughly the same as Partition: lines, but when -j/--swap
is used, all swap types, not only physical partition swaps, show. This should
make some users happy.

9. Added more cpu family IDs for Zen 2 series of cpu, tweaked some later
Intel cpu family ids in terms of cpu arch name tool.

10. By request, added ability filter out all UUID or Partition Label
strings in -j, -o, -Sa, -p, -P. Those are tripped by --filter-label and
--filter-uuid. Mostly useful in fringe cases, for example, replacing
label or UUID from -Sa kernel boot parameters with root=LABEL=<filter>,
or in cases you want to show full -v8 output without showing UUID or Labels,
whatever.

11. Added --no-dig/--dig plus configuration option NO_DIG=true. This disables
dig in cases where dig is installed but failed due to maybe network firewall
rules or something, and WAN IP detection fails. Normally you always want
to use dig, it's faster, more reliable, and safer, than all the other regular
downloader based methods, but we have seen server setups where for some reason
those types of dig requests were blocked, thus disabling WAN IP detection.

12. Added in WAN IP failure case, if dig was used, suggestion to try
again with --no-dig, since most users are unlikely to learn about this issue,
or the solution to it.

13. Added single letter shortcut -J for --usb, maybe this will help people
discover usb component of inxi, now you can request for instance: inxi -FJaz

14. Added xonsh to supported shells, that had tripped a perl undefined value
for start client bug since xonsh uses single word for version, xonsh/234
so the default value, 2nd word, was undefined.

15. More SSD and USB drive vendors from the endless fountain over at
Linux Hardware Database (linuxliteos.com).

Changes:
1. Small change in how screen resolutions are output in -G non -a mode,
now each Screen / Monitor will increment by 1 the 1: [resolution~hz] key.
This helps make it more readable. Note that in non -a mode, the increments
are just based on Screen, then Monitor, Monitor, Screen, and so on, counts.
Most users will only have one Screen systems, but more advanced setups may use
the Xorg > 1 Screen, each screen able to run > 1 monitors.

The counts in say, a 2 Screen system, with 3 monitors, would be:
1: res1 [from screen 0, monitor 1] 2: res2 [from screen 0, monitor 2]
3: res3 [from screen 1, monitor 1.

If xrandr is not installed, it would show:
1: res1 [from screen 0] 2: res2 [from screen 1]
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@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
.TH INXI 1 "2020\-03\-14" inxi "inxi manual"
.TH INXI 1 "2020\-04\-22" inxi "inxi manual"
.SH NAME
inxi \- Command line system information script for console and IRC
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBinxi\fR
\fBinxi\fR [\fB\-AbBCdDfFGhiIlmMnNopPrRsSuUVwzZ\fR]
\fBinxi\fR [\fB\-AbBCdDfFGhijJIlmMnNopPrRsSuUVwzZ\fR]
\fBinxi\fR [\fB\-c NUMBER\fR] [\fB\-t\fR
[\fBc\fR|\fBm\fR|\fBcm\fR|\fBmc\fR][\fBNUMBER\fR]]
[\fB\-v NUMBER\fR] [\fB\-W LOCATION\fR]
[\fB\-\-weather\-unit\fR {\fBm\fR|\fBi\fR|\fBmi\fR|\fBim\fR}] [\fB\-y WIDTH\fR]
\fBinxi\fR [\fB\-\-memory\-modules\fR] [\fB\-\-memory\-short\fR]
[\fB\-\-recommends\fR] [\fB\-\-slots\fR] [\fB\-\-usb\fR]
[\fB\-\-recommends\fR] [\fB\-\-slots\fR]
\fBinxi\fB [\fB\-x\fR|\fB\-xx\fR|\fB\-xxx\fR|\fB\-a\fR|\fB\-\-admin\fR] \fB\-OPTION(s)\fR
\fBinxi\fB [\fB\-x\fR|\fB\-xx\fR|\fB\-xxx\fR|\fB\-a\fR] \fB\-OPTION(s)\fR
All options have long form variants \- see below for these and more advanced options.
All short form options have long form variants \- see below for these and more advanced options.
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBinxi\fR is a command line system information script built for console
@ -44,23 +47,28 @@ Options can be combined if they do not conflict. You can either group the letter
together or separate them.
Letters with numbers can have no gap or a gap at your discretion, except when
using \fB \-t\fR.
using \fB \-t\fR. Note that if you use an option that requires an additional
argument, that must be last in the short form group of options. Otherwise
you can use those separately as well.
For example:
.B inxi
\fB\-AG\fR or \fBinxi \-A \-G\fR or \fBinxi \-c10\fR
\fBinxi \-AG\fR | \fBinxi \-A \-G\fR | \fBinxi \-b\fR | \fBinxi \-c10\fR
| \fBinxi \-FxxzJy80\fR
Note that all the short form options have long form equivalents, which are
listed below. However, usually the short form is used in examples in order to
keep things simple.
.SH STANDARD OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-A\fR,\fB \-\-audio\fR
Show Audio/sound card(s) information, including card driver.
.TP
.B \-b\fR,\fB \-\-basic\fR
Show basic output, short form. Same as: \fBinxi \-v 2\fR
.TP
.B \-B\fR,\fB \-\-battery\fR
Show system battery (\fBID\-x\fR) data, charge, condition, plus extra information
@ -99,27 +107,34 @@ piped or redirected. You must use the explicit runtime \fB\-c <color number>\fR
if you want color codes to be present in the piped/redirected output.
Color selectors for each type display (NOTE: IRC and global only show safe color set):
.TP
.B \-c 94\fR
\- Console, out of X.
.TP
.B \-c 95\fR
\- Terminal, running in X \- like xTerm.
.TP
.B \-c 96\fR
\- GUI IRC, running in X \- like XChat, Quassel,
Konversation etc.
.TP
.B \-c 97\fR
\- Console IRC running in X \- like irssi in xTerm.
.TP
.B \-c 98\fR
\- Console IRC not in X.
.TP
.B \-c 99\fR
\- Global \- Overrides/removes all settings.
Setting a specific color type removes the global color selection.
.TP
.B \-C\fR,\fB \-\-cpu\fR
Show full CPU output, including per CPU clock speed and CPU max speed (if available).
@ -146,9 +161,10 @@ The details for each CPU include a technical description e.g. \fBtype: MT MCP\fR
.B \-d\fR,\fB \-\-disk\-full\fR,\fB\-\-optical\fR
Show optical drive data as well as \fB\-D\fR hard drive data. With \fB\-x\fR, adds a
feature line to the output. Also shows floppy disks if present. Note that there is
no current way to get any information about the floppy device that I am aware of,
no current way to get any information about the floppy device that we are aware of,
so it will simply show the floppy ID without any extra data. \fB\-xx\fR adds a
few more features.
.TP
.B \-D\fR,\fB \-\-disk\fR
Show Hard Disk info. Shows total disk space and used percentage. The disk used
@ -162,20 +178,39 @@ has no access to the used amount.
Also shows per disk information: Disk ID, type (if present), vendor (if detected),
model, and size. See \fBExtra Data Options\fR (\fB\-x\fR options) and
\fBAdmin Extra Data Options\fR (\fB\-\-admin\fR options) for many more features.
.TP
.B \-\-filter\fR,\fB \-\-filter\-override\fR \- See \fB\-z\fR, \fB\-Z\fR.
.TP
.B \-\-filter\-label\fR
Filter partition label names from \fB\-j\fR, \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-p\fR,
\fB\-P\fR, and \fB\-Sa\fR (root=LABEL=...). Generally only useful in
very specialized cases.
.TP
.B \-\-filter\-uuid\fR
Filter partition UUIDs from \fB\-j\fR, \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-p\fR,
\fB\-P\fR, and \fB\-Sa\fR (root=UUID=...). Generally only useful in
very specialized cases.
.TP
.B \-f\fR,\fB \-\-flags\fR
Show all CPU flags used, not just the short list. Not shown with \fB\-F\fR in order
to avoid spamming. ARM CPUs: show \fBfeatures\fR items.
.TP
.B \-F\fR,\fB \-\-full\fR
Show Full output for inxi. Includes all Upper Case line letters except \fB\-W\fR,
plus \fB\-s\fR and \fB\-n\fR. Does not show extra verbose options such as
plus \fB\-\-swap\fR, \fB\-s\fR and \fB\-n\fR. Does not show extra verbose options such as
\fB\-d \-f \-i \-l \-m \-o \-p \-r \-t \-u \-x\fR unless you use those arguments in
the command, e.g.: \fBinxi \-Frmxx\fR
.TP
.B \-G\fR,\fB \-\-graphics\fR
Show Graphic card(s) information, including details of card and card driver,
display protocol (if available), display server (vendor and version number), e.g.:
display protocol (if available), display server (and/or Wayland compositor),
vendor and version number, e.g.:
\fBDisplay: x11 server: Xorg 1.15.1\fR
@ -183,15 +218,18 @@ If protocol is not detected, shows:
\fBDisplay: server: Xorg 1.15.1\fR
Also shows screen resolution(s), OpenGL renderer, OpenGL core profile version/OpenGL
version.
Also shows screen resolution(s) (per monitor/X screen), OpenGL renderer,
OpenGL core profile version/OpenGL version.
Compositor information will show if detected using \fB\-xx\fR option
or always if detected and Wayland.
Compositor information will show if detected using \fB\-xx\fR option.
.TP
.B \-h\fR,\fB \-\-help\fR
The help menu. Features dynamic sizing to fit into terminal window. Set script
global \fBCOLS_MAX_CONSOLE\fR if you want a different default value, or
use \fB\-y <width>\fR to temporarily override the defaults or actual window width.
.TP
.B \-i\fR,\fB \-\-ip\fR
Show WAN IP address and local interfaces (latter requires \fBifconfig\fR or
@ -211,10 +249,37 @@ Memory: report of \fB\-m\fR, not in \fB\Info:\fR.
Rasberry Pi only: uses \fBvcgencmd get_mem gpu\fR to get gpu RAM amount,
if user is in video group and \fBvcgencmd\fR is installed. Uses
this result to increase the \fBMemory:\fR amount and \fBused:\fR amounts.
.TP
.B \-j\fR, \fB\-\-swap\fR
Shows all active swap types (partition, file, zram). When this option is used,
swap partition(s) will not show on the \fB\-P\fR line to avoid redundancy.
.TP
.B \-J\fR,\fB \-\-usb\fR
Show USB data for attached Hubs and Devices. Hubs also show number of ports.
Be aware that a port is not always external, some may be internal, and either
used or unused (for example, a motherboard USB header connector that is not used).
Hubs and Devices are listed in order of BusID.
BusID is generally in this format: BusID-port[.port][.port]:DeviceID
Device ID is a number created by the kernel, and has no necessary ordering
or sequence connection, but can be used to match this output to lsusb
values, which generally shows BusID / DeviceID (except for tree view, which
shows ports).
Examples: \fBDevice-3: 4-3.2.1:2\fR or \fBHub: 4-0:1\fR
The \fBrev: 2.0\fR item refers to the USB revision number, like \fB1.0\fR or
\fB3.1\fR.
.TP
.B \-l\fR,\fB \-\-label\fR
Show partition labels. Default: main partitions \fB\-P\fR. For full \fB\-p\fR output,
use: \fB\-pl\fR.
.TP
.B \-m\fR,\fB \-\-memory\fR
Memory (RAM) data. Does not display with \fB\-b\fR or \fB\-F\fR unless you use \fB\-m\fR
@ -242,15 +307,18 @@ not dmi data. For most people, the data will be right, but a significant percent
users will have either a wrong max module size, if present, or max capacity.
See \fB\-\-memory\-modules\fR and \fB\-\-memory\-short\fR if you want a shorter report.
.TP
.B \-\-memory\-modules\fR
Memory (RAM) data. Show only RAM arrays and modules in Memory report.
Skip empty slots. See \fB\-m\fR.
.TP
.B \-\-memory\-short\fR
Memory (RAM) data. Show a one line RAM report in Memory, e.g.
\fBReport: arrays: 1 slots: 4 modules: 2 type: DDR4\fR
See \fB\-m\fR.
Memory (RAM) data. Show a one line RAM report in Memory. See \fB\-m\fR.
Sample: \fBReport: arrays: 1 slots: 4 modules: 2 type: DDR4\fR
.TP
.B \-M\fR,\fB \-\-machine\fR
Show machine data. Device, Motherboard, BIOS, and if present, System Builder (Like Lenovo).
@ -269,14 +337,17 @@ post an issue and we'll get it fixed if possible.
Due to unreliable vendor data, device type will show: desktop, laptop, notebook, server,
blade, plus some obscure stuff that inxi is unlikely to ever run on.
.TP
.B \-n\fR,\fB \-\-network\-advanced\fR
Show Advanced Network card information in addition to that produced by \fB\-N\fR.
Shows interface, speed, MAC ID, state, etc.
.TP
.B \-N\fR,\fB \-\-network\fR
Show Network card(s) information, including card driver. With \fB\-x\fR, shows PCI BusID,
Port number.
.TP
.B \-o\fR,\fB \-\-unmounted\fR
Show unmounted partition information (includes UUID and LABEL if available).
@ -287,14 +358,22 @@ if you have added to \fB/etc/sudoers\fR (sudo v. 1.7 or newer):
.B <username> ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/file (sample)
Does not show components (partitions that create the md\-raid array) of md\-raid arrays.
.TP
.B \-p\fR,\fB \-\-partitions\-full\fR
Show full Partition information (\fB\-P\fR plus all other detected mounted partitions).
.TP
.B \-P\fR,\fB \-\-partitions\fR
Show basic Partition information.
Shows, if detected: \fB/ /boot /home /opt /tmp /usr /usr/home /var /var/tmp /var/log\fR.
If \fB\-\-swap\fR is not used, shows active swap partitions (never shows file or
zram type swap).
Use \fB\-p\fR to see all mounted partitions.
.TP
.B \-\-processes\fR \- See \fB\-t\fR
.TP
.B \-r\fR,\fB \-\-repos\fR
Show distro repository data. Currently supported repo types:
@ -330,6 +409,7 @@ APT distros like PCLinuxOS or Alt-Linux)
More will be added as distro data is collected. If yours is missing please
show us how to get this information and we'll try to add it.
.TP
.B \-R\fR,\fB \-\-raid\fR
Show RAID data. Shows RAID devices, states, levels and components, and
@ -349,6 +429,7 @@ if there is demand, and reasonable reporting tools.
.B \-\-recommends\fR
Checks inxi application dependencies and recommends, as well as directories,
then shows what package(s) you need to install to add support for each feature.
.TP
.B \-s\fR,\fB \-\-sensors\fR
Show output from sensors if sensors installed/configured: Motherboard/CPU/GPU
@ -359,12 +440,17 @@ if present.
.TP
.B \-\-slots\fR
Show PCI slots with type, speed, and status information.
.TP
.B \-\-swap\fR \- See \fB\-j\fR
.TP
.B \-S\fR,\fB \-\-system\fR
Show System information: host name, kernel, desktop environment (if in X),
distro. With \fB\-xx\fR show dm \- or startx \- (only shows if present and
running if out of X), and if in X, with \fB\-xxx\fR show more desktop info,
e.g. taskbar or panel.
.TP
.B \-t\fR,\fB \-\-processes\fR
[\fBc\fR|\fBm\fR|\fBcm\fR|\fBmc NUMBER\fR] Show processes. If no arguments, defaults to \fBcm\fR.
@ -372,43 +458,27 @@ If followed by a number, shows that number of processes for each type
(default: \fB5\fR; if in IRC, max: \fB5\fR)
Make sure that there is no space between letters and numbers (e.g. write as \fB\-t cm10\fR).
.TP
.B \-t c\fR
\- CPU only. With \fB\-x\fR, also shows memory for that process on same line.
.TP
.B \-t m\fR
\- memory only. With \fB\-x\fR, also shows CPU for that process on same line.
If the \-I line is not triggered, will also show the system RAM used/total
information.
.TP
.B \-t cm\fR
\- CPU+memory. With \fB\-x\fR, shows also CPU or memory for that process on
same line.
.TP
.B \-\-usb\fR
Show USB data for attached Hubs and Devices. Hubs also show number of ports.
Be aware that a port is not always external, some may be internal, and either
used or unused (for example, a motherboard USB header connector that is not used).
Hubs and Devices are listed in order of BusID.
BusID is generally in this format: BusID-port[.port][.port]:DeviceID
Device ID is a number created by the kernel, and has no necessary ordering
or sequence connection, but can be used to match this output to lsusb
values, which generally shows BusID / DeviceID (except for tree view, which
shows ports).
Examples: \fBDevice-3: 4-3.2.1:2\fR or \fBHub: 4-0:1\fR
The \fBrev: 2.0\fR item refers to the USB revision number, like \fB1.0\fR or
\fB3.1\fR.
.TP
.B \-u\fR,\fB \-\-uuid\fR
Show partition UUIDs. Default: main partitions \fB\-P\fR. For full \fB\-p\fR
output, use: \fB\-pu\fR.
.TP
.B \-U\fR,\fB \-\-update\fR
Note \- Maintainer may have disabled this function.
@ -424,51 +494,65 @@ to that directory. See \fB\-\-man\fR or \fB\-\-no\-man\fR to force or disable
man install.
.TP
.B \-V\fR,\fB \-\-version\fR
.B \-\-usb\fR \- See \fB\-J\fR
.TP
.B \-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
inxi version information. Prints information then exits.
.TP
.B \-v\fR,\fB \-\-verbosity\fR
Script verbosity levels. If no verbosity level number is given, 0 is assumed.
Should not be used with \fB\-b\fR or \fB\-F\fR.
Supported levels: \fB0\-8\fR Examples :\fB inxi \-v 4 \fR or \fB inxi \-v4\fR
.TP
.B \-v 0
\- Short output, same as: \fBinxi\fR
.TP
.B \-v 1
\- Basic verbose, \fB\-S\fR + basic CPU (cores, type, clock speed, and min/max
speeds, if available) + \fB\-G\fR + basic Disk + \fB\-I\fR.
.TP
.B \-v 2
\- Adds networking card (\fB\-N\fR), Machine (\fB\-M\fR) data, Battery (\fB\-B\fR)
(if available). Same as: \fBinxi \-b\fR
.TP
.B \-v 3
\- Adds advanced CPU (\fB\-C\fR) and network (\fB\-n\fR) data; triggers \fB\-x\fR
advanced data option.
.TP
.B \-v 4
\- Adds partition size/used data (\fB\-P\fR) for (if present):
\fB/ /home /var/ /boot\fR. Shows full disk data (\fB\-D\fR)
.TP
.B \-v 5
\- Adds audio card (\fB\-A\fR), memory/RAM (\fB\-m\fR), sensors (\fB\-s\fR),
partition label (\fB\-l\fR), UUID (\fB\-u\fR), and short form of
optical drives.
partition label (\fB\-l\fR), UUID (\fB\-u\fR), full swap data (\fB\-j\fR),
and short form of optical drives.
.TP
.B \-v 6
\- Adds full mounted partition data (\fB\-p\fR), unmounted partition data (\fB\-o\fR),
optical drive data (\fB\-d\fR), USB (\fB\-\-usb\fR); triggers \fB\-xx\fR extra data
option.
\- Adds full mounted partition data (\fB\-p\fR),
unmounted partition data (\fB\-o\fR), optical drive data (\fB\-d\fR),
USB (\fB\-J\fR); triggers \fB\-xx\fR extra data option.
.TP
.B \-v 7
\- Adds network IP data (\fB\-i\fR); triggers \fB\-xxx\fR
.TP
.B \-v 8
\- All system data available. Adds Repos (\fB\-r\fR), PCI slots (\fB\-\-slots\fR),
processes (\fB\-tcm\fR), admin (\fB\-\-admin\fR). Useful for testing output and to
see what data you can get from your system.
.TP
.B \-w\fR,\fB \-\-weather\fR
Adds weather line. To get weather for an alternate location, use
@ -479,6 +563,7 @@ DO NOT USE THIS FEATURE FOR AUTOMATED WEATHER UPDATES! You will be blocked
from any further access. This feature is not meant for widget type
weather monitoring, or Conky type use. It is meant to get weather when you need to
see it, for example, on a remote server.
.TP
.B \-W\fR, \fB\-\-weather\-location <location_string>\fR
Get weather/time for an alternate location. Accepts postal/zip code[, country],
@ -500,6 +585,7 @@ Examples: \fB\-W 95623,us\fR OR \fB\-W Boston,MA\fR OR
DO NOT USE THIS FEATURE FOR AUTOMATED WEATHER UPDATES! Use of automated queries,
will result in your access being blocked. If you try to work around the ban, you
will be permanently banned from this service.
.TP
.B \-\-weather\-source\fR, \fB\-\-ws <unit>\fR
[\fB1\-9\fR] Switches weather data source. Possible values are \fB1\-9\fR. \fB1\-4\fR
@ -513,26 +599,31 @@ or be removed, so always test to verify which source is being used for each valu
if that is important to you. Data sources may be added or removed on occasions, so
try each one and see which you prefer. If you get unsupported source message, it means
that number has not been implemented.
.TP
.B \-\-weather\-unit <unit>\fR
[\fBm\fR|\fBi\fR|\fBmi\fR|\fBim\fR] Sets weather units to metric (\fBm\fR), imperial (\fBi\fR),
metric (imperial) (\fBmi\fR, default), imperial (metric) (\fBim\fR). If metric or imperial
not found,sets to default value, or \fBN/A\fR.
.TP
.B \-y\fR,\fB \-\-width <integer>\fR
This is an absolute width override which sets the output line width max.
Overrides \fBCOLS_MAX_IRC\fR / \fBCOLS_MAX_CONSOLE\fR globals, or the
actual widths of the terminal. \fB80\fR is the minimum width supported.
\fB\-1\fR removes width limits. Example: \fBinxi \-Fxx\ \-y 130\fR
.TP
.B \-z\fR,\fB \-\-filter\fR
Adds security filters for IP addresses, serial numbers, MAC,
location (\fB\-w\fR), and user home directory name. Removes Host:.
On by default for IRC clients.
.TP
.B \-Z\fR,\fB \-\-filter\-override\fR
Absolute override for output filters. Useful for debugging networking
issues in IRC for example.
.SH EXTRA DATA OPTIONS
These options can be triggered by one or more \fB\-x\fR.
Alternatively, the \fB\-v\fR options trigger them in the following
@ -553,6 +644,7 @@ OR
The following details show which lines / items display extra information for each
extra data level.
.TP
.B \-x \-A\fR
\- Adds (if available and/or relevant) \fBvendor:\fR item, which shows
@ -562,12 +654,14 @@ specific vendor [product] information.
device.
\- Adds PCI Bus ID/USB ID number of each Audio device.
.TP
.B \-x \-B\fR
\- Adds vendor/model, battery status (if battery present).
\- Adds attached battery powered peripherals (\fBDevice\-[number]:\fR) if
detected (keyboard, mouse, etc.).
.TP
.B \-x \-C\fR
\- Adds bogomips on CPU (if available)
@ -579,16 +673,19 @@ etc.). Only shows data if detected. Newer microarchitectures will have
to be added as they appear, and require the CPU family ID and model ID.
Examples: \fBarch: Sandy Bridge rev: 2\fR, \fBarch: K8 rev.F+ rev: 2\fR
.TP
.B \-x \-d\fR
\- Adds more items to \fBFeatures\fR line of optical drive;
dds rev version to optical drive.
.TP
.B \-x \-D\fR
\- Adds HDD temperature with disk data if you have hddtemp installed, if you are root
or if you have added to \fB/etc/sudoers\fR (sudo v. 1.7 or newer):
.B <username> ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/hddtemp (sample)
.TP
.B \-x \-G\fR
\- Adds (if available and/or relevant) \fBvendor:\fR item, which shows
@ -599,12 +696,13 @@ specific vendor [product] information.
\- Adds (for single GPU, nvidia driver) screen number that GPU is running on.
\- Adds PCI Bus ID/USB ID number of each Graphics card.
.TP
.B \-x \-i\fR
\- Adds IP v6 additional scope data, like Global, Site, Temporary for
each interface.
Note that there is no way I am aware of to filter out the deprecated
Note that there is no way we are aware of to filter out the deprecated
IP v6 scope site/global temporary addresses from the output of
\fBifconfig\fR. The \fBip\fR tool shows that clearly.
@ -635,6 +733,11 @@ versions.
\- Adds current runlevel (not available with all init systems).
\- If in shell (i.e. not in IRC client), adds shell version number, if available.
.TP
.B \-x \-J\fR (\fB\-\-usb\fR)
\- For Devices, adds driver(s).
.TP
.B \-x \-m\fR, \fB\-\-memory\-modules\fR
\- If present, adds maximum memory module/device size in the Array line.
@ -642,6 +745,7 @@ Only some systems will have this data available. Shows estimate if it can
generate one.
\- Adds device type in the Device line.
.TP
.B \-x \-N\fR
\- Adds (if available and/or relevant) \fBvendor:\fR item, which shows
@ -650,15 +754,18 @@ specific vendor [product] information.
\- Adds version/port(s)/driver version (if available) for each Network card;
\- Adds PCI Bus ID/USB ID number of each Network card.
.TP
.B \-x \-R\fR
\- md\-raid: Adds second RAID Info line with extra data: blocks, chunk size,
bitmap (if present). Resync line, shows blocks synced/total blocks.
\- Hardware RAID: Adds driver version, bus ID.
.TP
.B \-x \-s\fR
\- Adds basic voltages: 12v, 5v, 3.3v, vbat (\fBipmi\fR, \fBlm-sensors\fR if present).
.TP
.B \-x \-S\fR
\- Adds Kernel gcc version.
@ -668,29 +775,32 @@ a subset of distributions. The distro must be both derived from a parent distro
Ubuntu), and explicitly added to the supported distributions for this feature. Due to
the complexity of distribution identification, these will only be added as relatively solid
methods are found for each distribution system base detection.
.TP
.B \-x \-t\fR
.B \-x \-t\fR (\fB\-\-processes\fR)
\- Adds memory use output to CPU (\fB\-xt c\fR), and CPU use to memory
(\fB\-xt m\fR).
.TP
.B \-x \-\-usb\fR
\- For Devices, adds driver(s).
.TP
.B \-x \-w\fR,\fB \-W\fR
\- Adds humidity and barometric pressure.
\- Adds wind speed and direction.
.TP
.B \-xx \-A\fR
\- Adds vendor:product ID for each Audio device.
.TP
.B \-xx \-B\fR
\- Adds serial number, voltage (if available). Note that \fBvolts\fR shows the
data (if available) as the voltage now / minimum design voltage.
.TP
.B \-xx \-C\fR
\- Adds \fBL1 cache:\fR and \fBL3 cache:\fR if either are available. Requires
dmidecode and sudo/root.
.TP
.B \-xx \-D\fR
\- Adds disk serial number.
@ -711,11 +821,12 @@ For a PCIe 3 NVMe drive, with speed of \fB8 GT/s\fR and \fB4\fR lanes
(\fB8GT/s * 128/130 * 4 = 31.6 Gb/s\fR):
\fBspeed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4\fR
.TP
.B \-xx \-G\fR
\- Adds vendor:product ID of each Graphics card.
\- Adds compositor, if found (experimental).
\- Adds Xorg compositor, if found (always shows for Wayland systems).
\- For free drivers, adds OpenGL compatibility version number if available.
For nonfree drivers, the core version and compatibility versions are usually
@ -732,6 +843,10 @@ and loaded when checking the card. This can let you know there are other driver
Note that if you have explicitly set the driver in \fBxorg.conf\fR, Xorg will not
create this automatic check driver list.
\- If available, shows Xorg dpi (\fBs-dpi:\fR) for the active Xorg \fBScreen\fR
(not physical monitor). Note that the physical monitor dpi and the Xorg
dpi are not necessarily the same thing, and can vary widely.
.TP
.B \-xx \-I\fR
\- Adds init type version number (and rc if present).
@ -742,6 +857,16 @@ create this automatic check driver list.
type defaults.
\- Adds parent program (or tty) that started shell, if not IRC client.
.TP
.B \-xx \-j\fR (\fB\-\-swap\fR), \fB\-xx \-p\fR, \fB\-xx \-P\fR
\- Adds swap priority to each swap partition (for \fB\-P\fR) used, and for all
swap types (for \fB\-j\fR).
.TP
.B \-xx \-J\fR (\fB\-\-usb\fR)
\- Adds vendor:chip id.
.TP
.B \-xx \-m\fR, \fB\-\-memory\-modules\fR
\- Adds memory device Manufacturer.
@ -754,22 +879,27 @@ also shows serial number.
\- Adds single/double bank memory, if data is found. Note, this may not be 100% right
all of the time since it depends on the order that data is found in \fBdmidecode\fR
output for \fBtype 6\fR and \fBtype 17\fR.
.TP
.B \-xx \-M\fR
\- Adds chassis information, if data is available. Also shows BIOS
ROM size if using \fBdmidecode\fR.
.TP
.B \-xx \-N\fR
\- Adds vendor:product ID for each Network card.
.TP
.B \-xx \-R\fR
\- md\-raid: Adds superblock (if present) and algorithm. If resync,
shows progress bar.
\- Hardware RAID: Adds Chip vendor:product ID.
.TP
.B \-xx \-s\fR
\- Adds DIMM/SOC voltages, if present (\fBipmi\fR only).
.TP
.B \-xx \-S\fR
\- Adds display manager (\fBdm\fR) type, if present. If none, shows N/A.
@ -783,21 +913,22 @@ If none found, shows nothing. Uses a less accurate fallback tool \fBwmctrl\fR
if \fBps\fR tests fail to find data.
\- Adds desktop toolkit (\fBtk\fR), if available (Xfce/KDE/Trinity).
.TP
.B \-xx \-\-slots\fR
\- Adds slot length.
.TP
.B \-xx \-\-usb\fR
\- Adds vendor:chip id.
.TP
.B \-xx \-w\fR,\fB \-W\fR
\- Adds wind chill, heat index, and dew point, if available.
\- Adds cloud cover, rain, snow, or precipitation (amount in previous hour
to observation time), if available.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-A\fR
\- Adds, if present, serial number.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-B\fR
\- Adds battery chemistry (e.g. \fBLi\-ion\fR), cycles (NOTE: there appears to
@ -807,10 +938,12 @@ data is simply not available as of 2018\-04\-03), location (only available from
\fBdmidecode\fR derived output).
\- Adds attached device \fBrechargeable: [yes|no]\fR information.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-C\fR
\- Adds \fBboost: [enabled|disabled]\fR if detected, aka \fBturbo\fR. Not all CPUs
have this feature.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-D\fR
\- Adds disk firmware revision number (if available).
@ -822,15 +955,27 @@ able to detect all schemes, but handles the most common, e.g. \fBGPT\fR or \fBMB
Only appears if detected (SSD drives do not have rotation speeds, for example). If none
found, nothing shows. Not all disks report this speed, so even if they are spinnning,
no data will show.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-G\fR
\- Adds (if available) \fBcompositor:\fR version \fBv:\fR.
\- Adds (if available) Xorg \fBcompositor:\fR version \fBv:\fR (always shows if
found for Wayland systems).
.TP
.B \-xxx \-I\fR
\- For \fBShell:\fR adds \fB(su|sudo|login)\fR to shell name if present.
\- For \fBrunning in:\fR adds \fB(SSH)\fR to parent, if present. SSH detection
uses the \fBwho am i\fR test.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-J\fR (\fB\-\-usb\fR)
\- Adds, if present, serial number for non hub devices.
\- Adds \fBinterfaces:\fR for non hub devices.
\- Adds, if available, USB speed in \fBMbits/s\fR or \fBGbits/s\fR.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-m\fR, \fB\-\-memory\-modules\fR
\- Adds memory bus width: primary bus width, and if present, total width. e.g.
@ -844,9 +989,11 @@ present. If no total width data is found, then inxi will not show that item.
data available.
\- Adds device serial number.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-N\fR
\- Adds, if present, serial number.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-R\fR
\- md\-raid: Adds system mdraid support types (kernel support, read ahead, RAID events)
@ -855,6 +1002,7 @@ data available.
\- Hardware RAID: Adds rev, ports, and (if available and/or relevant)
\fBvendor:\fR item, which shows specific vendor [product] information.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-S\fR
\- Adds, if in X, or with \fB--display\fR, bar/dock/panel/tray items
@ -864,13 +1012,7 @@ lxpanel, xfce4\-panel, lxqt\-panel, tint2, cairo-dock, trayer, and many others.
\- Adds (if present), window manager (\fBwm\fR) version number.
\- Adds (if present), display manager (\fBdm\fR) version number.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-\-usb\fR
\- Adds, if present, serial number for non hub devices.
\- Adds \fBinterfaces:\fR for non hub devices.
\- Adds, if available, USB speed in \fBMbits/s\fR or \fBGbits/s\fR.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-w\fR,\fB \-W\fR
\- Adds location (city state country), observation altitude (if available),
@ -920,6 +1062,88 @@ available, and different from enclosure model/serial, and corrects block
sizes if necessary. Adds in drive temperature for some drives as well,
and other useful data.
.TP
.B \-a \-G\fR
Triggers a much more complete Screen/Monitor output on the
\fBDisplay:\fR line of \fB\-G\fR. Note that the
basic feature requires \fBxdpyinfo\fR, and the advanced per monitor
feature requires \fBxrandr\fR.
No support currently exists for \fBWayland\fR since we so far can find
no documentation or easy methods to extract this information from \fBWayland\fR
compositors. This unfortunate situation may change in the future, hopefully.
However, most \fBWayland\fR systems also come with \fBxwayland\fR,
which should supply the tools necessary for the time being.
Further note that all references to \fBDisplays\fR, \fBScreens\fR,
and \fBMonitors\fR are referring to the \fBX\fR technical terms,
not normal consumer usage. 1 \fBDisplay\fR runs 1 or more
\fBScreens\fR, and a \fBScreen\fR runs 1 or more \fBMonitors\fR.
\- Adds \fBDisplay\fR ID, for the Display running the Screen that runs the Monitors.
\- Adds total number of \fBScreens\fR listed for the current \fBDisplay\fR.
\- Adds default \fBScreen\fR ID if Screen (not monitor!) total is greater than 1.
\- Adds \fBScreen\fR line, which includes the ID (\fBScreen: 0\fR) then \fBs-res\fR
(Screen resolution), \fBs-dpi\fR, \fBs-size\fR and \fBs-diag\fR. Remember, this is an
Xorg \fBScreen\fR, NOT a monitor screen, and the information listed is about
the Xorg Screen! It may at times be the same as a single monitor system,
but usually it's different in some ways.
\- Adds \fBMonitor\fR ID(s). Monitors are a subset of a Screen, each of which
can have one or more monitors. Normally a dual monitor setup is 2 monitors
run by one Xorg Screen. Each monitor has the following data, if available:
\- \fBres:\fR resolution in pixels. This is the individual monitor's
reported pixel dimensions.
\- \fBhz:\fR frequency in Herz, as reported to Xorg. Note that there have been
and may continue to be bugs with how Xorg treats > 1 monitor frequencies.
\- \fBdpi:\fR dpi (dots per inch), aka, ppi (pixels per inch). This is the
physical screen dpi, which is calculated using the screen dimensions and its
resolution.
\- \fBsize:\fR size in mm (inches). Note that this is the real monitor size,
not the Xorg Screen size, which can be quite different (1 Xorg Screen can
for instance contain two or more monitors).
\- \fBdiag:\fR monitor screen diagonal in mm (inches). Note that this is
the real monitor size, not the Xorg full Screen diagonal size, which
can be quite different.
Sample (with both \fBxdpyinfo\fR and \fBxrandr\fR data available):
.nf
\fBinxi \-aG
Graphics:
....
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.6 driver: modesetting
display ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s\-res: 2560x1024 s-dpi: 96 s\-size: 677x271mm (26.7x10.7")
s\-diag: 729mm (28.7")
Monitor-1: DVI\-I\-0 res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 dpi: 96
size: 338x270mm (13.3x10.6") diag: 433mm (17")
Monitor-2: VGA\-0 res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 dpi: 86
size: 376x301mm (14.8x11.9") diag: 482mm (19")
....
.fi
.TP
.B \-a \-j\fR, \fB\-a \-P\fR , \fB\-a \-P\fR
\- Adds swappiness and vfs cache pressure, and a message to indicate
if the value is the default value or not (Linux only, and only if available).
If not the default value, shows default value as well, e.g.
For \fB\-P\fR per swap physical partition:
\fBswappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 90 (default 100)\fR
For \fB\-j\fR row 1 output:
\fBKernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 90 (default 100)\fR
.TP
.B \-a \-p\fR,\fB\-a \-P\fR
\- Adds raw partition size, including file system overhead, partition table, e.g.
@ -935,12 +1159,6 @@ not the raw size.
\- Adds partition filesystem block size if found (requires root and blockdev).
\- For swap, adds swappiness and vfs cache pressure, and a message to indicate
if it is the default value or not (Linux only, and only if available). If not,
shows default value as well, e.g.
\fBswappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 90 (default 100)\fR.
.TP
.B \-a \-S\fR
\- Adds kernel boot parameters to \fBKernel\fR section (if detected). Support
@ -975,6 +1193,11 @@ basically forces the downloader selection to use \fBPerl 5.x\fR \fBHTTP::Tiny\fR
which is generally slower than \fBCurl\fR or \fBWget\fR but it may help bypass
issues with downloading.
.TP
.B \-\-dig\fR
Temporary override of \fBNO_DIG\fR configuration item. Only use to test w/wo dig.
Restores default behavior for WAN IP, which is use dig if present.
.TP
.B \-\-display [:<integer>]\fR
Will try to get display data out of X (does not usually work as root user).
@ -1027,6 +1250,12 @@ Raise or lower max output limit of IP addresses for \fB\-i\fR. \fB\-1\fR removes
Updates / installs man page with \fB\-U\fR if \fBpinxi\fR or using \fB\-U 3\fR dev branch.
(Only active if \fB\-U\fR is is not disabled by maintainers).
.TP
.B \-\-no\-dig\fR
Overrides default use of \fBdig\fR to get WAN IP address. Allows use of normal
downloader tool to get IP addresses. Only use if dig is failing, since dig is much
faster and more reliable in general than other methods.
.TP
.B \-\-no\-host\fR
Turns off hostname in System line. This is default when using \fB\-z\fR,
@ -1048,7 +1277,7 @@ Disables man page install with \fB\-U\fR for master and active development branc
Skip SSL certificate checks for all downloader actions (\fB\-U\fR, \fB\-w\fR,
\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-i\fR). Use if your system does not have current SSL certificate
lists, or if you have problems making a connection for any reason. Works with
\fBWget\fR, \fBCurl\fR, and \fBFetch\fR only.
\fBWget\fR, \fBCurl\fR, \fBPerl HTTP::Tiny\fRand \fBFetch\fR.
.TP
.B \-\-no\-sudo\fR
@ -1161,6 +1390,12 @@ override default \fBps\fR source.
fetch. Shows more downloader action information. Shows some more information
for Perl downloader.
.TP
.B \-\-dbg [2\-xx]\fR
\- See github \fBinxi-perl/docs/inxi-values.txt\fR for specific specialized debugging
options. These can vary but tend to not change much, though they are added as
needed.
.TP
.B \-\-debug [1\-3]\fR
\- On screen debugger output. Output varies depending on current needs
@ -1338,6 +1573,9 @@ Overrides default. See \fB\-\-indent\-min\fR. If \fB80\fR or less, wrap will nev
\fBLIMIT\fR Overrides default of \fB10\fR IP addresses per IF. This is only of interest
to sys admins running servers with many IP addresses.
\fBNO_DIG\fR Set to \fB1\fR or \fBtrue\fR to disable WAN IP use of \fBdig\fR and force
use of alternate downloaders.
\fBNO_SUDO\fR Set to \fB1\fR or \fBtrue\fR to disable internal use of \fBsudo\fR.
\fBPARTITION_SORT\fR Overrides default partition output sort. See

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=====================================================================================
Version: 3.1.00
Patch: 00
Date: 2020-04-22
-----------------------------------
Changes:
-----------------------------------
New inxi, new man. Huge update, new line types, huge graphics upgrade, new
switches, bug fixes, glitch fixes, enhancements, you name it, this has got it!!
Note that since this features a new primary line item (-j / --swap Swap:),
the version number has been bumped to 3.1.0, making this a major version
upgrade, the first since the new Perl inxi rewrite was launched, though of
course 3.0.0 contained many new line items as well, but this is the first
actually new line item since then.
Bugs:
1. Big bug fix: if -z used, and -p, and user had partitions mounted in $HOME
directory, the partitions would buggily duplicate in the output.
2. See Fix 1, inxi was reporting the wrong (or no in some cases) Xorg driver
because it was using the wrong Xorg log, it was only searcing in the original
/var/log/Xorg.0.log file, not the newer alternative path locations.
Fixes:
1. Both an enhancement and a fix, users reported Xorg log file location changes.
Fix is that now inxi uses wildcard searches of all readable locations that can
contain the log files, then collects a list of them, and uses the last modified
one. This ensures that the best possible guess is made about which actual
log file is current, which should lead to significantly more reliable Xorg
driver reports overall.
Note that this fix works for user level and root level, it will always use the
most recent readable file no matter what. For root, that should translate to
the most recent on an absolute level Xorg log file. This issue was caused by
gdm moving from Xorg.0.log to Xorg.1.log on some systems, but not all, and
also, the location is often but not always now:
~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.[01234..].log [except for root, which is why
root has to search for all user Xorg log files to find the most recent one.
There were many red-herrings in this issue report, so it took some research to
dig through those to the real data sources.
2. Now that the compositor detection is out of early testing mode, enabled
always on compositor detection for Wayland systems. Since the compositor
is the Wayland display server, it makes sense to always show it if Wayland.
Note that there is still no known way to actually reliably get Wayland data
beyond simple environmental variables that let inxi detect Wayland is running
the desktop. Lack of reliable logs or debugging tools across Wayland compositors
makes this entire process about 10-50x more difficult than it should have been.
3. In keeping with 2., also moved compositor: item to be right after server:
item.
4. Debian bug:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?dist=unstable;package=inxi
requested that HTTP::Tiny be set to default always check SSL certificates.
Now inxi does that, and --no-ssl flag disables this, which makes the Perl
http downloader now work roughly the same as wget, curl, etc.
5. Man page fixes, added pointer placeholders for out of alphabetical order
options, so you can find anything by looking down the alpha sorted lists, like:
--swap - See -j. Since inxi is running out of single letters that match new
features, it's easier to point man readers to the right item without them
having to already know it to find it. Also added --dbg [2-xx] pointer to
github inxi-perl/docs/inxi-values.txt so people interested can learn how to
trip the various per feature screen debuggers.
Enhancements:
1. updated ubuntu ids, added 'focal LTS'.
2. USB Graphic devices added. This will add support for USB graphics adapters,
an uncommon but existing category, often used in SOC boards, for example, but
also on desktops, and things like USB webcams. Leaving these off was really
just an oversight, the programming internally had the data, it just wasn't
using it.
3. Support added for TV card type multimedia devices in Graphics. That was
actually a long term oversight, I'd simply missed that in the device ID
documentation, one of the multimedia device subtypes is Video device.
4. Huge, massive, internal upgrade to allow for -Ga output, which gives a
technically accurate Xorg > Display > Screen > Monitor breakdown. Note that
Display and Screen data come from xdpyinfo, and Monitor info comes from xrandr,
but if xrandr is missing, the Screen information shows.
Technically for -G, -Gxx, end users see very little difference except the per
Screen / per Monitor resolutions are listed with a 1: type counter per item.
Note that Xorg Screens are NOT Monitors, they are a virtual space Xorg constructs
out of the pieces of hardware that make up the Screen space. In many cases,
1 Xorg Screen contains only 1 Monitor, but the dimensions or dpi are frequenty
different.
New output items:
Display: ... display ID: [Xorg Screen identifier, like :0.0]; screens: [Total Xorg
Screens in current Display]; [s-default: [if > 1 Screens, default Screen number]]
Screen-x: [Screen number]; s-res: [Xorg Screen resolution];
s-dpi: [Xorg Screen dpi]; s-size: [Xorg Screen mm (inch) size;
s-diag: [diagonal of Xorg Screen size]
Monitor-x: [Monitor Xorg ID]; res: [Actual monitor pixel dimensions];
hz: [actual monitor reported frequency]; dpi: [actual monitor dpi as calculated
from actual monitor resolution/size; size: [actual monitor size in mm (inch);
diag: [actual diagonal size in mm (inch).
4a. -Gxx now shows Xorg s-dpi: for the Screen as well, after the main resolution
section for -G.
5. Big improvement in error messages and logging for Xorg driver detections,
this logic is much more robust now, but after the main driver fix, also much less
likely to ever be seen.
6. Almost not visible to users, but major internal graphics refactor allows now
for more modular treatment, and eventual Wayland data sourcing. Currently
most Wayland data sourcing is in stub form, or only logically possible, but
as it grows possible (if ever, since Wayland protocal appears to have totally
neglected enforcing single location logging, and single tool debugging for
the entire Wayland protocol of compositors, a massive oversight in my view).
The -Ga refactors internally made this much more possible, and I integrated
switches and tests, and fallbacks, and stubs in some locations, so it was
clear where current Xorg specific logic is, and where future Wayland logic
will fit in, sort of anyway.
7. Debugger tools added for new features, or most of them.
8. New primary line item: --swap / -j. This moves all swap data to a dedicated
Swap: line, which looks roughly the same as Partition: lines, but when -j/--swap
is used, all swap types, not only physical partition swaps, show. This should
make some users happy.
9. Added more cpu family IDs for Zen 2 series of cpu, tweaked some later
Intel cpu family ids in terms of cpu arch name tool.
10. By request, added ability filter out all UUID or Partition Label
strings in -j, -o, -Sa, -p, -P. Those are tripped by --filter-label and
--filter-uuid. Mostly useful in fringe cases, for example, replacing
label or UUID from -Sa kernel boot parameters with root=LABEL=<filter>,
or in cases you want to show full -v8 output without showing UUID or Labels,
whatever.
11. Added --no-dig/--dig plus configuration option NO_DIG=true. This disables
dig in cases where dig is installed but failed due to maybe network firewall
rules or something, and WAN IP detection fails. Normally you always want
to use dig, it's faster, more reliable, and safer, than all the other regular
downloader based methods, but we have seen server setups where for some reason
those types of dig requests were blocked, thus disabling WAN IP detection.
12. Added in WAN IP failure case, if dig was used, suggestion to try
again with --no-dig, since most users are unlikely to learn about this issue,
or the solution to it.
13. Added single letter shortcut -J for --usb, maybe this will help people
discover usb component of inxi, now you can request for instance: inxi -FJaz
14. Added xonsh to supported shells, that had tripped a perl undefined value
for start client bug since xonsh uses single word for version, xonsh/234
so the default value, 2nd word, was undefined.
15. More SSD and USB drive vendors from the endless fountain over at
Linux Hardware Database (linuxliteos.com).
Changes:
1. Small change in how screen resolutions are output in -G non -a mode,
now each Screen / Monitor will increment by 1 the 1: [resolution~hz] key.
This helps make it more readable. Note that in non -a mode, the increments
are just based on Screen, then Monitor, Monitor, Screen, and so on, counts.
Most users will only have one Screen systems, but more advanced setups may use
the Xorg > 1 Screen, each screen able to run > 1 monitors.
The counts in say, a 2 Screen system, with 3 monitors, would be:
1: res1 [from screen 0, monitor 1] 2: res2 [from screen 0, monitor 2]
3: res3 [from screen 1, monitor 1.
If xrandr is not installed, it would show:
1: res1 [from screen 0] 2: res2 [from screen 1]
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-- Harald Hope - Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:33:56 -0700
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Version: 3.0.38
Patch: 00