Hardware 

See also: Administrative, Drives, Virtualization

North Bridge 

dmidecode 

View information about the motherboard and BIOS.

lspci 

Usage	Explanation
-m	lists PCI hardware

lscpu 

Display information about the current system’s processors.

lsusb 

Display attached USB devices.

sensors-detect 

Package: lm_sensors

Automatically find sensors on your motherboard. This generates a configuration file to be used with the “sensors” command.

sensors 

Displays the current temperature of your devices.

stress 

Package: stress

A utility for stress testing the processor, RAM, and/or storage.

Usage	Explanation
-c, –cpu	spawn CPU workers
-i, –io	spawn I/O workers in RAM and storage devices
-m,–vm	spawns RAM workers
–vm-bytes	specify bytes to write to RAM
-d, –hdd	spawn I/O workers on the actual drive
-t	timeout time
-v	verbose

stress-ng 

Package: stress-ng

An updated “next generation” stress utility.

netio 

Stress test utility for networks.

i8kctl 

Package: i8kutils.

A utility to manage fans on Dell laptops. By default, the BIOS will have full automatic control over the fans. That will need to be disabled for this utility to work properly.

Usage	Explanation
fan	show the current speed settings
fan 0 0	disable both the left and right fan
fan 1 1	set the fans to be on low speed
fan 2 2	set the fans to be on max speed

Audio 

alsamixer 

Package: alsa-utils

A CLI utility for volume control of the speakers.

speaker-test 

Usage	Explanation
-c 2	test audio output on stereo speakers
-D hw:<DEVICE>	test a specific audio device; you can get this information from /proc/asound/pcm

Example	Explanation
-D hw:0,0	test the 0,0 speakers

Graphics 

intel-gpu-tools 

Monitor utility for Intel integrated graphics.

nvidia-smi 

Monitor utility for Nvidia graphics cards. This only works with the proprietary “nvidia” driver.

Usage	Explanation
	show the resource and power utilization of the card
-i 0 -p1 <WATTS>	set the maximum amount of wattage that the first Nvidia card detected should use

Example	Explanation
-i 0 -p1 80	only allow the first Nvidia card to use up to 80 watts of power

aticonfig 

Monitor utility for AMD cards. This only works with the proprietary “fglrx” driver.

Usage	Explanation
-odgc -odgt

radeontop 

Monitor utility for AMD cards. This works with both the “fglrx” and open-source “radeon” driver.

xrandr 

Configure different display settings.

Usage	Explanation
–output <DISPLAY> –primary	change the primary monitor

glxinfo 

Displays information about the GPU driver and related libraries.

Example	Explanation
glxinfo \| grep “OpenGL version”	find the maximum supported OpenGL version

obmenu-generator 

Generate menu items for the Openbox window manager.

Usage	Explanation
-i	find and use icons for application
-p	create a menu that will always search for the latest installed applications
-s	create a menu once with the currently installed applications

Example	Explanation
-p -i	create a dynamic menu that contains icons for each application

mhwd 

The Manjaro Hardware Detection utility is used to install hardware drivers on Manjaro Linux.

Usage	Explanation
-a pci {free\|nonfree} 0300	install the graphics drivers automatically based on the hardware found
-l -d {–pci}	view available drivers that can be installed (optionally only for PCI devices)
-li -d {–pci\|–usb\|}	list installed drivers
-i pci <DRIVER>	manually install a new driver
-f -i pci <DRIVER>	force a re-install of a driver
-r <DRIVER>	remove a hardware driver

IPMI 

ipmitool 

Package: OpenIPMI-tools

Usage	Explanation
-I lanplus -H <IPADDR> -U <USER> -P <PASSWORD> {chassis\|power} status	remotely connect to IPMI to check the status of a particular component
-A MD5	use MD5 encryption for authentication
user list 1	show all users
-I lanplus -H <IPADDR> -U <USER> -P <PASSWORD> user set password 2 <NEWPASS>	reset password for a user

ipmitool lan 

Manage the network connection for the IPMI device.

Usage	Explanation
print 1	display the network settings
set 1 ipsrc {static\|dhcp}	change the network mode
set 1 ipaddr	set the IP address
set 1 netmask	set the subnet mask

Example	Explanation
set 1 ipsrc static	use static IP addressing
set 1 ipaddr 192.168.1.101	set the IP address
set 1 netmask 255.255.255.0	set the subnet mask

ipmicfg 

Configure IPMI.

Usage	Explanation
-raw 0x30 0x70 0x0c 0	view the LAN mode (dedicated, shared, or failover)
-raw 0x30 0x70 0x0c 1 0	set the LAN mode to dedicated
-raw 0x30 0x70 0x0c 1 1	set the LAN mode to shared
-raw 0x30 0x70 0x0c 1 2	set the LAN mode to failover

lUpdate 

IPMI firmware update utility.

Usage	Explanation
-i kcs -f	update IPMI’s firmware