Hardware¶
Table of Contents
See also: Administrative, Drives, Virtualization
North Bridge¶
sensors-detect¶
Package: lm_sensors
Automatically find sensors on your motherboard. This generates a configuration file to be used with the “sensors” command.
stress¶
Package: stress
A utility for stress testing the processor, RAM, and/or storage.
Usage |
Explanation |
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-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 |
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 |
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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¶
speaker-test¶
Usage |
Explanation |
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-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 |
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-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 |
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show the resource and power utilization of the card |
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-i 0 -p1 <WATTS> |
set the maximum amount of wattage that the first Nvidia card detected should use |
Example |
Explanation |
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-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 |
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-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 |
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–output <DISPLAY> –primary |
change the primary monitor |
glxinfo¶
Displays information about the GPU driver and related libraries.
Example |
Explanation |
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glxinfo | grep “OpenGL version” |
find the maximum supported OpenGL version |
mhwd¶
The Manjaro Hardware Detection utility is used to install hardware drivers on Manjaro Linux.
Usage |
Explanation |
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-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 |
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-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 |
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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 |
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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 |