How to add the feature to list the hardware and set it in the "add to panel"

[a.s]

I need a tool for setting the PC Hardware in fedora-linux GNOME GUI as is available in Windows OS and in ScLi-5. It is very helpful in trouble shooting the PC h/w.

Thanks

a.s

[lazlow]

yum install hwbrowser

[a.s]

how do you install hwbrowser? I am very new to linux.

thanks
as

[lazlow]

In a terminal type:

su - (su space dash, it will ask for your root password)

yum install hwbrowser

[a.s]

I got the following reply from the system:

[root@localhost ~]# yum install hwbrowser
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
core [1/3]

How to invoke this command in "Panel"

[lazlow]

It should show up under Sytem->Administration->Hardware

Right click on Hardware and add to panel

[a.s]

Originally Posted by lazlow

It should show up under Sytem->Administration->Hardware

Right click on Hardware and add to panel

No, I did not get the "Hardware" in system->administrator menu even after I tried the foregoing procedure.

Help requested.

Did it actually install?

You should get something like:

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
=============================================================================
Installing:
 hwbrowser               noarch     0.29-1.fc6       updates            91 k
Installing for dependencies:
 pyparted                i386       1.8.5-1.fc6      updates            24 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      2 Package(s)         
Update       0 Package(s)         
Remove       0 Package(s)         

Total download size: 115 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): hwbrowser-0.29-1.f 100% |=========================|  91 kB    00:01     
(2/2): pyparted-1.8.5-1.f 100% |=========================|  24 kB    00:00     
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing: pyparted                     ######################### [1/2] 
  Installing: hwbrowser                    ######################### [2/2] 

Installed: hwbrowser.noarch 0:0.29-1.fc6
Dependency Installed: pyparted.i386 0:1.8.5-1.fc6
Complete!

Wayne

[a.s]

No I did not get this message.
I got the following reply from the system:

after I had entered [root@localhost ~]# yum install hwbrowser

Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
core [1/3]

Thanks

Originally Posted by a.s

No I did not get this message.
I got the following reply from the system:

after I had entered [root@localhost ~]# yum install hwbrowser

Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
core [1/3]

Thanks

Do it again and let it finish.

Wayne

If you're running Gnome, you can also install Sysinfo 0.7. Download it to your desktop and double click on it to install:

http://gnomefiles.org/download.php?s...rpm%3Fdownload

Wayne

[a.s]

I tried again:

[root@localhost ~]# su -
[root@localhost ~]# yum install hwbrowser

The system responded with:

Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
core [1/3]

and after around 5 mints with:

Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core
[root@localhost ~]#

Type this and try again:

yum clean all

Wayne

[a.s]

No luck. (I am running Fedora-5, in GNOME mode, would it make a diffrence?)

[root@localhost ~]# yum clean all
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Cleaning up Everything
0 headers removed
0 packages removed
0 metadata files removed
0 cache files removed
0 cache files removed
[root@localhost ~]# su -
[root@localhost ~]# yum install hwbrowser
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
core [1/3]
Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core
[root@localhost ~]#

Looks like servers are busy or down. You may have to wait a while:

In the meantime you could try this:

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...1.fc5.i386.rpm

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...6-1.noarch.rpm

Download them to your desktop, open a Terminal and type:

su

give the root password and then type:

cd Desktop

rpm -ivh *.rpm

No guarantees though

Wayne