Hello,
I was wondering if there is any Linux equivalent to Windows Device Manager, or the Windows DevCon utility (a command line utility with hardware management functionality).
Do drivers even work the same way in Linux?
Thanks!
R
A:
Most device drivers in linux are kernel extension. You can list them with "lsmod", remove them with "rmmod" or load them with "modprobe".
txwikinger
2010-07-20 01:37:04
A:
Drivers are not same with Windows and Linux. You can under some circumstances load Windows devices drivers into a Linux kernel however.
About Linux device drivers:
Drivers can be complied into the Linux kernel or as modules. If they are modules, they can be (un)loaded on demand.
You can find information about a machines devices with these commands:
lspci
lsusb
My favorite is
lspci -nn
for names and numers.
Have a look at the man pages for the following commands:
modprobe
rmmod
lsmod
modinfo
In short:
modprobe loads a kernel module. rmmod removes kernel modile. lsmod lists the currently loaded modules. modinfo shows info about a specific module.
There are GUI apps as well. KDE has one in it's control center called kinfocenter I think.
Hope that helps.
sims
2010-07-20 01:53:19