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Here’s my latest information on my latest boot of antiX using a Frugal USB environment and the inxi-gui, specifying inxi -zv8 and copying the output from the command window here (this is still the Lenovo X201 laptop I said that I would use today, but I was running from disk this morning, and running from USB this afternoon:

System:
  Kernel: 4.9.0-279-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc 
  v: 10.2.1 
  parameters: toram desktop=zzz-icewm frugal_home tz=America/New_York quiet 
  splasht disable=lxF 
  Desktop: IceWM 2.9.7 dm: N/A 
  Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-full Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 3249CTO v: ThinkPad X201 
  serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 3249CTO serial: <filter> BIOS: LENOVO 
  v: 6QET66WW (1.36 ) date: 05/31/2011 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 79.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 79.4/84.2 Wh (94.2%) 
  volts: 12.2 min: 10.8 model: Panasonic 42T4696 type: Li-ion 
  serial: <filter> status: Full 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.6 GiB used: 4.27 GiB (56.2%) 
  RAM Report: 
  permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7 M 620 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Nehalem family: 6 model-id: 25 (37) stepping: 5 microcode: 7 cache: 
  L2: 4 MiB bogomips: 21279 
  Speed: 1199 MHz min/max: 1199/2667 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 1199 2: 1199 3: 1199 4: 1466 
  Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov 
  constant_tsc cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts ept est flexpriority fpu 
  fxsr ht ida kaiser lahf_lm lm mca mce mmx monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc 
  nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pni popcnt pse pse36 
  rdtscp rep_good sep smx ss sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 syscall tm tm2 
  tpr_shadow tsc vme vmx vnmi vpid xtopology xtpr 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Vulnerable 
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; 
  SMT vulnerable 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 
  mitigation: Full generic retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0046 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: Lenovo Integrated Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
  bus-ID: 1-1.6:5 chip-ID: 17ef:4816 class-ID: 0e02 
  Display: server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: intel display-ID: :0.0 
  screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x211mm (13.3x8.3") 
  s-diag: 398mm (15.7") 
  Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1280x800 hz: 60 dpi: 125 size: 261x163mm (10.3x6.4") 
  diag: 308mm (12.1") 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-279-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e 
  v: 3.2.6-k port: 1820 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:10ea class-ID: 0200 
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
  modules: wl port: 1880 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4238 class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> scope: link 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found. 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 148.54 GiB used: 11.08 GiB (7.5%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: THNS128GG4BAAA-NonFDE 
  size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B 
  speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0203 scheme: MBR 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DTR30G2 
  size: 29.3 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A 
  serial: <filter> rev: PMAP scheme: MBR 
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure? 
  Message: No optical or floppy data found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: /live/boot-dev raw-size: 113.23 GiB size: 110.9 GiB (97.94%) 
  used: 11.08 GiB (10.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
  label: antiX-Frugal uuid: 943febc0-1b85-4cf5-b6c9-807acb58b1ad 
  ID-2: /media/EFI-LIVE raw-size: 4.1 MiB size: 4 MiB (99.38%) 
  used: 4 MiB (99.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 label: EFI-LIVE 
  uuid: 7249-CF0E 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 6 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -1 
  dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: swapantiX 
  uuid: 3772f554-04da-4154-89bc-b1e931af5bad 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 1.36 GiB fs: iso9660 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0020 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-1.2:3 info: KYE Systems (Mouse Systems) Trackbar Emotion 
  type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.0 
  speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0458:0007 class-ID: 0301 
  Device-2: 1-1.3:4 
  info: Upek Biometric Touchchip/Touchstrip Fingerprint Sensor 
  type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 1.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 147e:2016 class-ID: 0000 
  Device-3: 1-1.6:5 info: Lenovo Integrated Webcam type: Video 
  driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 200mA 
  chip-ID: 17ef:4816 class-ID: 0e02 
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0020 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 2-1.2:3 info: Kingston DTR30G2 type: Mass Storage 
  driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 300mA 
  chip-ID: 0951:16a2 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: 2-1.4:4 info: Qualcomm Qualcomm Gobi 2000 
  type: <vendor specific> driver: qcserial interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 05c6:9204 class-ID: 0000 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: 0.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1962 
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 1579 lib: 745 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
  1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/antix/bullseye bullseye main nosystemd nonfree
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list 
  1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
  1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
  1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
  2: deb http://security.debian.org/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 212 
  1: cpu: 17.5% command: firefox.real pid: 32853 mem: 662.5 MiB (8.5%) 
  2: cpu: 10.0% command: firefox-bin pid: 41162 mem: 163.8 MiB (2.1%) 
  3: cpu: 8.7% command: firefox-bin pid: 39077 mem: 234.1 MiB (3.0%) 
  4: cpu: 3.0% command: firefox-bin pid: 33095 mem: 219.6 MiB (2.8%) 
  5: cpu: 2.2% command: xorg pid: 11866 mem: 42.7 MiB (0.5%) 
  Memory top: 5 of 212 
  1: mem: 662.5 MiB (8.5%) command: firefox.real pid: 32853 cpu: 17.5% 
  2: mem: 234.1 MiB (3.0%) command: firefox-bin pid: 39077 cpu: 8.7% 
  3: mem: 219.6 MiB (2.8%) command: firefox-bin pid: 33095 cpu: 3.0% 
  4: mem: 163.8 MiB (2.1%) command: firefox-bin pid: 41162 cpu: 10.0% 
  5: mem: 126.1 MiB (1.6%) command: firefox-bin pid: 32933 cpu: 1.1% 
Info:
  Processes: 212 Uptime: 50m wakeups: 4 Init: runit v: N/A runlevel: 2 
  tool: service Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 
  running-in: roxterm inxi: 3.3.06 

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inxi unfortunately doesn’t do me much good, that version is too old, the newest cpu/gpu stuff is mostly in pinxi, some is in inxi 3.3.16, there have been a LOT of huge inxi updates since 3.3.06, it’s only because I don’t bump the second version number up unless there is a new line item feature, like -E or -G, that this isn’t now 4.x.x, but all the upgrades have been on existing features, expanding them, enhancing them, fixing issues with them, etc. I’d have to compare, but I think maybe 1/3 or more of the code has been changed since 3.3.06, hard to remember. A lot anyway.

CPU in particular got a huge upgrade some releases ago. I think that was 3.3.10 onwards, starting with 3.3.09, which had the cpu data debuggers added.

CPU and Graphics have had I think over 2000 lines of code added, and were both almost completely refactored, CPU was completely rewritten from the ground up to handle failure cases the old logic was not able to deal with, and a big chunk of graphics was also completely rewritten, to handle wayland and other complex situation..yes, checked, the GPU upgrade was 3.3.13 ongoing to 3.3.17, next inxi. Those were two of the oldest blocks of logic in inxi, and had a lot of real issues dealing with more complicated situations, they were both simplistic and old internally, both are much better now.

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I’m going to have to get a new version then.

We’re watching our nephew this evening but I will get a newer version soon.

What is the best stable version that antiX may want to add in the near future?

I’d love to test it out and then recommend the next version. Thanks!

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You’ll want 3.3.17, 3.3.16 was a point release to rush out nvidia gpu microarchitecture when nvidia announced open sourcing kernel driver for their newer Turing and Ampere and newer microarchitectures, 3.3.17 finishes that and added AMD and Intel, and a lot of other bug fixes, along with a really big internal optimization I’d wanted to do for a while. 3.3.17 also extends the gpu data features to cpu as well, making it fairly complete. I’m being patient on 3.3.17 because 3.3.16 went out so fast, so this one I’m using the time to clean up code, bugs, etc, found and fixed quite a few very long term issues as well, which was nice.

3.3.17 will be out in a few days, unless other glitches or issues pop up. Wnen you run current pinxi, you will be testing it out, and better to find issues before release than after.

First thing I install on a system is pinxi, second thing I do is: chown me:me the file in /usr/local/bin so I can use -U or -U 3 as regular user, or chmod 666 /usr/local/bin/pinxi, either works fine. Then each time I login to test something, I just do pinxi -U or -U 3, depending on what I’m doing. -U 3 isn’t really for users, just people actively testing, so they or I can verify a fix for an issue worked, or isn’t working, or to pop in some debuggers, whatever, -U usually is what you want since that just grabs the latest github pinxi I’ve committed.

3.3.16 also started the process of also opening some backend tools I use for pinxi data, so those aren’t black boxes anymore, but that’s only of interest to developers and the curious.

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Thanks Harold, I look forward to running the updated software.

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I’m here with a remastered Live USB; note Harold suggests that we get a current version of inxi in the next week or so;
he’ll have a fresh, tested version in place by then that contains many additional improvements.

Meanwhile, here’s my latest:

inxi -Fxz
System:
  Kernel: 4.9.0-279-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc 
  v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM 2.9.7 
  Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-full Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 3249CTO v: ThinkPad X201 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 3249CTO serial: <filter> BIOS: LENOVO 
  v: 6QET66WW (1.36 ) date: 05/31/2011 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 79.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 79.4/84.2 Wh (94.2%) 
  volts: 12.2 min: 10.8 model: Panasonic 42T4696 status: Full 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7 M 620 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Nehalem rev: 5 cache: L2: 4 MiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 21280 
  Speed: 1333 MHz min/max: 1199/2667 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 1333 2: 1199 3: 1199 4: 1199 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 
  Device-2: Lenovo Integrated Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
  bus-ID: 1-1.6:5 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: intel 
  resolution: 1280x800~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (ILK) v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-279-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e 
  v: 3.2.6-k port: 1820 bus-ID: 00:19.0 
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
  port: 1880 bus-ID: 02:00.0 
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 148.54 GiB used: 4 MiB (0.0%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: THNS128GG4BAAA-NonFDE 
  size: 119.24 GiB 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DTR30G2 size: 29.3 GiB 
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 6 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0 C mobo: 0.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3161 
Info:
  Processes: 182 Uptime: 5m Memory: 7.6 GiB used: 3.41 GiB (44.8%) 
  Init: runit runlevel: 2 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 Packages: 1579 Shell: Bash 
  v: 5.1.4 inxi: 3.3.06

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I don’t have our latest 4 series kernel here; on my installed instance I made the change.

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I’m using a different piece of hardware again today, and it’s another one where at the present time I have ONLY antiX installed.
I hope to spend some time later today acquiring a newer version of the excellent h2 tool inxi. In the meantime, here is
what the inxi-gui version I have available says about the system I am using now:

System:
  Kernel: 5.17.0-11.1-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  parameters: audit=0 intel_pstate=disable hpet=disable 
  BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.17.0-11.1-liquorix-amd64 
  root=UUID=aee72af0-ef89-4139-bcbe-a544c99b9c72 ro audit=0 
  intel_pstate=disable vga=895 quiet selinux=0 
  Desktop: IceWM 2.9.7 dm: N/A 
  Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-base Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: s5747c v: N/A 
  serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 3 serial: N/A 
  Mobo: PEGATRON model: 2A6C v: 5.00 serial: <filter> 
  BIOS: American Megatrends v: 6.01 date: 09/29/2010 
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present? 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 3.59 GiB used: 1.12 GiB (31.3%) 
  Array-1: capacity: 8 GiB slots: 2 EC: None max-module-size: 4 GiB 
  note: est. 
  Device-1: DIMM0 size: 2 GiB speed: 800 MT/s type: DDR2 detail: synchronous 
  bus-width: 64 bits total: 64 bits manufacturer: AD00000000000000 
  part-no: HYMP125U64CP8-S6 serial: N/A 
  Device-2: DIMM1 size: 2 GiB speed: 800 MT/s type: DDR2 detail: synchronous 
  bus-width: 64 bits total: 64 bits manufacturer: AD00000000000000 
  part-no: HYMP125U64CP8-S6 serial: N/A 
PCI Slots:
  Slot: 32 type: 32-bit PCI Express PCI-E x16 status: Available 
  length: Short 
  Slot: 33 type: 32-bit PCI Express PCI-E x1 status: In Use length: Short 
  Slot: 34 type: 32-bit PCI Express PCI-E x1 status: Available length: Short 
  Slot: 35 type: 32-bit PCI PCI1 status: Available length: Short 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: AMD Athlon II X2 255 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: K10 
  family: 10 (16) model-id: 6 stepping: 3 microcode: 10000C8 cache: 
  L1: 256 KiB L2: 2 MiB bogomips: 12456 
  Speed: 3100 MHz min/max: 800/3100 MHz base/boost: 3100/3100 volts: 1.5 V 
  ext-clock: 200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3100 2: 3100 
  Flags: 3dnow 3dnowext 3dnowprefetch abm apic clflush cmov cmp_legacy 
  constant_tsc cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de extapic extd_apicid fpu fxsr 
  fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibs lahf_lm lbrv lm mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext 
  monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw pae pat pdpe1gb 
  pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rdtscp rep_good sep skinit sse sse2 sse4a svm 
  svm_lock syscall tsc vme vmmcall wdt 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: nvidiafb v: kernel alternate: nouveau bus-ID: 00:0d.0 
  chip-ID: 10de:03d0 class-ID: 0300 
  Display: server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: fbdev,nouveau 
  unloaded: modesetting,vesa alternate: nv display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.0x11.3") 
  s-diag: 583mm (23") 
  Monitor-1: default res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 11.0.1 128 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.3.5 
  compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA MCP61 High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:05.0 chip-ID: 10de:03f0 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.17.0-11.1-liquorix-amd64 running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: NVIDIA MCP61 Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  type: network bridge driver: forcedeth v: kernel port: e480 
  bus-ID: 00:07.0 chip-ID: 10de:03ef class-ID: 0680 
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Ralink RT2790 Wireless 802.11n 1T/2R PCIe vendor: Lite-On 
  driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1814:0781 
  class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> scope: link 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found. 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 698.64 GiB used: 12.32 GiB (1.8%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST3750528AS 
  family: Barracuda 7200.12 size: 698.64 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B 
  logical: 512 B sata: 2.6 speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 
  serial: <filter> rev: HP35 temp: 32 C scheme: MBR 
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 53d 17h cycles: 502 Pre-Fail: 
  attribute: Spin_Retry_Count value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97 
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: hp model: DVD A DH16ABLH rev: 3HD9 
  dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw 
  Features: speed: 40 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes 
  rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 693.13 GiB size: 681.18 GiB (98.28%) 
  used: 12.32 GiB (1.8%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda1 
  maj-min: 8:1 label: rootantiX21 uuid: aee72af0-ef89-4139-bcbe-a544c99b9c72 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 5.5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: swapantiX 
  uuid: 6d217687-2ca8-442f-9edd-6a82740bac35 
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found. 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-9:4 info: Realtek USB 2.0 multicard reader type: Mass Storage 
  driver: ums-realtek interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA 
  chip-ID: 0bda:0158 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter> 
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 1.1 
  speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 2-1:2 info: Primax HP Multimedia Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 0461:4d8a class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: 2-2:3 info: KYE Systems (Mouse Systems) Trackbar Emotion 
  type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.0 
  speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0458:0007 class-ID: 0301 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 28.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 1259 lib: 600 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
  1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/antix/bullseye bullseye main nosystemd nonfree
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list 
  1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
  1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
  1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
  2: deb http://security.debian.org/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/liquorix.list 
  1: deb https://liquorix.net/debian bullseye main
  2: deb-src https://liquorix.net/debian bullseye main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list 
  1: deb http://deb.opera.com/opera stable non-free
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 151 
  1: cpu: 14.4% command: firefox-bin pid: 7021 mem: 242.3 MiB (6.5%) 
  2: cpu: 11.5% command: firefox pid: 6746 mem: 468.0 MiB (12.7%) 
  3: cpu: 1.1% command: xorg pid: 1500 mem: 109.6 MiB (2.9%) 
  4: cpu: 0.8% command: firefox-bin pid: 6852 mem: 115.3 MiB (3.1%) 
  5: cpu: 0.5% command: sudo pid: 15465 mem: 4.81 MiB (0.1%) 
  Memory top: 5 of 151 
  1: mem: 468.0 MiB (12.7%) command: firefox pid: 6746 cpu: 11.5% 
  2: mem: 242.3 MiB (6.5%) command: firefox-bin pid: 7021 cpu: 14.4% 
  3: mem: 115.3 MiB (3.1%) command: firefox-bin pid: 6852 cpu: 0.8% 
  4: mem: 109.6 MiB (2.9%) command: xorg pid: 1500 cpu: 1.1% 
  5: mem: 107.3 MiB (2.9%) command: firefox-bin pid: 6875 cpu: 0.1% 
Info:
  Processes: 151 Uptime: 1h 51m wakeups: 1 Init: runit v: N/A runlevel: 2 
  tool: service Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10/9 Shell: inxi-gui (sudo) 
  default: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: roxterm inxi: 3.3.06

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As I promised Harold, I would get a newer copy of inxi. If you simply click on one of the inxi references in a recent h2 signature, you can get a fresh copy too.

Here is a similar report with different options selected AND a much more current version of inxi:

./inxi
CPU: dual core AMD Athlon II X2 255 (-MCP-) speed/min/max: 3100/800/3100 MHz
Kernel: 5.17.0-11.1-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 Up: 2h 10m
Mem: 1133.8/3679.9 MiB (30.8%) Storage: 698.64 GiB (1.3% used) Procs: 146
Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.16
[antix21]/home/masinick/bin/inxi-master: > ./inxi -Fxz
System:
  Kernel: 5.17.0-11.1-liquorix-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 2.9.7
    Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-base Grup Yorum 30 October 2021
    base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: s5747c v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: PEGATRON model: 2A6C v: 5.00 serial: <superuser required>
    BIOS: American Megatrends v: 6.01 date: 09/29/2010
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: AMD Athlon II X2 255 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: K10
    rev: 3 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 2 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3100 min/max: 800/3100 boost: disabled cores: 1: 3100
    2: 3100 bogomips: 12456
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: nvidiafb v: kernel arch: Curie bus-ID: 00:0d.0
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: fbdev,nouveau
    unloaded: modesetting,vesa gpu: nvidiafb resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 11.0.1 128 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.3.5
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA MCP61 High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:05.0
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.17.0-11.1-liquorix-amd64 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: NVIDIA MCP61 Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    type: network bridge driver: forcedeth v: kernel port: e480 bus-ID: 00:07.0
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Ralink RT2790 Wireless 802.11n 1T/2R PCIe vendor: Lite-On
    driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 03:00.0
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 698.64 GiB used: 9.27 GiB (1.3%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST3750528AS size: 698.64 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 681.18 GiB used: 9.27 GiB (1.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 5.5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 25.9 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 146 Uptime: 2h 11m Memory: 3.59 GiB used: 1.1 GiB (30.7%)
  Init: runit runlevel: 2 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 Packages: 1259 Shell: Bash
  v: 5.1.4 inxi: 3.3.16

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BTW, I understand that inxi 3.3.17 will be complete soon; if you want to try it out get the most current GIT version. I may do so later, but I’ve got some other things to do today, so it may have to “wait” a bit longer.

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Loo, I don’t know why this is so difficult to communicate. pinxi is next inxi. To get latest, you have to get pinxi, inxi doesn’t change until it becomes next inxi.

sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/pinxi smxi.org/pinxi && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/pinxi

Install once, run forever via pinxi -U

pinxi bypasses everything belonging to inxi, including its configurations etc

It takes roughly 15 seconds to install or update pinxi, ok, 3 seconds to update pinxi, 15 seconds to install it. This is by design, to make the process as easy as humanly possible.

In order to see what will probably become next inxi, run pinxi. Note that pinxi isn’t totally consistent, I may add or remove things as they are tested, accepted, or rejected, or I may slightly change output behaviors after seeing it work for a while. For example, a lot more nvidia data shows with -Ga and –gpu, which gives a significantly enhanced nvidia gpu support output. inxi 3.3.16 doesn’t have –gpu. 3.3.17 will.

But my intention wasn’t to derail this thread, so I’ll leave it at that.

But what I was ‘here’ with was the latest dev version of pinxi, running on various hardwares.

Note that the new gpu data is progressive, it shows more and more the more verbosity is used, and also depends on extra arguments for 3.3.1x series since a lot more stuff was added. Stuff like –edid and –gpu will trigger a lot more graphics data, –edid extends the edid data output per monitor, –gpu mainly extends nvidia data, but adds one item to intel/amd gpu data.

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I used the links in the h2 signature to get the most recent (released) inxi and it wasn’t difficult at all.
But once I got to the site, I also saw the exact description that Harold provided above, and he’s absolutely right.
No matter which “method” you use to get either inxi or smxi, or any other tool, for that matter, it’s rarely complicated, and these specific tools are definitely quick and easy to download.

In my case, I grabbed a zip copy, unzipped the files and put the stuff in my own personal location; easy, done.

Here’s a detailed report on my system, which has been sitting idle for an hour or so until I unlocked it a few minutes ago.
This detailed report comes from a downloaded, stable version of inxi:

bin/inxi -zv8
System:
  Kernel: 4.9.0-294-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 10.2.1 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-294-antix.1-amd64-smp
    root=UUID=aee72af0-ef89-4139-bcbe-a544c99b9c72 ro audit=0
    intel_pstate=disable vga=895 quiet selinux=0
  Desktop: IceWM v: 2.9.7 vt: 7 dm: N/A
    Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-base Grup Yorum 30 October 2021
    base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: s5747c v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: PEGATRON model: 2A6C v: 5.00 serial: <superuser required>
    BIOS: American Megatrends v: 6.01 date: 09/29/2010
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 3.62 GiB used: 379.1 MiB (10.2%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Athlon II X2 255 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: K10
    family: 0x10 (16) model-id: 6 stepping: 3 microcode: 0x10000C8
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-2x64 KiB; i-2x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 2x1024 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3100 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 800 2: 800 bogomips: 12456
  Flags: 3dnow 3dnowext 3dnowprefetch abm apic clflush cmov cmp_legacy
    constant_tsc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de extapic extd_apicid fpu fxsr fxsr_opt
    ht hw_pstate ibs lahf_lm lbrv lm mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor
    msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw pae pat pdpe1gb pge pni
    popcnt pse pse36 rdtscp rep_good sep skinit sse sse2 sse4a svm svm_lock
    syscall tsc vme vmmcall wdt
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2
    mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: N/A alternate: nouveau non-free: series: 304.xx
    status: legacy (EOL) last: release: 304.137 kernel: 4.13 xorg: 1.19
    arch: Curie process: 90-130nm bus-ID: 00:0d.0 chip-ID: 10de:03d0
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: nouveau,vesa
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting alternate: nv gpu: N/A display-ID: :0.0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 271x203mm (10.67x7.99")
    s-diag: 339mm (13.33")
  Monitor-1: default res: 1024x768 size: N/A modes: N/A
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 11.0.1 128 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.3.5
    compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA MCP61 High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:05.0 chip-ID: 10de:03f0
    class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-294-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: NVIDIA MCP61 Ethernet vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    type: network bridge driver: forcedeth v: kernel port: e480 bus-ID: 00:07.0
    chip-ID: 10de:03ef class-ID: 0680
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Ralink RT2790 Wireless 802.11n 1T/2R PCIe vendor: Lite-On
    driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1814:0781
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 698.64 GiB used: 8.77 GiB (1.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST3750528AS
    size: 698.64 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: HP35 scheme: MBR
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: hp model: DVD A DH16ABLH rev: 3HD9
    dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw
  Features: speed: 40 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 693.13 GiB size: 681.18 GiB (98.28%)
    used: 8.77 GiB (1.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
    label: rootantiX21 uuid: aee72af0-ef89-4139-bcbe-a544c99b9c72
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 5.5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -1 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: swapantiX
    uuid: 6d217687-2ca8-442f-9edd-6a82740bac35
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 10 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-9:4 info: Realtek USB 2.0 multicard reader type: Mass Storage
    driver: ums-realtek interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 0bda:0158 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 10 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-1:2 info: Primax HP Multimedia Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 0461:4d8a class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 2-2:3 info: KYE Systems (Mouse Systems) Trackbar Emotion
    type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.0
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0458:0007 class-ID: 0301
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 21.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 1258 lib: 600
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
    1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/antix/bullseye bullseye main nosystemd nonfree
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/liquorix.list
    1: deb https://liquorix.net/debian bullseye main
    2: deb-src https://liquorix.net/debian bullseye main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list
    1: deb http://deb.opera.com/opera stable non-free
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 153
  1: cpu: 1.6% command: zzzfm pid: 14542 mem: 33.6 MiB (0.9%)
  2: cpu: 0.6% command: conky pid: 14623 mem: 9.71 MiB (0.2%)
  3: cpu: 0.4% command: xorg pid: 1473 mem: 77.2 MiB (2.0%)
  4: cpu: 0.3% command: roxterm pid: 16010 mem: 29.4 MiB (0.7%)
  5: cpu: 0.2% command: runsv pid: 1298 mem: 1.19 MiB (0.0%)
  Memory top: 5 of 153
  1: mem: 77.2 MiB (2.0%) command: xorg pid: 1473 cpu: 0.4%
  2: mem: 33.6 MiB (0.9%) command: zzzfm pid: 14542 cpu: 1.6%
  3: mem: 29.4 MiB (0.7%) command: roxterm pid: 16010 cpu: 0.3%
  4: mem: 18.0 MiB (0.4%) command: icewm pid: 14517 cpu: 0.1%
  5: mem: 12.3 MiB (0.3%) command: slimski pid: 1325 cpu: 0.0%
Info:
  Processes: 153 Uptime: 1h 27m wakeups: 1 Init: runit v: N/A runlevel: 2
  tool: service Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10/9 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4
  running-in: roxterm inxi: 3.3.16

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It’s much easier to just skip those steps and do: sudo inxi -U

Unless you are using Unit193’s inxi package, which is what ubuntu and debian use, -U will work always. If it doesn’t work, it means it’s been disabled in /etc/inxi.conf so you have to change to: B_ALLOW_UPDATE=’true’

pinxi doesn’t use /etc/inxi.conf, so that’s not an issue for it ever.

I generally recommend users use the -U option if the inxi version in their repos isn’t generally updated to current fairly soon after current updates.

Note that sudo inxi -U updates the man page and inxi. For pinxi, to update the man page too, you have to do: sudo pinxi -U --man

Running an alternate version of inxi is just asking for confusion, lol, that’s why pinxi exists, so that you can run the stable inxi and the unstable pinxi at the same time without conflicts or forgetting which version has priority in $PATH>

Nothing other than current stable inxi exists, there are no other inxi versions, so the git master branch inxi is always by definition current latest stable.

I know unit93 has a small script running that alerts him to when the next ‘tagged release’ of inxi appears, so he doesn’t have to check it. Technically, if I were packaging inxi (which I am, for TinyCore), I’d have as much scripted as possible, making for easy updates of the package, with Debian apt packages, I’d have it all scripted, so the package would get built and tested then be ready for FTP master upload, which I don’t know how works in apt.

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h2 wrote:

It’s much easier to just skip those steps and do: sudo inxi -U

Unless you are using Unit193’s inxi package, which is what ubuntu and debian use, -U will work always. If it doesn’t work, it means it’s been disabled in /etc/inxi.conf so you have to change to: B_ALLOW_UPDATE=’true’

pinxi doesn’t use /etc/inxi.conf, so that’s not an issue for it ever.

I generally recommend users use the -U option if the inxi version in their repos isn’t generally updated to current fairly soon after current updates.

Note that sudo inxi -U updates the man page and inxi.

Running an alternate version of inxi is just asking for confusion, lol, that’s why pinxi exists, so that you can run the stable inxi and the unstable pinxi at the same time without conflicts or forgetting which version has priority in $PATH>

Our antiX version does have B_ALLOW_UPDATE=’false’, so I edited it to B_ALLOW_UPDATE=’true’.
That’s an even FASTER way to update inxi, so on the system I’m using, I now have the current version in my private bin directory AND updated system-wide.

I know that all of these details are well documented; nevertheless thank you for sharing them here for our benefit.
It’s made it EVEN QUICKER to update inxi AND provide my own system configurations and “what I’m here with today” that much quicker. Thanks again for not only the great software, but also for your exact, expert descriptions and willingness to share. As you know, sometimes even people who CAN read and digest information don’t always take the time to do so; putting it out here helps even lazy people like me! 😉 🙂

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Oh, inxi has hit a fatal point, which I can’t resolve, it has too much information, too many docs, too many options, too long a man page.

I console myself by reading OpenBSD man pages, which are equally rich and useful, but which have to be read to be useful.

It started sometime over the past year, I realized, man, it’s all just getting bigger and more verbose all the time.

Obviously -b and -F remain very similar, but the verbosity level switches, -x, -xx, -xx, -a, and some newer very verbose options, can really mushroom out that report size.

But there’s really nothing I can do about it if I keep doing inxi, people request features, they make sense, I add them, I request features, because I want them, I add them… it’s a ball rolling downhill.

The drag is that I’m now seeing times where a feature stopped working (init runlevel/target) for example for most users, and not one single person realized it was broken or reported it, until I happened to notice it testing some new optimizations, at which point I finally fixed it totally (also in next inxi, 3.3.17, and current pinxi).

These types of things worry me to be honest, but my only tools are the old minimal verbosity defaults, but when sites default to something like inxi -Fazy it’s just so much output that you have to spend actual time reading it, you can’t scan it anymore.

However, with this said, I’ve seen some other tools that do not extend and add features, fall into the trap of having bad inaccurate data because their code is not robust enough, and can’t handle corner cases. inxi is all about trying to get corner cases right, sadly, and that takes a lot of code. I am however, without mentioning what, starting to drop support in any active ongoing sense for certain systems that I do not believe are anything more than vanity projects anymore, surfing along memories of what they used to be, and that helps my decisions on how to allocate my time/energy. Also, totally banning any osx issue that is not purely about a crash or perl error helps a lot over time.

But I like the new extended monitor features, which are far more useful to support people than before (but only start showing data at -Gxx and greater verbosity levels), I like the extended ports information for graphics, the extended data for many areas, and there’s no way to extend those without having more key: value pairs.

Note as always: whatever argument you want plus -y1 give the best way to understand the data structure, since it’s nested indentations, it shows clearly what child items belong to what parents. Useful for support people imo to learn how inxi actually works, and what data in the normal line output mode actually belongs to what.

The problems are getting harder though, and require a lot more code to resolve, because they are much more complicated.

P.S., you should split the inxi discussion out of this thread, sorry, didn’t intend to, or mean to, derail your thread on what we are running now.

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