Abstract
The HardDrake
project simplifies hardware detection and configuration under
Linux by providing a user-friendly
interface.
HardDrake detects and configures existing hardware at boot time automating and simplifying the process of installing new hardware. When launched from the Mandriva Control Center, HardDrake displays information about your system's hardware and can launch configuration tools to modify hardware or driver settings.
HardDrake uses
the “ldetect” engine, so if your new hardware is not
detected, you may try to upgrade the ldetect
library itself and its hardware database, located in the
ldetect-lst
package.
After all devices have been detected, the main HardDrake window appears (see Figure 3.2, “Selected Device”). On the left is the device tree that shows all the hardware categories.
By selecting a device, you see additional information about it in the right frame. To better understand the meaning of the information presented, you can consult the help page accessible by choosing → from the menu.
Depending on the device selected, other buttons may appear:
For experts only!
. This pops up a window with all the module device parameters listed.Mandriva Linux configuration tool (available through Mandriva Linux Control Center) associated with that device. For sound cards, a special configuration tool is used which allows you to select the sound card's driver and provides some troubleshooting tips.
. Launches the
Unknown hardware.
A special category called
Unknown/Others
may also show up, containing all the
unknown hardware in your system, as well as known hardware which does
not fit into any existing categories (such as thermal sensors, random
number generators, etc.).
Auto-detection of special devices. You can also toggle the entries in the menu to enable automatic detection of some hardware which wouldn't have been detected otherwise. You need to restart HardDrake for this change to take effect.
If you think you have found a bug related to HardDrake, report it using the Mandriva Linux bug reporting tool (see Section 4, “Raise an Issue”).
Sound Cards.
HardDrake does
not probe for ISA PnP devices. If
you have an ISA PnP sound card,
run sndconfig or alsaconf from the
command line. You may need to install the sndconfig
or alsa-utils
package.