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authorLibravatarUnit 193 <unit193@ubuntu.com>2018-08-28 22:35:30 -0400
committerLibravatarUnit 193 <unit193@ubuntu.com>2018-08-28 22:35:30 -0400
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New upstream version 3.0.22-1upstream/3.0.22-1
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH INXI 1 "2018\-07\-30" inxi "inxi manual"
+.TH INXI 1 "2018\-08\-28" inxi "inxi manual"
.SH NAME
inxi \- Command line system information script for console and IRC
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ using the \fB\-c\fR color options listed in the STANDARD OPTIONS section below.
.SH PRIVACY AND SECURITY
In order to maintain basic privacy and security, inxi used on IRC automatically
-filters out your network card MAC address, WAN and LAN IP, your \fB/home\fR
+filters out your network device MAC address, WAN and LAN IP, your \fB/home\fR
username directory in partitions, and a few other items.
Because inxi is often used on forums for support, you can also trigger this
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ Show PCI slots with type, speed, and status information.
Show System information: host name, kernel, desktop environment (if in X),
distro. With \fB\-xx\fR show dm \- or startx \- (only shows if present and
running if out of X), and if in X, with \fB\-xxx\fR show more desktop info,
-e.g. shell/panel.
+e.g. taskbar or panel.
.TP
.B \-t\fR,\fB \-\-processes\fR
[\fBc\fR|\fBm\fR|\fBcm\fR|\fBmc NUMBER\fR] Show processes. If no arguments, defaults to \fBcm\fR.
@@ -361,7 +361,18 @@ same line.
.TP
.B \-\-usb\fR
-Show USB data for attached Hubs and Devices.
+Show USB data for attached Hubs and Devices. Hubs also show number of ports.
+Be aware that a port is not always external, some may be internal, and either
+used or unused (for example, a motherboard USB header connector that is not used).
+
+BusID is generally in this format: BusID-port[.port][.port]:DeviceID
+
+Device ID is a number created by the kernel, and has no necessary ordering
+or sequence connection, but can be used to match this output to lsusb
+values, which generally shows BusID / DeviceID (except for tree view, which
+shows ports).
+
+Examples: \fRBus ID: 4-3.2.1:2\fR or \fRHub: 4-0:1\fR
.TP
.B \-u\fR,\fB \-\-uuid\fR
@@ -702,6 +713,8 @@ if \fBps\fR tests fail to find data.
.TP
.B \-xx \-\-usb\fR
\- Adds vendor:chip id.
+
+\- Adds driver(s).
.TP
.B \-xx \-w\fR,\fB \-W\fR
\- Adds wind chill, heat index, and dew point if any of these are available.
@@ -709,6 +722,8 @@ if \fBps\fR tests fail to find data.
.B \-xxx \-A\fR
\- Adds (if available and/or relevant) \fBvendor:\fR item, which shows
specific vendor [product] information.
+
+\- Adds, if present, serial number.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-B\fR
\- Adds battery chemistry (e.g. \fBLi\-ion\fR), cycles (NOTE: there appears to
@@ -737,6 +752,8 @@ no data will show.
.B \-xxx \-G\fR
\- Adds (if available and/or relevant) \fBvendor:\fR item, which shows
specific vendor [product] information.
+
+\- Adds (if available) \fBcompositor:\fR version \fBv:\fR.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-I\fR
\- For \fBShell:\fR adds \fB(su|sudo|login)\fR to shell name if present.
@@ -757,6 +774,9 @@ data available.
\- Adds device serial number.
.TP
+.B \-xxx \-N\fR
+\- Adds, if present, serial number.
+.TP
.B \-xxx \-R\fR
\- md\-raid: Adds system mdraid support types (kernel support, read ahead, RAID events)
@@ -766,14 +786,18 @@ data available.
\fBvendor:\fR item, which shows specific vendor [product] information.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-S\fR
-\- Adds, if run in X and present, bar/panel type (\fBinfo\fR).
-If none, shows nothing. Supports some current desktop extras like gnome\-panel,
-lxpanel, xfce4\-panel, lxqt\-panel, and others.
+\- Adds, if in X, or with \fB--display\fR, bar/dock/panel/tray items
+(\fBinfo\fR). If none found, shows nothing. Supports desktop items like gnome\-panel,
+lxpanel, xfce4\-panel, lxqt\-panel, tint2, cairo-dock, trayer, and many others.
\- Adds (if present), window manager (\fBwm\fR) version number.
\- Adds (if present), display manager (\fBdm\fR) version number.
+.TP
+.B \-xxx \-\-usb\fR
+\- Adds, if present, serial number for non hub devices.
+\- Adds \fBinterfaces:\fR for non hub devices.
.TP
.B \-xxx \-w\fR,\fB \-W\fR
\- Adds location (city state country), altitude, weather observation time.
@@ -782,7 +806,6 @@ lxpanel, xfce4\-panel, lxqt\-panel, and others.
These options are triggered with \fB\-\-admin\fR. Admin options are advanced output options,
and are more technical, and mostly of interest to system administrators or other machine admins.
The \fB\-\-admin\fR option only has to be used once, and will trigger the following features.
-
.TP
.B \-\-admin \-C\fR
\- Adds CPU family, model\-id, and stepping (replaces \fBrev\fR of \fB\-Cx\fR).
@@ -912,6 +935,16 @@ Overrides default internal value and user configuration value:
\fBCPU_SLEEP=0.25\fR
.TP
+.B \-\-usb\-sys\fR
+Forces the USB data generator to use \fB/sys\fR as data source
+instead of \fBlsusb\fR.
+
+.TP
+.B \-\-usb\-tool\fR
+Forces the USB data generator to use \fBlsusb\fR as data source. Overrides
+\fBUSB_SYS\fR in user configuration file(s).
+
+.TP
.B \-\-wm\fR
Force \fBSystem\fR item \fBwm\fR to use \fBwmctrl\fR as data source,
override default \fBps\fR source.
@@ -1075,6 +1108,8 @@ above configuration page on smxi.org for full info.
\fBSEP2_CONSOLE\fR Replaces default key / value separator of '\fB:\fR'.
+\fBUSB_SYS\fR Forces all USB data to use \fB/sys\fR instead of \fBlsusb\fR.
+
\fBWEATHER_UNIT\fR Values: [\fBc\fR|\fBf\fR|\fBcf\fR|\fBfc\fR]. Same as \fB\-\-weather\-unit\fR.
.TP