Complete Hardware Testing

**bbengs** · 12-21-2008, 05:36 PM

I am looking for a live CD that will test all hardware components on a PC. I am unable to find a program within Knoppix that will do that. I might just be overlooking it. But is there one out there that I can run that will do a full system diagnostics of the hardware?

Thanks.

**OErjan** · 12-21-2008, 07:22 PM

uhm, there are several ways to get diagnostics

Code:

memtest

for memory checking.

Code:

smartmontools

for hard drives.

Code:

lshw

litsts all hardware (if it is implemented).

Code:

lspci -vv

will give you a looong list of hardware with detailed information on the hardware (if detected correctly).

the command for USB is (you guessed it)

Code:

lsusb -vv

for any errors encountered read the files under /var/log/ (text files) specifically
/var/log/syslog
/var/log/dmesg
/var/log/messages
/var/log/debug

Unix (Linux) is aimed at "one command one action, and do it well" many of the graphical programs use the command line commands, just allows for other output/input method.
if you can be ore specific with what you want to test it can likely be done in one go. if not otherwise very likely as a script executing commands above and some others then searching the output and logs for certain lines (error, failed would be good guesses) using cat, grep, sort... with pipes and redirections.