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How do I get detailed information about external hardware attached to my Ubuntu notebook?

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I have an external WLAN USB stick attached to my notebook which has little information printed on it and I am looking for some nice GUI application which will give me hardware information about this USB stick.

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bixejo (bixo-bixejo) said : 		#1

I cannot tell you too much about nice GUI applications, but if you want to see detailed info on your currently connected USB devices, you may try the following from a terminal:

sudo lsusb -v

It shall issue a rather long output, so you may want to redirect it to a text file and inspect it later by using some text editor like gedit:

sudo lsusb -v > usbdevices.txt

If you just want info on one device, you may be more specific when invoking lsusb. Use the following command:

man lsusb

to see the list of available options and their meaning.

Hope this helps,

--Bixejo

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oss_test_launchpad (oss-test-launchpad) said : 		#2

Thank you, this helped me a lot. Have a nice weekend.