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[radky]

Purpose and Base Features
This independent release of Pup-SysInfo is identical to the version in PupControl Panel, but may be of interest to those who prefer the smaller footprint of a separate sysinfo utility.

PupSysInfo is a graphical interface with quick access to more than fifty utilities that provide information about the underlying system interface and functions of Puppy Linux.

From the File menu you can generate summary and complete reports of hardware and system activity (with privacy option), and optionally export the current report to the default text editor. Setting the editor to a fixed-width/monospace font will preserve the intrinsic text format of each report. The View menu provides a convenient way to change the size of text in the information window.

The Mainboard menu provides individual reports for the system BIOS and CPU, and additional reports for DMA (direct memory access), DMI (desktop management interface), Input/Output resources, and interrupt requests.

The Devices menu will generate standard hardware reports for the following devices: Drive Storage, PCI, USB, Audio, Notebook Battery, Display, Input, Memory, Network, Printers and Sensors. The Drive Storage, PCI, USB and Display options have submenus which provide many additional hardware reports.

In addition to summary and complete kernel module reports, the Drivers menu of PupSysInfo provides convenient access to the companion PupKview kernel module viewer.

The Logs menu includes the following reports: bootinit.log, bootsysinit.log, Kernel Log, Login Report, System Log, xerrs.log, and Xorg.0.log.

Reports for the network and firewall are available in the Network menu, and scrollable versions of the ipinfo utility are also supported in this menu.

The Sys-Apps, Sys-Files and Sys-Specs menus provide easy access to multiple system applications, files and specifications.

System Requirements
Availability of a standard monospace font for the display of system information.

Download
http://www.smokey01.com/radky/Pup-SysInfo-2.3.1.pet

Main Interface


PupMates
http://www.smokey01.com/radky/PupMates.html

[radky]

Pup-SysInfo-2.3.1
- Added PupKview option to evaluate firmware-dependent kernel modules. (thanks Pemasu)
- Bugfix: Incomplete testing for the IFACE network variable. (thanks Karl Godt)
- Bugfix: Integration with Lighthouse64 bootmanager.
- Added online Help.

Pup-SysInfo-2.3
- Added GUI support for the 96-dpi font metrics of Woof-built Puppies, effective 2013-03-26.
- Added option to change the font size in the information (report) window.
- Added 'Drive Storage' to Devices menu.
- Added 'Drivers' to main menu bar. This option includes Summary, Complete and Blacklist kernel-module reports.
- Added new Pup-Kview (kernel-module viewer) to Drivers menu. This utility concatenates data from lsmod and modinfo for viewing in a single information window.
- Added 'Logs' menu to main menubar.
- Moved 'Network' to main menu bar.
- Added 'Built-in Files' to Sys-Files menu.
- Added 'MAC Address' to network reports.
- Added 'GTK Stock Icons' viewer to Sys-Apps menu.
- Added 'Top View' to Sys-Apps menu.
- Added 'Base Report' to Sys-Specs menu.
- Added 'Computer ID' to Sys-Specs menu.
- Added support for RAID devices in Drive Storage submenu.
- Added support for Flash drive speed test (read only) in Drive Storage submenu.
- Added support for S.M.A.R.T HDD monitoring in Drive Storage submenu (requires smartctl utility from GSmartControl or SmartMonTools).
- Added support for evaluating up to 6 memory slots on the motherboard (up from 4).
- Removed built-in ipinfo2 network configuration utility and added support for scrollable versions of the standard ipinfo utility (e.g. Slacko ipinfo).
- Enhanced BIOS, I/O Mem, I/O Ports, Drive Storage, PCI, USB, Audio, Memory, Monitor, Network, Kernel Module, Sensors and Video reports.

Pup-SysInfo-2.2
- Significantly faster generation of system reports.
- Enhanced network, sensors, SCSI, USB and video reports.
- Added new hardware and system-activity reports.

Pup-SysInfo-2.1.7
- Bugfix: failed video report in some derivatives.

Pup-SysInfo-2.1.6
-Bugfix: load error in some Puppy derivatives.

Pup-SysInfo-2.1.5
-Enhanced integration with 32-bit and 64-bit Puppy derivatives.

PupSysInfo-2.1.4
-Enhanced private filter for summary report.

PupSysInfo-2.1.3
-Added option for private summary hardware report which excludes the following personal information:
(Hostname, Session DL/UL, Month DL/UL, Serial Numbers, Part Numbers, External IP Address, Network Address, Domain Name Server, Wireless Network ID, Username, UUID)

PupSysInfo-2.1.2
-Improved detection of the active network interface. Enhanced Battery, CPU, and System Log reports.

PupSysInfo-2.1.1
-Bugfix: The System Log report (var/log/messages) may become quite large over time and exceed the buffer limit of the PupSysInfo report window. In this release, the report will display the last 1300 lines of var/log/messages.

PupSysInfo-2.1
-Enhanced Sensor and Wireless Network reports.

PupSysInfo-2.0
-Major upgrade with improved content of multiple system reports (particularly the Network and Summary reports), and added Task Manager option to the System-Apps menu.

[Lobster]

Nice
working OK in Slacko
many thanks

[radky]

[radky]

Code for detecting the current window manager is missing from the initial release today. The corrected version of PupSysInfo-1.4 is now available. If you have the initial release, please download again.

Thanks

[radky]

PupSysInfo-2.0
-Major upgrade with improved content of multiple system reports (particularly the Network and Summary reports), and added Task Manager option to the System-Apps menu.

[sc0ttman]

Testing 2.0... I get this message.. Not sure if it matters..

[pemasu]

I think that Pup-SysInfo calls pupscan. Pupscan tests if pci.ids is found. If it is found, it calls lspci instead of scanpci (older way, not realible anymore). You need to update your lscpi.

[radky]

Hi sc0ttman,

(thank you pemasu for the prior post)

Currently, PupSysInfo has four separate scenarios for the evaluation of PCI devices.

1 - If Barry's PupScan is available, PupSysInfo will use the PCI information generated by Pupscan (available in /tmp/chipnummod.txt). This will be the case in most recent Puppy derivatives.

2 - If PupScan is not available, PupSysInfo will check if the current version of lspci supports the -k switch. If so, PupSysInfo will use PCI information from lspci -knn. The -k switch, if supported, shows kernel drivers handling each device. If the -k switch is not supported, lspci may generate the following message: invalid option -- 'k'.

3 - If the -k switch of lspci is not supported, PupSysInfo will check if the deprecated scanpci utility is available. If so, the scanpci information will be used for the PupSysInfo PCI report.

4 - If scanpci is not available, PupSysInfo defaults to lspci -nn.

[sc0ttman]

[radky]

[radky]

PupSysInfo-2.1.1
-Bugfix: The System Log report (var/log/messages) may become quite large over time and exceed the buffer limit of the PupSysInfo report window. In this release, the report will display the last 1300 lines of var/log/messages.

[radky]

PupSysInfo-2.1.2
-Improved detection of the active network interface. Enhanced Battery, CPU, and System Log reports.

[radky]

PupSysInfo-2.1.3
-Added option for private summary hardware report which excludes the following personal information:
(Hostname, Session DL/UL, Month DL/UL, Serial Numbers, Part Numbers, External IP Address, Network Address, Domain Name Server, Wireless Network ID, Username, UUID)

[radky]

PupSysInfo-2.1.4. See main post.
-Enhanced private filter for summary report.