Finding Card Slots

JP · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2025 11:42 pm Post subject: Finding Card Slots

I've searched thru several cheat sheets, but I can't find any reference to a command that might tell me what card slots are on the motherboard. Is there any such command? I'm specifically looking to see if there is an AGP slot (for a video card), on the motherboard.

Also, I've seen several of the commands listed in various "cheat sheets" that don't seem to be installed on my distro .... (regardless of which distro I happen to be using at the time) .... Is there any place where I can download and install ALL of the commands so that I can have access to them whenever I want to try one?
TIA

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Germ · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2025 11:53 pm Post subject:

try lshw.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/lshw/

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JP · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2025 2:13 am Post subject:

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Germ, I'm wondering if the gui for it is separate? I have lshw installed, but when I issue the command for it, it just lists everything right there in the terminal.

Thanks!

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crouse · Site Admin Joined: 17 Apr 2025 Posts: 11833 Location: Iowa

lspci

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Germ · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2025 10:21 am Post subject:

Hmm...I never noticed the GUI. I've always ran it in a terminal.

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Germ · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2025 12:29 pm Post subject:

Thanks, I'll have to grab that.

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Xeroid · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2025 9:34 pm Post subject:

Sorry to revive an old thread but will lshw show if a laptop has a cardbus slot? I have a friend bringing his Compaq laptop over later to order a new hard disk (which died a horrible death) and he wants to add a wireless adapter. I've searched for a way to tell if his machine has the newer cardbus slot but all I can find is a winders method using device manager. This is not an option right now because he has no working winders.

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nukes · Linux Guru Joined: 29 Aug 2025 Posts: 4558

Xeriod: it will show a pci-to-cardbus/pcmcia bridge or similar. You can then google the reported chip to see what spec it supports.
In practice, any laptop from the past 10 years will be compatible with cardbus. (in fact I seem to recall that cardbus is essentially a type 2 PCMCIA slot, but don't quote me on that)

JP: couldn't you just open it and have a look?

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JP · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2025 2:01 am Post subject:

Xeroid · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2025 2:03 am Post subject:

Once I got the laptop I was able to go online and find that it did have a cardbus slot. Smile

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