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Idea #11525: report ANY hardware that wont work to a central database for driver supply

Written by stinger30au the 26 Jul 08 at 09:16. Category: Hardware support. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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it would be neat if no matter what piece of hardware we plugged in to our ubuntu pc, if the os does not recognise it, it will send some kind of report about the hardware to a central data base.

the user is also allowed to input data to be sent like make, model, etc as well as the os identify the unit as well.


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Written by stinger30au the 26 Jul 08 at 09:16.
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dee70 wrote on the 26 Jul 08 at 14:28
http://linuxdriverproject.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DriversNeeded

Putting something like this on the ubuntu site would probably make it more well known.


Ssdg wrote on the 26 Jul 08 at 22:58
And what about hardware that work and that would be buyed because it works on linux and because they respect us by creating hardware that just work.

mgunes (Ubuntu developer) wrote on the 27 Jul 08 at 00:16
System > Administration > Hardware Testing ?

Bender2k14 wrote on the 28 Jul 08 at 13:53
Hardware testing does not seem that thorough.

Bender2k14 wrote on the 28 Jul 08 at 13:55
Also, how could Ubuntu send detailed enough specs about the hardware it cannot recognize? Can't have your cake and eat it too ;)

carmack78 wrote on the 30 Jul 08 at 13:08
Ubuntu any other application and OS can send detailed information about hardware without recognizing it...

PCI, PCI-Express bus commands, to query the hardware like Vendor number, Model number, Submodel number etc... If i'm not mistaken even type..., which are required by the Bus specs.

So, at least you can tell these numbers, and if you can match it with a database, you can tell what is it?

It's like having a DNA sample or FingerPrint sample of a human, you can have much detail, but you have to look up for the name, address, age of the person :))


glotz wrote on the 2 Aug 08 at 15:32
Also see http://www.dohickey-project.com/about.shtml

notyetroot wrote on the 10 Aug 08 at 16:01
+1 The only problem would be if the hardware is so strange that it isn't even detected at all, so it can't be sent. That would only apply if it used an exotic/obsolete interface though.


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