kudzu(1)kudzu(1)NAMEkudzu - detects and configures new and/or changed hardware on a system
SYNOPSISkudzuDESCRIPTIONkudzu detects and configures new and/or changed hardware on a system.
When started, kudzu detects the current hardware, and checks it against
a database stored in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf, if one exists. It then
determines if any hardware has been added or removed from the system.
If so, it gives the users the opportunity to configure any added hard‐
ware, and unconfigure any removed hardware. It then updates the data‐
base in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf.
If no previous database exists, kudzu attempts to determine what
devices have already been configured, by looking at /etc/modules.conf,
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/, and /etc/X11/XF86Config.
OPTIONS--usage
Show short usage message.
--help, -?
Print help information.
-q, --quiet
Run 'quietly'; do only configuration that doesn't require user
input.
-s, --safe
Do only 'safe' probes that won't disturb hardware. Currently,
this disables the serial probe and the DDC monitor probe.
-t, --timeout [seconds]
This sets the timeout for the initial dialog. If no key is
pressed before the timeout elapses, kudzu exits, and
/etc/sysconfig/hwconf is not updated.
FILES
/etc/sysconfig/hwconf
Listing of current installed hardware.
/etc/sysconfig/kudzu
Configuration for the boot-time hardware probe. Set 'SAFE' to
something other than 'no' to force only safe probes.
/etc/modules.conf
Module configuration file.
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*
Network interface configuration files.
/usr/share/kudzu/pcitable
PCI id to driver mappings.
BUGS
The serial probe will disturb any currently in-use devices, and returns
odd results if used on machines acting as serial consoles. On some
older graphics cards, the DDC probe can do strange things.
AUTHOR
Red Hat, Inc.
4th Berkeley Distribution Red Hat, Inc. kudzu(1)