Sure, but if you look into the YAST scan tool, at least for serial ports, it even tests what is actually connected to the port, like a serial mouse, etc. If nothing is connected, the scan knows it. I did a text search of the print and "tty" is checked from every angle. Nothing wrong with advanced tools in an advanced era. That's my mindset this morning as I dispose of 50 ohm coax once used for ethernet and ISA jumper 4 port serial cards. All that plug and play info is used, with databases. In fact USB and PCI are based on it. Iznogoud wrote: > Rick, > To avoid distribution-specific tools and to get consistent info, stick with the > standard: dmesg, lspci. > > 'dmesg' shortly after boot is money in the bank. > > '/sbin/lspci' is the next thing to do. (The /sbin/ is needed so that it runs > by a regular user, i.e. when the /sbin directory is not in your path.) > > And since I am at it, 'lsusb' you should also keep in mind. > > If you need to load dynamic kernel modules to support hardware, then keep in > mind '/sbin/lsmod' > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >