Viewing resources with Linux
Viewing resources with Linux is
straightforward. If you use KDE, simply open the KDE Control Center,
expand the Information branch in the left panel, and double-click an
item to view the details. (If you use Gnome, simply open a terminal
window and type kcontrol to start the KDE Control
Center. Figure 1-14 shows the KDE Control Center
displaying the I/O ports in use on this system.
Figure 1-14. Using the KDE Control Center to list I/O ports in use
If you run Linux without a GUI, do not have KDE installed, or simply
prefer using a command line, change to the /proc
directory, which contains numerous descriptively named hardware
configuration files. Use the cat command to
display the appropriate file. For example, the command
cat
interrupts lists the
interrupts in use. For larger files, use the more
or less command to prevent data from scrolling off
the screen.
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