Re: need source for lspci, lsusb, etc.

[Michiel de Boer <x@rebelhomicide.demon.nl>]

Milton Mobley wrote:
> Thanks for your suggestions. My Linux computers are not connected to 
> the net,
> so I am focussing on getting tarballs which I can then move from
> Windows to Linux
>
> On 8/15/06, x@rebelhomicide.demon.nl <x@rebelhomicide.demon.nl> wrote:
>> Milton Mobley wrote:
>> > Hi, I am building kernels from kernel.org sources, and am having 
>> problems
>> > detecting certain pci and usb devices (I didn't change the kernel code
>> > much yet).
>> > Where can I find the sources for programs that live in /sbin,
>> > /usr/sbin, etc.,
>> > especially lspci, lsusb, lsmod?
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>> Milton, your distribution of Linux should provide those.
>> For Debian Linux for example, you'd do:
>>
>> $ dpkg -S lspci
>> pciutils: /usr/bin/lspci
>>
>> ..and you note that lspci is in the 'pciutils' package.
>> You could then do as follows:
>>
>> $ apt-get update
>> ....
>> $ apt-get source pciutils
>>
>> The source would be downloaded and unpacked in the current working
>> directory.
>>
>> Regards, Michiel de Boer
>>
>
In that case, google for:
source pciutils
source usbutils
source module-init-tools

You should get your hands on a tarball quickly.

Regards, Michiel de Boer

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