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kudzu(1)                                                              kudzu(1)



NAME
       kudzu - detects and configures new and/or changed hardware on a system


SYNOPSIS
       kudzu

DESCRIPTION
       kudzu  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  opportu-
       nity to configure any added hardware, and unconfigure any removed hardware. It then
       updates the database in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf.

       If no previous database exists, kudzu  attempts  to  determine  what  devices  have
       already  been configured, by looking at /etc/modprobe.conf, /etc/sysconfig/network-
       scripts/, and /etc/X11/xorg.conf.


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, the DDC monitor probe, and the PS/2 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.

       -k, --kernel [version]
              When  determining whether a module exists, use the specified kernel version.
              (If this is not set, it defaults to the  current  kernel  version.)  Do  not
              specify  suffixes  such  as  ’smp’  or  ’summit’;  these  are  automatically
              searched.

       -b, --bus [bus]
              Only probe on the specified bus.

       -c, --class [class]
              Only probe for the specified class.

       -f, --file [file]
              Read hardware probe info from file file and do not do an actual probe.

       -p, --probe
              Print probe information to the screen, and  do  not  actually  configure  or
              unconfigure any devices.

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/modprobe.conf
              Module configuration file.

       /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*
              Network interface configuration files.


       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 graph-
              ics cards, the DDC probe can do strange things.

AUTHOR
       Red Hat, Inc.



4th Berkeley Distribution        Red Hat, Inc.                        kudzu(1)

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