Install Ubuntu Installation Report Generator
Open your /etc/apt/sources.list file
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
add the following lines
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/irgenerator-developers/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/irgenerator-developers/ubuntu hardy main
Save and exit the file
Now you need to update the source list using the following command
sudo sudo apt-get update
Install using the following application
sudo apt-get install installation-report-generator
Using Application
You can open this application from System--->Administration--->Installation Report Generator.If you don't see just logout and login back.
Once it opens you should see similar to the following welcome screen click on forward
Enter your laptop details click on forward
Select your ubuntu version click on forward
Configuration summary click ok
Report generate completed click on forward
Report details
From my experience this need to be more polished for all types of hardware and more detailed report in clear format.Just give it a try hope you will get some information from this.
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Good software. Why Canonical not use this software to generate report and send to Ubuntu official wiki page? This send to Ubuntu-it.org
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I don’t get the point of this, because there is already a tool, “Hardware Testing”, that reports hardware information.
And btw less terminal tinkering would be nice… even an apt: link for the lazy.
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Hi, I’m the author of Installation Report Generator.
Thank you for your feedbacks
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