Re: Tool for inspecting audio hardware?

On 3/17/26 11:58, Roger wrote:
> On 18/3/26 08:43, Peter P. wrote:
>> * Josh Lawrence <joshlawrence-97jfqw80gc5Wk0Htik3J/[email protected]> [2026-03-17 22:28]:
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> Is there a tool of some kind that can be ran on a Linux system that 
>>> will tell you everything that the kernel knows about your audio 
>>> hardware?  I have an unfamiliar system in front of me, and instead 
>>> of guessing and prodding around for hours, I thought it might be 
>>> best to just ask if such a tool exists.
>> Less than a month ago in a posting from Masaru Nomiya, I saw
>> $ inxi -A
>
> inxi is an excellent tool for hardware info. You can add more "x" 
> arguments for more information:
>
> $ inxi -Axxx
>
> For full system info:
>
> inxi -Fa

Ah, most interesting, lots of info.

Much more information than what I was going to suggest: Boot a live 
distro focused on multimedia production, such as AVLinux or KXStudio. 
They were very good at finding and configuring audio hardware.

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