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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:06:35 -0200 (EST)
From: Fernando Fuganti <fuganti@conectiva.com.br>
To: Paul Powell <moloch16@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Programmatically probe video chipset
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Paul Powell wrote:

> Is there an API or other means to determine what video
> card, namely the chipset, that the user has installed
> on his machine?

try kudzu (a hardware detection lib from RedHat) or libdetect (another one
but from Mandrake)
they all provide a reasonable interface and database
 

Fernando Fuganti

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