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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 opportunity to configure any added hard‐
       ware, and unconfigure any removed hardware. It then updates  the	 data‐
       base in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf.

       If  no  previous	 database  exists,  kudzu  attempts  to determine what
       devices have already been configured, by looking at  /etc/modules.conf,
       /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/, and /etc/X11/XF86Config.

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 and the DDC monitor 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.

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/modules.conf
	      Module configuration file.

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

       /usr/share/kudzu/pcitable
	      PCI id to driver mappings.

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 graphics cards, the DDC probe can do strange things.

AUTHOR
       Red Hat, Inc.

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