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kudzu(8)							      kudzu(8)

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/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 ker‐
	      nel  version.  (If  this	is not set, it defaults to the current
	      kernel version.) Do not specify suffixes such as 'smp' or	 'sum‐
	      mit'; 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  con‐
	      figure 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 con‐
	      soles. On some older  graphics  cards,  the  DDC	probe  can  do
	      strange things.

	      Running  kudzu to configure network adapters post-boot after the
	      network has started may have unintended results.

AUTHOR
       Red Hat, Inc.

4th Berkeley Distribution	 Red Hat, Inc.			      kudzu(8)
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