HAL Device Manager is hard to use

[Carthik Sharma]

Binary package hint: hal-device-manager

Hal device manager is hard to use - I am unable to find the Make of the CPU (AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-32) or the Speed of the CPU from the HAL device manager.

It would be great if the HAL device manager produced a hirearchical overview of the computer in Human-friendly language, like the command lshw does.

For finding the Make and Speed of my cpu in lshw, I don't have to look too far :)

See http://carthik.net/files/acer-5003.html for the output of lshw.

[Oumar Aziz OUATTARA (wattazoum)]

+1

I agree with that, and it should be submitted in wishlist. That would be good to have it in feisty.

lshw : http://www.flickr.com/photos/60765994@N00/396197264

hal-device-manager : http://www.flickr.com/photos/60765994@N00/396197240

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

The immediate problem of identifying CPU type and speed could be solved by packaging and shipping About Window <https://launchpad.net/about-window> as a replacement for the existing "About Ubuntu" menu item. (Disclosure: I designed About Window.)

The problem of Device Manager being difficult to use is a much more general one -- it is probably better addressed by a proper design process, including talking with the people involved in Ubuntu hardware certification (since they probably use it most).

[dino99 (9d9)]

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