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<title
>Device Information</title>
<articleinfo>

<authorgroup>
<author
> <firstname
>Matthias</firstname
> <surname
>H&ouml;lzer</surname
> </author>
<author
> <firstname
>Helge</firstname
> <surname
>Deller</surname
> </author>
<author
> <firstname
>Duncan</firstname
> <surname
>Haldane</surname
> </author>
<author
> <firstname
>Mike</firstname
> <surname
>McBride</surname
> </author>
<othercredit role="translator"
><firstname
>John</firstname
><surname
>Knight</surname
><affiliation
><address
><email
>anarchist_tomato@herzeleid.net</email
></address
></affiliation
><contrib
>KDE British Conversion</contrib
></othercredit>
</authorgroup>
    
<date
>2002-02-12</date>
<releaseinfo
>3.00.00</releaseinfo>

<keywordset>
<keyword
>KDE</keyword>
<keyword
>KControl</keyword>
<keyword
>device</keyword>
<keyword
>system information</keyword>
</keywordset>
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<sect1>
<title
>Device Information</title>

<para
> This page displays information about the available devices, </para>

<note
> <para
> The exact information displayed is system-dependent. On some systems, device information cannot be displayed yet. </para
> </note>

<para
> On &Linux;, this information is read from <filename class="devicefile"
>/proc/devices</filename
> and <filename class="devicefile"
>/proc/misc</filename
>, which are only available if the <filename class="directory"
>/proc</filename
> pseudo-filesystem is compiled into the kernel. Devices are listed by group (Character, Block, or Miscellaneous). The device major number is listed, followed by an identifying label. </para>

<para
> The user cannot modify any settings on this page. </para>

<sect2 id="device-author">
<title
>Section Authors</title>

<para
> Matthias H&ouml;lzer <email
>hoelzer@kde.org</email
>, Helge Deller <email
>helge.deller@ruhruni-bochum.de</email
>, Duncan Haldane <email
>duncan@kde.org</email
>,and Michael McBride <email
>mpmcbride7@yahoo.com</email
></para>

<para
>KDE British Conversion John Knight<email
>anarchist_tomato@herzeleid.net</email
></para>

</sect2>
</sect1>
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