<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;"> <title >Device Information</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author >&Matthias.Hoelzer-Kluepfel;</author> <author >&Helge.Deller;</author> <author >&Duncan.Haldane;</author> <author >&Mike.McBride;</author> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >John</firstname ><surname >Knight</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >anarchist_tomato@herzeleid.net</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >Conversion to British English</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> </articleinfo> <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> </sect1> </article>