INXI / SYSTEM LOGS Cheat Sheet

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I made a personal cheat sheet for system logs, inxi output, and so forth to keep in my documents folder.

  • Feel free to suggest anything else to add.

CHEAT SHEET :down_arrow: :down_arrow: :down_arrow:

SYSTEM LOGS and USEFUL INXI COMMANDS -

  • Adding | eos-sendlog provides a short-url to share in your post. Helpful for long terminal output.
  • Example: inxi -Fxxc0z | eos-sendlog.

INXI (System Info) -

  • HARDWARE/SYSTEM:
    inxi -Fxxc0z
  • GRAPHICS:
    inxi -Gaz
  • AUDIO:
    inxi -Aaz
  • DRIVE/DISK INFO:
    inxi -daz
  • SWAP INFO:
    inxi -aj
  • PARTITION INFO:
    inxi -paz
  • NETWORK DEVICES INFO:
    inxi -Naz
  • REPO INFO:
    inxi -r
  • MOTHERBOARD BIOS
    inxi -Maz

KDE-SPECIFIC -

  • SHOW BASIC SYSTEM INFO:
    kinfo

ALL THINGS NVIDIA -

  • LIST INSTALLED NVIDIA UTILITIES/DRIVERS
    pacman -Q | grep -i nvidia

INXI (Just For Fun) -

  • CURRENT WEATHER:
    inxi -aw
  • COMPLETE SYSTEM/HARDWARE INFO (The Kitchen Sink):
    inxi --verbosity 8 -z

LOGS -

  • BOOT:
    journalctl -k -b -0 | eos-sendlog
  • PACMAN:
    cat /var/log/pacman.log | eos-sendlog
  • PARTITION/FORMAT INFO -
    lsblk -o name,type,size,PTTYPE,FSTYPE
  • SYSTEMD LOGS/ANALYZE:
    systemd-analyze blame | eos-sendlog
  • X11 LOGS:
    cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | eos-sendlog
  • GENERAL WAYLAND LOGS:
    journalctl | grep -i 'wayland' | eos-sendlog
  • WAYLAND LOGS (for the current boot session):
    journalctl -b | grep -i 'wayland' | eos-sendlog
  • WAYLAND LOGS (KDE Plasma-Specific/SDDM):
    journalctl -b -u sddm | grep -i 'wayland'

MIRRORS -

  • GENERATE YOUR ARCH MIRROR LIST LINK:
    cat /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist | eos-sendlog
  • GENERATE YOUR ENDEAVOUROS MIRROR LIST LINK:
    cat /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist | eos-sendlog

KERNELS -

  • LIST KERNELS INSTALLED ON YOUR SYSTEM:
    sudo bootctl list | grep title
    or
    pacman -Q $(pacman -Qsq linux kernel | grep ^linux | grep -v headers)
  • KERNEL CURRENTLY IN USE
    uname -r
  • DKMS STATUS
    dkms status
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After recent system update EOS lags unusably
Motherboard won't shut down
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Maybe systemd-analyze blame
What about X11/Wayland logs?

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Good point! I’ll get on it.

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If you write each command (line by line) into a single file, say ~/log-commands.txt, then command

$(fzf < ~/log-commands.txt)

will allow you to choose which command to execute. A candidate for an alias? :wink:

Edit: function: logs() { $(fzf < ~/log-commands.txt); }

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good work here, uncle.

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Done. :vulcan_salute:

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Thanks! :vulcan_salute:

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some more inxi commands if you’ll be interested of the info they provide:

inxi -daz

info about the disk(s), and if smartctl is present and the disk supports it, run it with sudo to get info about the disk health

inxi -paz

info about the partitions and their filesystem, mountpoint etc

inxi -Naz

info about the network devices

inxi -r

this will list all the mirrors in all the lists under /etc/pacman.d for the enabled repos in /etc/pacman.conf. Add -a to see the number of the packages installed etc.

inxi -aj

info about swap

inxi --verbosity 8 -z

info about everything you ever wanted to know about your system but never dared to ask

And of course:

inxi -aw

weather report for the location of your IP address

Edit: correction

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NICE! Added them.

This one isn’t working for me:

❯ inxi --verbose 8 -z
Error 22: Unsupported option: --verbose
Check -h for correct usage.
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Sorry, my bad!

It should be: inxi --verbosity 8 -z

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Added! :vulcan_salute:

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:rofl:

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brainstorming for practical uses. like a mod or smart person (all of you) or wants to help someone.

say a user suspects nvidia is causing problems with either the DM or apps launching. What would you want to see to troublshoot?

let’s say I had typical (it seems) audio problems. pipewire etc. What logs would you want to see?

I can’t mount a usb or external drive, not only that but Endeavour can’t see it.

etc. Looking at it from the other end as I often do.

Also, systemctl commands to check failed services etc could be in order.

spitballing but not exactly contributing to a concise cheat sheet :slight_smile:

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When’s the book being published? I want to be the first one in line. . . .

Rich :wink:

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Didn’t even know inxi could do repos & weather.

Now I can check if the source of the problem is that it’s raining into my laptop—how cool! :laughing:

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Use a VPN and enjoy the sun and the beach in Copacabana :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Bookmarked and thank you very much for this! :+1:

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6eQP

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Minor update in the first post.

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Bookmarked! Thanks @UncleSpellbinder

Edit: Just realized, this post was from 5 months ago :sweat_smile: