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<?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>