Flatsonar

Hardware Probe

by Linux Hardware Project

Check operability of computer hardware and find drivers

Dangerous permissions Verified creator BSD-2-Clause v1.6.6
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About

A tool to probe for hardware, check operability and find drivers with the help of Linux Hardware Database.

Probe is a snapshot of your computer hardware state. The tool checks operability of devices by analysis of logs, uploads anonymized hardware info to the database and returns a permanent url to view the probe of the computer. If some of hardware devices doesn't work due to a missed driver then the tool will suggest a proper Linux kernel version according to the LKDDb or third-party drivers.

Run as root if you want to check health of all your hard drives: flatpak run org.linux_hardware.hw-probe -all -upload

Permissions

1 permission weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • access to xdg-config/kdeglobals
    --filesystem=xdg-config/kdeglobals:ro
  • talks to com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
    --talk-name=com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
  • talks to org.kde.kconfig.notify
    --talk-name=org.kde.kconfig.notify
  • talks to org.kde.KGlobalSettings
    --talk-name=org.kde.KGlobalSettings

Who publishes this

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  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

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