dmidecode requires root. Nobody wants to start steam as root.
dmidecoderequires root. Nobody wants to start steam as root.
It does, but I was suggesting an approach. it doesn't necessarily have to be dmidecode.
An alternative without root, is reading from the /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id directory. On Ubuntu this directory is filled with dmi info.
Doesn't require root
By executing cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_name you should get the info.
I got Alienware 15 R4 as my output.
cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/sys_vendor for manufacturer;
cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_name for model.
Nothing extracted yet.
System Information
Computer Information:
Manufacturer: Unknown
Model: Unknown
Form Factor: Laptop
No Touch Input Detected
Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-8950HK CPU @ 2.90GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x9e
CPU Stepping: 0xa
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 4800 Mhz
12 logical processors
6 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported
Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 18.10 (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 4.18.0-18-generic
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 12001000
X Window Manager: KWin
Steam Runtime Version: jenkins-steam-runtime-beta-release_0.20190320.2
Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 1080 with Max-Q Design/PCIe/SSE2
Driver Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.116
OpenGL Version: 4.6
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x1be0
Revision Not Detected
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Desktop Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Primary Display Size: 13.58" x 7.64" (15.55" diag)
34.5cm x 19.4cm (39.5cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 8192 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x 16x
Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC3266
Memory:
RAM: 32023 Mb
Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 170100 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 127749 Mb
VR Headset: None detected
Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:
The above is output from the system information on debian/ubuntu based systems.
Steps for reproducing this issue:
Suggestion:
Use a command similar to dmidecode | grep -A3 '^System Information'
This command outputs:
System Information
Manufacturer: Alienware
Product Name: Alienware 15 R4
Version: 1.6.5
Relevancy:
Tested on the same system, I was able to retrieve the missing information from the system information on linux.