lspci not showing all details

shin938 · n00b Joined: 10 Feb 2012 Posts: 20

Hi
When I run lspci under debian, or with the gentoo live cd I get for example for my wireless card this line:
Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000

when I run it under gentoo after installation I get:
Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 1000 Series

why is that difference? I wouldn't know about Centrino if I wouldn't run that in debian.

Jaglover · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:33 pm Post subject:

Try running update-pciids
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Gusar · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:34 pm Post subject:

Does it matter? The "centrino" part is meaningless no matter how you slice it, that it's Intel 1000 is the important info. Actually, not even that is important, the only info that really counts is the ID. Which you get with lspci -nn

Otherwise, it's about the database stored in /usr/share/hwdata/. You can update it by running update-pciids

shin938 · n00b Joined: 10 Feb 2012 Posts: 20

Thank you for the answers