mhwd

MHWD

Manjaro HardWare Detection

Description

MHWD controls the Xorg configuration and also detection for some hardware devices like a Network Card!

With MHWD you can install a new video or network driver. Also MHWD is a group name that is used for Manjaro, because it's also a group name for other tools that fall under MHWD for example : mhwd-kernel or pacman-mirrors

Options :

To use for MHWD

example : [sudo] MHWD -[x] [pci/usb] [Device/free/nonfree] [port] [-f]

List devices ( -l , -li , -la , -lh )

-l = List available drivers from repo for your system.
-li = List installed drivers.
-la = List all drivers, even that not supported for your card.
-lh = Gives a long list of your hardware. Might useful for things like bug reports.

Install Device ( -i )

When you list mhwd -l you get the available drivers for your device. For Nvidia graphics driver it would show: video-nvidia For network drivers it would show: network-broadcom-wl

example : sudo mhwd -i pci video-nvidia [-f]

Auto Install (-a)

example sudo mhwd -a pci free 0300 [-f]

Let MHWD decide which to install. It is your choice if you want to use free or nonfree drivers. If it detects the video card on port 0300 it will install free drivers. If you choose nonfree it will install the nonfree video drivers. For video ports 0300 this can differ depending on your video card, if so you can check mhwd -lh

PCI or USB?

Manjaro is developing USB video card support for the future, for now it does not support USB so you should only choose PCI.

Dual GPU videocards.

Most laptops that depend on optimus have two GPUs Manjaro uses bumblebee for the driver switcher. To control the video card. Please go to bumblebee to get more information.

mhwd-gpu to check symlinks

mhwd-gpu checks symlinks for your running video system. Sometimes it can be handy to check the workings of your card or change the configuration of it. Check the mhwd-gpu link to read further.