Somebody in the thread at some point said: >> # hal-device > How do I see the complete output of the command??? I mean, in the > terminal first lines are lost You can use Shift-PgUp and Shift-PgDown to look through the history in a text mode Virtual Terminal... at least until you switch to a different one. If you did it in a konsole or Gnome terminal you can just use the scrollbar. -Andy