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I have a bunch of old ethernet PC cards that I am not too sure about (whether they are any good). I want to test them in my laptop to see if they still work (out of curiosity, and because I want to know if Linux supports this hardware).

How do I know when the card has been recognized? Is there a way to get a Notification on card insertion (Notify OSD)? I can take a bit of coding if necessary ;).

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I use a simple notify-osd utility such as udev-notify - as the name suggests, it uses udev to display a notification when a new device is inserted.

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Alternatively, run a terminal command such as 

sudo lshw -class network

If the kernel does not recognise the device then the output would be "Unclaimed".

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Thanks! I think I have udev-notify already though, so I will need to verify this and also if the pc-cards are being recognized. – RolandiXor♦ Aug 13 '11 at 15:22
Seems they are just too old lol :). Thanks! – RolandiXor♦ Aug 17 '11 at 16:47

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