Re: Index of hardware test utilities available in official Debian repositories

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 11/28/2016 9:24 PM, Dave Thayer wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 06:26:47AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > I went to https://packages.debian.org/stable/ looking for test utilities.
> > The closest heading I found was "Utilities"
> > [https://packages.debian.org/stable/utils/].
> > The only relevant entry I found there was "memtester (4.3.0-3)".
> > I did not find "memtest86+" which I've used many times [It was listed under
> > "Similar packages:" on https://packages.debian.org/stable/utils/memtester].
> > I found nothing for testing hard disks or video subsystems <closest being
> > monitor resolution tests>.
>
> p.d.o has a pretty good search function, this should point you in the
> right direction: <https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=memtest>

That search function is not suitable. Back in the days when a 
library's catalog was a physical set of card-files there were 
typically three "file cabinets" - one each for title, author, and 
subject cards. By analogy, p.d.o only has information from "title 
cards". I need a subject index.

Thank you.