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GNOME USB-C cable and power diagnostic viewer for Linux

4 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 0 stories, 4 comments · first 2026-08-14 · latest 2026-08-14

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  1. …Source - having spent a while a few weeks back getting Codex to poke at this topic on my machine https://github.com/nedrichards/whatcable-linux/blob/main/doc... since framework do reuse parts of the ChromeOS Embedded Controller in their…
    comment by nedrichards · 2026-08-14 · in WhatCable: Know what your USB-C cable can do
  2. A quick search found https://github.com/nedrichards/whatcable-linux , haven't tried it myself though
  3. "This is a Linux-native reimplementation inspired by darrylmorley/whatcable" https://github.com/nedrichards/whatcable-linux But (hazard guess) it comes with a headless CLI binary (no GUI libraries needed) so probably could be ported to…
  4. …a Linux tool with the same name and purpose but that seems to be an entirely different codebase: https://github.com/nedrichards/whatcable-linux I have a handful of wireless keyboards that just absolutely refuse to negotiate for charging…
    comment by anticorporate · 2026-08-14 · in WhatCable: Know what your USB-C cable can do