guess-helper(8)

📦 version 1.1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 guess-helper(8) — the NVRAM WakeUp era 💖

okay bestie, so this is guess-helper, section 8 of the manual, and it ships with NVRAM WakeUp. it's the little sidekick you run when you have no idea what your BIOS is doing and you need the computer to figure it out for you. very "let the algorithm cook" of it.

✨ NAME ✨

guess-helper — the way that it literally tries to guess the configuration by comparing four dumps of the NVRAM. four. like, it needs all four, bestie, no shortcuts 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

guess-helper

no flags. no args. no drama. it just goes. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so guess-helper is a helper program from the package nvram-wakeup (iconic family, love that for it), and honestly? it's giving guided tour. it walks you through the whole procedure of creating the files that the program guess needs, and then — plot twist — it eventually just runs guess at the end for you. no cap.

and what do you get out of all this? a configuration file. and it might even work ;-) 🎀 (that's a direct quote from the manpage, i am not making that up, the original really does say it might even work, and honestly that's the most honest sentence in all of Unix)

⚠️ MAJOR ONE, DO NOT SKIP THIS: don't change any other BIOS settings you are not told to change until the procedure is finished. like, none. hands off the BIOS, bestie 🙈 the helper is doing delicate detective work here and you fiddling with random settings mid-procedure is going to ruin the vibe check entirely.

also, for way more details than this page gives you, go read README.mb. it's all in there. iykyk 💜

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

  • nvram-wakeup(8) — the main character 👑
  • guess(8) — the one that actually does the guessing, and the one this helper eventually runs for you
  • README.mb — the deep lore 🍓

✨ HOMEPAGE ✨

http://sf.net/projects/nvram-wakeup/ — go be nosy, it's allowed ✨

✨ AUTHOR ✨

Written by Sergei Haller <Sergei.Haller@math.uni-giessen.de>. absolute legend, respect 🫶

✨ REPORTING BUGS ✨

found a bug? don't suffer in silence, bestie 😭 report it at the bug tracking system (the link's up in HOMEPAGE, go look) or just slide into the mailing list: nvram-wakeup-devel@lists.sourceforge.net. they want to hear from you fr fr 💌

Copyright © 2001-2004 Sergei Haller.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

okay that's the whole page, we ate and left no crumbs 💅 this one came out on Jul 07 2004 for Linux — yes, a certified vintage, and it's still iconic. mwah 🎀✨

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