Add hardware logging to beginning of installation

archinstall/lib/hardware.py

@@ -119,12 +119,12 @@ def cpu_model() -> Optional[str]:
 
 def sys_vendor() -> Optional[str]:
 	with open(f"/sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/sys_vendor") as vendor:
-		return vendor.read()
+		return vendor.read().strip()
 
 
 def product_name() -> Optional[str]:
 	with open(f"/sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_name") as product:
-		return product.read()
+		return product.read().strip()
 
 
 def mem_info():
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ def mem_total() -> Optional[str]:
 	return mem_info()['MemTotal']
 
 
+def virtualization() -> Optional[str]:
+	return str(SysCommand("systemd-detect-virt")).strip('\r\n')
+
+
 def is_vm() -> bool:
 	try:
 		# systemd-detect-virt issues a non-zero exit code if it is not on a virtual machine

examples/guided.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import time
 
 import archinstall
 from archinstall.lib.general import run_custom_user_commands
-from archinstall.lib.hardware import has_uefi, AVAILABLE_GFX_DRIVERS
+from archinstall.lib.hardware import *
 from archinstall.lib.networking import check_mirror_reachable
 from archinstall.lib.profiles import Profile
 
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ if os.getuid() != 0:
 	print("Archinstall requires root privileges to run. See --help for more.")
 	exit(1)
 
+# Log various information about hardware before starting the installation. This might assist in troubleshooting
+archinstall.log(f"Hardware model detected: {archinstall.sys_vendor()} {archinstall.product_name()}; UEFI mode: {archinstall.has_uefi()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
+archinstall.log(f"Processor model detected: {archinstall.cpu_model()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
+archinstall.log(f"Memory statistics: {archinstall.mem_available()} available out of {archinstall.mem_total()} total installed", level=logging.DEBUG)
+archinstall.log(f"Virtualization detected: {archinstall.virtualization()}; is VM: {archinstall.is_vm()}", level=logging.DEBUG)
+
 # For support reasons, we'll log the disk layout pre installation to match against post-installation layout
 archinstall.log(f"Disk states before installing: {archinstall.disk_layouts()}", level=logging.DEBUG)