Chan -> Channel, it's just nicer in user-visible strings
[quassel.git] / data / scripts / inxi
index 93e3c5a..f5d8a91 100755 (executable)
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 1.4.15
-####  Date: September 16 2010
+####  version: 1.7.31
+####  Date: March 26 2012
+####  Patch Number: 00
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
 ########################################################################
 ####  Gaim/Pidgin, Weechat, KVIrc and Kopete.
 ####  Original infobash author and copyright holder:
 ####  Copyright (C) 2005-2007  Michiel de Boer a.k.a. locsmif
-####  inxi version: Copyright (C) 2008-10 Scott Rogers & Harald Hope
+####  inxi version: Copyright (C) 2008-12 Scott Rogers & Harald Hope
 ####  Further fixes (listed as known): Horst Tritremmel <hjt at sidux.com>
 ####  Steven Barrett (aka: damentz) - usb audio patch; swap percent used patch
+####  Jarett.Stevens - dmidecde -M patch for older systems with the /sys 
 ####
 ####  Current script home page: http://techpatterns.com/forums/about1131.html
 ####  Script svn: http://code.google.com/p/inxi
 ####  If you don't understand what Free Software is, please read (or reread)
 ####  this page: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
 ########################################################################
-####  Package names in (...) are the Debian Squeeze package name. Check your 
-####  distro for proper package name by doing this: which <application> 
-####  then find what package owns that application file.
+####  * Package names in (...) are the Debian Squeeze package name. Check your 
+####    distro for proper package name by doing this: which <application> 
+####    then find what package owns that application file. Or run --recommends
+####    which shows package names for Debian/Ubuntu, Arch, and Fedora/Redhat/Suse
+####
 ####  DEPENDENCIES
-####  bash >=3.0 (bash); df, readlink, stty, tr, uname, wc (coreutils);
-####  gawk (gawk); grep (grep); hostname (hostname); lspci (pciutils);
-####  free, ps, uptime (procps); 
-####  Also the proc filesystem should be present and mounted
+####  * bash >=3.0 (bash); df, readlink, stty, tr, uname, wc (coreutils);
+####    gawk (gawk); grep (grep); lspci (pciutils);
+####    free, ps, uptime (procps); find (findutils)
+####  * Also the proc filesystem should be present and mounted
+####  * Some features, like -M and -d will not work, or will work incompletely,
+####    if /sys is missing
 ####
 ####   Apparently unpatched bash 3.0 has arrays broken; bug reports:
 ####   http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-3.0-patches/bash30-008
 ####   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2004-08/msg00144.html
 ####  Bash 3.1 for proper array use
 ####
-####   Arrays work in bash 2.05b, but "egrep -m" does not
+####   Arrays work in bash 2.05b, but "grep -Em" does not
 ####
 ####  RECOMMENDS (Needed to run certain features, listed by option)
 ####  -A - for output of usb audio information: lsusb (usbutils)
-####  -Ax - for audio module version: modinfo (module-init-tools)
+####  -Ax -Nx - for audio/network module version: modinfo (module-init-tools)
 ####  -Dx - for hdd temp output (root only default): hddtemp (hddtemp)
 ####       For user level hdd temp output: sudo (sudo)
 ####       Note: requires user action for this feature to run as user (edit /etc/sudoers file)
 ####  -G - full graphics output requires:  glxinfo (mesa-utils); xdpyinfo (X11-utils);
 ####       xrandr (x11-xserver-utils)
-####  -i - IP information, local/wan - ifconfig (net-tools)
+####  -i - IP information, local/wan - ip (iproute) legacy, not used if ip present: ifconfig (net-tools)
 ####  -Ix - view current runlevel while not in X window system (or with -x): runlevel (sysvinit)
+####  -M - for older systems whose kernel does not have /sys data for machine, dmidecode (dmidecode)
 ####  -o - for unmounted file system information in unmounted drives (root only default): file (file)
 ####       Note: requires user action for this feature to run as user (edit /etc/sudoers file)
 ####       For user level unmounted file system type output: sudo (sudo)
 ####  -s   For any sensors output, fan, temp, etc: sensors (lm-sensors)
 ####       Note: requires setup of lm-sensors (sensors-detect and adding modules/modprobe/reboot,
 ####       and ideally, pwmconfig) prior to full output being available. 
+####  -S   For desktop environment, user must be in X and have xprop installed (in X11-utils)
 ########################################################################
 ####  CONVENTIONS:
-####  Indentation: TABS
-####  Do not use `....` (back quotes), those are totally non-reabable, use $(....).
-####  Do not use one liner flow controls. 
-####  The ONLY time you should use ';' (semi-colon) is in this single case: if [[ condition ]];then.
-####  Never use compound 'if': ie, if [[ condition ]] && statement.
-####  Note: [[ -n $something ]] - double brackets does not require quotes for variables: ie, "$something".
-####  Always use quotes, double or single, for all string values.
-####
-####  All new code/methods must be in a function.
-####  For all boolean tests, use 'true' / 'false'.
-####  !! Do NOT use 0 or 1 unless it's a function return. 
-####  Avoid complicated tests in the if condition itself.
-####  To 'return' a value in a function, use 'echo <var>'.
-####
-####  For gawk: use always if ( num_of_cores > 1 ) { hanging { starter for all blocks
-####  This lets us use one method for all gawk structures, including BEGIN/END, if, for, etc
+####  * Character Encoding: UTF-8 - this file contains special characters that must be opened and saved as UTF8
+####  * Indentation: TABS
+####  * Do not use `....` (back quotes), those are totally non-reabable, use $(....).
+####  * Do not use one liner flow controls. 
+####    The ONLY time you should use ';' (semi-colon) is in this single case: if [[ condition ]];then.
+####    Never use compound 'if': ie, if [[ condition ]] && statement.
+####  * Note: [[ -n $something ]] - double brackets does not require quotes for variables: ie, "$something".
+####  * Always use quotes, double or single, for all string values.
+####  * All new code/methods must be in a function.
+####  * For all boolean tests, use 'true' / 'false'.
+####    !! Do NOT use 0 or 1 unless it's a function return. 
+####  * Avoid complicated tests in the if condition itself.
+####  * To 'return' a value in a function, use 'echo <var>'.
+####  * For gawk: use always if ( num_of_cores > 1 ) { hanging { starter for all blocks
+####    This lets us use one method for all gawk structures, including BEGIN/END, if, for, etc
 ####
 ####  VARIABLE/FUNCTION NAMING:
-####  All functions should follow standard naming--verb adjective noun. 
-####   ie, get_cpu_data
-####  All variables MUST be initialized / declared explicitly.
-####  All variables should clearly explain what they are, except counters like i, j.
-####  Each word of variable must be separated by '_' (underscore) (camel form).
-####  Global variables are 'UPPER CASE', at top of script.
-####   ie, SOME_VARIABLE=''
-####  Local variables are 'lower case' and declared at the top of the function.
-####   ie, some_variable=''
-####  Locals that will be inherited by child functions have first char capitalized (so you know they are inherited).
-####   ie, Some_Variable 
-####
-####  Booleans should start with b_ (local) or B_ (global) and state clearly what is being tested.
-####  Arrays should start with a_ (local) or A_ (global).
+####  All functions should follow standard naming--verb adjective noun. 
+####     ie, get_cpu_data
+####  * All variables MUST be initialized / declared explicitly, either top of file, for Globals, or using local
+####  All variables should clearly explain what they are, except counters like i, j.
+####  * Each word of Bash variable must be separated by '_' (underscore) (camel form), like: cpu_data
+####  * Each word of Gawk variable must be like this (first word lower, following start with upper): cpuData
+####  * Global variables are 'UPPER CASE', at top of script.
+####     ie, SOME_VARIABLE=''
+####  * Local variables are 'lower case' and declared at the top of the function using local, always.
+####     ie: local some_variable=''
+####  * Locals that will be inherited by child functions have first char capitalized (so you know they are inherited).
+####     ie, Some_Variable 
+####  Booleans should start with b_ (local) or B_ (global) and state clearly what is being tested.
+####  Arrays should start with a_ (local) or A_ (global).
 ####
 ####  SPECIAL NOTES:
-####  The color variable ${C2} must always be followed by a space unless you know what
-####  character is going to be next for certain. Otherwise irc color codes can be accidentally
-####  activated or altered.
-####
-####  For native script konversation support (check distro for correct konvi scripts path):
-####  ln -s <path to inxi> /usr/share/apps/konversation/scripts/inxi
-####  DCOP doesn't like \n, so avoid using it for most output unless required, as in error messages.
+####  * The color variable ${C2} must always be followed by a space unless you know what
+####    character is going to be next for certain. Otherwise irc color codes can be accidentally
+####    activated or altered.
+####  * For native script konversation support (check distro for correct konvi scripts path):
+####    ln -s <path to inxi> /usr/share/apps/konversation/scripts/inxi
+####    DCOP doesn't like \n, so avoid using it for most output unless required, as in error messages.
+####  * print_screen_output " " # requires space, not null, to avoid error in for example in irssi
+####  * For logging of array data, array must be placed into the temp_array, otherwise only the first key logs
+####  * In gawk search patterns, . is a wildcard EXCEPT in [0-9.] type containers, then it's a literal
+####    So outside of bracketed items, it must be escaped, \. but inside, no need. Outside of gawk it should 
+####    be escaped in search patterns if you are using it as a literal.
 ####
 ####  As with all 'rules' there are acceptions, these are noted where used.
-####
 ###################################################################################
 ####   KDE Konversation information.  Moving from dcop(qt3/KDE3) to dbus(qt4/KDE4)
 ###################################################################################
-####   dcop and dbus   -- these talk back to Konversation from this script
-####   
-####   Scripting info  -- http://konversation.berlios.de/docs/scripting.html
-####                   -- http://www.kde.org.uk/apps/konversation/
-####
-####   dbus info       -- http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-tutorial.html
-####   view dbus info  -- https://fedorahosted.org/d-feet/
-####                   -- or run qdbus
-####   Konvi dbus/usage-- qdbus org.kde.konversation /irc say <server> <target-channel> <output>
-####
-####   Python usage    -- http://wiki.python.org/moin/DbusExamples  (just in case)
+####  * dcop and dbus  -- these talk back to Konversation from this script
+####  * Scripting info -- http://konversation.berlios.de/docs/scripting.html
+####    -- http://www.kde.org.uk/apps/konversation/
+####  * dbus info      -- http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-tutorial.html
+####    view dbus info -- https://fedorahosted.org/d-feet/
+####    -- or run qdbus
+####  * Konvi dbus/usage-- qdbus org.kde.konversation /irc say <server> <target-channel> <output>
+####  * Python usage   -- http://wiki.python.org/moin/DbusExamples  (just in case)
 ####
 ####   Because webpages come and go, the above information needs to be moved to inxi's wiki
-####   
 ########################################################################
 ####  Valuable Resources
 ####  gawk arrays: http://www.math.utah.edu/docs/info/gawk_12.html
 ####  -! 13 - triggers an update from svn branch three - if present, of course
 ####  -! 14 - triggers an update from svn branch four - if present, of course
 ####  -! <http://......> - Triggers an update from whatever server you list.
-#### LOG FLAGS (logs to $HOME/.inxi/inxi.log with rotate 3 total)
+####  LOG FLAGS (logs to $HOME/.inxi/inxi.log with rotate 3 total)
 ####  -@ 8  - Basic data logging of generated data / array values
 ####  -@ 9  - Full logging of all data used, including cat of files and system data
 ####  -@ 10 - Basic data logging plus color code logging
@@ -167,30 +173,38 @@ LANG=C
 ### Variable initializations: null values
 CMDL_MAX=''
 COLOR_SCHEME=''
-COLOR_SCHEME_SET=''
 # override in user config if desired, seems like less than .3 doesn't work as reliably
 CPU_SLEEP='0.3' 
 DEV_DISK_LABEL=''
 DEV_DISK_UUID=''
+FILTER_STRING='<filter>'
 IRC_CLIENT=''
 IRC_CLIENT_VERSION=''
+LINE_MAX=''
+LINE_MAX_CONSOLE='115'
+LINE_MAX_IRC='105'
 PS_COUNT=5
 PS_THROTTLED=''
 REPO_DATA=''
 REPO_FILE_ID=''
 
 ### primary data array holders ## usage: 'A_<var>'
+A_ALSA_DATA=''
 A_AUDIO_DATA=''
 A_CMDL=''
 A_CPU_CORE_DATA=''
 A_CPU_DATA=''
 A_CPU_TYPE_PCNT_CCNT=''
 A_DEBUG_BUFFER=''
+A_GCC_VERSIONS=''
 A_GFX_CARD_DATA=''
 A_GLX_DATA=''
+A_GRAPHIC_DRIVERS=''
 A_HDD_DATA=''
 A_INTERFACES_DATA=''
+A_MACHINE_DATA=''
 A_NETWORK_DATA=''
+A_OPTICAL_DRIVE_DATA=''
 A_PARTITION_DATA=''
 A_PS_DATA=''
 A_SENSORS_DATA=''
@@ -201,6 +215,8 @@ A_X_DATA=''
 # flag to allow distro maintainers to turn off update features. If false, turns off
 # -U and -! testing/advanced update options, as well as removing the -U help menu item
 B_ALLOW_UPDATE='true'
+B_COLOR_SCHEME_SET='false'
+B_CONSOLE_IRC='false'
 # triggers full display of cpu flags
 B_CPU_FLAGS_FULL='false'
 # test for dbus irc client
@@ -211,30 +227,47 @@ B_DCOP='false'
 B_DEBUG_FLOOD='false'
 # show extra output data
 B_EXTRA_DATA='false'
+# triggered by -xx
+B_EXTRA_EXTRA_DATA='false'
 # override certain errors due to currupted data
 B_HANDLE_CORRUPT_DATA='false'
 B_LABEL_SET='false'
 B_LOG_COLORS='false'
 B_LOG_FULL_DATA='false'
+B_OUTPUT_FILTER='false'
+B_OVERRIDE_FILTER='false'
 # kde qdbus
 B_QDBUS='false'
+B_PORTABLE='false'
 B_ROOT='false'
+B_RUN_COLOR_SELECTOR='false'
 # Running in a shell? Defaults to false, and is determined later.
 B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL='false'
+if tty >/dev/null;then
+       B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL='true'
+fi
 # this sets the debug buffer
 B_SCRIPT_UP='false'
+B_SHOW_ADVANCED_NETWORK='false'
 # Show sound card data
 B_SHOW_AUDIO='false'
+B_SHOW_BASIC_CPU='false'
+B_SHOW_BASIC_DISK='false'
+B_SHOW_BASIC_OPTICAL='false'
 B_SHOW_CPU='false'
+B_SHOW_DISK_TOTAL='false'
 B_SHOW_DISK='false'
 # Show full hard disk output
 B_SHOW_FULL_HDD='false'
+B_SHOW_FULL_OPTICAL='false'
 B_SHOW_GRAPHICS='false'
-# Set this to 'false' to avoid printing the hostname
+# Set this to 'false' to avoid printing the hostname, this isn't used except for 
+# user configuration options via config files
 B_SHOW_HOST='true'
 B_SHOW_INFO='false'
 B_SHOW_IP='false'
 B_SHOW_LABELS='false'
+B_SHOW_MACHINE='false'
 B_SHOW_NETWORK='false'
 # either -v > 3 or -P will show partitions
 B_SHOW_PARTITIONS='false'
@@ -242,20 +275,23 @@ B_SHOW_PARTITIONS_FULL='false'
 B_SHOW_PS_CPU_DATA='false'
 B_SHOW_PS_MEM_DATA='false'
 B_SHOW_REPOS='false'
+B_RUNNING_IN_X='false'
 B_SHOW_SENSORS='false'
 # triggers only short inxi output
 B_SHOW_SHORT_OUTPUT='false'
 B_SHOW_SYSTEM='false'
 B_SHOW_UNMOUNTED_PARTITIONS='false'
 B_SHOW_UUIDS='false'
+B_SHOW_X_DATA='false'
 # triggers various debugging and new option testing
 B_TESTING_1='false'
 B_TESTING_2='false'
+B_UPLOAD_DEBUG_DATA='false'
+B_USB_NETWORKING='false'
 # set to true here for debug logging from script start
 B_USE_LOGGING='false'
 B_UUID_SET='false'
-# Test for X running
-B_X_RUNNING='false'
+B_XORG_LOG='false'
 
 ### Directory/file exist flags; test as [[ $(boolean) ]] not [[ $boolean ]]
 B_ASOUND_DEVICE_FILE='false'
@@ -272,6 +308,7 @@ B_SCSI_FILE='false'
 
 ### File's used when present
 FILE_ASOUND_DEVICE='/proc/asound/cards'
+FILE_ASOUND_MODULES='/proc/asound/modules' # not used but maybe for -A?
 FILE_ASOUND_VERSION='/proc/asound/version'
 FILE_CPUINFO='/proc/cpuinfo'
 FILE_LSB_RELEASE='/etc/lsb-release'
@@ -280,6 +317,7 @@ FILE_MODULES='/proc/modules'
 FILE_MOUNTS='/proc/mounts'
 FILE_PARTITIONS='/proc/partitions'
 FILE_SCSI='/proc/scsi/scsi'
+FILE_XORG_LOG='/var/log/Xorg.0.log' # if not found, search and replace with actual location
 
 ## app tested for and present, to avoid repeat tests
 B_FILE_TESTED='false'
@@ -299,9 +337,18 @@ DEBUG_BUFFER_INDEX=0
 ## note: the debugger rerouting to /dev/null has been moved to the end of the get_parameters function
 ## so -@[number] debug levels can be set if there is a failure, otherwise you can't even see the errors
 
-# Defaults to 2, make this 1 for normal, 0 for no colorcodes at all. Set to any other valid scheme you like.
+# Defaults to 2, make this 1 for normal, 0 for no colorcodes at all. Use following variables in config 
+# files to change defaults for each type, or global
 # Same as runtime parameter.
-DEFAULT_SCHEME=2
+DEFAULT_COLOR_SCHEME=2
+# Always leave these blank, these are only going to be set in inxi.conf files, that makes testing
+# for user changes easier after sourcing the files
+GLOBAL_COLOR_SCHEME=''
+IRC_COLOR_SCHEME=''
+IRC_CONS_COLOR_SCHEME=''
+IRC_X_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME=''
+CONSOLE_COLOR_SCHEME=''
+VIRT_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME=''
 
 # Default indentation level
 INDENT=10
@@ -321,7 +368,7 @@ KONVI=0
 # NO_CPU_COUNT=0       # Wether or not the string "dual" or similar is found in cpuinfo output. If so, avoid dups.
 # This is a variable that controls how many parameters inxi will parse in a /proc/<pid>/cmdline file before stopping.
 PARAMETER_LIMIT=30
-SCHEME=0 # set default scheme
+SCHEME=0 # set default scheme - do not change this, it's set dynamically
 # this is set in user prefs file, to override dynamic temp1/temp2 determination of sensors output in case
 # cpu runs colder than mobo
 SENSORS_CPU_NO=''
@@ -330,7 +377,7 @@ SHOW_IRC=2
 # Verbosity level defaults to 0, this can also be set with -v0, -v2, -v3, etc as a parameter.
 VERBOSITY_LEVEL=0
 # Supported number of verbosity levels, including 0
-VERBOSITY_LEVELS=5
+VERBOSITY_LEVELS=7
 
 # Clear nullglob, because it creates unpredictable situations with IFS=$'\n' ARR=($VAR) IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
 # type constructs. Stuff like [rev a1] is now seen as a glob expansion pattern, and fails, and
@@ -341,15 +388,22 @@ shopt -u nullglob
 ORIGINAL_IFS="$IFS"
 
 # These two determine separators in single line output, to force irc clients not to break off sections
-SEP1='-'
-SEP2='~'
+SEP1='~'
+SEP2=' '
+# these will assign a separator to non irc states. Important! Using ':' can trigger stupid emoticon
+# behaviors in output on IRC, so do not use those.
+SEP3_IRC=''
+SEP3_CONSOLE=':'
+SEP3='' # do not set, will be set dynamically
 
 ### Script names/paths - must be non root writable
 SCRIPT_DATA_DIR="$HOME/.inxi"
+ALTERNATE_FTP='' # for data uploads
 LOG_FILE="$SCRIPT_DATA_DIR/inxi.log"
 LOG_FILE_1="$SCRIPT_DATA_DIR/inxi.1.log"
 LOG_FILE_2="$SCRIPT_DATA_DIR/inxi.2.log"
 SCRIPT_NAME="inxi"
+SCRIPT_PATCH_NUMBER=''
 SCRIPT_PATH=""                 #filled-in in Main
 SCRIPT_VERSION_NUMBER=""       #filled-in in Main
 SCRIPT_DOWNLOAD='http://inxi.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/'
@@ -368,17 +422,60 @@ export LC_ALL
 ### Output Colors
 # A more elegant way to have a scheme that doesn't print color codes (neither ANSI nor mIRC) at all. See below.
 unset EMPTY
-#              DGREY    BLACK    RED      DRED     GREEN    DGREEN   YELLOW   DYELLOW
+#             DGREY   BLACK   RED     DRED    GREEN   DGREEN  YELLOW  DYELLOW
 ANSI_COLORS="\e[1;30m \e[0;30m \e[1;31m \e[0;31m \e[1;32m \e[0;32m \e[1;33m \e[0;33m"
-IRC_COLORS="   \x0314   \x0301   \x0304   \x0305   \x0309   \x0303   \x0308   \x0307"
-#                            BLUE     DBLUE    MAGENTA  DMAGENTA CYAN     DCYAN    WHITE    GREY     NORMAL
+IRC_COLORS="  \x0314  \x0301  \x0304  \x0305  \x0309  \x0303  \x0308  \x0307"
+#                          BLUE    DBLUE   MAGENTA DMAGENTA CYAN   DCYAN   WHITE   GREY    NORMAL
 ANSI_COLORS="$ANSI_COLORS \e[1;34m \e[0;34m \e[1;35m \e[0;35m \e[1;36m \e[0;36m \e[1;37m \e[0;37m \e[0;37m"
-IRC_COLORS=" $IRC_COLORS    \x0312   \x0302   \x0313   \x0306   \x0311   \x0310   \x0300   \x0315   \x03"
+IRC_COLORS=" $IRC_COLORS    \x0312 \x0302  \x0313  \x0306  \x0311  \x0310  \x0300  \x0315  \x03"
 
 #ANSI_COLORS=($ANSI_COLORS); IRC_COLORS=($IRC_COLORS)
 A_COLORS_AVAILABLE=( DGREY BLACK RED DRED GREEN DGREEN YELLOW DYELLOW BLUE DBLUE MAGENTA DMAGENTA CYAN DCYAN WHITE GREY NORMAL )
+
 # See above for notes on EMPTY
-A_COLOR_SCHEMES=( EMPTY,EMPTY,EMPTY NORMAL,NORMAL,NORMAL BLUE,NORMAL,NORMAL GREEN,YELLOW,NORMAL DYELLOW,NORMAL,NORMAL CYAN,BLUE,NORMAL RED,NORMAL,NORMAL GREEN,NORMAL,NORMAL YELLOW,NORMAL,NORMAL GREEN,DGREEN,NORMAL BLUE,RED,NORMAL BLUE,NORMAL,RED YELLOW,WHITE,GREEN BLUE,NORMAL,GREEN DCYAN,NORMAL,DMAGENTA )
+## note: group 1: 0, 1 are null/normal
+## Following: group 2: generic, light/dark or dark/light; group 3: dark on light; group 4 light on dark; 
+# this is the count of the first two groups, starting at zero
+SAFE_COLOR_COUNT=12
+A_COLOR_SCHEMES=( 
+EMPTY,EMPTY,EMPTY 
+NORMAL,NORMAL,NORMAL 
+
+BLUE,NORMAL,NORMAL
+BLUE,RED,NORMAL 
+CYAN,BLUE,NORMAL 
+DCYAN,NORMAL,NORMAL
+DCYAN,BLUE,NORMAL 
+DGREEN,NORMAL,NORMAL 
+DYELLOW,NORMAL,NORMAL 
+GREEN,DGREEN,NORMAL 
+GREEN,NORMAL,NORMAL 
+MAGENTA,NORMAL,NORMAL
+RED,NORMAL,NORMAL
+
+BLACK,DGREY,NORMAL
+DBLUE,DGREY,NORMAL 
+DBLUE,DMAGENTA,NORMAL
+DBLUE,DRED,NORMAL 
+DBLUE,BLACK,NORMAL
+DGREEN,DYELLOW,NORMAL 
+DYELLOW,BLACK,NORMAL
+DMAGENTA,BLACK,NORMAL
+DCYAN,DBLUE,NORMAL
+
+WHITE,GREY,NORMAL
+GREY,WHITE,NORMAL
+CYAN,GREY,NORMAL 
+GREEN,WHITE,NORMAL 
+GREEN,YELLOW,NORMAL 
+YELLOW,WHITE,NORMAL 
+MAGENTA,CYAN,NORMAL 
+MAGENTA,YELLOW,NORMAL
+RED,CYAN,NORMAL
+RED,WHITE,NORMAL 
+BLUE,WHITE,NORMAL
+)
+
 ## Actual color variables
 C1=''
 C2=''
@@ -387,7 +484,7 @@ CN=''
 ### Distro Data
 # In cases of derived distros where the version file of the base distro can also be found under /etc,
 # the derived distro's version file should go first. (Such as with Sabayon / Gentoo)
-DISTROS_DERIVED="antix-version kanotix-version knoppix-version mandrake-release pardus-release sabayon-release sidux-version turbolinux-release zenwalk-version"
+DISTROS_DERIVED="antix-version aptosid-version kanotix-version knoppix-version mandrake-release pardus-release sabayon-release siduction-version sidux-version turbolinux-release zenwalk-version"
 # debian_version excluded from DISTROS_PRIMARY so Debian can fall through to /etc/issue detection. Same goes for Ubuntu.
 DISTROS_EXCLUDE_LIST="debian_version ubuntu_version"
 DISTROS_PRIMARY="gentoo-release redhat-release slackware-version SuSE-release"
@@ -397,15 +494,21 @@ DISTROS_LSB_GOOD="mandrake-release mandriva-release mandrakelinux-release"
 # Puppy Linux 4.1.2 (Bash 3.0: arrays won't work) --> works partially
 
 ### Bans Data
-# Precede a banword with $'\2' to prevent it from being subject to automated escaping by the make_ban_lists routine
-# $'\1' gets weird results :
-# user@host $ ARR=($'\x01'"one two" three four); echo ${ARR[0]} | hd -v
-# 00000000  01 01 6f 6e 65 20 74 77  6f 0a                    |..one two.|
-A_NORMAL_BANS=( corporation communications gmbh technologies technology group $'\2'"\<ltd\>" ltd. $'\2'"\<inc\>" inc. $'\2'\<co\> co. "(tm)" "(r)" "®" $'\2'"\(rev ..\)" )
-A_CPU_BANS=( @ cpu deca 'dual core' dual-core 'tri core' tri-core 'quad core' quad-core ennea genuine hepta hexa multi octa penta 'processor' processor single triple $'\2'"[0-9.]+ *[MmGg][Hh][Zz]" )
-# after processing, the ban arrays will be put into these:
-BAN_LIST_NORMAL=''
-BAN_LIST_CPU=''
+# Note that \<ltd\> bans only words, not parts of strings; in \<corp\> you can't use punctuation characters like . or ,
+# we're saving about 10+% of the total script exec time by hand building the ban lists here, using hard quotes.
+BAN_LIST_NORMAL='computing|computer|corporation|communications|electronics|electrical|electric|gmbh|group|industrial|international|revision|software|technologies|technology|ltd\.|\<ltd\>|inc\.|\<inc\>|intl\.|co\.|\<co\>|corp\.|\<corp\>|\(tm\)|\(r\)|®|\(rev ..\)'
+BAN_LIST_CPU='@|cpu deca|dual core|dual-core|tri core|tri-core|quad core|quad-core|ennea|genuine|hepta|hexa|multi|octa|penta|processor|single|triple|[0-9\.]+ *[MmGg][Hh][Zz]'
+
+SENSORS_GPU_SEARCH='intel|radeon|nouveau'
+
+### USB networking search string data, because some brands can have other products than
+### wifi/nic cards, they need further identifiers, with wildcards.
+### putting the most common and likely first, then the less common, then some specifics
+USB_NETWORK_SEARCH="Wi-Fi.*Adapter|Wireless.*Adapter|WLAN.*Adapter|Network.*Adapter|802\.11|Atheros|Atmel|D-Link.*Adapter|D-Link.*Wireless|Linksys|Netgea|Ralink|Realtek.*Network|Realtek.*Wireless|Realtek.*WLAN|Belkin.*Wireless|Belkin.*WLAN|Belkin.*Network"
+USB_NETWORK_SEARCH="$USB_NETWORK_SEARCH|Actiontec.*Wireless|Actiontec.*Network|AirLink.*Wireless|Asus.*Network|Asus.*Wireless|Buffalo.*Wireless|Davicom|DWA-.*RangeBooster|DWA-.*Wireless|ENUWI-.*Wireless|LG.*Wi-Fi|Rosewill.*Wireless|RNX-.*Wireless|Samsung.*LinkStick|Samsung.*Wireless|Sony.*Wireless|TEW-.*Wireless|TP-Link.*Wireless|WG[0-9][0-9][0-9].*Wireless|WNA[0-9][0-9][0-9]|WNDA[0-9][0-9][0-9]|Zonet.*ZEW.*Wireless|54 Mbps" 
+# then a few known hard to ID ones added 
+# belkin=050d; d-link=07d1; netgear=0846; ralink=148f; realtek=0bda; 
+USB_NETWORK_SEARCH="$USB_NETWORK_SEARCH|050d:935b|0bda:8189|0bda:8197"
 
 # WARNING: In the main part below (search for 'KONVI')
 # there's a check for Konversation-specific config files.
@@ -419,34 +522,29 @@ main()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
        
+       local color_scheme=''
+       
        # This function just initializes variables
        initialize_script_data
 
        # Check for dependencies BEFORE running ANYTHING else except above functions
-       # Not all distro's have these depends installed by default
-       check_script_depends
-       check_script_suggested_apps
-       
-       # note: this needs to go AFTER depends check because these use gawk
-       # Do this after sourcing of config overrides so user can customize banwords
-       # Contrary to my previous belief, "${ARR[@]}" passes a quoted list, not one string
-       BAN_LIST_NORMAL=$( make_ban_lists "${A_NORMAL_BANS[@]}" ) 
-       BAN_LIST_CPU=$( make_ban_lists "${A_CPU_BANS[@]}" )
-       ##echo "BAN_LIST_NORMAL='$BAN_LIST_NORMAL'"
+       # Not all distro's have these depends installed by default. Don't want to run
+       # this if the user is requesting to see this information in the first place
+       if [[ $1 != '--recommends' ]];then
+               check_script_depends
+               check_script_suggested_apps
+       fi
 
-       # first init function must be set first for colors etc. Remember, no debugger
-       # stuff works on this function unless you set the debugging flag manually.
-       # Debugging flag -@ [number] will not work until get_parameters runs.
-       
        ### Only continue if depends ok
        SCRIPT_PATH=$( dirname $0 )
        SCRIPT_VERSION_NUMBER=$( grep -im 1 'version:' $SCRIPT_PATH/$SCRIPT_NAME | gawk '{print $3}' )
+       SCRIPT_PATCH_NUMBER=$( grep -im 1 'Patch Number:' $SCRIPT_PATH/$SCRIPT_NAME | gawk '{print $4}' )
        
        ### Source global config overrides
        if [[ -s /etc/$SCRIPT_NAME.conf ]];then
                source /etc/$SCRIPT_NAME.conf
        fi
-       # Source user config overrides, ~/.inxi/inxi.conf
+       # Source user config variables override /etc/inxi.conf variables
        if [[ -s $HOME/.$SCRIPT_NAME/$SCRIPT_NAME.conf ]];then
                source $HOME/.$SCRIPT_NAME/$SCRIPT_NAME.conf
        fi
@@ -455,15 +553,12 @@ main()
        ## Konversation 1.2 apparently does not like the $PPID test in get_start_client
        ## So far there is no known way to detect if qt4_konvi is the parent process
        ## this method will infer qt4_konvi as parent
-       
        get_start_client
 
        # note: this only works if it's run from inside konversation as a script builtin or something
        # only do this if inxi has been started as a konversation script, otherwise bypass this 
 #      KONVI=3 ## for testing puroses
-       ## 
        if [[ $KONVI -eq 1 || $KONVI -eq 3 ]];then
-               
                if [[ $KONVI -eq 1 ]]; then ## dcop Konversation (ie 1.x < 1.2(qt3))    
                        DCPORT="$1"
                        DCSERVER="$2"
@@ -492,14 +587,57 @@ main()
        #       print_screen_output "DCPORT: $DCPORT"
        #       print_screen_output "DCSERVER: $DCSERVER"
        #       print_screen_output "DCTARGET: $DCTARGET"
-
+       
+       # first init function must be set first for colors etc. Remember, no debugger
+       # stuff works on this function unless you set the debugging flag manually.
+       # Debugging flag -@ [number] will not work until get_parameters runs.
+       
        # "$@" passes every parameter separately quoted, "$*" passes all parameters as one quoted parameter.
        # must be here to allow debugger and other flags to be set.
        get_parameters "$@"
 
        # If no colorscheme was set in the parameter handling routine, then set the default scheme
-       if [[ $COLOR_SCHEME_SET != 'true' ]];then
-               set_color_scheme "$DEFAULT_SCHEME"
+       if [[ $B_COLOR_SCHEME_SET != 'true' ]];then
+               # This let's user pick their color scheme. For IRC, only shows the color schemes, no interactive
+               # The override value only will be placed in user config files. /etc/inxi.conf can also override
+               if [[ $B_RUN_COLOR_SELECTOR == 'true' ]];then 
+                       select_default_color_scheme
+               else
+                       # set the default, then override as required
+                       color_scheme=$DEFAULT_COLOR_SCHEME
+                       if [[ -n $GLOBAL_COLOR_SCHEME ]];then
+                               color_scheme=$GLOBAL_COLOR_SCHEME
+                       else
+                               if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL == 'true' ]];then
+                                       if [[ -n $CONSOLE_COLOR_SCHEME && -z $DISPLAY ]];then
+                                               color_scheme=$CONSOLE_COLOR_SCHEME
+                                       elif [[ -n $VIRT_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME ]];then
+                                               color_scheme=$VIRT_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME
+                                       fi
+                               else
+                                       if [[ -n $IRC_X_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME && $B_CONSOLE_IRC == 'true' && -n $DISPLAY ]];then
+                                               color_scheme=$IRC_X_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME
+                                       elif [[ -n $IRC_CONS_COLOR_SCHEME && -z $DISPLAY ]];then
+                                               color_scheme=$IRC_CONS_COLOR_SCHEME
+                                       elif [[ -n $IRC_COLOR_SCHEME ]];then
+                                               color_scheme=$IRC_COLOR_SCHEME
+                                       fi
+                               fi
+                       fi
+                       set_color_scheme $color_scheme
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL == 'true' ]];then
+               LINE_MAX=$LINE_MAX_CONSOLE
+               SEP3=$SEP3_CONSOLE
+       else
+               # too hard to read if no colors, so force that for users on irc
+               if [[ $SCHEME == 0 ]];then
+                       SEP3=$SEP3_CONSOLE
+               else
+                       SEP3=$SEP3_IRC
+               fi
+               LINE_MAX=$LINE_MAX_IRC
        fi
 
        # all the pre-start stuff is in place now
@@ -531,39 +669,21 @@ main()
 initialize_script_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
-       local path='' sys_path='' added_path='' b_path_found=''
-       # Extra path variable to make execute failures less likely, merged below
-       local extra_paths="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin"
-
-       # Fallback paths put into $extra_paths; This might, among others, help on gentoo.
-       # Now, create a difference of $PATH and $extra_paths and add that to $PATH:
-       IFS=":"
-       for path in $extra_paths
-       do
-               b_path_found='false'
-               for sys_path in $PATH
-               do
-                       if [[ $path == $sys_path ]];then
-                               b_path_found='true'
-                       fi
-               done
-               if [[ $b_path_found == 'false' ]];then
-                       added_path="$added_path:$path"
-               fi
-       done
-
-       IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
-       PATH="${PATH}${added_path}"
-       ##echo "PATH='$PATH'"
-       ##/bin/sh -c 'echo "PATH in subshell=\"$PATH\""'
-
+       
        # now set the script BOOLEANS for files required to run features
        if [[ -d "/proc/" ]];then
                B_PROC_DIR='true'
        else
                error_handler 6
        fi
-
+       
+       initialize_script_paths
+       
+       # found a case of battery existing but having nothing in it on desktop mobo
+       # not all laptops show the first, 
+       if [[ -n $( ls /proc/acpi/battery 2>/dev/null ) ]];then
+               B_PORTABLE='true'
+       fi
        if [[ -e $FILE_CPUINFO ]]; then
                B_CPUINFO_FILE='true'
        fi
@@ -589,7 +709,8 @@ initialize_script_data()
        fi
 
        if [[ -n $DISPLAY ]];then
-               B_X_RUNNING='true'
+               B_SHOW_X_DATA='true'
+               B_RUNNING_IN_X='true'
        fi
 
        if [[ -e $FILE_MODULES ]];then
@@ -603,6 +724,18 @@ initialize_script_data()
        if [[ -e $FILE_PARTITIONS ]];then
                B_PARTITIONS_FILE='true'
        fi
+       # default to the normal location, then search for it
+       if [[ -e $FILE_XORG_LOG ]];then
+               B_XORG_LOG='true'
+       else
+               # Detect location of the Xorg log file
+               if [[ -n $( type -p xset ) ]]; then
+                       FILE_XORG_LOG=$( xset q 2>/dev/null | grep -i 'Log file' | gawk '{print $3}')
+                       if [[ -e $FILE_XORG_LOG ]];then
+                               B_XORG_LOG='true'
+                       fi
+               fi
+       fi
        # gfx output will require this flag
        if [[ $( whoami ) == 'root' ]];then
                B_ROOT='true'
@@ -610,6 +743,35 @@ initialize_script_data()
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
+initialize_script_paths()
+{
+       local path='' added_path='' b_path_found='' sys_path=''
+       # Extra path variable to make execute failures less likely, merged below
+       local extra_paths="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin"
+
+       # Fallback paths put into $extra_paths; This might, among others, help on gentoo.
+       # Now, create a difference of $PATH and $extra_paths and add that to $PATH:
+       IFS=":"
+       for path in $extra_paths
+       do
+               b_path_found='false'
+               for sys_path in $PATH
+               do
+                       if [[ $path == $sys_path ]];then
+                               b_path_found='true'
+                       fi
+               done
+               if [[ $b_path_found == 'false' ]];then
+                       added_path="$added_path:$path"
+               fi
+       done
+
+       IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
+       PATH="${PATH}${added_path}"
+       ##echo "PATH='$PATH'"
+       ##/bin/sh -c 'echo "PATH in subshell=\"$PATH\""'
+}
+
 # No args taken.
 check_script_suggested_apps()
 {
@@ -644,16 +806,18 @@ check_script_depends()
        eval $LOGFS
        local app_name='' app_path=''
        # bc removed from deps for now
-       local depends="df free gawk grep hostname lspci ps readlink tr uname uptime wc"
-       local x_apps="xrandr xdpyinfo glxinfo"
+       local depends="df free gawk grep lspci ps readlink tr uname uptime wc"
+       # no need to add xprop because it will just give N/A if not there, but if we expand use of xprop,
+       # should add that here as a test, then use the B_SHOW_X_DATA flag to trigger the tests in de function
+       local x_apps="xrandr xdpyinfo glxinfo" 
 
-       if [[ $B_X_RUNNING == 'true' ]];then
+       if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_X == 'true' ]];then
                for app_name in $x_apps
                do
                        app_path=$( type -p $app_name )
                        if [[ -z $app_path ]];then
-                               script_debugger "Resuming in non X mode: $app_name not found in path"
-                               B_X_RUNNING='false'
+                               script_debugger "Resuming in non X mode: $app_name not found. For package install advice run: $SCRIPT_NAME --recommends"
+                               B_SHOW_X_DATA='false'
                                break
                        fi
                done
@@ -695,40 +859,12 @@ sanitize_characters()
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
-# Filter boilerplate & buzzwords.
-# args: $1 - quoted: "$@" array of ban terms
-make_ban_lists()
-{
-       eval $LOGFS
-       local ban_list=''
-       # Iterate over $@
-       ## note: this is a weird, non-intuitive method, needs some documentation or rewriting
-       ## if you declare ban_string it stops working, have to read up on this
-       for ban_string
-       do
-               # echo "term=\"$ban_string\"" # >&2
-               if [[ ${ban_string:0:1} = $'\2' ]];then
-                       ban_list="${ban_list}${ban_list+|}${ban_string:1:${#ban_string}-1}"
-               else
-                       # Automatically escapes [ ] ( ) . and +
-                       ban_list="${ban_list}${ban_list+|}$( echo "$ban_string" | gawk '{
-                               gsub(/([\[\]+().])/,"\\\\&")
-                               print
-                       }' )"
-               fi
-       done
-
-       echo "$ban_list"
-       eval $LOGFS
-}
-# make_ban_lists "${A_CPU_BANS[@]}";exit
-
 # Set the colorscheme
 # args: $1 = <scheme number>|<"none">
 set_color_scheme()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
-       local i='' script_colors='' color_codes=''
+       local i='' a_script_colors='' a_color_codes=''
 
        if [[ $1 -ge ${#A_COLOR_SCHEMES[@]} ]];then
                set -- 1
@@ -736,25 +872,184 @@ set_color_scheme()
        # Set a global variable to allow checking for chosen scheme later
        SCHEME="$1"
        if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL == 'true' ]];then
-               color_codes=( $ANSI_COLORS )
+               a_color_codes=( $ANSI_COLORS )
        else
-               color_codes=( $IRC_COLORS )
+               a_color_codes=( $IRC_COLORS )
        fi
        for (( i=0; i < ${#A_COLORS_AVAILABLE[@]}; i++ ))
        do
-               eval "${A_COLORS_AVAILABLE[i]}=\"${color_codes[i]}\""
+               eval "${A_COLORS_AVAILABLE[i]}=\"${a_color_codes[i]}\""
        done
        IFS=","
-       script_colors=( ${A_COLOR_SCHEMES[$1]} )
+       a_script_colors=( ${A_COLOR_SCHEMES[$1]} )
        IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
        # then assign the colors globally
-       C1="${!script_colors[0]}"
-       C2="${!script_colors[1]}"
-       CN="${!script_colors[2]}"
+       C1="${!a_script_colors[0]}"
+       C2="${!a_script_colors[1]}"
+       CN="${!a_script_colors[2]}"
        # ((COLOR_SCHEME++)) ## note: why is this? ##
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
+select_default_color_scheme()
+{
+       eval $LOGFS
+       local spacer='  ' options='' user_selection='' config_variable=''
+       local config_file="$HOME/.$SCRIPT_NAME/$SCRIPT_NAME.conf"
+       local irc_clear="\e[0m" 
+       local irc_gui='Unset' irc_console='Unset' irc_x_term='Unset'
+       local console='Unset' virt_term='Unset' global='Unset' 
+       
+       if [[ -n $IRC_COLOR_SCHEME ]];then
+               irc_gui="Set: $IRC_COLOR_SCHEME"
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $IRC_CONS_COLOR_SCHEME ]];then
+               irc_console="Set: $IRC_CONS_COLOR_SCHEME"
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $IRC_X_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME ]];then
+               irc_x_term="Set: $IRC_X_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME"
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $VIRT_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME ]];then
+               virt_term="Set: $VIRT_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME"
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $CONSOLE_COLOR_SCHEME ]];then
+               console="Set: $CONSOLE_COLOR_SCHEME"
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $GLOBAL_COLOR_SCHEME ]];then
+               global="Set: $GLOBAL_COLOR_SCHEME"
+       fi
+       
+       # don't want these printing in irc since they show literally
+       if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL != 'true' ]];then
+               irc_clear=''
+       fi
+       # first make output neutral so it's just plain default for console client
+       set_color_scheme "0"
+       if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL == 'true' ]];then
+               print_screen_output "Welcome to $SCRIPT_NAME! Please select the default $COLOR_SELECTION color scheme."
+               # print_screen_output "You will see this message only one time per user account, unless you set preferences in: /etc/$SCRIPT_NAME.conf"
+               print_screen_output " "
+       fi
+       print_screen_output "Because there is no way to know your $COLOR_SELECTION foreground/background colors, you can"
+       print_screen_output "set your color preferences from color scheme option list below. 0 is no colors, 1 neutral."
+       print_screen_output "After these, there are 3 sets: 1-dark or light backgrounds; 2-light backgrounds; 3-dark backgrounds."
+       if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL == 'true' ]];then
+               print_screen_output "Please note that this will set the $COLOR_SELECTION preferences only for user: $(whoami)"
+       fi
+       print_screen_output "------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+       for (( i=0; i < ${#A_COLOR_SCHEMES[@]}; i++ ))
+       do
+               if [[ $i -gt 9 ]];then
+                       spacer=' '
+               fi
+               # only offer the safe universal defaults
+               case $COLOR_SELECTION in
+                       global|irc|irc-console|irc-virtual-terminal)
+                               if [[ $i -gt $SAFE_COLOR_COUNT ]];then
+                                       break
+                               fi
+                               ;;
+               esac
+               set_color_scheme $i
+               print_screen_output "$irc_clear $i)$spacer${C1}Card:${C2} nVidia G86 [GeForce 8400 GS] ${C1}X.Org${C2} 1.7.7"
+       done
+       set_color_scheme 0
+       
+       if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL == 'true' ]];then
+               echo -n "\e[0m"
+               print_screen_output "$irc_clear $i)${spacer}Remove all color settings. Restore $SCRIPT_NAME default."
+               print_screen_output "$irc_clear $(($i+1)))${spacer}Continue, no changes or config file setting."
+               print_screen_output "$irc_clear $(($i+2)))${spacer}Exit, use another terminal, or set manually."
+               print_screen_output "------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+               print_screen_output "Simply type the number for the color scheme that looks best to your eyes for your $COLOR_SELECTION settings"
+               print_screen_output "and hit ENTER. NOTE: You can bring this option list up by starting $SCRIPT_NAME with option: -c plus one of these numbers:"
+               print_screen_output "94 (console, no X - $console); 95 (terminal, X - $virt_term); 96 (irc, gui, X - $irc_gui);"
+               print_screen_output "97 (irc, X, in terminal - $irc_x_term); 98 (irc, no X - $irc_console); 99 (global - $global)"
+               print_screen_output "Your selection(s) will be stored here: $config_file"
+               print_screen_output "Global overrides all individual color schemes. Individual schemes remove the global setting."
+               print_screen_output "------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+               read user_selection
+               if [[ -n $( grep -Es '^([0-9]+)$' <<< "$user_selection" ) && $user_selection -lt $i ]];then
+                       case $COLOR_SELECTION in
+                               irc)
+                                       config_variable='IRC_COLOR_SCHEME'
+                                       ;;
+                               irc-console)
+                                       config_variable='IRC_CONS_COLOR_SCHEME'
+                                       ;;
+                               irc-virtual-terminal)
+                                       config_variable='IRC_X_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME'
+                                       ;;
+                               console)
+                                       config_variable='CONSOLE_COLOR_SCHEME'
+                                       ;;
+                               virtual-terminal)
+                                       config_variable='VIRT_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME'
+                                       ;;
+                               global)
+                                       config_variable='GLOBAL_COLOR_SCHEME'
+                                       ;;
+                       esac
+                       set_color_scheme $user_selection
+                       # make file/directory first if missing
+                       if [[ ! -f $config_file ]];then
+                               if [[ ! -d $HOME/.$SCRIPT_NAME ]];then
+                                       mkdir $HOME/.$SCRIPT_NAME
+                               fi
+                               touch $config_file
+                       fi
+                       if [[ -z $( grep -s "$config_variable=" $config_file ) ]];then
+                               print_screen_output "Creating and updating config file for $COLOR_SELECTION color scheme now..."
+                               echo "$config_variable=$user_selection" >> $config_file
+                       else
+                               print_screen_output "Updating config file for $COLOR_SELECTION color scheme now..."
+                               sed -i "s/$config_variable=.*/$config_variable=$user_selection/" $config_file
+                       fi
+                       # file exists now so we can go on to cleanup
+                       case $COLOR_SELECTION in
+                               irc|irc-console|irc-virtual-terminal|console|virtual-terminal)
+                                       sed -i '/GLOBAL_COLOR_SCHEME=/d' $config_file
+                                       ;;
+                               global)
+                                       sed -i -e '/VIRT_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME=/d' -e '/CONSOLE_COLOR_SCHEME=/d' -e '/IRC_COLOR_SCHEME=/d' \
+                                       -e '/IRC_CONS_COLOR_SCHEME=/d' -e '/IRC_X_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME=/d' $config_file
+                                       ;;
+                       esac
+               elif [[ $user_selection == $i ]];then
+                       print_screen_output "Removing all color settings from config file now..."
+                       sed -i -e '/VIRT_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME=/d' -e '/GLOBAL_COLOR_SCHEME=/d' -e '/CONSOLE_COLOR_SCHEME=/d' \
+                       -e '/IRC_COLOR_SCHEME=/d' -e '/IRC_CONS_COLOR_SCHEME=/d' -e '/IRC_X_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME=/d' $config_file
+                       set_color_scheme $DEFAULT_COLOR_SCHEME
+               elif [[ $user_selection == $(( $i+1 )) ]];then
+                       print_screen_output "Ok, continuing $SCRIPT_NAME unchanged. You can set the colors anytime by starting with: -c 95 to 99"
+                       if [[ -n $CONSOLE_COLOR_SCHEME && -z $DISPLAY ]];then
+                               set_color_scheme $CONSOLE_COLOR_SCHEME
+                       elif [[ -n $VIRT_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME ]];then
+                               set_color_scheme $VIRT_TERM_COLOR_SCHEME
+                       else
+                               set_color_scheme $DEFAULT_COLOR_SCHEME
+                       fi
+               elif [[ $user_selection == $(( $i+2 )) ]];then
+                       set_color_scheme $DEFAULT_COLOR_SCHEME
+                       print_screen_output "Ok, exiting $SCRIPT_NAME now. You can set the colors later."
+                       exit 0
+               else
+                       print_screen_output "Error - Invalid Selection. You entered this: $user_selection"
+                       print_screen_output " "
+                       select_default_color_scheme
+               fi
+       else
+               print_screen_output "------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+               print_screen_output "After finding the scheme number you like, simply run this again in a terminal to set the configuration"
+               print_screen_output "data file for your irc client. You can set color schemes for the following: start inxi with -c plus:"
+               print_screen_output "94 (console, no X - $console); 95 (terminal, X - $virt_term); 96 (irc, gui, X - $irc_gui);"
+               print_screen_output "97 (irc, X, in terminal - $irc_x_term); 98 (irc, no X - $irc_console); 99 (global - $global)"
+               exit 0
+       fi
+
+       eval $LOGFE
+}
+
 ########################################################################
 #### UTILITY FUNCTIONS
 ########################################################################
@@ -778,7 +1073,7 @@ error_handler()
                        ;;
                4)      error_message="unsupported verbosity level: $2"
                        ;;
-               5)      error_message="dependency not met: $2 not found in path"
+               5)      error_message="dependency not met: $2 not found in path.\nFor distribution installation package names and missing apps information, run: $SCRIPT_NAME --recommends"
                        ;;
                6)      error_message="/proc not found! Quitting..."
                        ;;
@@ -800,6 +1095,18 @@ error_handler()
                13)
                        error_message="The -t option requires the following extra arguments (no spaces between letters/numbers):\nc m cm [required], for example: -t cm8 OR -t cm OR -t c9\n(numbers: 1-20, > 5 throttled to 5 in irc clients) You entered: $2"
                        ;;
+               14)
+                       error_message="failed to write correctly downloaded $SCRIPT_NAME to location $SCRIPT_PATH.\nThis usually means you don't have permission to write to that location, maybe you need to be root?\nThe operation failed with error: $2"
+                       ;;
+               15)
+                       error_message="failed set execute permissions on $SCRIPT_NAME at location $SCRIPT_PATH.\nThis usually means you don't have permission to set permissions on files there, maybe you need to be root?\nThe operation failed with error: $2"
+                       ;;
+               16)
+                       error_message="$SCRIPT_NAME downloaded but the file data is corrupted. Purged data and using current version."
+                       ;;
+               20)
+                       error_message="The option you selected has been deprecated. $2\nSee the -h (help) menu for currently supported options."
+                       ;;
                *)      error_message="error unknown: $@"
                        set -- 99
                        ;;
@@ -924,24 +1231,30 @@ create_rotate_logfiles()
 script_self_updater()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
-       local wget_error=0
+       local wget_error=0 file_contents=''
        print_screen_output "Starting $SCRIPT_NAME self updater."
        print_screen_output "Currently running $SCRIPT_NAME version number: $SCRIPT_VERSION_NUMBER"
+       print_screen_output "Current version patch number: $SCRIPT_PATCH_NUMBER"
        print_screen_output "Updating $SCRIPT_NAME in $SCRIPT_PATH using $2 as download source..."
-       # first test if path is good, need to make sure it's good because we're -O overwriting file
-       wget -q --spider $1$SCRIPT_NAME || wget_error=$?
+
+       file_contents="$( wget -q -O - $1$SCRIPT_NAME )" || wget_error=$?
        # then do the actual download
-       if [[ $wget_error -eq 0 ]];then
-               wget -q -O $SCRIPT_PATH/$SCRIPT_NAME $1$SCRIPT_NAME || wget_error=$?
-               if [[ $wget_error -eq 0 ]];then
+       if [[  $wget_error -eq 0 ]];then
+               # make sure the whole file got downloaded and is in the variable
+               if [[ -n $( grep '###\*\*EOF\*\*###' <<< "$file_contents" ) ]];then
+                       echo "$file_contents" > $SCRIPT_PATH/$SCRIPT_NAME || error_handler 14 "$?"
+                       chmod +x $SCRIPT_PATH/$SCRIPT_NAME || error_handler 15 "$?"
                        SCRIPT_VERSION_NUMBER=$( grep -im 1 'version:' $SCRIPT_PATH/$SCRIPT_NAME | gawk '{print $3}' )
+                       SCRIPT_PATCH_NUMBER=$( grep -im 1 'Patch Number:' $SCRIPT_PATH/$SCRIPT_NAME | gawk '{print $4}' )
                        print_screen_output "Successfully updated to $2 version: $SCRIPT_VERSION_NUMBER"
+                       print_screen_output "New $2 version patch number: $SCRIPT_PATCH_NUMBER"
                        print_screen_output "To run the new version, just start $SCRIPT_NAME again."
                        exit 0
+               else
+                       error_handler 16
                fi
-       fi
        # now run the error handlers on any wget failure
-       if [[ $wget_error -gt 0 ]];then
+       else
                if [[ $2 == 'svn server' ]];then
                        error_handler 8 "$wget_error"
                elif [[ $2 == 'alt server' ]];then
@@ -953,6 +1266,413 @@ script_self_updater()
        eval $LOGFS
 }
 
+# args: $1 - debug data type: sys|xorg|disk
+debug_data_collector()
+{
+       local xiin_app='' xiin_data_file='' xiin_download='' error='' b_run_xiin='false'
+       local debug_data_dir="inxi-$(tr ' ' '-' <<< $HOSTNAME | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' )-$1-$(date +%Y%m%d)" 
+       local completed_gz_file='' xiin_file='xiin.py' ftp_upload='ftp.techpatterns.com/incoming'
+       local Line='-------------------------'
+       
+       if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL == 'true' ]];then
+               if [[ -n $ALTERNATE_FTP ]];then
+                       ftp_upload=$ALTERNATE_FTP
+               fi
+               echo "Starting debugging data collection type: $1"
+               echo -n "Checking/creating required directories... "
+               if [[ ! -d $SCRIPT_DATA_DIR ]];then
+                       mkdir $SCRIPT_DATA_DIR
+               fi
+               echo 'completed'
+               cd $SCRIPT_DATA_DIR
+               if [[ -d $debug_data_dir ]];then
+                       echo 'Deleting previous xiin data directory...'
+                       rm -rf $debug_data_dir
+               fi
+               mkdir $debug_data_dir
+               if [[ -f $debug_data_dir.tar.gz ]];then
+                       echo 'Deleting previous tar.gz file...'
+                       rm -f $debug_data_dir.tar.gz
+               fi
+               
+               echo 'Collecting system info: sensors, lsusb, lspci, lspci -v data, plus /proc data'
+               lsusb &> $debug_data_dir/lsusb.txt
+               lspci &> $debug_data_dir/lspci.txt
+               lspci -v &> $debug_data_dir/lspci-v.txt
+               ps aux &> $debug_data_dir/ps-aux.txt
+               sensors &> $debug_data_dir/sensors.txt
+               ls /usr/bin/gcc* &> $debug_data_dir/gcc-sys-versions.txt
+               gcc --version &> $debug_data_dir/gcc-version.txt
+               cat $FILE_LSB_RELEASE &> $debug_data_dir/lsb-release.txt
+               cat $FILE_ASOUND_DEVICE &> $debug_data_dir/proc-asound-device.txt
+               cat $FILE_ASOUND_VERSION &> $debug_data_dir/proc-asound-version.txt
+               cat $FILE_CPUINFO &> $debug_data_dir/proc-cpu-info.txt
+               cat $FILE_MEMINFO &> $debug_data_dir/proc-meminfo.txt
+               cat $FILE_MODULES &> $debug_data_dir/proc-modules.txt
+               cat /proc/net/arp &> $debug_data_dir/proc-net-arp.txt 
+               check_recommends &> $debug_data_dir/check-recommends.txt
+               # first download and verify xiin
+               if [[ $B_UPLOAD_DEBUG_DATA == 'true' || $1 == 'disk' || $1 == 'sys' || $1 == 'all' ]];then
+                       touch $debug_data_dir/xiin-error.txt
+                       echo "Downloading required tree traverse tool $xiin_file..."
+                       if [[ -f xiin && ! -f $xiin_file ]];then
+                               mv -f xiin $xiin_file
+                       fi
+                       # -Nc is creating really weird download anomolies, so using -O instead
+                       xiin_download="$( wget -q -O - http://inxi.googlecode.com/svn/branches/xiin/$xiin_file )"
+                       # if nothing got downloaded kick out error, otherwise we'll use an older version
+                       if [[ $? -gt 0 && ! -f $xiin_file ]];then
+                               echo -e "ERROR: Failed to download required file: $xiin_file\nMaybe the remote site is down or your networking is broken?"
+                               echo "Continuing with incomplete data collection."
+                               echo "$xiin_file download failed and no existing $xiin_file" >> $debug_data_dir/xiin-error.txt
+                       elif [[ -n $( grep -s '# EOF' <<< "$xiin_download" ) || -f $xiin_file ]];then
+                               if [[ -n $( grep -s '# EOF' <<< "$xiin_download" ) ]];then
+                                       echo "Updating $xiin_file from remote location"
+                                       echo "$xiin_download" > $xiin_file
+                               else
+                                       echo "Using local $xiin_file due to download failure"
+                               fi
+                               b_run_xiin='true'
+                       else
+                               echo -e "ERROR: $xiin_file downloaded but the program file data is corrupted.\nContinuing with incomplete data collection."
+                               echo "$xiin_file downloaded but the program file data is corrupted." >> $debug_data_dir/xiin-error.txt
+                       fi
+               fi
+               # note, only bash 4> supports ;;& for case, so using if/then here
+               if [[ $1 == 'disk' || $1 == 'sys' || $1 == 'all' ]];then
+                       xiin_data_file=$SCRIPT_DATA_DIR/$debug_data_dir/xiin-sys.txt
+                       echo 'Collecting networking data...'
+                       ifconfig &> $debug_data_dir/ifconfig.txt
+                       ip addr &> $debug_data_dir/ip-addr.txt
+                       if [[ $b_run_xiin == 'true' ]];then
+                               echo $Line
+                               echo "Running $xiin_file tool now on /sys..."
+                               python ./$xiin_file -d /sys -f $xiin_data_file
+                               if [[ $? -ne 0 ]];then
+                                       error=$?
+                                       echo -e "ERROR: $xiin_file exited with error $error - removing data file.\nContinuing with incomplete data collection."
+                                       echo "Continuing with incomplete data collection."
+                                       rm -f $xiin_data_file
+                                       echo "$xiin_file data generation failed with python error $error" >> $debug_data_dir/xiin-error.txt
+                               fi
+                               echo $Line
+                       fi
+               fi
+               if [[ $1 == 'xorg' || $1 == 'all' ]];then
+                       if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_X != 'true' ]];then
+                               echo 'Warning: only some of the data collection can occur if you are not in X'
+                               touch $debug_data_dir/warning-user-not-in-x
+                       fi
+                       if [[ $B_ROOT == 'true' ]];then
+                               echo 'Warning: only some of the data collection can occur if you are running as Root user'
+                               touch $debug_data_dir/warning-root-user
+                       fi
+                       echo 'Collecting Xorg log and xorg.conf files'
+                       if [[ -e $FILE_XORG_LOG ]];then
+                               cat $FILE_XORG_LOG &> $debug_data_dir/xorg-log-file.txt
+                       else
+                               touch $debug_data_dir/no-xorg-log-file
+                       fi
+                       if [[ -e /etc/X11/xorg.conf ]];then
+                               cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf $debug_data_dir
+                       else
+                               touch $debug_data_dir/no-xorg-conf-file
+                       fi
+                       if [[ -n $( ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ 2>/dev/null ) ]];then
+                               ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d &> $debug_data_dir/ls-etc-x11-xorg-conf-d.txt
+                               cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d $debug_data_dir
+                       else
+                               touch $debug_data_dir/no-xorg-conf-d-files
+                       fi
+                       echo 'Collecting X, xprop, glxinfo, xrandr, xdpyinfo data...'
+                       xprop -root &> $debug_data_dir/xprop_root.txt
+                       glxinfo &> $debug_data_dir/glxinfo.txt
+                       xdpyinfo &> $debug_data_dir/xdpyinfo.txt
+                       xrandr &> $debug_data_dir/xrandr.txt
+                       X -version &> $debug_data_dir/x-version.txt
+                       Xorg -version &> $debug_data_dir/xorg-version.txt
+               fi
+               if [[ $1 == 'disk' || $1 == 'all' ]];then
+                       echo 'Collecting dev, label, disk, uuid data, df...'
+                       ls -l /dev &> $debug_data_dir/dev-data.txt
+                       ls -l /dev/disk &> $debug_data_dir/dev-disk-data.txt
+                       ls -l /dev/disk/by-id &> $debug_data_dir/dev-disk-id-data.txt
+                       ls -l /dev/disk/by-label &> $debug_data_dir/dev-disk-label-data.txt
+                       ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid &> $debug_data_dir/dev-disk-uuid-data.txt
+                       ls -l /dev/disk/by-path &> $debug_data_dir/dev-disk-path-data.txt
+                       readlink /dev/root &> $debug_data_dir/dev-root.txt
+                       df -h -T -P --exclude-type=aufs --exclude-type=squashfs --exclude-type=unionfs --exclude-type=devtmpfs --exclude-type=tmpfs --exclude-type=iso9660 --exclude-type=devfs --exclude-type=linprocfs --exclude-type=sysfs --exclude-type=fdescfs &> $debug_data_dir/df-h-T-excludes.txt
+                       swapon -s &> $debug_data_dir/swapon-s.txt
+                       df -P --exclude-type=aufs --exclude-type=squashfs --exclude-type=unionfs --exclude-type=devtmpfs --exclude-type=tmpfs --exclude-type=iso9660 &> $debug_data_dir/df-excludes.txt
+                       cat $FILE_PARTITIONS &> $debug_data_dir/proc-partitions.txt
+                       cat $FILE_SCSI &> $debug_data_dir/proc-scsi.txt
+                       cat $FILE_MOUNTS &> $debug_data_dir/proc-mounts.txt
+                       cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info &> $debug_data_dir/proc-cdrom-info.txt
+                       ls /proc/ide/ &> $debug_data_dir/proc-ide.txt
+                       cat /proc/ide/*/* &> $debug_data_dir/proc-ide-hdx-cat.txt
+                       cat /etc/fstab &> $debug_data_dir/etc-fstab.txt
+                       cat /etc/mtab &> $debug_data_dir/etc-mtab.txt
+               fi
+               echo 'Creating inxi output file now. This can take a few seconds...'
+               $SCRIPT_NAME -Fploudxx -c 0 -@ 8 > $debug_data_dir/inxi-Fploudxx.txt
+               cp $LOG_FILE $SCRIPT_DATA_DIR/$debug_data_dir
+               if [[ -f $debug_data_dir.tar.gz ]];then
+                       echo "Found and removing previous tar.gz data file: $debug_data_dir.tar.gz"
+                       rm -f $debug_data_dir.tar.gz
+               fi
+               echo 'Creating tar.gz compressed file of this material now. Contents:'
+               echo $Line
+               tar -cvzf $debug_data_dir.tar.gz $debug_data_dir
+               echo $Line
+               echo 'Cleaning up leftovers...'
+               rm -rf $debug_data_dir
+               echo 'Testing gzip file integrity...'
+               gzip -t $debug_data_dir.tar.gz
+               if [[ $? -gt 0 ]];then
+                       echo 'Data in gz is corrupted, removing gzip file, try running data collector again.'
+                       rm -f $debug_data_dir.tar.gz
+                       echo "Data in gz is corrupted, removed gzip file" >> $debug_data_dir/gzip-error.txt
+               else
+                       echo 'All done, you can find your data gzipped directory here:'
+                       completed_gz_file=$SCRIPT_DATA_DIR/$debug_data_dir.tar.gz
+                       echo $completed_gz_file
+                       if [[ $B_UPLOAD_DEBUG_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+                               echo $Line
+                               if [[ $b_run_xiin == 'true' ]];then
+                                       echo "Running automatic upload of data to remote server $ftp_upload now..."
+                                       python ./$xiin_file --version
+                                       python ./$xiin_file -u $completed_gz_file $ftp_upload
+                                       if [[ $? -gt 0 ]];then
+                                               echo $Line
+                                               echo "Error: looks like the ftp upload failed. Error number: $?"
+                                               echo "The ftp upload failed. Error number: $?" >> $debug_data_dir/xiin-error.txt
+                                       fi
+                               else
+                                       echo 'Unable to run the automoatic ftp upload because of an error with the xiin download.'
+                                       echo "Unable to run the automoatic ftp upload because of an error with the xiin download" >> $debug_data_dir/xiin-error.txt
+                               fi
+                       else
+                               echo 'You can upload this here using most file managers: ftp.techpatterns.com/incoming'
+                               echo 'then let a maintainer know it is uploaded.'
+                       fi
+               fi
+       else
+               echo 'This feature only available in console or shell client! Exiting now.'
+       fi
+       exit 0
+}
+
+check_recommends()
+{
+       local Line='-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
+       local gawk_version='N/A' sed_version='N/A' sudo_version='N/A' python_version='N/A'
+       
+       if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL != 'true' ]];then
+               print_screen_output "Sorry, you can't run this option in an IRC client."
+               exit 1
+       fi
+       
+       initialize_script_paths
+       
+       echo "$SCRIPT_NAME will now begin checking for the programs it needs to operate. First a check of"
+       echo "the main languages and tools $SCRIPT_NAME uses. Python is only for debugging data collection."
+       echo $Line
+       echo "Bash version: $( bash --version 2>&1 | awk 'BEGIN {IGNORECASE=1} /^GNU bash/ {print $4}' )"
+       if [[ -n $( type -p gawk ) ]];then
+               gawk_version=$( gawk --version 2>&1 | awk 'BEGIN {IGNORECASE=1} /^GNU Awk/ {print $3}' )
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $( type -p sed ) ]];then
+               sed_version=$( sed --version 2>&1 | awk 'BEGIN {IGNORECASE=1} /^GNU sed version/ {print $4}' )
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $( type -p sudo ) ]];then
+               sudo_version=$( sudo -V 2>&1 | awk 'BEGIN {IGNORECASE=1} /^Sudo version/ {print $3}' )
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $( type -p python ) ]];then
+               python_version=$( python --version 2>&1 | awk 'BEGIN {IGNORECASE=1} /^Python/ {print $2}' )
+       fi
+       echo "Gawk version: $gawk_version"
+       echo "Sed version: $sed_version"
+       echo "Sudo version: $sudo_version"
+       echo "Python version: $python_version"
+       echo $Line
+       echo "Test One: Required System Directories."
+       echo "If one of these system directories is missing, $SCRIPT_NAME cannot operate:"
+       echo 
+       check_recommends_items 'required-dirs'
+       echo "Test Two: Required Core Applications."
+       echo "If one of these applications is missing, $SCRIPT_NAME cannot operate:"
+       echo 
+       check_recommends_items 'required-apps'
+       echo 'Test Three: Script Recommends for Graphics Features. If you do not use X these do not matter.'
+       echo "If one of these applications is missing, $SCRIPT_NAME will have incomplete output:"
+       echo 
+       check_recommends_items 'recommended-x-apps'
+       echo 'Test Four: Script Recommends for Remaining Features.' 
+       echo "If one of these applications is missing, $SCRIPT_NAME will have incomplete output:"
+       echo 
+       check_recommends_items 'recommended-apps'
+       echo 'Test Five: System Directories for Various Information.' 
+       echo "If one of these directories is missing, $SCRIPT_NAME will have incomplete output:"
+       echo 
+       check_recommends_items 'system-dirs'
+       echo 'All tests completed.' 
+}
+# args: $1 - check item
+check_recommends_items()
+{
+       local item='' item_list='' item_string='' missing_items='' missing_string=''
+       local package='' application='' feature='' type='' starter='' finisher=''
+       local package_deb='' package_pacman='' package_rpm='' 
+       local print_string='' separator=''
+       local required_dirs='/proc /sys'
+       # package-owner: 1 - debian/ubuntu; 2 - arch; 3 - yum/rpm
+       # pardus: pisi sf -q /usr/bin/package
+       local required_apps='
+       df:coreutils~coreutils~coreutils~:partition_data 
+       free:procps~procps~procps~:system_memory 
+       gawk:gawk~gawk~gawk~:core_tool
+       grep:grep~grep~grep~:string_search 
+       lspci:pciutils~pciutils~pciutils~:hardware_data 
+       ps:procps~procps~procps~:process_data 
+       readlink:coreutils~coreutils~coreutils~: 
+       sed:sed~sed~sed~:string_replace 
+       tr:coreutils~coreutils~coreutils~:character_replace 
+       uname:uname~coreutils~coreutils~:kernel_data 
+       uptime:procps~procps~procps~: 
+       wc:coreutils~coreutils~coreutils~:word_character_count
+       '
+       local x_recommends='
+       glxinfo:mesa-utils~mesa-demos~glx-utils~:-G_glx_info 
+       xdpyinfo:X11-utils~xorg-xdpyinfo~xorg-x11-utils~:-G_multi_screen_resolution 
+       xprop:X11-utils~xorg-xprop~x11-utils~:-S_desktop_data 
+       xrandr:x11-xserver-utils~xrandr~x11-server-utils~:-G_single_screen_resolution
+       '
+       local recommended_apps='
+       file:file~file~file~:-o_unmounted_file_system
+       hddtemp:hddtemp~hddtemp~hddtemp~:-Dx_show_hdd_temp 
+       ifconfig:net-tools~net-tools~net-tools~:-i_ip_lan-deprecated
+       ip:iproute~iproute2~iproute~:-i_ip_lan
+       sensors:lm-sensors~lm_sensors~lm-sensors~:-s_sensors_output
+       lsusb:usbutils~usbutils~usbutils~:-A_usb_audio;-N_usb_networking 
+       modinfo:module-init-tools~module-init-tools~module-init-tools~:-Ax,-Nx_module_version 
+       runlevel:sysvinit~sysvinit~systemd~:-I_runlevel
+       sudo:sudo~sudo~sudo~:-Dx_hddtemp-user;-o_file-user
+       '
+       local recommended_dirs='
+       /sys/class/dmi/id:-M_system,_motherboard,_bios
+       /dev:-l,-u,-o,-p,-P,-D_disk_partition_data
+       /dev/disk/by-label:-l,-o,-p,-P_partition_labels
+       /dev/disk/by-uuid:-u,-o,-p,-P_partition_uuid
+       '
+       
+       case $1 in
+               required-dirs)
+                       item_list=$required_dirs
+                       item_string='Required file system'
+                       missing_string='system directories'
+                       type='directories'
+                       ;;
+               required-apps)
+                       item_list=$required_apps
+                       item_string='Required application'
+                       missing_string='applications, and their corresponding packages,'
+                       type='applications'
+                       ;;
+               recommended-x-apps)
+                       item_list=$x_recommends
+                       item_string='Recommended X application'
+                       missing_string='applications, and their corresponding packages,'
+                       type='applications'
+                       ;;
+               recommended-apps)
+                       item_list=$recommended_apps
+                       item_string='Recommended application'
+                       missing_string='applications, and their corresponding packages,'
+                       type='applications'
+                       ;;
+               system-dirs)
+                       item_list=$recommended_dirs
+                       item_string='System directory'
+                       missing_string='system directories'
+                       type='directories'
+                       ;;
+       esac
+       # great trick from: http://ideatrash.net/2011/01/bash-string-padding-with-sed.html
+       # left pad: sed -e :a -e 's/^.\{1,80\}$/& /;ta'
+       # right pad: sed -e :a -e 's/^.\{1,80\}$/ &/;ta'
+       # center pad: sed -e :a -e 's/^.\{1,80\}$/ & /;ta'
+       
+       for item in $item_list
+       do
+               if [[ $( awk -F ":" '{print NF-1}' <<< $item ) -eq 0 ]];then
+                       application=$item
+                       package=''
+                       feature=''
+                       location=''
+               elif [[ $( awk -F ":" '{print NF-1}' <<< $item ) -eq 1 ]];then
+                       application=$( cut -d ':' -f 1 <<< $item )
+                       package=''
+                       feature=$( cut -d ':' -f 2 <<< $item )
+                       location=''
+               else
+                       application=$( cut -d ':' -f 1 <<< $item )
+                       package=$( cut -d ':' -f 2 <<< $item )
+                       location=$( type -p $application )
+                       if [[ $( awk -F ":" '{print NF-1}' <<< $item ) -eq 2 ]];then
+                               feature=$( cut -d ':' -f 3 <<< $item )
+                       else
+                               feature=''
+                       fi
+               fi
+               if [[ -n $feature ]];then
+                       print_string="$item_string: $application (info: $( sed 's/_/ /g' <<< $feature ))"
+               else
+                       print_string="$item_string: $application"
+               fi
+               starter="$( sed -e :a -e 's/^.\{1,75\}$/&./;ta' <<< $print_string )"
+               if [[ -z $( grep '^/' <<< $application ) && -n $location ]] || [[ -d $application ]];then
+                       if [[ -n $location ]];then
+                               finisher=" $location"
+                       else
+                               finisher=" Present"
+                       fi
+               else
+                       finisher=" Missing"
+                       missing_items="$missing_items$separator$application:$package"
+                       separator=' '
+               fi
+               
+               echo "$starter$finisher"
+       done
+       echo 
+       if [[ -n $missing_items ]];then
+               echo "The following $type are missing from your system:"
+               for item in $missing_items
+               do
+                       application=$( cut -d ':' -f 1 <<< $item )
+                       if [[ $type == 'applications' ]];then
+                               # echo '--------------------------------------------------------'
+                               echo
+                               package=$( cut -d ':' -f 2 <<< $item )
+                               package_deb=$( cut -d '~' -f 1 <<< $package )
+                               package_pacman=$( cut -d '~' -f 2 <<< $package )
+                               package_rpm=$( cut -d '~' -f 3 <<< $package )
+                               echo "Application: $application"
+                               echo "To add to your system, install the proper distribution package for your system:"
+                               echo "Debian/Ubuntu: $package_deb :: Arch Linux: $package_pacman :: Redhat/Fedora/Suse: $package_rpm"
+                       else
+                               echo "Directory: $application"
+                       fi
+               done
+               if [[ $item_string == 'System directory' ]];then
+                       echo "These directories are created by the kernel, so don't worry if they are not present."
+               fi
+       else
+               echo "All the $( cut -d ' ' -f 1 <<< $item_string | sed -e 's/Re/re/' -e 's/Sy/sy/' ) $type are present."
+       fi
+       echo $Line
+}
+
 #### -------------------------------------------------------------------
 #### print / output cleaners
 #### -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1043,30 +1763,76 @@ remove_erroneous_chars()
 get_parameters()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
-       local opt='' wget_test='' update_flags='U!:'
+       local opt='' wget_test='' update_flags='U!:' debug_data_type='' 
        local use_short='true' # this is needed to trigger short output, every v/d/F/line trigger sets this false
 
        # If distro maintainers want to not allow updates, turn off that option for users
        if [[ $B_ALLOW_UPDATE == 'false' ]];then
                update_flags=''
        fi
-
+       if [[ $1 == '--version' ]];then
+               print_version_info
+               exit 0
+       elif [[ $1 == '--help' ]];then
+               show_options
+               exit 0
+       elif [[ $1 == '--recommends' ]];then
+               check_recommends
+               exit 0
        # the short form only runs if no args output args are used
        # no need to run through these if there are no args
-       if [[ -n $1 ]];then
-               while getopts Ac:CdDfFGhHiIlNopPrsSt:uv:Vx%@:${update_flags} opt
+       # reserved for future use: -g for extra Graphics; -m for extra Machine; -d for extra Disk
+       elif [[ -n $1 ]];then
+               while getopts Abc:CdDfFGhHiIlMnNopPrsSt:uv:VxzZ%@:${update_flags} opt
                do
                        case $opt in
                        A)      B_SHOW_AUDIO='true'
                                use_short='false'
                                ;;
+                       b)      use_short='false'
+                               B_SHOW_BASIC_CPU='true'
+                               B_SHOW_DISK_TOTAL='true'
+                               B_SHOW_GRAPHICS='true'
+                               B_SHOW_INFO='true'
+                               B_SHOW_MACHINE='true'
+                               B_SHOW_NETWORK='true'
+                               B_SHOW_SYSTEM='true'
+                               ;;
                        c)      if [[ -n $( grep -E '^[0-9][0-9]?$' <<< $OPTARG ) ]];then
-                                       COLOR_SCHEME_SET='true'
-                                       ## note: not sure about this, you'd think user values should be overridden, but
-                                       ## we'll leave this for now
-                                       if [[ -z $COLOR_SCHEME ]];then
-                                               set_color_scheme "$OPTARG"
-                                       fi
+                                       case $OPTARG in
+                                               99)
+                                                       B_RUN_COLOR_SELECTOR='true'
+                                                       COLOR_SELECTION='global'
+                                                       ;;
+                                               98)
+                                                       B_RUN_COLOR_SELECTOR='true'
+                                                       COLOR_SELECTION='irc-console'
+                                                       ;;
+                                               97)
+                                                       B_RUN_COLOR_SELECTOR='true'
+                                                       COLOR_SELECTION='irc-virtual-terminal'
+                                                       ;;
+                                               96)
+                                                       B_RUN_COLOR_SELECTOR='true'
+                                                       COLOR_SELECTION='irc'
+                                                       ;;
+                                               95)
+                                                       B_RUN_COLOR_SELECTOR='true'
+                                                       COLOR_SELECTION='virtual-terminal'
+                                                       ;;
+                                               94)
+                                                       B_RUN_COLOR_SELECTOR='true'
+                                                       COLOR_SELECTION='console'
+                                                       ;;
+                                               *)      
+                                                       B_COLOR_SCHEME_SET='true'
+                                                       ## note: not sure about this, you'd think user values should be overridden, but
+                                                       ## we'll leave this for now
+                                                       if [[ -z $COLOR_SCHEME ]];then
+                                                               set_color_scheme "$OPTARG"
+                                                       fi
+                                                       ;;
+                                       esac
                                else
                                        error_handler 3 "$OPTARG"
                                fi
@@ -1074,8 +1840,10 @@ get_parameters()
                        C)      B_SHOW_CPU='true'
                                use_short='false'
                                ;;
-                       d)      VERBOSITY_LEVEL=1
+                       d)      B_SHOW_DISK='true'
+                               B_SHOW_FULL_OPTICAL='true'
                                use_short='false'
+                               # error_handler 20 "-d has been replaced by -b"
                                ;;
                        D)      B_SHOW_DISK='true'
                                use_short='false'
@@ -1084,11 +1852,19 @@ get_parameters()
                                B_CPU_FLAGS_FULL='true'
                                use_short='false'
                                ;;
-                       F)      VERBOSITY_LEVEL=$VERBOSITY_LEVELS
-                               B_EXTRA_DATA='true'
+                       F)      # B_EXTRA_DATA='true'
+                               B_SHOW_ADVANCED_NETWORK='true'
+                               B_SHOW_AUDIO='true'
+                               # B_SHOW_BASIC_OPTICAL='true'
+                               B_SHOW_CPU='true'
                                B_SHOW_DISK='true'
+                               B_SHOW_GRAPHICS='true'
+                               B_SHOW_INFO='true'
+                               B_SHOW_MACHINE='true'
+                               B_SHOW_NETWORK='true'
                                B_SHOW_PARTITIONS='true'
-                               B_SHOW_AUDIO='true'
+                               B_SHOW_SENSORS='true'
+                               B_SHOW_SYSTEM='true'
                                use_short='false'
                                ;;
                        G)      B_SHOW_GRAPHICS='true'
@@ -1096,6 +1872,7 @@ get_parameters()
                                ;;
                        i)      B_SHOW_IP='true'
                                B_SHOW_NETWORK='true'
+                               B_SHOW_ADVANCED_NETWORK='true'
                                use_short='false'
                                ;;
                        I)      B_SHOW_INFO='true'
@@ -1105,10 +1882,17 @@ get_parameters()
                                B_SHOW_PARTITIONS='true'
                                use_short='false'
                                ;;
+                       M)      B_SHOW_MACHINE='true'
+                               use_short='false'
+                               ;;
+                       n)      B_SHOW_ADVANCED_NETWORK='true'
+                               B_SHOW_NETWORK='true'
+                               use_short='false'
+                               ;;
                        N)      B_SHOW_NETWORK='true'
                                use_short='false'
                                ;;
-                       o) B_SHOW_UNMOUNTED_PARTITIONS='true'
+                       o)      B_SHOW_UNMOUNTED_PARTITIONS='true'
                                use_short='false'
                                ;;
                        p)      B_SHOW_PARTITIONS_FULL='true'
@@ -1121,7 +1905,6 @@ get_parameters()
                        r)      B_SHOW_REPOS='true'
                                use_short='false'
                                ;;
-                       
                        s)      B_SHOW_SENSORS='true'
                                use_short='false'
                                ;;
@@ -1148,9 +1931,43 @@ get_parameters()
                                use_short='false'
                                ;;
                        v)      if [[ -n $( grep -E "^[0-9][0-9]?$" <<< $OPTARG ) && $OPTARG -le $VERBOSITY_LEVELS ]];then
-                                       VERBOSITY_LEVEL="$OPTARG"
-                                       if [[ $OPTARG -gt 0 ]];then
+                                       if [[ $OPTARG -ge 1 ]];then
                                                use_short='false'
+                                               B_SHOW_BASIC_CPU='true'
+                                               B_SHOW_DISK_TOTAL='true'
+                                               B_SHOW_GRAPHICS='true'
+                                               B_SHOW_INFO='true'
+                                               B_SHOW_SYSTEM='true'
+                                       fi
+                                       if [[ $OPTARG -ge 2 ]];then
+                                               B_SHOW_BASIC_DISK='true'
+                                               B_SHOW_MACHINE='true'
+                                               B_SHOW_NETWORK='true'
+                                       fi
+                                       if [[ $OPTARG -ge 3 ]];then
+                                               B_SHOW_ADVANCED_NETWORK='true'
+                                               B_SHOW_CPU='true'
+                                               B_EXTRA_DATA='true'
+                                       fi
+                                       if [[ $OPTARG -ge 4 ]];then
+                                               B_SHOW_DISK='true'
+                                               B_SHOW_PARTITIONS='true'
+                                       fi
+                                       if [[ $OPTARG -ge 5 ]];then
+                                               B_SHOW_AUDIO='true'
+                                               B_SHOW_BASIC_OPTICAL='true'
+                                               B_SHOW_SENSORS='true'
+                                               B_SHOW_LABELS='true'
+                                               B_SHOW_UUIDS='true'
+                                       fi
+                                       if [[ $OPTARG -ge 6 ]];then
+                                               B_SHOW_FULL_OPTICAL='true'
+                                               B_SHOW_PARTITIONS_FULL='true'
+                                               B_SHOW_UNMOUNTED_PARTITIONS='true'
+                                       fi
+                                       if [[ $OPTARG -ge 7 ]];then
+                                               B_EXTRA_EXTRA_DATA='true'
+                                               B_SHOW_IP='true'
                                        fi
                                else
                                        error_handler 4 "$OPTARG"
@@ -1161,7 +1978,15 @@ get_parameters()
                        V)      print_version_info
                                exit 0
                                ;;
-                       x)      B_EXTRA_DATA='true'
+                       # this will trigger either with xx or with Fx but not with xF
+                       x)      if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+                                       B_EXTRA_EXTRA_DATA='true'
+                               fi
+                               B_EXTRA_DATA='true'
+                               ;;
+                       z)      B_OUTPUT_FILTER='true'
+                               ;;
+                       Z)      B_OVERRIDE_FILTER='true'
                                ;;
                        h)      show_options
                                exit 0
@@ -1172,22 +1997,45 @@ get_parameters()
                        ## debuggers and testing tools
                        %)      B_HANDLE_CORRUPT_DATA='true'
                                ;;
-                       @)      if [[ -n $( grep -E "^([1-9]|10)$" <<< $OPTARG ) ]];then
+                       @)      if [[ -n $( grep -E "^([1-9]|1[0-4])$" <<< $OPTARG ) ]];then
                                        DEBUG=$OPTARG
+                                       if [[ $B_EXTRA_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+                                               B_UPLOAD_DEBUG_DATA='true'
+                                       fi
                                        exec 2>&1
                                        # switch on logging only for -@ 8-10
-                                       if [[ $OPTARG -ge 8 ]];then
-                                               if [[ $OPTARG -eq 10 ]];then
-                                                       B_LOG_COLORS='true'
-                                               elif [[ $OPTARG -eq 9 ]];then           
-                                                       B_LOG_FULL_DATA='true'
-                                               fi
-                                               B_USE_LOGGING='true'
-                                               # pack the logging data for evals function start/end
-                                               LOGFS=$LOGFS_STRING
-                                               LOGFE=$LOGFE_STRING
-                                               create_rotate_logfiles # create/rotate logfiles before we do anything else
-                                       fi
+                                       case $OPTARG in
+                                               8|9|10)
+                                                       if [[ $OPTARG -eq 10 ]];then
+                                                               B_LOG_COLORS='true'
+                                                       elif [[ $OPTARG -eq 9 ]];then           
+                                                               B_LOG_FULL_DATA='true'
+                                                       fi
+                                                       B_USE_LOGGING='true'
+                                                       # pack the logging data for evals function start/end
+                                                       LOGFS=$LOGFS_STRING
+                                                       LOGFE=$LOGFE_STRING
+                                                       create_rotate_logfiles # create/rotate logfiles before we do anything else
+                                                       ;;
+                                               11|12|13|14)
+                                                       case $OPTARG in
+                                                               11)
+                                                                       debug_data_type='sys'
+                                                                       ;;
+                                                               12)
+                                                                       debug_data_type='xorg'
+                                                                       ;;
+                                                               13)
+                                                                       debug_data_type='disk'
+                                                                       ;;
+                                                               14)
+                                                                       debug_data_type='all'
+                                                                       ;;
+                                                       esac
+                                                       initialize_script_data
+                                                       debug_data_collector $debug_data_type
+                                                       ;;
+                                       esac
                                else
                                        error_handler 9 "$OPTARG"
                                fi
@@ -1216,6 +2064,9 @@ get_parameters()
                                        14)
                                                script_self_updater "$SCRIPT_DOWNLOAD_BRANCH_4" 'svn: branch four server'
                                                ;;
+                                       ftp*)
+                                               ALTERNATE_FTP="$OPTARG"
+                                               ;;
                                        http*)
                                                script_self_updater "$OPTARG" 'alt server'
                                                ;;
@@ -1239,38 +2090,60 @@ get_parameters()
        if [[ $use_short == 'true' ]];then
                B_SHOW_SHORT_OUTPUT='true'
        fi
+       # just in case someone insists on using -zZ
+       if [[ $B_OVERRIDE_FILTER == 'true' ]];then
+               B_OUTPUT_FILTER='false'
+       fi
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
 ## print out help menu, not including Testing or Debugger stuff because it's not needed
 show_options()
 {
-       local color_scheme_count=${#A_COLOR_SCHEMES[@]}
-
+       local color_scheme_count=$(( ${#A_COLOR_SCHEMES[@]} - 1 ))
+       
+       if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL != 'true' ]];then
+               print_screen_output "Sorry, you can't run the help option in an IRC client."
+               exit 1
+       fi
        print_screen_output "$SCRIPT_NAME supports the following options. You can combine them, or list them"
-       print_screen_output "one by one: Examples: $SCRIPT_NAME -v4 -c6 OR $SCRIPT_NAME -dDc 6"
-       print_screen_output ""
+       print_screen_output "one by one: Examples: $SCRIPT_NAME -v4 -c6 OR $SCRIPT_NAME -bDc 6"
+       print_screen_output " "
        print_screen_output "If you start $SCRIPT_NAME with no arguments, it will show the short form."
-       print_screen_output "The following options if used without -d or -v will show just that complete line:"
-       print_screen_output "A,C,D,G,I,N,P,S - you can use these together to show just the lines you want to see."
-       print_screen_output "If you use them with a -v level (or -d), it will show the full output for that line "
+       print_screen_output "The following options if used without -F, -b, or -v will show just the complete line(s):"
+       print_screen_output "A,C,D,G,I,M,N,P,S,f,i,n,o,p,l,u,r,s,t - you can use these alone or together to show"
+       print_screen_output "just the line(s) you want to see."
+       print_screen_output "If you use them with -v [level], -b or -F, it will show the full output for that line "
        print_screen_output "along with the output for the chosen verbosity level."
        print_screen_output "- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"
        print_screen_output "Output Control Options:"
        print_screen_output "-A  Show Audio/sound card information."
-       print_screen_output "-c  Available color schemes. Scheme number is required."
-       print_screen_output "    Supported schemes: 0-$color_scheme_count Example: $SCRIPT_NAME -c 11"
+       print_screen_output "-b  Shows basic output, short form (previously -d). Same as: $SCRIPT_NAME -v 2"
+       print_screen_output "-c  Available color schemes. Scheme number is required. Color selectors run a color selector option"
+       print_screen_output "    prior to $SCRIPT_NAME starting which lets you set the config file value for the selection."
+       print_screen_output "    Supported color schemes: 0-$color_scheme_count Example: $SCRIPT_NAME -c 11"
+       print_screen_output "    Color selectors for each type display (NOTE: irc and global only show safe color set):"
+       print_screen_output "    94 - Console, out of X"
+       print_screen_output "    95 - Terminal, running in X - like xTerm"
+       print_screen_output "    96 - Gui IRC, running in X - like Xchat, Quassel, Konversation etc."
+       print_screen_output "    97 - Console IRC running in X - like irssi in xTerm"
+       print_screen_output "    98 - Console IRC not in  X"
+       print_screen_output "    99 - Global - Overrides/removes all settings. Setting specific removes global."
        print_screen_output "-C  Show full CPU output, including per CPU clockspeed."
-       print_screen_output "-d  Default output verbosity level, same as: $SCRIPT_NAME -v 1"
+       print_screen_output "-d  Shows optical drive data. Same as -Dd. With -x, adds features line to output. -xx adds a few more features."
        print_screen_output "-D  Show full hard Disk info, not only model, ie: /dev/sda ST380817AS 80.0GB."
        print_screen_output "-f  Show all cpu flags used, not just the short list. Not shown with -F to avoid spamming."
-       print_screen_output "-F  Show Full output for $SCRIPT_NAME. Does not show extra verbose options like -f -u -l -o -p or -t"
+       print_screen_output "-F  Show Full output for $SCRIPT_NAME. Includes all Upper Case line letters, plus -s and -n."
+       print_screen_output "    Does not show extra verbose options like -x -d -f -u -l -o -p -t -r unless you use that argument."
        print_screen_output "-G  Show Graphic card information (card, x type, resolution, glx renderer, version)."
-       print_screen_output "-i  Show Wan IP address, and shows local interfaces (requires ifconfig network tool)."
+       print_screen_output "-i  Show Wan IP address, and shows local interfaces (requires ifconfig network tool). Same as -Nni"
        print_screen_output "    Not shown with -F for user security reasons, you shouldn't paste your local/wan IP."
        print_screen_output "-I  Show Information: processes, uptime, memory, irc client, inxi version."
        print_screen_output "-l  Show partition labels. Default: short partition -P. For full -p output, use: -pl (or -plu)."
-       print_screen_output "-N  Show Network card information."
+       print_screen_output "-M  Show machine data. Motherboard, Bios, and if present, System Builder (Like Lenovo)."
+       print_screen_output "    Older systems/kernels without the required /sys data can use dmidecode instead, run as root."
+       print_screen_output "-n  Show Advanced Network card information. Same as -Nn. Shows interface, speed, mac id, state, etc."
+       print_screen_output "-N  Show Network card information. With -x, shows PCI BusID, Port number."
        print_screen_output "-o  Show unmounted partition information (includes UUID and LABEL if available)."
        print_screen_output "    Shows file system type if you have file installed, if you are root OR if you have"
        print_screen_output "    added to /etc/sudoers (sudo v. 1.7 or newer): <username> ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/file (sample)"
@@ -1280,39 +2153,71 @@ show_options()
        print_screen_output "-r  Show distro repository data. Currently supported repo types: APT; PACMAN; PISI; YUM."
        print_screen_output "-s  Show sensors output (if sensors installed/configured): mobo/cpu/gpu temp; detected fan speeds."
        print_screen_output "    Gpu temp only for Fglrx/Nvidia drivers. Nvidia shows screen number for > 1 screens."
-       print_screen_output "-S  Show System information: host name, kernel, distro"
+       print_screen_output "-S  Show System information: host name, kernel, desktop environment (if in X), distro"
        print_screen_output "-t  Show processes. Requires extra options: c (cpu) m (memory) cm (cpu+memory). If followed by numbers 1-20,"
        print_screen_output "    shows that number of processes for each type (default: $PS_COUNT; if in irc, max: 5): -t cm10"
        print_screen_output "    Make sure to have no space between letters and numbers (-t cm10 -right, -t cm 10 -wrong)."
        print_screen_output "-u  Show partition UUIDs. Default: short partition -P. For full -p output, use: -pu (or -plu)."
-       print_screen_output "-v  Script verbosity levels. Verbosity level number is required."
+       print_screen_output "-v  Script verbosity levels. Verbosity level number is required. Should not be used with -b or -F"
        print_screen_output "    Supported levels: 0-${VERBOSITY_LEVELS} Example: $SCRIPT_NAME -v 4"
-       print_screen_output "    0 - short output, same as: $SCRIPT_NAME"
-       print_screen_output "    1 - basic verbose, same as: $SCRIPT_NAME -d"
-       print_screen_output "    2 - Also show networking card data"
-       print_screen_output "    3 - Also show hard disk names as detected."
-       print_screen_output "    4 - Also show partition size/filled data for (if present):/, /home, /var/, /boot"
-       print_screen_output "    5 - For multicore systems, also shows: per core clock speeds; audio card; full disk data."
-       print_screen_output "-x  Show extra data: bogomips on Cpu; driver version (if available) for Network/Audio;"
-       print_screen_output "    for network, audio cards, shows PCI Bus ID number also;"
-       print_screen_output "    direct rendering status for Graphics (in X). Only works with verbose or line output;"
-       print_screen_output "    shows (for single gpu, nvidia driver) screen number gpu is running on."
-       print_screen_output "    Shows hdd temp with disk data if you have hddtemp installed, if you are root OR if you have"
-       print_screen_output "    added to /etc/sudoers (sudo v. 1.7 or newer): <username> ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/hddtemp (sample)"
-       print_screen_output "    For -t, adds memory use output to cpu (-tx c), and cpu use to memory (-tx m)."
-       print_screen_output ""
+       print_screen_output "    0 - Short output, same as: $SCRIPT_NAME"
+       print_screen_output "    1 - Basic verbose, -S + basic CPU + -G + basic Disk + -I."
+       print_screen_output "    2 - Adds networking card (-N), Machine (-M) data, and shows basic hard disk data (names only)."
+       print_screen_output "        Same as: $SCRIPT_NAME -b"
+       print_screen_output "    3 - Adds advanced CPU (-C), network (-n) data, and switches on -x advanced data option."
+       print_screen_output "    4 - Adds partition size/filled data (-P) for (if present):/, /home, /var/, /boot"
+       print_screen_output "        Shows full disk data (-D)"
+       print_screen_output "    5 - Adds audio card (-A); sensors (-s), partion label (-l) and UUID (-u), short form of optical drives."
+       print_screen_output "    6 - Adds full partition data (-p), unmounted partition data (-o), optical drive data (-d)."
+       print_screen_output "    7 - Adds network IP data (-i); triggers -xx."
+       print_screen_output "-x  Show extra data (only works with verbose or line output, not short form): "
+       print_screen_output "    -C - bogomips on Cpu;"
+       print_screen_output "    -d - Adds items to features line of optical drive; adds rev version to optical drive."
+       print_screen_output "    -D - Hdd temp with disk data if you have hddtemp installed, if you are root OR if you have added to"
+       print_screen_output "         /etc/sudoers (sudo v. 1.7 or newer): <username> ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/hddtemp (sample)"
+       print_screen_output "    -G - Direct rendering status for Graphics (in X)."
+       print_screen_output "    -G - (for single gpu, nvidia driver) screen number gpu is running on."
+       print_screen_output "    -i - Show IPv6 as well for LAN interface (IF) devices."
+       print_screen_output "    -I - Show system GCC, default. With -xx, also show other installed GCC versions."
+       print_screen_output "    -N -A - Adds version/port(s)/driver version (if available) for Network/Audio;"
+       print_screen_output "    -N -A -G - Network, audio, graphics, shows PCI Bus ID/Usb ID number of card;"
+       print_screen_output "    -S - Desktop toolkit if avaliable (GNOME/XFCE/KDE only); Kernel gcc version"
+       print_screen_output "    -t - Adds memory use output to cpu (-xt c), and cpu use to memory (-xt m)."
+       print_screen_output "-xx Show extra, extra data (only works with verbose or line output, not short form): "
+       print_screen_output "    -I - Adds other detected installed gcc versions to primary gcc output (if present)."
+       print_screen_output "    -M - Adds chassis information, if any data for that is available."
+       print_screen_output "    -xx -@ <11-14> - Automatically uploads debugger data tar.gz file to ftp.techpatterns.com."
+       print_screen_output "-z  Adds security filters for IP addresses, Mac, and user home directory name. Default on for irc clients."
+       print_screen_output "-Z  Absolute override for output filters. Useful for debugging networking issues in irc for example."
+       print_screen_output " "
        print_screen_output "Additional Options:"
-       print_screen_output "-h - this help menu."
+       print_screen_output "-h --help      This help menu."
+       print_screen_output "-H             This help menu, plus developer options. Do not use dev options in normal operation!"
+       print_screen_output "--recommends   Checks $SCRIPT_NAME application dependencies + recommends, and directories, then shows"
+       print_screen_output "               what package(s) you need to install to add support for that feature."
        if [[ $B_ALLOW_UPDATE == 'true' ]];then
-               print_screen_output "-U  Auto-update script. Note: if you installed as root, you"
-               print_screen_output "    must be root to update, otherwise user is fine."
+               print_screen_output "-U             Auto-update script. Note: if you installed as root, you"
+               print_screen_output "               must be root to update, otherwise user is fine."
        fi
-       print_screen_output "-V  $SCRIPT_NAME version information. Prints information then exits."
+       print_screen_output "-V --version   $SCRIPT_NAME version information. Prints information then exits."
+       print_screen_output " "
+       print_screen_output "Debugging Options:"
        print_screen_output "-%  Overrides defective or corrupted data."
-       print_screen_output "-@  Triggers debugger output. Requires debugging level 1-10 (8-10 - logging)."
-       print_screen_output "    8 - basic logging; 9 - full file/sys info logging; 10 - color logging."
+       print_screen_output "-@  Triggers debugger output. Requires debugging level 1-14 (8-10 - logging of data)."
+       print_screen_output "    Less than 8 just triggers $SCRIPT_NAME debugger output on screen."
+       print_screen_output "    1-7  - On screen debugger output"
+       print_screen_output "    8    - Basic logging"
+       print_screen_output "    9    - Full file/sys info logging"
+       print_screen_output "    10   - Color logging."
+       print_screen_output "    The following create a tar.gz file of system data, plus collecting the inxi output to file:"
+       print_screen_output "    To automatically upload debugger data tar.gz file to ftp.techpatterns.com: inxi -xx@ <11-14>"
+       print_screen_output "    For alternate ftp upload locations: Example: inxi -! ftp.yourserver.com/incoming -xx@ 14"
+       print_screen_output "    11 - With data file of xiin read of /sys."
+       print_screen_output "    12 - With xorg conf and log data, xrandr, xprop, xdpyinfo, glxinfo etc."
+       print_screen_output "    13 - With data from dev, disks, partitions, etc., plus xiin data file."
+       print_screen_output "    14 - Everything, full data collection."
        if [[ $1 == 'full' ]];then
-               print_screen_output ""
+               print_screen_output " "
                print_screen_output "Developer and Testing Options (Advanced):"
                print_screen_output "-! 1 - Sets testing flag B_TESTING_1='true' to trigger testing condition 1."
                print_screen_output "-! 2 - Sets testing flag B_TESTING_2='true' to trigger testing condition 2."
@@ -1323,9 +2228,12 @@ show_options()
                print_screen_output "-! 13 - Triggers an update from svn branch three - if present, of course."
                print_screen_output "-! 14 - Triggers an update from svn branch four - if present, of course."
                print_screen_output "-! <http://......> - Triggers an update from whatever server you list."
-               print_screen_output ""
+               print_screen_output "-! <ftp.......> - Changes debugging data ftp upload location to whatever you enter here."
+               print_screen_output "   Only used together with -xx@ 11-14, and must be used in front of that."
+               print_screen_output "   Example: inxi -! ftp.yourserver.com/incoming -xx@ 14"
+               print_screen_output " "
        fi
-       print_screen_output ""
+       print_screen_output " "
 }
 
 ## print out version information for -V/--version
@@ -1333,19 +2241,19 @@ print_version_info()
 {
        local last_modified=$( grep -im 1 'date:' $SCRIPT_PATH/$SCRIPT_NAME | gawk '{print $3,$4,$5}' )
 
-       print_screen_output "$SCRIPT_NAME - the universal, portable, system info script for irc."
-       print_screen_output "Version: $SCRIPT_VERSION_NUMBER"
+       print_screen_output "$SCRIPT_NAME - the universal, portable, system info script for console and irc."
+       print_screen_output "Version: $SCRIPT_VERSION_NUMBER-$SCRIPT_PATCH_NUMBER"
        print_screen_output "Script Last Modified: $last_modified"
        print_screen_output "Script Location: $SCRIPT_PATH"
-       print_screen_output ""
-       print_screen_output "Tested with Irssi, Xchat, Konversation, BitchX, KSirc, ircII,"
-       print_screen_output "Gaim/Pidgin, Weechat, KVIrc and Kopete."
-       print_screen_output ""
+       print_screen_output " "
+       print_screen_output "Tested in Irssi, Xchat, Konversation, BitchX, KSirc, ircII,"
+       print_screen_output "Gaim/Pidgin, Weechat, KVIrc, Quassel, Kopete, and others."
+       print_screen_output " "
        print_screen_output "This script is a fork of Infobash 3.02, which is:"
        print_screen_output "Copyright (C) 2005-2007  Michiel de Boer a.k.a. locsmif"
        print_screen_output "Subsequent changes and modifications (after Infobash 3.02) are:"
-       print_screen_output "Copyright (C) 2008-10 Scott Rogers, Harald Hope, aka trash80 & h2"
-       print_screen_output ""
+       print_screen_output "Copyright (C) 2008-$(date +%y) Scott Rogers, Harald Hope, aka trash80 & h2"
+       print_screen_output " "
        print_screen_output "This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify"
        print_screen_output "it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by"
        print_screen_output "the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or"
@@ -1368,11 +2276,13 @@ get_start_client()
        local b_non_native_app='false' pppid='' app_working_name=''
        local b_qt4_konvi='false'
 
-       if tty >/dev/null;then
+       if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL == 'true' ]];then
                IRC_CLIENT='Shell'
                unset IRC_CLIENT_VERSION
-               B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL='true'
        elif [[ -n $PPID && -f /proc/$PPID/exe ]];then
+               if [[ $B_OVERRIDE_FILTER != 'true' ]];then
+                       B_OUTPUT_FILTER='true'
+               fi
                irc_client_path=$( readlink /proc/$PPID/exe )
                irc_client_path_lower=$( tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' <<< $irc_client_path )
                app_working_name=$( basename $irc_client_path_lower )
@@ -1381,7 +2291,7 @@ get_start_client()
                # from inside itself, as a script, the parent is konversation/xchat, not perl/bash etc
                # note: perl can report as: perl5.10.0, so it needs wildcard handling
                case $app_working_name in
-                       bash|dash|sh|perl*)     # We want to know who wrapped it into the shell or perl.
+                       bash|dash|sh|python*|perl*)     # We want to know who wrapped it into the shell or perl.
                                pppid="$( ps -p $PPID -o ppid --no-headers | sed 's/ //g' )"
                                if [[ -n $pppid && -f /proc/$pppid/exe ]];then
                                        irc_client_path="$( readlink /proc/$pppid/exe )"
@@ -1414,12 +2324,14 @@ get_start_client()
                                        print a
                                        exit
                                }' )"
+                               B_CONSOLE_IRC='true'
                                IRC_CLIENT="BitchX"
                                ;;
                        finch)
                                IRC_CLIENT_VERSION=" $( $irc_client_path -v | gawk 'NR == 1 {
                                        print $2
                                }' )"
+                               B_CONSOLE_IRC='true'
                                IRC_CLIENT="Finch"
                                ;;
                        gaim)
@@ -1432,12 +2344,14 @@ get_start_client()
                                IRC_CLIENT_VERSION=" $( $irc_client_path -v | gawk 'NR == 1 {
                                        print $3
                                }' )"
+                               B_CONSOLE_IRC='true'
                                IRC_CLIENT="ircII"
                                ;;
                        irssi-text|irssi)
                                IRC_CLIENT_VERSION=" $( $irc_client_path -v | gawk 'NR == 1 {
                                        print $2
                                }' )"
+                               B_CONSOLE_IRC='true'
                                IRC_CLIENT="Irssi"
                                ;;
                        konversation) ## konvi < 1.2 (qt4)
@@ -1551,6 +2465,7 @@ get_start_client()
                                ;;
                        weechat-curses)
                                IRC_CLIENT_VERSION=" $( $irc_client_path -v ) "
+                               B_CONSOLE_IRC='true'
                                IRC_CLIENT="Weechat"
                                ;;
                        xchat-gnome)
@@ -1592,9 +2507,12 @@ get_start_client()
                                                ;;
                                        esac
                                done
-                               if [[ -z $IRC_CLIENT_VERSION ]];then
-                                       IRC_CLIENT="Unknown Perl client"
-                               fi
+                               B_CONSOLE_IRC='true'
+                               set_perl_python_konvi "$app_working_name"
+                               ;;
+                       python*)
+                               # B_CONSOLE_IRC='true' # are there even any python type console irc clients? check.
+                               set_perl_python_konvi "$app_working_name"
                                ;;
                        # then unset, set unknown data
                        *)      
@@ -1608,6 +2526,9 @@ get_start_client()
        else
                ## lets look to see if qt4_konvi is the parent.  There is no direct way to tell, so lets infer it.
                ## because $PPID does not work with qt4_konvi, the above case does not work
+               if [[ $B_OVERRIDE_FILTER != 'true' ]];then
+                       B_OUTPUT_FILTER='true'
+               fi
                b_qt4_konvi=$( is_this_qt4_konvi )
                if [[ $b_qt4_konvi == 'true' ]];then
                        KONVI=3
@@ -1629,9 +2550,24 @@ get_start_client()
                        unset IRC_CLIENT_VERSION
                fi
        fi
+
        log_function_data "IRC_CLIENT: $IRC_CLIENT :: IRC_CLIENT_VERSION: $IRC_CLIENT_VERSION :: PPID: $PPID"
        eval $LOGFE
 }
+# args: $1 - app_working_name
+set_perl_python_konvi()
+{
+       if [[ -z $IRC_CLIENT_VERSION ]];then
+               # this is a hack to try to show konversation if inxi is running but started via /cmd
+               if [[ -n $( ps aux | grep -i 'konversation' | grep -v 'grep' ) && $B_RUNNING_IN_X == 'true' ]];then
+                       IRC_CLIENT='Konversation'
+                       IRC_CLIENT_VERSION=" $( konversation --version 2>/dev/null | gawk '/^Konversation/ {print $2}' )"
+                       B_CONSOLE_IRC='false'
+               else
+                       IRC_CLIENT="Unknown $1 client"
+               fi
+       fi
+}
 
 ## try to infer the use of Konversation >= 1.2, which shows $PPID improperly
 ## no known method of finding Kovni >= 1.2 as parent process, so we look to see if it is running,
@@ -1655,7 +2591,8 @@ is_this_qt4_konvi()
 
                if [[ ${konvi[2]} == 'konversation' ]];then     
                        konvi_qt4_ver=$( konversation -v | grep -i 'konversation' )
-                       konvi_qt4_client=$( echo "$konvi_qt4_ver" | gawk '{ print $2 }' )
+                       # note: we need to change this back to a single dot number, like 1.3, not 1.3.2
+                       konvi_qt4_client=$( echo "$konvi_qt4_ver" | gawk '{ print $2 }' | cut -d '.' -f 1,2 )
 
                        if [[ $konvi_qt4_client > 1.1 ]]; then
                                b_is_qt4='true'
@@ -1665,7 +2602,7 @@ is_this_qt4_konvi()
                konvi_qt4="qt3"
                b_is_qt4='false'
        fi
-
+       log_function_data "b_is_qt4: $b_is_qt4"
        echo $b_is_qt4
        ## for testing this module
        #qdbus org.kde.konversation /irc say $1 $2 "getpid_dir: $konvi_qt4  qt4_konvi: $konvi_qt4_ver   verNum: $konvi_qt4_ver_num  pid: $konvi_pid ppid: $PPID  konvi_home_dir: ${konvi[2]}"
@@ -1710,12 +2647,11 @@ get_cmdline()
 get_audio_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
-       local i='' alsa_data='' alsa_driver='' device_count='' lsusb_path=''
-       local usb_proc_file='' array_count='' usb_id='' usb_data=''
+       local i='' alsa_data='' alsa_driver='' device_count='' temp_array=''
 
        IFS=$'\n'
        # this first step handles the drivers for cases where the second step fails to find one
-       device_count=$( echo "$Lspci_Data" | egrep -ic '(multimedia audio controller|audio device)' )
+       device_count=$( echo "$Lspci_Data" | grep -iEc '(multimedia audio controller|audio device)' )
        if [[ $device_count -eq 1 ]] && [[ $B_ASOUND_DEVICE_FILE == 'true' ]];then
                alsa_driver=$( gawk -F ']: ' '
                BEGIN {
@@ -1723,13 +2659,13 @@ get_audio_data()
                }
                # filtering out modems and usb devices like webcams, this might get a
                # usb audio card as well, this will take some trial and error
-               $0 !~ /modem/ || $0 !~ /usb/ {
+               $0 !~ /modem|usb|webcam/ {
                        driver=gensub( /^(.+)( - )(.+)$/, "\\1", 1, $2 )
                        gsub(/^ +| +$/,"",driver)
                        if ( driver != "" ){
                                print driver
                        }
-               }'  $FILE_ASOUND_DEVICE )
+               }' $FILE_ASOUND_DEVICE ) 
                log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_ASOUND_DEVICE"
        fi
 
@@ -1743,7 +2679,7 @@ get_audio_data()
                IGNORECASE=1
        }
        /multimedia audio controller|audio device/ {
-               audioCard=gensub(/^[0-9a-f:.]+ [^:]+: (.+)$/,"\\1","g",$0)
+               audioCard=gensub(/^[0-9a-f:\.]+ [^:]+: (.+)$/,"\\1","g",$0)
                # The doublequotes are necessary because of the pipes in the variable.
                gsub(/'"$BAN_LIST_NORMAL"'/, "", audioCard)
                gsub(/,/, " ", audioCard)
@@ -1821,73 +2757,134 @@ get_audio_data()
                        if ( card != "" ){
                                print card","driver
                        }
-               }'  $FILE_ASOUND_DEVICE ) )
+               }' $FILE_ASOUND_DEVICE ) )
        fi
-
-       # alsa usb detection by damentz
-       # for every sound card symlink in /proc/asound - display information about it
-       lsusb_path=$( type -p lsusb )
-       for usb_proc_file in /proc/asound/*
-       do
-               # if lsusb exists, the file is a symlink, and contains an important usb exclusive file: continue
-               if [[ -n $lsusb_path && -L $usb_proc_file && -e $usb_proc_file/usbid  ]]; then
-                       # send error messages of lsusb to /dev/null as it will display a bunch if not a super user
-                       # also, find the contents of usbid in lsusb and print everything after the 7th word on the
-                       # corresponding line. Finally, strip out commas as they will change the driver :)
-                       usb_id=$( cat $usb_proc_file/usbid )
-                       usb_data=$( $lsusb_path -v 2>/dev/null | grep "$usb_id" )
-                       log_function_data 'raw' "usb_data:\n$usb_data"
-                       usb_data=$( gawk '{
-                               gsub( /,/, " ", $0 )
-                               for( i=7; i <= NF; i++ ) {
-                                       printf( $i " " )
-                               }
-                       }' <<< "$usb_data" )
-                       # this method is interesting, it shouldn't work but it does
-                       #A_AUDIO_DATA=( "${A_AUDIO_DATA[@]}" "$usb_data,snd-usb-audio,," )
-                       # but until we learn why the above worked, I'm using this one, which is safer
-                       if [[ -n $usb_data ]];then
-                               array_count=${#A_AUDIO_DATA[@]}
-                               A_AUDIO_DATA[$array_count]="$usb_data,snd-usb-audio,,"
-                       fi
-               fi
-       done
        IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
-
+       get_audio_usb_data
        # handle cases where card detection fails, like in PS3, where lspci gives no output, or headless boxes..
        if [[ ${#A_AUDIO_DATA[@]} -eq 0 ]];then
                A_AUDIO_DATA[0]='Failed to Detect Sound Card!'
        fi
-       log_function_data "A_AUDIO_DATA: ${A_AUDIO_DATA[@]}"
+       temp_array=${A_AUDIO_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_AUDIO_DATA: $temp_array"
+
+       eval $LOGFE
+}
+# alsa usb detection by damentz
+
+get_audio_usb_data()
+{
+       eval $LOGFS
+       local usb_proc_file='' array_count='' usb_data='' usb_id='' lsusb_path='' lsusb_data=''
+       local temp_array=''
+       
+       IFS=$'\n'
+       lsusb_path=$( type -p lsusb )
+       if [[ -n $lsusb_path ]];then
+               lsusb_data=$( $lsusb_path 2>/dev/null )
+       fi
+       log_function_data 'raw' "usb_data:\n$lsusb_data"
+       if [[ -n $lsusb_data ]];then
+               # for every sound card symlink in /proc/asound - display information about it
+               for usb_proc_file in /proc/asound/*
+               do
+                       # If the file is a symlink, and contains an important usb exclusive file: continue
+                       if [[ -L $usb_proc_file && -e $usb_proc_file/usbid  ]]; then
+                               # find the contents of usbid in lsusb and print everything after the 7th word on the
+                               # corresponding line. Finally, strip out commas as they will change the driver :)
+                               usb_id=$( cat $usb_proc_file/usbid )
+                               usb_data=$( grep "$usb_id" <<< "$lsusb_data" )
+                               if [[ -n $usb_data && -n $usb_id ]];then
+                                       usb_data=$( gawk '
+                                       BEGIN {
+                                               IGNORECASE=1
+                                               string=""
+                                               separator=""
+                                       }
+                                       {
+                                               gsub( /,/, " ", $0 )
+                                               gsub(/'"$BAN_LIST_NORMAL"'/, "", $0)
+                                               gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ", $0)
+                                               for ( i=7; i<= NF; i++ ) {
+                                                       string = string separator $i
+                                                       separator = " "
+                                               }
+                                               if ( $6 != "" ){
+                                                       print string ",USB Audio,,," $6
+                                               }
+                                       }' <<< "$usb_data" )
+                               fi
+                               # this method is interesting, it shouldn't work but it does
+                               #A_AUDIO_DATA=( "${A_AUDIO_DATA[@]}" "$usb_data,USB Audio,," )
+                               # but until we learn why the above worked, I'm using this one, which is safer
+                               if [[ -n $usb_data ]];then
+                                       array_count=${#A_AUDIO_DATA[@]}
+                                       A_AUDIO_DATA[$array_count]="$usb_data"
+                               fi
+                       fi
+               done
+       fi
+       IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
+       temp_array=${A_AUDIO_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_AUDIO_DATA: $temp_array"
+       
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
 get_audio_alsa_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
-       local alsa_data=''
+       local alsa_data='' temp_array=''
 
        # now we'll get the alsa data if the file exists
        if [[ $B_ASOUND_VERSION_FILE == 'true' ]];then
-               alsa_data=$( gawk '
+               IFS=","
+               A_ALSA_DATA=( $( 
+               gawk '
                        BEGIN {
                                IGNORECASE=1
+                               alsa=""
+                               version=""
                        }
                        # some alsa strings have the build date in (...)
                        # remove trailing . and remove possible second line if compiled by user
                        $0 !~ /compile/ {
-                               gsub( "Driver | [(].*[)]|\.$","",$0 )
+                               gsub( /Driver | [(].*[)]|\.$/,"",$0 )
                                gsub(/,/, " ", $0)
                                gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $0)
                                gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ", $0)
-                               if ( $0 != "" ){
-                                       print $0
+                               sub(/Advanced Linux Sound Architecture/, "ALSA", $0)
+                               if ( $1 == "ALSA" ){
+                                       alsa=$1
                                }
-               }' $FILE_ASOUND_VERSION )
+                               version=$NF
+                               print alsa "," version
+                       }' $FILE_ASOUND_VERSION 
+               ) )
+               IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
                log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_ASOUND_VERSION"
        fi
-       echo "$alsa_data"
-       log_function_data "alsa_data: $alsa_data"
+       temp_array=${A_ALSA_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_ALSA_DATA: $temp_array"
+       eval $LOGFE
+}
+
+get_console_irc_tty()
+{
+       eval $LOGFS
+       local tty_number=''
+       if [[ -n ${IRC_CLIENT} ]];then
+               tty_number=$( ps aux | gawk '
+                       BEGIN {
+                               IGNORECASE=1
+                       }
+                       /'${IRC_CLIENT}'/ {
+                               gsub(/[^0-9]/, "", $7)
+                               print $7
+                       }' )
+       fi
+       log_function_data "tty_number: $tty_number"
+       echo $tty_number
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
@@ -1923,7 +2920,8 @@ get_cpu_core_count()
                # A_CPU_CORE_DATA=( "$cpu_core_count" "$cpu_alpha_count Core$cpu_type" )
                A_CPU_CORE_DATA=( "$cpu_physical_count" "$cpu_alpha_count" "$cpu_type" "$cpu_core_count" )
        fi
-       log_function_data "A_CPU_CORE_DATA: ${A_CPU_CORE_DATA[@]}"
+       temp_array=${A_CPU_CORE_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_CPU_CORE_DATA: $temp_array"
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
@@ -1931,7 +2929,7 @@ get_cpu_core_count()
 get_cpu_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
-       local i='' j='' cpu_array_nu='' a_cpu_working='' multi_cpu='' bits=''
+       local i='' j='' cpu_array_nu='' a_cpu_working='' multi_cpu='' bits='' temp_array=''
 
        if [[ $B_CPUINFO_FILE == 'true' ]];then
                # stop script for a bit to let cpu slow down before parsing cpu /proc file
@@ -2010,9 +3008,10 @@ get_cpu_data()
                }' $FILE_CPUINFO ) )
                log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_CPUINFO"
        fi
-
        IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
-       log_function_data "A_CPU_DATA: ${A_CPU_DATA[@]}"
+       temp_array=${A_CPU_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_CPU_DATA: $temp_array"
+       
        eval $LOGFE
 #      echo getMainCpu: ${[@]}
 }
@@ -2022,7 +3021,7 @@ get_cpu_ht_multicore_smp_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
        # in /proc/cpuinfo
-       
+       local temp_array=''
 
        if [[ $B_CPUINFO_FILE == 'true' ]]; then
                A_CPU_TYPE_PCNT_CCNT=( $(
@@ -2033,6 +3032,7 @@ get_cpu_ht_multicore_smp_data()
                        num_of_cores = 0
                        num_of_processors = 0
                        num_of_cpus = 0
+                       cpu_core_count = 0
                        core_id[0]
                        processor_id[0]
                        cpu_id[0]
@@ -2052,6 +3052,12 @@ get_cpu_ht_multicore_smp_data()
                        core_id[iter] = $NF
                        iter++
                }
+               # this will be used to fix an intel glitch if needed, cause, intel
+               # sometimes reports core id as the same number for each core, 0
+               # so if cpu cores shows greater value than number of cores, use this
+               /^cpu cores/ {
+                       cpu_core_count = $NF
+               }
                END {
                        ##      Look thru the array and filter same numbers.
                        ##      only unique numbers required
@@ -2060,10 +3066,11 @@ get_cpu_ht_multicore_smp_data()
                        
                        i = 0
                        ## count unique processors ##
+                       # note, this fails for intel cpus at times
                        for ( i in processor_id ) {
                                procHolder[processor_id[i]] = 1
                        }
-                       for ( i in procHolder ) {                               
+                       for ( i in procHolder ) {
                                num_of_processors++
                        }
                        
@@ -2084,6 +3091,11 @@ get_cpu_ht_multicore_smp_data()
                        for ( i in coreHolder ) {                               
                                num_of_cores++
                        }
+                       # final check, override the num of cores value if it clearly is wrong
+                       # and use the raw core count and synthesize the total instead of real count
+                       if ( ( num_of_cores == 1 ) && ( cpu_core_count * num_of_cpus > 1 ) ) {
+                               num_of_cores = cpu_core_count * num_of_cpus
+                       }
                        
                        ####################################################################
                        #                               algorithm
@@ -2118,10 +3130,214 @@ get_cpu_ht_multicore_smp_data()
                ' $FILE_CPUINFO 
                ) )
        fi
-       log_function_data "A_CPU_TYPE_PCNT_CCNT: ${A_CPU_TYPE_PCNT_CCNT[@]}"
+       temp_array=${A_CPU_TYPE_PCNT_CCNT[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_CPU_TYPE_PCNT_CCNT: $temp_array"
+       eval $LOGFE
+}
+
+# Detect desktop environment in use, initial rough logic from: compiz-check
+# http://forlong.blogage.de/entries/pages/Compiz-Check
+get_desktop_environment()
+{
+       eval $LOGFS
+       
+       # set the default, this function only runs in X, if null, don't print data out
+       local desktop_environment='' xprop_root='' ps_aux='' 
+       local version='' version_data='' toolkit=''
+       
+       # note, GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID is deprecated so we'll see how that works out
+       # https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=542880
+       if [[ -n $GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID ]]; then
+               version=$( get_de_app_version 'gnome-about' 'gnome' '3' )
+               if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+                       # this is a hack, and has to be changed with every toolkit version change
+                       toolkit=$( pkg-config --modversion gtk+-3.0 2>/dev/null )
+                       if [[ -z $toolkit ]];then
+                               toolkit=$( pkg-config --modversion gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null )
+                       fi
+                       if [[ -n $toolkit ]];then
+                               version="$version (Gtk $toolkit)"
+                       fi
+               fi
+               desktop_environment="Gnome"
+       # assume 5 will id the same, why not, no need to update in future
+       elif [[ $KDE_SESSION_VERSION == '5' ]]; then
+               version_data=$( kded5 --version 2>/dev/null )
+               version=$( grep -si '^KDE Development Platform:' <<< "$version_data" | gawk '{print $4}' )
+               if [[ -z $version ]];then
+                       version='5'
+               fi
+               if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+                       toolkit=$( grep -si '^Qt:' <<< "$version_data" | gawk '{print $2}' )
+                       if [[ -n $toolkit ]];then
+                               version="$version (Qt $toolkit)"
+                       fi
+               fi
+               desktop_environment="KDE"
+       elif [[ $KDE_SESSION_VERSION == '4' ]]; then
+               version_data=$( kded4 --version 2>/dev/null )
+               version=$( grep -si '^KDE Development Platform:' <<< "$version_data" | gawk '{print $4}' )
+               if [[ -z $version ]];then
+                       version='4'
+               fi
+               if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+                       toolkit=$( grep -si '^Qt:' <<< "$version_data" | gawk '{print $2}' )
+                       if [[ -n $toolkit ]];then
+                               version="$version (Qt $toolkit)"
+                       fi
+               fi
+               desktop_environment="KDE"
+       # KDE_FULL_SESSION property is only available since KDE 3.5.5.
+       # src: http://humanreadable.nfshost.com/files/startkde
+       elif [[ $KDE_FULL_SESSION == 'true' ]]; then
+               version_data=$( kded --version 2>/dev/null )
+               version=$( grep -si '^KDE:' <<< "$version_data" | gawk '{print $2}' )
+               # version=$( get_de_app_version 'kded' '^KDE:' '2' )
+               if [[ -z $version ]];then
+                       version='3.5'
+               fi
+               if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+                       toolkit=$( grep -si '^Qt:' <<< "$version_data" | gawk '{print $2}' )
+                       if [[ -n $toolkit ]];then
+                               version="$version (Qt $toolkit)"
+                       fi
+               fi
+               desktop_environment="KDE"
+       # now that the primary ones have been handled, next is to find the ones with unique
+       # xprop detections possible
+       else
+               ps_aux="$( ps aux )"
+               if [[ -n $( type -p xprop ) ]];then
+                       xprop_root="$( xprop -root 2>/dev/null )"
+                       # String: "This is xfdesktop version 4.2.12"
+                       if [[ -n $( grep -Eis '\"xfce4\"' <<< "$xprop_root" ) ]];then
+                               version=$( get_de_app_version 'xfdesktop' 'xfdesktop[[:space:]]version' '5' )
+                               if [[ -z $version ]];then
+                                       version='4'
+                               fi
+                               if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+                                       toolkit=$( get_de_app_version 'xfdesktop' 'Built[[:space:]]with[[:space:]]GTK' '4' )
+                                       if [[ -n $toolkit ]];then
+                                               version="$version (Gtk $toolkit)"
+                                       fi
+                               fi
+                               desktop_environment="Xfce"
+                       # when 5 is released, the string may need updating
+                       elif [[ -n $( grep -is '\"xfce5\"' <<< "$xprop_root" ) ]];then
+                               version=$( get_de_app_version 'xfdesktop' 'xfdesktop[[:space:]]version' '5' )
+                               if [[ -z $version ]];then
+                                       version='5'
+                               fi
+                               if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+                                       toolkit=$( get_de_app_version 'xfdesktop' 'Built[[:space:]]with[[:space:]]GTK' '4' )
+                                       if [[ -n $toolkit ]];then
+                                               version="$version (Gtk $toolkit)"
+                                       fi
+                               fi
+                               desktop_environment="Xfce"
+                       elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'BLACKBOX_PID' <<< "$xprop_root" ) ]];then
+                               if [[ -n $( grep -is 'fluxbox' <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
+                                       version=$( get_de_app_version 'fluxbox' '^fluxbox' '2' )
+                                       desktop_environment='Fluxbox'
+                               else
+                                       desktop_environment='Blackbox'
+                               fi
+                       elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'OPENBOX_PID' <<< "$xprop_root" ) ]];then
+                               version=$( get_de_app_version 'openbox' '^openbox' '2' )
+                               if [[ -n $( grep -is 'lxde' <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
+                                       if [[ -n $version ]];then
+                                               version="(Openbox $version)"
+                                       fi
+                                       desktop_environment='LXDE'
+                               else
+                                       desktop_environment='Openbox'
+                               fi
+                       elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'ICEWM' <<< "$xprop_root" ) ]];then
+                               version=$( get_de_app_version 'icewm' '^icewm' '2' )
+                               desktop_environment='IceWM'
+                       elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'ENLIGHTENMENT' <<< "$xprop_root" ) ]];then
+                               # no -v or --version but version is in xprop -root
+                               # ENLIGHTENMENT_VERSION(STRING) = "Enlightenment 0.16.999.49898"
+                               version=$( grep -is 'ENLIGHTENMENT_VERSION' <<< "$xprop_root" | cut -d '"' -f 2 | gawk '{print $2}' )
+                               desktop_environment='Enlightenment'
+                       fi
+               fi
+               # a few manual hacks for things that don't id with xprop, these are just good guesses
+               # note that gawk is going to exit after first occurance of search string, so no need for extra
+               if [[ -z $desktop_environment ]];then
+                       if [[ -n $( grep -is 'fvwm-crystal'  <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
+                               version=$( get_de_app_version 'fvwm' '^fvwm' '2' )
+                               desktop_environment='FVWM-Crystal'
+                       elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'fvwm'  <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
+                               version=$( get_de_app_version 'fvwm' '^fvwm' '2' )
+                               desktop_environment='FVWM'
+                       elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'pekwm'  <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
+                               version=$( get_de_app_version 'pekwm' '^pekwm' '3' )
+                               desktop_environment='pekwm'
+                       elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'awesome' <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
+                               version=$( get_de_app_version 'awesome' '^awesome' '2' )
+                               desktop_environment='Awesome'
+                       elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'scrotwm' <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
+                               version=$( get_de_app_version 'scrotwm' '^welcome.*scrotwm' '4' )
+                               desktop_environment='Scrotwm' # no --version for this one
+                       elif [[ -n $( grep -Eis '([[:space:]]|/)twm' <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
+                               desktop_environment='Twm' # no --version for this one
+                       elif [[ -n $( grep -Eis '([[:space:]]|/)dwm' <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
+                               version=$( get_de_app_version 'dwm' '^dwm' '1' )
+                               desktop_environment='dwm'
+                       elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'wmii' <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
+                               version=$( get_de_app_version 'wmii' '^wmii' '1' )
+                               desktop_environment='wmii'
+                       elif [[ -n $( grep -Eis '([[:space:]]|/)jwm' <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
+                               version=$( get_de_app_version 'jwm' '^jwm' '2' )
+                               desktop_environment='JWM'
+                       fi
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $version ]];then
+               version=" $version"
+       fi
+       echo "$desktop_environment${version}"
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
+# note: gawk doesn't support white spaces in search string, gave errors, so use [[:space:]] instead
+# args: $1 - desktop command for --version; $2 - search string; $3 - gawk print number
+get_de_app_version()
+{
+       local version_data='' version='' get_version='--version' 
+       
+       case $1 in
+               dwm|jwm|wmii)
+                       get_version='-v'
+                       ;;
+       esac
+       # note, some wm send version info to stderr instead of stdout
+       case $1 in
+               dwm|scrotwm)
+                       version_data="$( $1 $get_version 2>&1 )"
+                       ;;
+               *)
+                       version_data="$( $1 $get_version 2>/dev/null )"
+                       ;;
+       esac
+       
+       if [[ -n $version_data ]];then
+               version=$( gawk '
+               BEGIN {
+                       IGNORECASE=1
+               }
+               /'$2'/ {
+                       # sample: dwm-5.8.2, Â©.. etc, why no space? who knows. Also get rid of v in number string
+                       # xfce, and other, output has , in it, so dump all commas
+                       gsub(/(,|dwm-|wmii-|v|V)/, "",$'$3') 
+                       print $'$3'
+                       exit # quit after first match prints
+               }' <<< "$version_data" )
+       fi
+       echo $version
+}
+
 # for more on distro id, please reference this python thread: http://bugs.python.org/issue1322
 ## return distro name/id if found
 get_distro_data()
@@ -2164,7 +3380,7 @@ get_distro_data()
        log_function_data "distro_file: $distro_file"
        # first test for the legacy antiX distro id file
        if [[ -e /etc/antiX ]];then
-               distro="$( egrep -oi 'antix.*\.iso' <<< $( remove_erroneous_chars '/etc/antiX' ) | sed 's/\.iso//' )"
+               distro="$( grep -Eoi 'antix.*\.iso' <<< $( remove_erroneous_chars '/etc/antiX' ) | sed 's/\.iso//' )"
        # this handles case where only one release/version file was found, and it's lsb-release. This would
        # never apply for ubuntu or debian, which will filter down to the following conditions. In general
        # if there's a specific distro release file available, that's to be preferred, but this is a good backup.
@@ -2206,9 +3422,17 @@ get_distro_data()
        if [[ -z $distro ]] && [[ $B_LSB_FILE == 'true' ]];then
                distro=$( get_distro_lsb_data )
        fi
-       ## finally, if all else has failed, give up
+       # now some final null tries
        if [[ -z $distro ]];then
-               distro='Unknown distro o_O'
+               # if the file was null but present, which can happen in some cases, then use the file name itself to 
+               # set the distro value. Why say unknown if we have a pretty good idea, after all?
+               if [[ -n $distro_file ]] && [[ " $DISTROS_DERIVED $DISTROS_PRIMARY " == *" $distro_file "* ]];then
+                       distro=$( sed -E -e 's/[-_]//' -e 's/(release|version)//' <<< $distro_file | sed -E 's/^([a-z])/\u\1/' )
+               fi
+               ## finally, if all else has failed, give up
+               if [[ -z $distro ]];then
+                       distro='unknown'
+               fi
        fi
 
        # this handles an arch bug where /etc/arch-release is empty and /etc/issue is corrupted
@@ -2255,9 +3479,27 @@ get_distro_lsb_data()
                                distroCodename = $NF " "
                        }
                }
+               # sometimes some distros cannot do their lsb-release files correctly, so here is
+               # one last chance to get it right.
+               /^DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION/ {
+                       gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $0)
+                       if ( $NF != "n/a" ) {
+                               # slice out the part inside "", like: DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Arch Linux"
+                               gsub(/DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=|"/,"",$0)
+                               distroDescription = $0
+                       }
+               }
                END {
-                       print distroId distroRelease distroCodename
-               }' $FILE_LSB_RELEASE )
+                       fullString=""
+                       if ( distroId == "" && distroRelease == "" && distroCodename == "" && distroDescription != "" ){
+                               fullString = distroDescription
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               fullString = distroId distroRelease distroCodename
+                       }
+                       print fullString
+               }
+               ' $FILE_LSB_RELEASE )
                log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_LSB_RELEASE"
        fi
        # this is HORRIBLY slow, but I don't know why, it runs fast in shell
@@ -2286,6 +3528,52 @@ get_distro_lsb_data()
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
+get_gcc_kernel_version()
+{
+       # note that we use gawk to get the last part because beta, alpha, git versions can be non-numeric
+       local gccVersion=$( grep -Eio 'gcc[[:space:]]*version[[:space:]]*([^ \t]*)' /proc/version 2>/dev/null | gawk '{print $3}' )
+       echo $gccVersion
+}
+
+get_gcc_system_version()
+{
+       eval $LOGFS
+       local separator='' gcc_installed='' gcc_list='' gcc_others='' temp_array=''
+       local gcc_version=$( 
+       gcc --version 2>/dev/null | sed -E 's/\([^\)]*\)//g' | gawk '
+       BEGIN {
+               IGNORECASE=1
+       }
+       /^gcc/ {
+               print $2
+               exit
+       }'
+       )
+
+       # can't use xargs -l basename because not all systems support thats
+       if [[ $B_EXTRA_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+               gcc_others=$( ls /usr/bin/gcc-* 2>/dev/null )
+               if [[ -n $gcc_others ]];then
+                       for item in $gcc_others
+                       do
+                               gcc_installed=$( basename $item | gawk -F '-' '
+                               $2 ~ /^[0-9\.]+$/ {
+                                       print $2
+                               }' )
+                               if [[ -n $gcc_installed && -z $( grep "^$gcc_installed" <<< $gcc_version ) ]];then
+                                       gcc_list=$gcc_list$separator$gcc_installed
+                                       separator=','
+                               fi
+                       done
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $gcc_version ]];then
+               A_GCC_VERSIONS=( "$gcc_version" $gcc_list )
+       fi
+       temp_array=${A_GCC_VERSIONS[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_GCC_VERSIONS: $temp_array"
+       eval $LOGFE
+}
 get_gpu_temp_data()
 {
        local gpu_temp='' gpu_fan='' screens='' screen_nu='' gpu_temp_looper=''
@@ -2342,6 +3630,30 @@ get_gpu_temp_data()
                        print gpuTemp
                }'
                )
+       # this handles some newer cases of free driver temp readouts, will require modifications as
+       # more user data appears.
+       elif [[ -n $Sensors_Data ]];then
+               gpu_temp=$( 
+               gawk '
+               BEGIN {
+                       IGNORECASE=1
+                       gpuTemp=""
+                       separator=""
+               }
+               /^('"$SENSORS_GPU_SEARCH"')-pci/ {
+                       while ( getline && !/^$/  ) {
+                               if ( /^temp/ ) {
+                                       sub(/^[[:alnum:]]*.*:/, "", $0 ) # clear out everything to the :
+                                       gsub(/[\+ \t°]/, "", $1) # Â° is a special case, like a space for gawk
+                                       gpuTemp=gpuTemp separator $1
+                                       separator=","
+                               }       
+                       }
+               }
+               END {
+                       print gpuTemp
+               }' <<< "$Sensors_Data"
+               )
        fi
        
        if [[ -n $gpu_temp ]];then
@@ -2349,37 +3661,104 @@ get_gpu_temp_data()
        fi
 }
 
+## for possible future data, not currently used
+get_graphics_agp_data()
+{
+       eval $LOGFS
+       local agp_module=''
+
+       if [[ $B_MODULES_FILE == 'true' ]];then
+               ## not used currently
+               agp_module=$( gawk '
+               /agp/ && !/agpgart/ && $3 > 0 {
+                       print(gensub(/(.*)_agp.*/,"\\1","g",$1))
+               }' $FILE_MODULES )
+               log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_MODULES"
+       fi
+       log_function_data "agp_module: $agp_module"
+       eval $LOGFE
+}
+
 ## create array of gfx cards installed on system
 get_graphics_card_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
-       local i=''
+       local i='' temp_array=''
 
        IFS=$'\n'
-       A_GFX_CARD_DATA=( $( echo "$Lspci_Data" | gawk -F': ' '
+       A_GFX_CARD_DATA=( $( gawk -F': ' '
        BEGIN {
                IGNORECASE=1
+               busId=""
        }
        /vga compatible controller/ {
                gsub(/'"$BAN_LIST_NORMAL"'/, "", $NF)
                gsub(/,/, " ", $NF)
                gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $NF)
                gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ", $NF)
-               print $NF
-       }' ) )
+               busId=gensub(/^([0-9a-f:\.]+) (.+)$/,"\\1","",$1)
+               print $NF "," busId
+       }' <<< "$Lspci_Data" ) )
        IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
 #      for (( i=0; i < ${#A_GFX_CARD_DATA[@]}; i++ ))
 #      do
 #              A_GFX_CARD_DATA[i]=$( sanitize_characters BAN_LIST_NORMAL "${A_GFX_CARD_DATA[i]}" )
 #      done
-       # handle cases where card detection fails, like in PS3, where lspci gives no output, or headless boxes..
-       if [[ ${#A_GFX_CARD_DATA[@]} -eq 0 ]];then
-               A_GFX_CARD_DATA[0]='Failed to Detect Video Card!'
+
+       # GFXMEM is UNUSED at the moment, because it shows AGP aperture size, which is not necessarily equal to GFX memory..
+       # GFXMEM="size=[$(echo "$Lspci_Data" | gawk '/VGA/{while (!/^$/) {getline;if (/size=[0-9][0-9]*M/) {size2=gensub(/.*\[size=([0-9]+)M\].*/,"\\1","g",$0);if (size<size2){size=size2}}}}END{print size2}')M]"
+       temp_array=${A_GFX_CARD_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_GFX_CARD_DATA: $temp_array"
+       eval $LOGFE
+}
+
+get_graphics_driver()
+{
+       eval $LOGFS
+       
+       # list is from sgfxi plus non-free drivers
+       local driver_list='apm|ark|ati|chips|cirrus|cyrix|fbdev|fglrx|glint|i128|i740|intel|i810|imstt|mach64|mga|neomagic|nsc|nv|nvidia|openchrome|nouveau|radeon|radeonhd|rendition|s3|s3virge|savage|siliconmotion|sis|sisusb|tdfx|tga|trident|tseng|unichrome|vboxvideo|vesa|vga|via|voodoo|vmware|v4l'
+       local driver='' driver_string='' xorg_log_data='' status='' temp_array=''
+
+       if [[ $B_XORG_LOG == 'true' ]];then
+               A_GRAPHIC_DRIVERS=( $(
+               gawk '
+               BEGIN {
+                       driver=""
+               }
+               /[[:space:]]Loading.*('"$driver_list"')_drv.so$/ {
+                       driver=gensub(/.*[[:space:]]Loading.*('"$driver_list"')_drv.so/, "\\1", 1, $0 )
+                       # we get all the actually loaded drivers first, we will use this to compare the
+                       # failed/unloaded, which have not always actually been truly loaded
+                       aDrivers[driver]="loaded" 
+               }
+               /Unloading[[:space:]].*('"$driver_list"')(|_drv.so)$/ {
+                       driver=gensub(/(.*)Unloading[[:space:]].*('"$driver_list"')(|_drv.so)$/, "\\2", 1, $0 )
+                       # we need to make sure that the driver has already been truly loaded, not just discussed
+                       if ( driver in aDrivers ) {
+                               aDrivers[driver]="unloaded"
+                       }
+               }
+               /Failed.*('"$driver_list"')_drv.so|Failed.*\"('"$driver_list"')\"/ {
+                       driver=gensub(/(.*)Failed.*('"$driver_list"')_drv.so/, "\\2", 1, $0 )
+                       if ( driver == $0 ) {
+                               driver=gensub(/(.*)Failed.*\"('"$driver_list"')\".*|fred/, "\\2", 1, $0 )
+                       }
+                       # we need to make sure that the driver has already been truly loaded, not just discussed
+                       if ( driver != $0 && driver in aDrivers ) {
+                               aDrivers[driver]="failed"
+                       }
+               }
+               END {
+                       for ( driver in aDrivers ) {
+                               print driver "," aDrivers[driver]
+                       }
+               }' < $FILE_XORG_LOG
+               ) )
        fi
-
-       # GFXMEM is UNUSED at the moment, because it shows AGP aperture size, which is not necessarily equal to GFX memory..
-       # GFXMEM="size=[$(echo "$Lspci_Data" | gawk '/VGA/{while (!/^$/) {getline;if (/size=[0-9][0-9]*M/) {size2=gensub(/.*\[size=([0-9]+)M\].*/,"\\1","g",$0);if (size<size2){size=size2}}}}END{print size2}')M]"
-       log_function_data "A_GFX_CARD_DATA: ${A_GFX_CARD_DATA[@]}"
+       temp_array=${A_GRAPHIC_DRIVERS[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_GRAPHIC_DRIVERS: $temp_array"
+       
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
@@ -2387,7 +3766,8 @@ get_graphics_card_data()
 get_graphics_glx_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
-       if [[ $B_X_RUNNING == 'true' && $B_ROOT != 'true' ]];then
+       local temp_array=''
+       if [[ $B_SHOW_X_DATA == 'true' && $B_ROOT != 'true' ]];then
                IFS=$'\n'
                A_GLX_DATA=( $( glxinfo | gawk -F ': ' '
                # note: function declarations go before BEGIN? It appears so, confirm.
@@ -2410,22 +3790,29 @@ get_graphics_glx_data()
                        IGNORECASE=1
                }
                /opengl renderer/ {
+                       gsub(/'"$BAN_LIST_NORMAL"'/, "", $2)
+                       gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ", $2) # get rid of the created white spaces
+                       gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $2)
                        if ( $2 ~ /mesa/ ) {
                                # Allow all mesas
 #                              if ( $2 ~ / r[3-9][0-9][0-9] / ) {
-                                       gsub(/'"$BAN_LIST_NORMAL"'/, "", $2)
                                        a[$2]
                                        # this counter failed in one case, a bug, and is not needed now
 #                                      f++
 #                              }
                                next
                        }
+                       
                        $2 && a[$2]
                }
                # dropping all conditions from this test to just show full mesa information
                # there is a user case where not f and mesa apply, atom mobo
                # /opengl version/ && ( f || $2 !~ /mesa/ ) {
                /opengl version/ {
+                       # fglrx started appearing with this extra string, does not appear to communicate anything of value
+                       sub(/Compatibility Profile Context/, "- CPC", $2 )
+                       gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ", $2) # get rid of the created white spaces
+                       gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $2)
                        $2 && b[$2]
                }
                /direct rendering/ {
@@ -2439,7 +3826,8 @@ get_graphics_glx_data()
                # GLXR=$(glxinfo | gawk -F ': ' 'BEGIN {IGNORECASE=1} /opengl renderer/ && $2 !~ /mesa/ {seen[$2]++} END {for (i in seen) {printf("%s ",i)}}')
                #    GLXV=$(glxinfo | gawk -F ': ' 'BEGIN {IGNORECASE=1} /opengl version/ && $2 !~ /mesa/ {seen[$2]++} END {for (i in seen) {printf("%s ",i)}}')
        fi
-       log_function_data "A_GLX_DATA: ${A_GLX_DATA[@]}"
+       temp_array=${A_GLX_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_GLX_DATA: $temp_array"
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
@@ -2447,30 +3835,46 @@ get_graphics_glx_data()
 get_graphics_res_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
-       local screen_resolution='' 
+       local screen_resolution='' xdpy_data='' screens_count=0
 
-       if [[ $B_X_RUNNING == 'true' && $B_ROOT != 'true' ]];then
+       if [[ $B_SHOW_X_DATA == 'true' && $B_ROOT != 'true' ]];then
                # Added the two ?'s , because the resolution is now reported without spaces around the 'x', as in
                # 1400x1050 instead of 1400 x 1050. Change as of X.org version 1.3.0
-               screen_resolution=$( xrandr | gawk '
-               /\*/ {
-                       res[++m] = gensub(/^.* ([0-9]+) ?x ?([0-9]+)[_ ].* ([0-9\.]+)\*.*$/,"\\1x\\2@\\3hz","g",$0)
-               }
-               END {
-                       for (n in res) {
-                               if (res[n] ~ /^[[:digit:]]+x[[:digit:]]+/) {
-                                       line = line ? line ", " res[n] : res[n]
-                               }
+               xdpy_data="$( xdpyinfo )"
+               xdpy_count=$( grep -c 'dimensions' <<< "$xdpy_data" )
+               # we get a bit more info from xrandr than xdpyinfo, but xrandr fails to handle
+               # multiple screens from different video cards
+               if [[ $xdpy_count -eq 1 ]];then
+                       screen_resolution=$( xrandr | gawk '
+                       /\*/ {
+                               res[++m] = gensub(/^.* ([0-9]+) ?x ?([0-9]+)[_ ].* ([0-9\.]+)\*.*$/,"\\1x\\2@\\3hz","g",$0)
                        }
-                       if (line) {
-                               print(line)
+                       END {
+                               for (n in res) {
+                                       if (res[n] ~ /^[[:digit:]]+x[[:digit:]]+/) {
+                                               line = line ? line ", " res[n] : res[n]
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               if (line) {
+                                       print(line)
+                               }
+                       }' )
+               fi
+               if [[ -z $screen_resolution || $xdpy_count -gt 1 ]];then
+                       screen_resolution=$( gawk '
+                       BEGIN {
+                               IGNORECASE=1
+                               screens = ""
+                               separator = ""
                        }
-               }' )
-               if [[ -z $screen_resolution ]];then
-                       screen_resolution=$( xdpyinfo | gawk '
                        /dimensions/ {
-                               print $2
-                       }' )
+                               screens = screens separator # first time, this is null, next, has comma last
+                               screens = screens $2 # then tack on the new value for nice comma list
+                               separator = ", "
+                       }
+                       END {
+                               print screens
+                       }' <<< "$xdpy_data" )
                fi
        else
                screen_resolution=$( stty -F $( readlink /proc/$PPID/fd/0 ) size | gawk '{
@@ -2482,66 +3886,54 @@ get_graphics_res_data()
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
-## for possible future data, not currently used
-get_graphics_agp_data()
-{
-       eval $LOGFS
-       local agp_module=''
-
-       if [[ $B_MODULES_FILE == 'true' ]];then
-               ## not used currently
-               agp_module=$( gawk '
-               /agp/ && !/agpgart/ && $3 > 0 {
-                       print(gensub(/(.*)_agp.*/,"\\1","g",$1))
-               }' $FILE_MODULES )
-               log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_MODULES"
-       fi
-       log_function_data "agp_module: $agp_module"
-       eval $LOGFE
-}
-
 ## create array of x vendor/version data
 get_graphics_x_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
-       local x_vendor='' x_version=''
+       local x_vendor='' x_version='' temp_array='' xdpy_info='' a_x_working=''
 
-       if [[ $B_X_RUNNING == 'true' && $B_ROOT != 'true' ]];then
+       if [[ $B_SHOW_X_DATA == 'true' && $B_ROOT != 'true' ]];then
                # X vendor and version detection.
-               x_vendor=$( xdpyinfo | gawk -F': +' '
+               # new method added since radeon and X.org and the disappearance of <X server name> version : ...etc
+               # Later on, the normal textual version string returned, e.g. like: X.Org version: 6.8.2
+               # A failover mechanism is in place. (if $x_version is empty, the release number is parsed instead)
+               # xdpy_info="$( xdpyinfo )"
+               IFS=","
+               a_x_working=( $( xdpyinfo | gawk -F': +' '
                BEGIN {
                        IGNORECASE=1
+                       vendorString=""
+                       version=""
+                       vendorRelease=""
                }
                /vendor string/ {
                        gsub(/the|inc|foundation|project|corporation/, "", $2)
                        gsub(/,/, " ", $2)
                        gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $2)
                        gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ", $2)
-                       print $2
-               }' )
-
-               # new method added since radeon and X.org and the disappearance of <X server name> version : ...etc
-               # Later on, the normal textual version string returned, e.g. like: X.Org version: 6.8.2
-               # A failover mechanism is in place. (if $x_version is empty, the release number is parsed instead)
-               x_version=$( xdpyinfo | gawk '
+                       vendorString = $2
+               }
                /version:/ {
-                       print $NF
-               }' )
+                       version = $NF
+               }
+               /vendor release number/ {
+                       gsub(/0+$/, "", $2)
+                       gsub(/0+/, ".", $2)
+                       vendorRelease = $2
+               }
+               END {
+                       print vendorString "," version "," vendorRelease
+               }' ) )
+               x_vendor=${a_x_working[0]}
+               x_version=${a_x_working[1]}
+
                # this gives better output than the failure last case, which would only show:
                # for example: X.org: 1.9 instead of: X.org: 1.9.0
                if [[ -z $x_version ]];then
-                       x_version=$( get_x_version )
+                       x_version=$( get_graphics_x_version )
                fi
                if [[ -z $x_version ]];then
-                       x_version=$( xdpyinfo | gawk -F': +' '
-                       BEGIN {
-                               IGNORECASE=1
-                       }
-                       /vendor release number/ {
-                               gsub(/0+$/, "", $2)
-                               gsub(/0+/, ".", $2)
-                               print $2
-                       }' )
+                       x_version=${a_x_working[2]}
                fi
                
                # some distros, like fedora, report themselves as the xorg vendor, so quick check
@@ -2549,39 +3941,52 @@ get_graphics_x_data()
                if [[ -z $( grep -E '(X|xorg|x\.org)' <<< $x_vendor ) ]];then
                        x_vendor="$x_vendor X.org"
                fi
-               
+               IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
                A_X_DATA[0]="$x_vendor"
                A_X_DATA[1]="$x_version"
        else
-               x_version=$( get_x_version )
+               x_version=$( get_graphics_x_version )
                if [[ -n $x_version ]];then
                        x_vendor='X.org'
                        A_X_DATA[0]="$x_vendor"
                        A_X_DATA[1]="$x_version"
                fi
        fi
-       log_function_data "A_X_DATA: ${A_X_DATA[@]}"
+       temp_array=${A_X_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_X_DATA: $temp_array"
        eval $LOGFE
 }
+
 # if other tests fail, try this one, this works for root, out of X also
-get_x_version()
+get_graphics_x_version()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
-       local x_exists=$( type -p X )
-       local x_version=''
-       
-       if [[ -n $x_exists ]];then
+       local x_version='' x_data=''
+       # note that some users can have /usr/bin/Xorg but not /usr/bin/X
+       if [[ -n $( type -p X ) ]];then
                # note: MUST be this syntax: X -version 2>&1
                # otherwise X -version overrides everything and this comes out null.
-               # two knowns id strings: X.Org X Server 1.7.5 AND Window System Version 1.7.5
+               # two knowns id strings: X.Org X Server 1.7.5 AND Window System Version 1.7.5
                #X -version 2>&1 | gawk '/^X Window System Version/ { print $5 }'
-               x_version=$( X -version 2>&1 | gawk '
+               x_data="$( X -version 2>&1 )"
+       elif [[ -n $( type -p Xorg ) ]];then
+               x_data="$( Xorg -version 2>&1)"
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $x_data ]];then
+               x_version=$( 
+               gawk '
                BEGIN {
                        IGNORECASE=1
                }
-               /x.org x server|X Window System Version/ {
-                       print $NF
-               }' )
+               /^x.org x server/ {
+                       print $4
+                       exit
+               }
+               /^X Window System Version/ {
+                       print $5
+                       exit
+               }' <<< "$x_data"
+               )
        fi
        echo $x_version
        log_function_data " x_version: $x_version"
@@ -2592,28 +3997,29 @@ get_x_version()
 get_hdd_data_basic()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
-       local hdd_used=''
-       local hdd_data="$( df --exclude-type=aufs --exclude-type=squashfs --exclude-type=unionfs --exclude-type=devtmpfs --exclude-type=tmpfs --exclude-type=iso9660 )"
+       local hdd_used='' temp_array=''
+       local hdd_data="$( df -P --exclude-type=aufs --exclude-type=squashfs --exclude-type=unionfs --exclude-type=devtmpfs --exclude-type=tmpfs --exclude-type=iso9660 )"
        log_function_data 'raw' "hdd_data:\n$hdd_data"
        
        hdd_used=$( echo "$hdd_data" | gawk '
        # also handles odd dm-1 type, from lvm
-       /^\/dev\/(mapper\/|[hs]d[a-z][0-9]+|dm[-]?[0-9]+)/ {
+       /^\/dev\/(mapper\/|[hsv]d[a-z][0-9]+|dm[-]?[0-9]+)/ {
                # this handles the case where the first item is too long
                # and makes df wrap output to next line, so here we advance
-               # it to the next line for that single case
-               if ( NF < 5 && $0 !~ /.*\%/ ) {
+               # it to the next line for that single case. Using df -P should
+               # make this unneeded but leave it in just in case
+               if ( NF < 5 && $0 !~ /.*%/ ) {
                        getline
                }
                # if the first item caused a wrap, use one less than standard
                # testing for the field with % in it, ie: 34%, then go down from there
                # this also protects against cases where the mount point has a space in the
                # file name, thus breaking going down from $NF directly.
-               if ( $4 ~ /.*\%/ ) {
+               if ( $4 ~ /.*%/ ) {
                        used += $2
                }
                # otherwise use standard
-               else if ( $5 ~ /.*\%/ ) {
+               else if ( $5 ~ /.*%/ ) {
                        used += $3
                }
                # and if this is not detected, give up, we need user data to debug
@@ -2637,7 +4043,7 @@ get_hdd_data_basic()
        if [[ $B_PARTITIONS_FILE == 'true' ]];then
                A_HDD_DATA=( $(
                gawk -v hddused="$hdd_used" '
-               /[hs]d[a-z]$/ {
+               /[hsv]d[a-z]$/ {
                        driveSize = $(NF - 1)*1024/1000**3
                        gsub(/,/, " ", driveSize)
                        gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", driveSize)
@@ -2648,7 +4054,7 @@ get_hdd_data_basic()
                #       size += $3
                # }
                # special case from this data: 8     0  156290904 sda
-               $1 ~ /^(3|22|33|8)$/ && $NF ~ /[hs]d[a-z]$/ && ( $2 % 16 == 0 || $2 % 16 == 8 ) {
+               $1 ~ /^(3|22|33|8)$/ && $NF ~ /[hsv]d[a-z]$/ && ( $2 % 16 == 0 || $2 % 16 == 8 ) {
                        size += $3
                }
 
@@ -2673,7 +4079,8 @@ get_hdd_data_basic()
                log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_PARTITIONS"
        fi
        IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
-       log_function_data "A_HDD_DATA: ${A_HDD_DATA[@]}"
+       temp_array=${A_HDD_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_HDD_DATA: $temp_array"
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
@@ -2682,18 +4089,18 @@ get_hard_drive_data_advanced()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
        local a_temp_working='' a_temp_scsi='' temp_holder='' temp_name='' i='' j=''
-       local sd_ls_by_id='' ls_disk_by_id='' usb_exists=''
+       local sd_ls_by_id='' ls_disk_by_id='' usb_exists='' temp_array=''
 
        ## check for all ide type drives, non libata, only do it if hdx is in array
        ## this is now being updated for new /sys type paths, this may handle that ok too
-       if [[ -n $( egrep 'hd[a-z]' <<< ${A_HDD_DATA[@]} ) ]];then
+       if [[ -n $( grep -E 'hd[a-z]' <<< ${A_HDD_DATA[@]} ) ]];then
                # remember, we're using the last array item to store the total size of disks
                for (( i=0; i < ${#A_HDD_DATA[@]} - 1; i++ ))
                do
                        IFS=","
                        a_temp_working=( ${A_HDD_DATA[i]} )
                        IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
-                       if [[ -n $( egrep '^hd[a-z]' <<< ${a_temp_working[0]} ) ]];then
+                       if [[ -n $( grep -E '^hd[a-z]' <<< ${a_temp_working[0]} ) ]];then
                                if [[ -e /proc/ide/${a_temp_working[0]}/model ]];then
                                        a_temp_working[2]="$( remove_erroneous_chars /proc/ide/${a_temp_working[0]}/model )"
                                else
@@ -2748,12 +4155,12 @@ get_hard_drive_data_advanced()
        IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
 
        ## then we'll loop through that array looking for matches.
-       if [[ -n $( egrep 'sd[a-z]' <<< ${A_HDD_DATA[@]} ) ]];then
+       if [[ -n $( grep -E 'sd[a-z]' <<< ${A_HDD_DATA[@]} ) ]];then
                # first pack the main ls variable so we don't have to keep using ls /dev...
                ls_disk_by_id="$( ls -l /dev/disk/by-id )"
                for (( i=0; i < ${#A_HDD_DATA[@]} - 1; i++ ))
                do
-                       if [[ -n $( egrep '^sd[a-z]' <<< ${A_HDD_DATA[$i]} ) ]];then
+                       if [[ -n $( grep -E '^sd[a-z]' <<< ${A_HDD_DATA[$i]} ) ]];then
                                IFS=","
                                a_temp_working=( ${A_HDD_DATA[$i]} )
                                IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
@@ -2769,7 +4176,7 @@ get_hard_drive_data_advanced()
                                                # discovered disk name AND ends with the correct identifier, sdx
                                                # get rid of whitespace for some drive names and ids, and extra data after - in name
                                                temp_name=$( tr ' ' '_' <<< ${a_temp_scsi[$j]} | cut -d '-' -f 1 )
-                                               sd_ls_by_id=$( egrep -m1 ".*$temp_name.*${a_temp_working[0]}$" <<< "$ls_disk_by_id" )
+                                               sd_ls_by_id=$( grep -Em1 ".*$temp_name.*${a_temp_working[0]}$" <<< "$ls_disk_by_id" )
 
                                                if [[ -n $sd_ls_by_id ]];then
                                                        temp_name=${a_temp_scsi[$j]}
@@ -2786,7 +4193,7 @@ get_hard_drive_data_advanced()
                                if [[ -z $temp_name ]];then
                                        temp_name="Name n/a"
                                else 
-                                       usb_exists=$( egrep -m1 "usb-.*$temp_name.*${a_temp_working[0]}$" <<< "$ls_disk_by_id" )
+                                       usb_exists=$( grep -Em1 "usb-.*$temp_name.*${a_temp_working[0]}$" <<< "$ls_disk_by_id" )
                                        if [[ -n $usb_exists ]];then
                                                a_temp_working[3]='USB'
                                        fi
@@ -2805,7 +4212,8 @@ get_hard_drive_data_advanced()
                done
                unset ls_disk_by_id # and then let's dump the data we don't need
        fi
-       log_function_data "A_HDD_DATA: ${A_HDD_DATA[@]}"
+       temp_array=${A_HDD_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_HDD_DATA: $temp_array"
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
@@ -2834,7 +4242,7 @@ get_hdd_temp_data()
                fi
                # this will fail if regular user and no sudo present, but that's fine, it will just return null
                hdd_temp=$( eval $sudo_command $HDDTEMP_PATH -nq -u C $1 )
-               if [[ -n $hdd_temp && -n $( grep -E '^([0-9]+)$' <<< $hdd_temp ) ]];then
+               if [[ -n $hdd_temp && -n $( grep -E '^([0-9\.]+)$' <<< $hdd_temp ) ]];then
                        echo $hdd_temp
                fi
        fi
@@ -2846,6 +4254,7 @@ get_lspci_data()
        eval $LOGFS
        local lspci_data="$( lspci -v | gawk '{
                gsub(/\(prog-if[^)]*\)/,"")
+               sub(/^0000:/, "", $0) # seen case where the 0000: is prepended, rare, but happens
                print
        }' )"
        
@@ -2854,6 +4263,105 @@ get_lspci_data()
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
+get_machine_data()
+{
+       eval $LOGFS
+       local temp_array='' separator='' id_file='' file_data='' array_string=''
+       local id_dir='/sys/class/dmi/id/' dmi_name='' dmi_data='' 
+       local machine_files="
+       sys_vendor product_name product_version product_serial product_uuid 
+       board_vendor board_name board_version board_serial 
+       bios_vendor bios_version bios_date 
+       "
+       local dmi_names="
+       system-manufacturer system-product-name system-version system-serial-number system-uuid 
+       baseboard-manufacturer baseboard-product-name baseboard-version baseboard-serial-number 
+       bios-vendor bios-version bios-release-date 
+       "
+       if [[ $B_EXTRA_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+               machine_files="$machine_files
+               chassis_vendor chassis_type chassis_version chassis_serial
+               "
+               dmi_names="$dmi_names
+               chassis-manufacturer chassis-type chassis-version chassis-serial-number
+               "
+       fi
+       if [[ -d $id_dir ]];then
+               for id_file in $machine_files
+               do
+                       file_data=''
+                       if [[ -r $id_dir$id_file ]];then
+                               file_data=$( gawk '
+                               BEGIN {
+                                       IGNORECASE=1
+                               }
+                               {
+                                       gsub(/'"$BAN_LIST_NORMAL"'/, "", $0)
+                                       gsub(/,/, " ", $0)
+                                       # yes, there is a typo in a user data set, unknow
+                                       # Base Board Version|Base Board Serial Number
+                                       # Chassis Manufacturer|Chassis Version|Chassis Serial Number
+                                       # System manufacturer|System Product Name|System Version
+                                       # To Be Filled By O.E.M.
+                                       sub(/^Base Board .*|^Chassis .*|.*O\.E\.M\..*|.*OEM.*|^Not .*|^System .*|.*unknow.*|.*N\/A.*|none|^To be filled.*/, "", $0) 
+                                       gsub(/bios|acpi/, "", $0)
+                                       sub(/http:\/\/www.abit.com.tw\//, "Abit", $0)
+                                       gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $0)
+                                       gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ", $0)
+                                       print $0
+                               }' < $id_dir$id_file
+                               )
+                       fi
+                       array_string="$array_string$separator$file_data"
+                       separator=','
+               done
+       else
+               if [[ -n $( type -p dmidecode 2>/dev/null ) && -n $( dmidecode 2>/dev/null ) ]];then
+                       if [[ $B_ROOT == 'true' ]];then
+                               # this handles very old systems, like Lenny 2.6.26, with dmidecode, but no data
+                               if [[ -z $( dmidecode 2>/dev/null | grep -i 'no smbios or dmi' ) ]];then
+                                       array_string='dmidecode-no-smbios-dmi-data'
+                               else
+                                       for dmi_name in $dmi_names
+                                       do
+                       #                       echo "$dmi_name" >&2
+                                               dmi_data=''
+                                               dmi_data=$( dmidecode -s $dmi_name | gawk '
+                                                       BEGIN {
+                                                               IGNORECASE=1
+                                                       }
+                                                       {
+                                                               gsub(/'"$BAN_LIST_NORMAL"'/, "", $0)
+                                                               gsub(/,/, " ", $0)
+                                                               # yes, there is a typo in a user data set, unknow
+                                                               # Base Board Version|Base Board Serial Number
+                                                               # Chassis Manufacturer|Chassis Version|Chassis Serial Number
+                                                               # System manufacturer|System Product Name|System Version
+                                                               # To Be Filled By O.E.M.
+                                                               sub(/^Base Board .*|^Chassis .*|.*O\.E\.M\..*|.*OEM.*|^Not .*|^System .*|.*unknow.*|.*N\/A.*|none|^To be filled.*/, "", $0) 
+                                                               gsub(/bios|acpi/, "", $0)
+                                                               sub(/http:\/\/www.abit.com.tw\//, "Abit", $0)
+                                                               gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $0)
+                                                               gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ", $0)
+                                                               print $0
+                                                       }' )
+                                               array_string="$array_string$separator$dmi_data"
+                                               separator=','
+                                       done
+                               fi
+                       else
+                               array_string='dmidecode-non-root-user'
+                       fi
+               fi
+       fi
+       IFS=','
+       A_MACHINE_DATA=( $array_string )
+       IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
+       temp_array=${A_MACHINE_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_MACHINE_DATA: $temp_array"
+       eval $LOGFE
+}
+
 ## return memory used/installed
 get_memory_data()
 {
@@ -2913,13 +4421,16 @@ get_networking_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
        
+       local B_USB_NETWORKING='false' temp_array=''
+       
        IFS=$'\n'
-       A_NETWORK_DATA=( $( echo "$Lspci_Data" | gawk '
+       A_NETWORK_DATA=( $( 
+       echo "$Lspci_Data" | gawk '
        BEGIN {
                IGNORECASE=1
                counter=0 # required to handle cases of > 1 instance of the same chipset
        }
-       /^[0-9a-f:.]+ (ethernet|network) (controller|bridge)/ || /^[0-9a-f:.]+ [^:]+: .*(ethernet|network).*$/ {
+       /^[0-9a-f:\.]+ (ethernet|network) (controller|bridge)/ || /^[0-9a-f:\.]+ [^:]+: .*(ethernet|network).*$/ {
                nic=gensub(/^[0-9a-f:\.]+ [^:]+: (.+)$/,"\\1","g",$0)
                gsub(/realtek semiconductor/, "Realtek", nic)
                gsub(/davicom semiconductor/, "Davicom", nic)
@@ -2981,9 +4492,199 @@ get_networking_data()
                        print a[j] "," useDrivers "," usePorts "," useModules, "," usePciBusId
                        j++
                }
-       }') )
+       }'
+       ) )
        IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
-       log_function_data "A_NETWORK_DATA: ${A_NETWORK_DATA[@]}"
+       get_networking_usb_data
+       if [[ $B_SHOW_ADVANCED_NETWORK == 'true' || $B_USB_NETWORKING == 'true' ]];then
+               get_network_advanced_data
+       fi
+       temp_array=${A_NETWORK_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_NETWORK_DATA: $temp_array"
+       
+       eval $LOGFE
+}
+
+get_network_advanced_data()
+{
+       eval $LOGFS
+       local a_network_adv_working='' if_path='' working_path='' working_uevent_path='' dir_path=''
+       local if_id='' speed='' duplex='' mac_id='' oper_state='' 
+       local usb_data='' usb_vendor='' usb_product='' product_path='' driver_test=''
+       
+       for (( i=0; i < ${#A_NETWORK_DATA[@]}; i++ ))
+       do
+               IFS=","
+               a_network_adv_working=( ${A_NETWORK_DATA[i]} )
+               # reset these every go round
+               driver_test=''
+               if_id='' 
+               speed='' 
+               duplex='' 
+               mac_id='' 
+               oper_state=''
+               usb_data=''
+               if [[ -z $( grep '^usb-' <<< ${a_network_adv_working[4]} ) ]];then
+                       # note although this may exist technically don't use it, it's a virtual path
+                       # and causes weird cat errors when there's a missing file as well as a virtual path
+                       # /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:02:02.0/net/eth1
+                       # real paths are: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e/0/0000:02:02.0/net/eth1/uevent
+                       # and on older debian kernels: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:02:02.0/net:eth1/uevent
+                       # but broadcom shows this sometimes:
+                       # /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:03:00.0/ssb0:0/uevent:['DRIVER=b43', 'MODALIAS=ssb:v4243id0812rev0D']:
+                       working_path="/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:${a_network_adv_working[4]}"
+                       # now we want the real one, that xiin also displays, without symbolic links.
+                       if [[ -e $working_path ]];then
+                               working_path=$( readlink -f $working_path 2>/dev/null )
+                               # sometimes there is another directory between the path and /net
+                               if [[ ! -e $working_path/net ]];then
+                                       # using find here, probably will need to also use it in usb part since the grep
+                                       # method seems to not be working now. Slice off the rest, which leaves the basic path
+                                       working_path=$( find $working_path/*/net/*/uevent 2>/dev/null | \
+                                       sed 's|/net.*||' )
+                               fi
+                       fi
+                       # working_path=$( ls /sys/devices/pci*/*/0000:${a_network_adv_working[4]}/net/*/uevent  )
+               else
+                       # slice off the usb- part
+                       usb_data=$( cut -d '-' -f 2-4 <<< ${a_network_adv_working[4]} )
+                       usb_vendor=$( cut -d ':' -f 1 <<< $usb_data )
+                       usb_product=$( cut -d ':' -f 2 <<< $usb_data )
+                       # this grep returns the path plus the contents of the file, with a colon separator, so slice that off
+                       # /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/idVendor
+                       working_path=$( grep -s "$usb_vendor" /sys/devices/pci*/*/usb*/*/*/idVendor | \
+                       sed -e "s/idVendor:$usb_vendor//"  -e '/driver/d' )
+                       # try an alternate path if first one doesn't work
+                       # /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.1/usb1/1-1/idVendor
+                       if [[ -z $working_path ]];then
+                               working_path=$( grep -s "$usb_vendor" /sys/devices/pci*/*/usb*/*/idVendor | \
+                               sed -e "s/idVendor:$usb_vendor//"  -e '/driver/d' )
+                               product_path=$( grep -s "$usb_product" /sys/devices/pci*/*/usb*/*/idProduct | \
+                               sed -e "s/idProduct:$usb_product//" -e '/driver/d' )
+                       else
+                               product_path=$( grep -s "$usb_product" /sys/devices/pci*/*/usb*/*/*/idProduct | \
+                               sed -e "s/idProduct:$usb_product//" -e '/driver/d' )
+                       fi
+                       
+                       # make sure it's the right product/vendor match here, it will almost always be but let's be sure
+                       if [[ -n $working_path && -n $product_path ]] && [[ $working_path == $product_path ]];then
+                       #if [[ -n $working_path ]];then
+                               # now ls that directory and get the numeric starting sub directory and that should be the full path
+                               # to the /net directory part
+                               dir_path=$( ls ${working_path} 2>/dev/null | grep -sE '^[0-9]' )
+                               working_uevent_path="${working_path}${dir_path}"
+                       fi
+               fi
+               # /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.0/uevent grep for DRIVER=
+               # /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.1/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/uevent
+               if [[ -n $usb_data ]];then
+                       driver_test=$( grep -si 'DRIVER=' $working_uevent_path/uevent | cut -d '=' -f 2 )
+                       if [[ -n $driver_test ]];then
+                               a_network_adv_working[1]=$driver_test
+                       fi
+               fi
+               log_function_data "PRE: working_path: $working_path\nworking_uevent_path: $working_uevent_path"
+               
+               # this applies in two different cases, one, default, standard, two, for usb, this is actually
+               # the short path, minus the last longer numeric directory name, ie: 
+               # from debian squeeze 2.6.32-5-686: 
+               # /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.1/usb1/1-1/net/wlan0/address
+               if [[ -e $working_path/net ]];then
+                       if_path=$( ls $working_path/net 2>/dev/null )
+                       if_id=$if_path
+                       working_path=$working_path/net/$if_path
+               # this is the normal usb detection if the first one didn't work
+               elif [[ -n $usb_data && -e $working_uevent_path/net ]];then
+                       if_path=$( ls $working_uevent_path/net 2>/dev/null )
+                       if_id=$if_path
+                       working_path=$working_uevent_path/net/$if_path
+               # 2.6.32 debian lenny kernel shows not: /net/eth0 but /net:eth0
+               else
+                       if_path=$( ls $working_path 2>/dev/null | grep 'net:' )
+                       if_id=$( cut -d ':' -f 2 <<< "$if_path" )
+                       working_path=$working_path/$if_path
+               fi
+               log_function_data "POST: working_path: $working_path\nif_path: $if_path - if_id: $if_id"
+               
+               if [[ -n $if_path ]];then
+                       if [[ -r $working_path/speed ]];then
+                               speed=$( cat $working_path/speed 2>/dev/null )
+                       fi
+                       if [[ -r $working_path/duplex ]];then
+                               duplex=$( cat $working_path/duplex 2>/dev/null )
+                       fi
+                       if [[ -r $working_path/address ]];then
+                               mac_id=$( cat $working_path/address 2>/dev/null )
+                       fi
+                       if [[ -r $working_path/operstate ]];then
+                               oper_state=$( cat $working_path/operstate 2>/dev/null )
+                       fi
+               fi
+               
+               A_NETWORK_DATA[i]=${a_network_adv_working[0]}","${a_network_adv_working[1]}","${a_network_adv_working[2]}","${a_network_adv_working[3]}","${a_network_adv_working[4]}","$if_id","$oper_state","$speed","$duplex","$mac_id
+               IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
+       done
+
+       eval $LOGFE
+}
+
+get_networking_usb_data()
+{
+       eval $LOGFS
+       local lsusb_path='' lsusb_data='' a_usb='' array_count=''
+       
+       # now we'll check for usb wifi, a work in progress
+       # USB_NETWORK_SEARCH
+       # alsa usb detection by damentz
+       # for every sound card symlink in /proc/asound - display information about it
+       lsusb_path=$( type -p lsusb )
+       # if lsusb exists, the file is a symlink, and contains an important usb exclusive file: continue
+       if [[ -n $lsusb_path ]]; then
+               # send error messages of lsusb to /dev/null as it will display a bunch if not a super user
+               lsusb_data="$( $lsusb_path 2>/dev/null )"
+               # also, find the contents of usbid in lsusb and print everything after the 7th word on the
+               # corresponding line. Finally, strip out commas as they will change the driver :)
+               if [[ -n $lsusb_data ]];then
+                       IFS=$'\n'
+                       a_usb=( $( 
+                       gawk '
+                       BEGIN {
+                               IGNORECASE=1
+                               string=""
+                               separator=""
+                       }
+                       /'"$USB_NETWORK_SEARCH"'/ && !/bluetooth| hub|keyboard|mouse|printer| ps2|reader|scan|storage/ {
+                               string=""
+                               gsub( /,/, " ", $0 )
+                               gsub(/'"$BAN_LIST_NORMAL"'/, "", $0)
+                               gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ", $0)
+                               sub(/realtek semiconductor/, "Realtek", $0)
+                               sub(/davicom semiconductor/, "Davicom", $0)
+                               sub(/Belkin Components/, "Belkin", $0)
+                               for ( i=7; i<= NF; i++ ) {
+                                       string = string separator $i
+                                       separator = " "
+                               }
+                               if ( $6 != "" ){
+                                       print string ",,,,usb-" $6
+                               }
+                       }' <<< "$lsusb_data" 
+                       ) )
+                       IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
+                       if [[ ${#a_usb[@]} -gt 0 ]];then
+                               array_count=${#A_NETWORK_DATA[@]}
+                               for (( i=0; i < ${#a_usb[@]}; i++ ))
+                               do
+                                       A_NETWORK_DATA[$array_count]=${a_usb[i]}
+                                       ((array_count++))
+                               done
+                               # need this to get the driver data for -N regular output, but no need
+                               # to run the advanced stuff unless required
+                               B_USB_NETWORKING='true'
+                       fi
+               fi
+       fi
+#      echo $B_USB_NETWORKING
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
@@ -3010,53 +4711,282 @@ get_networking_local_ip_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
        
-       local ifconfig_path=$( type -p ifconfig )
-       
-       # lack of ifconfig will throw an error only upon it's usage
-       if [[ -n $ifconfig_path ]];then
-               IFS=$'\n'
-               A_INTERFACES_DATA=( $( $ifconfig_path | gawk '
+       local ip_tool_command=$( type -p ip )
+       local temp_array='' ip_tool='ip' ip_tool_data=''
+       # the chances for all new systems to have ip by default are far higher than
+       # the deprecated ifconfig. Only try for ifconfig if ip is not present in system
+       if [[ -z $ip_tool_command ]];then
+               ip_tool_command=$( type -p ifconfig )
+               ip_tool='ifconfig'
+       else
+               ip_tool_command="$ip_tool_command addr"
+       fi
+       if [[ -n "$ip_tool_command" ]];then
+               if [[ $ip_tool == 'ifconfig' ]];then
+                       ip_tool_data="$( $ip_tool_command )"
+               # note, ip addr does not have proper record separation, so creating new lines explicitly here at start
+               # of each IF record item. Also getting rid of the unneeded numeric line starters, now it can be parsed 
+               # like ifconfig more or less
+               elif [[ $ip_tool == 'ip' ]];then
+                       ip_tool_data="$( eval ${ip_tool_command} | sed 's/^[0-9]\+:[[:space:]]\+/\n/' )"
+               fi
+       fi
+       if [[ -z $ip_tool_command ]];then
+               A_INTERFACES_DATA=( "Interfaces program 'ip' missing. Please check: $SCRIPT_NAME --recommends" )
+       elif [[ -n "$ip_tool_data" ]];then
+               IFS=$'\n' # $ip_tool_command
+               A_INTERFACES_DATA=( $( 
+               gawk -v ipTool=$ip_tool '
                BEGIN {
                        IGNORECASE=1
+                       interface=""
+                       ifIp=""
+                       ifIpV6=""
+                       ifMask=""
+               }
+               # skip past the lo item
+               /^lo/ {
+                       while (getline && !/^$/ ) {
+                               # do nothing, just get past this entry item
+                       }
                }
-               $0 !~ /^lo/ {
+               /^[a-zA-Z]+[0-9]/ {
                        # not clear on why inet is coming through, but this gets rid of it
                        # as first line item.
+                       gsub(/,/, " ", $0)
+                       gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $0)
+                       gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ", $0)
                        interface = $1
-                       gsub(/,/, " ", interface)
-                       gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", interface)
-                       gsub(/ [ \t]+/, " ", interface)
-
+                       # prep this this for ip addr: eth0: 
+                       sub(/:/, "", interface)
+                       ifIp=""
+                       ifIpV6=""
+                       ifMask=""
                        aInterfaces[interface]++
-                       while (getline && !/^$/) {
-                               if (/inet addr:/) {
-                                       ipAddresses[interface] = gensub( /addr:([0-9\.]+)/, "\\1", "g", $2 )
+
+                       while (getline && !/^$/ ) {
+                               if ( ipTool == "ifconfig" ) {
+                                       if (/inet addr:/) {
+                                               ifIp = gensub( /addr:([0-9\.]+)/, "\\1", "g", $2 )
+                                               if (/mask:/) {
+                                                       ifMask = gensub( /mask:([0-9\.]+)/, "\\1", "g", $NF )
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                                       if (/inet6 addr:/) {
+                                               ifIpV6 = $3
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               else if ( ipTool == "ip" ) {
+                                       if ( $1 == "inet" ) {
+                                               ifIp = $2
+                                       }
+                                       if ( $1 == "inet6" ) {
+                                               ifIpV6 = $2
+                                       }
                                }
                        }
+                       # slice off the digits that are sometimes tacked to the end of the address, 
+                       # like: /64 or /24
+                       sub(/\/[0-9]+/, "", ifIp)
+                       sub(/\/[0-9]+/, "", ifIpV6)
+                       ipAddresses[interface] = ifIp "," ifMask "," ifIpV6
                }
-
                END {
                        j=0
                        for (i in aInterfaces) {
-                               useInterfaceIp = ""
+                               ifData = ""
                                a[j] = i
                                if (ipAddresses[i] != "") {
-                                       useInterfaceIp = ipAddresses[i]
+                                       ifData = ipAddresses[i]
                                }
                                # create array primary item for master array
                                # tested needed to avoid bad data from above, if null it is garbage
                                # this is the easiest way to handle junk I found, improve if you want
-                               if ( useInterfaceIp != "" ) {
-                                       print a[j] "," useInterfaceIp
+                               if ( ifData != "" ) {
+                                       print a[j] "," ifData
                                }
                                j++
                        }
-               }') )
+               }' <<< "$ip_tool_data"
+               ) )
                IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
        else
-               A_INTERFACES_DATA=( "Interfaces tool requires missing app: ifconfig" )
+               A_INTERFACES_DATA=( "Interfaces program $ip_tool present but created no data. " )
+       fi
+       temp_array=${A_INTERFACES_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_INTERFACES_DATA: $temp_array"
+       eval $LOGFE
+}
+# get_networking_local_ip_data;exit
+
+# get_networking_local_ip_data;exit
+get_optical_drive_data()
+{
+       eval $LOGFS
+       
+       local temp_array='' sys_uevent_path='' proc_cdrom='' link_list=''
+       local separator='' linked='' disk='' item_string='' proc_info_string='' 
+       local dev_disks_links="$( ls /dev/dvd* /dev/cd* /dev/scd* 2>/dev/null  )"
+       # get the actual disk dev location, first try default which is easier to run, need to preserve line breaks
+       local dev_disks_real="$( echo "$dev_disks_links" | xargs -l readlink 2>/dev/null | sort -u )"
+       # Some systems don't support xargs -l so we need to do it manually
+       if [[ -z $dev_disks_real ]];then
+               for linked in $dev_disks_links
+               do
+                       disk=$( readlink $linked 2>/dev/null )
+                       if [[ -n $disk ]];then
+                               disk=$( basename $disk ) # puppy shows this as /dev/sr0, not sr0
+                               if [[ -z $dev_disks_real || -z $( grep $disk <<< $dev_disks_real ) ]];then
+                                       # need line break IFS for below, no white space
+                                       dev_disks_real="$dev_disks_real$separator$disk"
+                                       separator=$'\n'
+                               fi
+                       fi
+               done
+               dev_disks_real="$( sort -u <<< "$dev_disks_real" )"
+               linked=''
+               disk=''
+               separator=''
+       fi
+
+       # A_OPTICAL_DRIVE_DATA indexes: not going to use all these, but it's just as easy to build the full
+       # data array and use what we need from it as to update it later to add features or items
+       # 0 - true dev path, ie, sr0, hdc
+       # 1 - dev links to true path
+       # 2 - device vendor - for hdx drives, vendor model are one string from proc
+       # 3 - device model
+       # 4 - device rev version
+       # 5 - speed
+       # 6 - multisession support
+       # 7 - MCN support
+       # 8 - audio read
+       # 9 - cdr
+       # 10 - cdrw
+       # 11 - dvd read
+       # 12 - dvdr
+       # 13 - dvdram
+       # 14 - state
+
+       if [[ -n $dev_disks_real ]];then
+               if [[ $B_SHOW_FULL_OPTICAL == 'true' ]];then
+                       proc_cdrom="$( cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info 2>/dev/null )"
+               fi
+               IFS=$'\n'
+               A_OPTICAL_DRIVE_DATA=( $(
+               for disk in $dev_disks_real
+               do
+                       for linked in $dev_disks_links 
+                       do
+                               if [[ -n $( readlink $linked | grep $disk ) ]];then
+                                       linked=$( basename $linked )
+                                       link_list="$link_list$separator$linked"
+                                       separator='~'
+                               fi
+                       done
+                       item_string="$disk,$link_list"
+                       link_list=''
+                       linked=''
+                       separator=''
+                       vendor=''
+                       model=''
+                       proc_info_string=''
+                       rev_number=''
+                       state=""
+                       sys_path=''
+                       # this is only for new sd type paths in /sys, otherwise we'll use /proc/ide
+                       if [[ -z $( grep '^hd' <<< $disk ) ]];then
+                               sys_path=$( ls /sys/devices/pci*/*/host*/target*/*/block/$disk/uevent 2>/dev/null | sed "s|/block/$disk/uevent||" )
+                               # no need to test for errors yet, probably other user systems will require some alternate paths though
+                               if [[ -n $sys_path ]];then
+                                       vendor=$( cat $sys_path/vendor 2>/dev/null )
+                                       model=$( cat $sys_path/model 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//;s/[[:space:]]*$//;s/,//g' )
+                                       state=$( cat $sys_path/state 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//;s/[[:space:]]*$//;s/,//g' )
+                                       rev_number=$( cat $sys_path/rev 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//;s/[[:space:]]*$//;s/,//g' )
+                               fi
+                       elif [[ -e /proc/ide/$disk/model ]];then
+                               vendor=$( cat /proc/ide/$disk/model 2>/dev/null )
+                       fi
+                       if [[ -n $vendor ]];then
+                               vendor=$( gawk '
+                               BEGIN {
+                                       IGNORECASE=1
+                               }
+                               {
+                                       gsub(/'"$BAN_LIST_NORMAL"'/, "", $0)
+                                       sub(/TSSTcorp/, "TSST ", $0) # seen more than one of these weird ones
+                                       gsub(/,/, " ", $0)
+                                       gsub(/^[[:space:]]*|[[:space:]]*$/, "", $0)
+                                       gsub(/ [[:space:]]+/, " ", $0)
+                                       print $0
+                               }'      <<< $vendor
+                               )
+                       fi
+                       # this needs to run no matter if there's proc data or not to create the array comma list
+                       if [[ $B_SHOW_FULL_OPTICAL == 'true' ]];then
+                               proc_info_string=$( gawk -v diskId=$disk '
+                               BEGIN {
+                                       IGNORECASE=1
+                                       position=""
+                                       speed=""
+                                       multisession=""
+                                       mcn=""
+                                       audio=""
+                                       cdr=""
+                                       cdrw=""
+                                       dvd=""
+                                       dvdr=""
+                                       dvdram=""
+                               }
+                               # first get the position of the device name from top field
+                               # we will use this to get all the other data for that column
+                               /drive name:/ {
+                                       for ( position=3; position <= NF; position++ ) {
+                                               if ( $position == diskId ) {
+                                                       break
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               /drive speed:/ {
+                                       speed = $position
+                               }
+                               /Can read multisession:/ {
+                                       multisession=$( position + 1 )
+                               }
+                               /Can read MCN:/ {
+                                       mcn=$( position + 1 )
+                               }
+                               /Can play audio:/ {
+                                       audio=$( position + 1 )
+                               }
+                               /Can write CD-R:/ {
+                                       cdr=$( position + 1 )
+                               }
+                               /Can write CD-RW:/ {
+                                       cdrw=$( position + 1 )
+                               }
+                               /Can read DVD:/ {
+                                       dvd=$( position + 1 )
+                               }
+                               /Can write DVD-R:/ {
+                                       dvdr=$( position + 1 )
+                               }
+                               /Can write DVD-RAM:/ {
+                                       dvdram=$( position + 1 )
+                               }
+                               END {
+                                       print speed "," multisession "," mcn "," audio "," cdr "," cdrw "," dvd "," dvdr "," dvdram
+                               }
+                               ' <<< "$proc_cdrom"
+                               )
+                       fi
+                       item_string="$item_string,$vendor,$model,$rev_number,$proc_info_string,$state"
+                       echo $item_string
+               done
+               ) )
+               IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
        fi
-       log_function_data "A_INTERFACES_DATA: ${A_INTERFACES_DATA[@]}"
+       temp_array=${A_OPTICAL_DRIVE_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_OPTICAL_DRIVE_DATA: $temp_array"
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
@@ -3064,10 +4994,11 @@ get_partition_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
        
-       local a_partition_working='' dev_item=''
+       local a_partition_working='' dev_item='' temp_array=''
        #local excluded_file_types='--exclude-type=aufs --exclude-type=tmpfs --exclude-type=iso9660'
        # df doesn't seem to work in script with variables like at the command line
-       local main_partition_data="$( df -h -T --exclude-type=aufs --exclude-type=squashfs --exclude-type=unionfs --exclude-type=devtmpfs --exclude-type=tmpfs --exclude-type=iso9660 )"
+       # added devfs linprocfs sysfs fdescfs which show on debian kfreebsd kernel output
+       local main_partition_data="$( df -h -T -P --exclude-type=aufs --exclude-type=squashfs --exclude-type=unionfs --exclude-type=devtmpfs --exclude-type=tmpfs --exclude-type=iso9660 --exclude-type=devfs --exclude-type=linprocfs --exclude-type=sysfs --exclude-type=fdescfs )"
        local swap_data="$( swapon -s )"
        # set dev disk label/uuid data globals
        get_partition_uuid_label_data 'label'
@@ -3075,6 +5006,13 @@ get_partition_data()
        
        log_function_data 'raw' "main_partition_data:\n$main_partition_data\n\nswap_data:\n$swap_data"
        
+       # new kernels/df have rootfs and / repeated, creating two entries for the same partition
+       # so check for two string endings of / then slice out the rootfs one, I could check for it
+       # before slicing it out, but doing that would require the same action twice re code execution
+       if [[ $( grep -cs '[[:space:]]/$' <<< "$main_partition_data" ) -gt 1 ]];then
+               main_partition_data="$( grep -vs '^rootfs' <<< "$main_partition_data" )"
+       fi
+       log_function_data 'raw' "main_partition_data_post_rootfs:\n$main_partition_data\n\nswap_data:\n$swap_data"
        IFS=$'\n'
        # sample line: /dev/sda2     ext3     15G  8.9G  4.9G  65% /home
        # $NF = partition name; $(NF - 4) = partition size; $(NF - 3) = used, in gB; $(NF - 1) = percent used
@@ -3089,7 +5027,8 @@ get_partition_data()
        # this is required because below we are subtracting from NF, so it has to be > 5
        # the real issue is long file system names that force the wrap of df output: //fileserver/main
        # but we still need to handle more dynamically long space containing file names, but later.
-       ( NF < 6 ) && ( $0 !~ /[0-9]+\%/ ) {
+       # Using df -P should fix this, ie, no wrapping of line lines, but leaving this for now
+       ( NF < 6 ) && ( $0 !~ /[0-9]+%/ ) {
                # set the dev location here for cases of wrapped output
                if ( NF == 1 ){
                        devBase=gensub( /^(\/dev\/)(.+)$/, "\\2", 1, $1 )
@@ -3111,14 +5050,14 @@ get_partition_data()
                # this is to avoid file systems with spaces in their names, that will make
                # the test show the wrong data in each of the fields, if no x%, then do not use
                # using 3 cases, first default, standard, 2nd, 3rd, handles one and two spaces in name
-               if ( $(NF - 1) ~ /[0-9]+\%/ ) {
+               if ( $(NF - 1) ~ /[0-9]+%/ ) {
                        print $NF "," $(NF - 4) "," $(NF - 3) "," $(NF - 1) ",secondary," $(NF - 5) "," devBase 
                }
                # these two cases construct the space containing name
-               else if ( $(NF - 2) ~ /[0-9]+\%/ ) {
+               else if ( $(NF - 2) ~ /[0-9]+%/ ) {
                        print $(NF - 1) " " $NF "," $(NF - 5) "," $(NF - 4) "," $(NF - 2) ",secondary," $(NF - 6) "," devBase
                }
-               else if ( $(NF - 3) ~ /[0-9]+\%/ ) {
+               else if ( $(NF - 3) ~ /[0-9]+%/ ) {
                        print $(NF - 2) " " $(NF - 1) " " $NF "," $(NF - 6) "," $(NF - 5) "," $(NF - 3) ",secondary," $(NF - 7) "," devBase 
                }
        }
@@ -3136,13 +5075,17 @@ get_partition_data()
                devBase = gensub( /^(\/dev\/)(.+)$/, "\\2", 1, $1 )
                used = sprintf( "%.2f", $4*1024/1000**3 )
                percentUsed = sprintf( "%.0f", ( $4/$3 )*100 )
-               print "swap-" swapCounter "," size "GB," used "GB," percentUsed "\%,main," "swap," devBase
+               print "swap-" swapCounter "," size "GB," used "GB," percentUsed "%,main," "swap," devBase
                swapCounter = ++swapCounter
        }' ) )
        IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
        
+       temp_array=${A_PARTITION_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "1: A_PARTITION_DATA:\n$temp_array"
+       
        # now we'll handle some fringe cases where irregular df -hT output shows /dev/disk/.. instead of 
        # /dev/h|sdxy type data for column 1, . A_PARTITION_DATA[6]
+       # Here we just search for the uuid/label and then grab the end of the line to get the right dev item.
        for (( i=0; i < ${#A_PARTITION_DATA[@]}; i++ ))
        do
                IFS=","
@@ -3174,11 +5117,11 @@ get_partition_data()
                        fi
                fi
        done
-
+       temp_array=${A_PARTITION_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "2: A_PARTITION_DATA:\n$temp_array"
        if [[ $B_SHOW_LABELS == 'true' || $B_SHOW_UUIDS == 'true' ]];then
                get_partition_data_advanced
        fi
-       log_function_data "A_PARTITION_DATA: ${A_PARTITION_DATA[@]}"
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
@@ -3187,7 +5130,7 @@ get_partition_data_advanced()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
        local a_partition_working='' dev_partition_data=''
-       local dev_item='' dev_label='' dev_uuid=''
+       local dev_item='' dev_label='' dev_uuid='' temp_array=''
        local mount_point=''
        # set dev disk label/uuid data globals
        get_partition_uuid_label_data 'label'
@@ -3234,7 +5177,7 @@ get_partition_data_advanced()
                                                # if this works, great, otherwise, just set this to null values
                                                partTemp="'$( readlink /dev/root 2>/dev/null )'"
                                                if ( partTemp != "" ) {
-                                                       if ( partTemp ~ /[hs]d[a-z][0-9]/ ) {
+                                                       if ( partTemp ~ /[hsv]d[a-z][0-9]{1,2}/ ) {
                                                                partition=gensub( /^(\/dev\/)(.+)$/, "\\2", 1, partTemp )
                                                        }
                                                        else if ( partTemp ~ /by-uuid/ ) {
@@ -3273,33 +5216,38 @@ get_partition_data_advanced()
                        # it's more likely we'll get a uuid than a label. But this should get the
                        # dev item set no matter what, so then we can get the rest of any missing data
                        # first we'll get the dev_item if it's missing
-                       if [[ -n $DEV_DISK_UUID ]] && [[ -z $dev_item && -n $dev_uuid ]];then
-                               dev_item=$( echo "$DEV_DISK_UUID" | gawk '
-                                       /'$dev_uuid'/ {
-                                               item=gensub( /..\/..\/(.+)/, "\\1", 1, $NF )
-                                               print item
+                       if [[ -z $dev_item ]];then
+                               if [[ -n $DEV_DISK_UUID && -n $dev_uuid ]];then
+                                       dev_item=$( echo "$DEV_DISK_UUID" | gawk '
+                                               /'$dev_uuid'/ {
+                                                       item=gensub( /..\/..\/(.+)/, "\\1", 1, $NF )
+                                                       print item
+                                               }' )
+                               elif [[ -n $DEV_DISK_LABEL && -n $dev_label ]];then
+                                       dev_item=$( echo "$DEV_DISK_LABEL" | gawk '
+                                               # first we need to change space x20 in by-label back to a real space
+                                               #gsub( /x20/, " ", $0 )
+                                               # then we can see if the string is there
+                                               /'$dev_label'/ {
+                                                       item=gensub( /..\/..\/(.+)/, "\\1", 1, $NF )
+                                                       print item
+                                               }' )
+                               fi
+                       fi
+                       # this can trigger all kinds of weird errors if it is a non /dev path, like: remote:/machine/name
+                       if [[ -n $dev_item && -z $( grep -E '(^//|:/)' <<< $dev_item ) ]];then
+                               if [[ -n $DEV_DISK_UUID && -z $dev_uuid ]];then
+                                       dev_uuid=$( echo "$DEV_DISK_UUID" | gawk  '
+                                       /'$dev_item'$/ {
+                                               print $(NF - 2)
                                        }' )
-                       elif [[ -n $DEV_DISK_LABEL ]] && [[ -z $dev_item && -n $dev_label ]];then
-                               dev_item=$( echo "$DEV_DISK_LABEL" | gawk '
-                                       # first we need to change space x20 in by-label back to a real space
-                                       #gsub( /x20/, " ", $0 )
-                                       # then we can see if the string is there
-                                       /'$dev_label'/ {
-                                               item=gensub( /..\/..\/(.+)/, "\\1", 1, $NF )
-                                               print item
+                               fi
+                               if [[ -n $DEV_DISK_LABEL && -z $dev_label ]];then
+                                       dev_label=$( echo "$DEV_DISK_LABEL" | gawk '
+                                       /'$dev_item'$/ {
+                                               print $(NF - 2)
                                        }' )
-                       fi
-                       if [[ -n $DEV_DISK_UUID ]] && [[ -n $dev_item && -z $dev_uuid ]];then
-                               dev_uuid=$( echo "$DEV_DISK_UUID" | gawk '
-                               /'$dev_item'$/ {
-                                       print $(NF - 2)
-                               }' )
-                       fi
-                       if [[ -n $DEV_DISK_LABEL ]] && [[ -n $dev_item && -z $dev_label ]];then
-                               dev_label=$( echo "$DEV_DISK_LABEL" | gawk '
-                               /'$dev_item'/ {
-                                       print $(NF - 2)
-                               }' )
+                               fi
                        fi
 
                        # assemble everything we could get for dev/h/dx, label, and uuid
@@ -3309,11 +5257,11 @@ get_partition_data_advanced()
                done
                log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_MOUNTS"
        fi
-       log_function_data "A_PARTITION_DATA: ${A_PARTITION_DATA[@]}"
+       temp_array=${A_PARTITION_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "3-advanced: A_PARTITION_DATA:\n$temp_array"
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
-       
 # args: $1 - uuid/label
 get_partition_uuid_label_data()
 {
@@ -3349,6 +5297,15 @@ get_partition_uuid_label_data()
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
+get_patch_version_string()
+{
+       local script_patch_number=$( sed 's/^[0]\+//' <<< $SCRIPT_PATCH_NUMBER )
+       if [[ -n $script_patch_number ]];then
+               script_patch_number="-$script_patch_number"
+       fi
+       echo $script_patch_number
+}
+
 # args: $1 - type cpu/mem 
 get_ps_data()
 {
@@ -3597,14 +5554,15 @@ get_sensors_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
        
-       local sensors_path=$( type -p sensors )
+       
+       local temp_array=''
                
        IFS=$'\n'
-       if [[ -n $sensors_path ]];then
+       if [[ -n $Sensors_Data ]];then
                # note: non-configured sensors gives error message, which we need to redirect to stdout
                # also, -F ':' no space, since some cases have the data starting right after,like - :1287
                A_SENSORS_DATA=( $( 
-               $sensors_path | gawk -F ':' -v userCpuNo="$SENSORS_CPU_NO" '
+               gawk -F ':' -v userCpuNo="$SENSORS_CPU_NO" '
                BEGIN {
                        IGNORECASE=1
                        core0Temp="" # only if all else fails...
@@ -3627,6 +5585,12 @@ get_sensors_data()
                        tempWorking=""
                        tempWorkingUnit=""
                }
+               # new data arriving: gpu temp in sensors, have to skip that
+               /^('"$SENSORS_GPU_SEARCH"')-pci/ {
+                       while ( getline && !/^$/ ) {
+                               # do nothing, just skip it
+                       }
+               }
                # dumping the extra + signs after testing for them,  nobody has negative temps.
                # also, note gawk treats Â° as a space, so we have to get the C/F data
                # there are some guesses here, but with more sensors samples it will get closer.
@@ -3914,8 +5878,7 @@ get_sensors_data()
                                print fanMainString
                                print fanDefaultString
                        }
-               }
-               '
+               }' <<< "$Sensors_Data"
                ) )
        # the error case needs to go here because we are setting special array delimiter ','
        else
@@ -3923,11 +5886,27 @@ get_sensors_data()
        fi
        
        IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
-       log_function_data "A_SENSORS_DATA: ${A_SENSORS_DATA[@]}"
+       temp_array=${A_SENSORS_DATA[@]}
+       log_function_data "A_SENSORS_DATA: $temp_array"
 #      echo "A_SENSORS_DATA: ${A_SENSORS_DATA[@]}"
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
+get_sensors_output()
+{
+       local sensors_path=$( type -p sensors ) sensors_data=''
+       
+       if [[ -n $sensors_path ]];then
+               sensors_data="$( $sensors_path 2>/dev/null )"
+               if [[ -n "$sensors_data" ]];then
+                       # make sure the file ends in newlines then characters, the newlines are lost in the echo unless
+                       # the data ends in some characters
+                       sensors_data="$sensors_data\n\n###" 
+               fi
+       fi
+       echo -e "$sensors_data"
+}
+
 get_unmounted_partition_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
@@ -3951,7 +5930,7 @@ get_unmounted_partition_data()
                        fi
                done
        
-               A_UNMOUNTED_PARTITION_DATA=( $( grep -Ev '('$mounted_partitions')' $FILE_PARTITIONS | gawk '
+               A_UNMOUNTED_PARTITION_DATA=( $( grep -Ev '('$mounted_partitions')$' $FILE_PARTITIONS | gawk '
                BEGIN {
                        IGNORECASE=1
                }
@@ -4014,6 +5993,7 @@ get_unmounted_partition_filesystem()
                fi
                # this will fail if regular user and no sudo present, but that's fine, it will just return null
                # note the hack that simply slices out the first line if > 1 items found in string
+               # also, if grub/lilo is on partition boot sector, no file system data is available
                partition_filesystem=$( eval $sudo_command $FILE_PATH -s $1 | grep -Eio '(ext2|ext3|ext4|ext5|ext[[:space:]]|ntfs|fat32|fat16|fat[[:space:]]\(.*\)|vfat|fatx|tfat|swap|btrfs|ffs[[:space:]]|hfs\+|hfs[[:space:]]plus|hfs[[:space:]]extended[[:space:]]version[[:space:]][1-9]|hfsj|hfs[[:space:]]|jfs[[:space:]]|nss[[:space:]]|reiserfs|reiser4|ufs2|ufs[[:space:]]|xfs[[:space:]]|zfs[[:space:]])' | grep -Em 1 '.*' )
                if [[ -n $partition_filesystem ]];then
                        echo $partition_filesystem
@@ -4040,6 +6020,17 @@ get_uptime()
 #### special data handling for specific options and conditions
 #### -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# args: $1 - string to strip color code characters out of
+# returns count of string length minus colors
+calculate_line_length()
+{
+       local string="$1"
+       # ansi: \e[1;34m irc: \x0312
+       string=$( sed -e "s/\x1b\[[0-9]\{1,2\}\(;[0-9]\{1,2\}\)\{0,2\}m//g" -e "s/\\\x0[0-9]\{1,3\}//g" <<< $string )
+       count=$( wc -c <<< $string )
+       echo $count
+}
+
 ## multiply the core count by the data to be calculated, bmips, cache
 # args: $1 - string to handle; $2 - cpu count
 calculate_multicore_data()
@@ -4047,12 +6038,12 @@ calculate_multicore_data()
        eval $LOGFS
        local string_number=$1 string_data=''
 
-       if [[ -n $( egrep -i '( mb| kb)' <<< $1 ) ]];then
+       if [[ -n $( grep -Ei '( mb| kb)' <<< $1 ) ]];then
                string_data=" $( gawk '{print $2}' <<< $1 )" # add a space for output
                string_number=$( gawk '{print $1}' <<< $1 )
        fi
        # handle weird error cases where it's not a number
-       if [[ -n $( egrep '^[0-9\.,]+$' <<< $string_number ) ]];then
+       if [[ -n $( grep -E '^[0-9\.,]+$' <<< $string_number ) ]];then
                string_number=$( echo $string_number $2 | gawk '{
                        total = $1*$2
                        print total
@@ -4139,31 +6130,34 @@ print_it_out()
                print_short_data
        else
                Lspci_Data="$( get_lspci_data )"
-               if [[ $VERBOSITY_LEVEL -ge 1 || $B_SHOW_SYSTEM == 'true' ]];then
+               if [[ $B_SHOW_SYSTEM == 'true' ]];then
                        print_system_data
                fi
-               if [[ $VERBOSITY_LEVEL -ge 1 || $B_SHOW_CPU == 'true' ]];then
+               if [[ $B_SHOW_MACHINE == 'true' ]];then
+                       print_machine_data
+               fi
+               if [[ $B_SHOW_BASIC_CPU == 'true' || $B_SHOW_CPU == 'true' ]];then
                        print_cpu_data
                fi
-               if [[ $VERBOSITY_LEVEL -ge 1 || $B_SHOW_GRAPHICS == 'true' ]];then
+               if [[ $B_SHOW_GRAPHICS == 'true' ]];then
                        print_gfx_data
                fi
-               if [[ $VERBOSITY_LEVEL -ge 5 || $B_SHOW_AUDIO == 'true' ]];then
+               if [[ $B_SHOW_AUDIO == 'true' ]];then
                        print_audio_data
                fi
-               if [[ $VERBOSITY_LEVEL -ge 2 || $B_SHOW_NETWORK == 'true' ]];then
+               if [[ $B_SHOW_NETWORK == 'true' ]];then
                        print_networking_data
                fi
-               if [[ $VERBOSITY_LEVEL -ge 1 || $B_SHOW_DISK == 'true' ]];then
+               if [[ $B_SHOW_DISK_TOTAL == 'true' || $B_SHOW_BASIC_DISK == 'true' || $B_SHOW_DISK == 'true' ]];then
                        print_hard_disk_data
                fi
-               if [[ $VERBOSITY_LEVEL -ge 4 || $B_SHOW_PARTITIONS == 'true' ]];then
+               if [[ $B_SHOW_PARTITIONS == 'true' ]];then
                        print_partition_data
                fi
                if [[ $B_SHOW_UNMOUNTED_PARTITIONS == 'true' ]];then
                        print_unmounted_partition_data
                fi
-               if [[ $VERBOSITY_LEVEL -ge 5 || $B_SHOW_SENSORS == 'true' ]];then
+               if [[ $B_SHOW_SENSORS == 'true' ]];then
                        print_sensors_data
                fi
                if [[ $B_SHOW_REPOS == 'true' ]];then
@@ -4172,7 +6166,7 @@ print_it_out()
                if [[ $B_SHOW_PS_CPU_DATA == 'true' || $B_SHOW_PS_MEM_DATA == 'true' ]];then
                        print_ps_data
                fi
-               if [[ $VERBOSITY_LEVEL -ge 1 || $B_SHOW_INFO == 'true' ]];then
+               if [[ $B_SHOW_INFO == 'true' ]];then
                        print_info_data
                fi
        fi
@@ -4231,6 +6225,7 @@ print_short_data()
        # this gets that weird min/max final array item
        local min_max_clock_nu=$(( ${#A_CPU_DATA[@]} - 1 ))
        local min_max_clock=${A_CPU_DATA[$min_max_clock_nu]}
+       local script_patch_number=$( get_patch_version_string )
 
        #set_color_scheme 12
        if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL == 'false' ]];then
@@ -4255,12 +6250,12 @@ print_short_data()
                        #C1="${C1},1"; C2="${C2},1"; CN="${CN},1"
                fi
        fi
-       short_data="${C1}CPU$cpc_plural${CN}[${C2}${SEP1}${cpu_data_string} ${cpu_model}$model_plural (${cpu_type}) clocked at ${min_max_clock}${SEP1}${CN}] ${C1}Kernel${CN}[${C2}${SEP1}${current_kernel}${SEP1}${CN}] ${C1}Up${CN}[${C2}${SEP1}${up_time}${SEP1}${CN}] ${C1}Mem${CN}[${C2}${SEP1}${memory}${SEP1}${CN}] ${C1}HDD${CN}[${C2}${SEP1}${hdd_capacity}($hdd_used)${SEP1}${CN}] ${C1}Procs${CN}[${C2}${SEP1}${processes}${SEP1}${CN}]"
+       short_data="${C1}CPU$cpc_plural${C2}${SEP1}${cpu_data_string} ${cpu_model}$model_plural (${cpu_type}) clocked at ${min_max_clock}${SEP2}${C1}Kernel${C2}${SEP1}${current_kernel}${SEP2}${C1}Up${C2}${SEP1}${up_time}${SEP2}${C1}Mem${C2}${SEP1}${memory}${SEP2}${C1}HDD${C2}${SEP1}${hdd_capacity}($hdd_used)${SEP2}${C1}Procs${C2}${SEP1}${processes}${SEP2}"
 
        if [[ $SHOW_IRC -gt 0 ]];then
-               short_data="${short_data} ${C1}Client${CN}[${C2}${SEP1}${IRC_CLIENT}${IRC_CLIENT_VERSION}${SEP1}${CN}]"
+               short_data="${short_data}${C1}Client${C2}${SEP1}${IRC_CLIENT}${IRC_CLIENT_VERSION}${SEP2}"
        fi
-       short_data="${short_data} ${C1}$SCRIPT_NAME${C2}${CN}[${C2}${SEP1}$SCRIPT_VERSION_NUMBER${SEP1}${CN}]"
+       short_data="${short_data}${C1}$SCRIPT_NAME${C2}${SEP1}$SCRIPT_VERSION_NUMBER$script_patch_number${SEP2}${CN}"
        if [[ $SCHEME -gt 0 ]];then
                short_data="${short_data} $NORMAL"
        fi
@@ -4274,58 +6269,47 @@ print_short_data()
 print_audio_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
-       local i='' card_one='Card-1' audio_data='' a_audio_data='' port_data='' pci_bus_id=''
+       local i='' card_id='' audio_data='' a_audio_data='' port_data='' pci_bus_id=''
        local a_audio_working='' alsa_driver='' alsa_data='' port_plural='' module_version=''
+       local bus_usb_text='' bus_usb_id='' line_starter='Audio:' alsa='' alsa_version=''
        # set A_AUDIO_DATA and get alsa data
        get_audio_data
-       alsa_data=$( get_audio_alsa_data )
-       IFS=","
-       a_audio_working=(${A_AUDIO_DATA[0]})
-       IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
-
-       if [[ -n ${A_AUDIO_DATA[@]} ]];then
-               # slightly complicated because 2nd array item could be the alsa data
-               if [[ ${#A_AUDIO_DATA[@]} -le 1 ]];then
-                       card_one='Card'
-               fi
-
-#              if [[ -n ${a_audio_working[2]} ]];then
-#                      port_data=" ${C1}at port${C2} ${a_audio_working[2]}"
-#              fi
-               # this should only trigger if the $FILE_ASOUND_DEVICE data is used, not lspci -nn
-               if [[ -n ${a_audio_working[3]} && $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
-                       # note that for some reason, the module name is not the same as the module
-                       # loaded to kernel name for audio drivers, and you'll need to change the -
-                       module_version=$( print_module_version "${a_audio_working[3]}" 'audio' )
-               elif [[ -n ${a_audio_working[1]} && $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
-                       module_version=$( print_module_version "${a_audio_working[1]}" 'audio' )
-               fi
-               if [[ -n ${a_audio_working[1]} ]];then
-                       alsa_driver=" ${C1}driver${C2} ${a_audio_working[1]}$module_version"
-               fi
-               if [[ -n ${a_audio_working[2]} && $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
-                       if [[ $( wc -w <<< ${a_audio_working[2]} ) -gt 1 ]];then
-                               port_plural='s'
-                       fi
-                       port_data=" ${C1}at port$port_plural${C2} ${a_audio_working[2]}"
+       get_audio_alsa_data
+       # alsa driver data now prints out no matter what
+       if [[ -n $A_ALSA_DATA ]];then
+               IFS=","
+               if [[ -n ${A_ALSA_DATA[0]} ]];then
+                       alsa=${A_ALSA_DATA[0]}
+               else
+                       alsa='N/A'
                fi
-               if [[ -n ${a_audio_working[4]} && $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
-                       pci_bus_id=" ${C1}BusID:${C2} ${a_audio_working[4]}"
+               if [[ -n ${A_ALSA_DATA[1]} ]];then
+                       alsa_version=${A_ALSA_DATA[1]}
+               else
+                       alsa_version='N/A'
                fi
-               audio_data="${C1}$card_one${C2} ${a_audio_working[0]}$alsa_driver$port_data$pci_bus_id"
-               audio_data=$( create_print_line "Audio:" "$audio_data" )
-               print_screen_output "$audio_data"
-               i=0 ## loop starts with 1 by auto-increment so it only shows cards > 1
-               while [[ -n ${A_AUDIO_DATA[++i]} ]]
+               alsa_data="${C1}Sound:${C2} $alsa ${C1}ver$SEP3${C2} $alsa_version"
+               IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
+       fi
+       # note, error handling is done in the get function, so this will never be null, but
+       # leaving the test just in case it's changed.
+       if [[ -n ${A_AUDIO_DATA[@]} ]];then
+               for (( i=0; i< ${#A_AUDIO_DATA[@]}; i++ ))
                do
                        IFS=","
                        a_audio_working=( ${A_AUDIO_DATA[i]} )
                        IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
                        port_data=''
                        alsa_driver=''
+                       audio_data=''
                        port_plural=''
                        module_version=''
                        pci_bus_id=''
+                       bus_usb_text=''
+                       bus_usb_id=''
+                       if [[ ${#A_AUDIO_DATA[@]} -gt 1 ]];then
+                               card_id="-$(( $i + 1 ))"
+                       fi
                        if [[ -n ${a_audio_working[3]} && $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
                                module_version=$( print_module_version "${a_audio_working[3]}" 'audio' )
                        elif [[ -n ${a_audio_working[1]} && $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
@@ -4333,31 +6317,44 @@ print_audio_data()
                        fi
                        # we're testing for the presence of the 2nd array item here, which is the driver name
                        if [[ -n ${a_audio_working[1]} ]];then
-                               alsa_driver="${C1}driver${C2} ${a_audio_working[1]}"
+                               alsa_driver=" ${C1}driver$SEP3${C2} ${a_audio_working[1]}"
                        fi
                        if [[ -n ${a_audio_working[2]} && $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
                                if [[ $( wc -w <<< ${a_audio_working[2]} ) -gt 1 ]];then
                                        port_plural='s'
                                fi
-                               port_data=" ${C1}at port$port_plural${C2} ${a_audio_working[2]}"
+                               port_data=" ${C1}port$port_plural$SEP3${C2} ${a_audio_working[2]}"
                        fi
                        if [[ -n ${a_audio_working[4]} && $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
-                               pci_bus_id=" ${C1}BusID:${C2} ${a_audio_working[4]}"
+                               if [[ ${a_audio_working[1]} != 'USB Audio' ]];then
+                                       bus_usb_text='bus-ID'
+                               else
+                                       bus_usb_text='usb-ID'
+                               fi
+                               bus_usb_id=${a_audio_working[4]}
+                               pci_bus_id=" ${C1}$bus_usb_text$SEP3${C2} $bus_usb_id"
                        fi
                        if [[ -n ${a_audio_working[0]} ]];then
-                               audio_data="${C1}Card-$(( $i + 1 ))${C2} ${a_audio_working[0]}$alsa_driver$port_data$pci_bus_id"
+                               audio_data="${C1}Card$card_id:${C2} ${a_audio_working[0]}$alsa_driver$port_data$pci_bus_id"
+                       fi
+                       # only print alsa on last line if short enough, otherwise print on its own line
+                       if [[ $i -eq 0 ]];then
+                               if [[ -n $alsa_data && $( calculate_line_length "${audio_data}$alsa_data" ) -lt $LINE_MAX ]];then
+                                       audio_data="$audio_data $alsa_data"
+                                       alsa_data=''
+                               fi
                        fi
                        if [[ -n $audio_data ]];then
-                               audio_data=$( create_print_line " " "$audio_data" )
+                               audio_data=$( create_print_line "$line_starter" "$audio_data" )
                                print_screen_output "$audio_data"
+                               line_starter=' '
                        fi
                done
-               # alsa driver data only prints out if sound card data is found
-               if [[ -n $alsa_data ]];then
-                       audio_data="${C1}Sound:${C2} $alsa_data"
-                       audio_data=$( create_print_line " " "$audio_data" )
-                       print_screen_output "$audio_data"
-               fi
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $alsa_data ]];then
+               alsa_data=$( sed 's/ALSA/Advanced Linux Sound Architecture/' <<< $alsa_data )
+               alsa_data=$( create_print_line "$line_starter" "$alsa_data" )
+               print_screen_output "$alsa_data"
        fi
        eval $LOGFE
 }
@@ -4411,7 +6408,7 @@ print_cpu_data()
        fi
 
        cpu_data=$( create_print_line "CPU$cpc_plural:" "${C1}${cpu_data_string}${C2} ${a_cpu_working[0]}$model_plural (${cpu_type})" )
-       if [[ $VERBOSITY_LEVEL -ge 3 || $B_SHOW_CPU == 'true' ]];then
+       if [[ $B_SHOW_CPU == 'true' ]];then
                # update for multicore, bogomips x core count.
                if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
 #                      if [[ $cpu_vendor != 'intel' ]];then
@@ -4419,7 +6416,7 @@ print_cpu_data()
 #                      else
 #                              bmip_data="${a_cpu_working[4]}"
 #                      fi
-                       bmip_data=" ${C1}bmips${C2} $bmip_data"
+                       bmip_data=" ${C1}bmips$SEP3${C2} $bmip_data"
                fi
                ## note: this handles how intel reports L2, total instead of per core like AMD does
                # note that we need to multiply by number of actual cpus here to get true cache size
@@ -4431,12 +6428,12 @@ print_cpu_data()
                # only print shortened list
                if [[ $B_CPU_FLAGS_FULL != 'true' ]];then
                        cpu_flags=$( process_cpu_flags "${a_cpu_working[3]}" )
-                       cpu_flags=" ${C1}flags${C2} ($cpu_flags)"
+                       cpu_flags=" ${C1}flags$SEP3${C2} ($cpu_flags)"
                fi
-               cpu_data="$cpu_data${C2} ${C1}cache${C2} $cpu_cache$cpu_flags$bmip_data${CN}"
+               cpu_data="$cpu_data${C2} ${C1}cache$SEP3${C2} $cpu_cache$cpu_flags$bmip_data${CN}"
        fi
        # we don't this printing out extra line unless > 1 cpu core
-       if [[ ${#A_CPU_DATA[@]} -gt 2 ]] && [[ $B_SHOW_CPU == 'true' || $VERBOSITY_LEVEL -ge 5 ]];then
+       if [[ ${#A_CPU_DATA[@]} -gt 2 && $B_SHOW_CPU == 'true' ]];then
                cpu_clock_speed='' # null < verbosity level 5
        else
                cpu_data="$cpu_data ${C1}clocked at${C2} ${a_cpu_working[1]} MHz${CN}"
@@ -4446,17 +6443,19 @@ print_cpu_data()
        print_screen_output "$cpu_data"
 
        # we don't this printing out extra line unless > 1 cpu core
-       if [[ ${#A_CPU_DATA[@]} -gt 2 ]] && [[ $B_SHOW_CPU == 'true' || $VERBOSITY_LEVEL -ge 5 ]];then
+       if [[ ${#A_CPU_DATA[@]} -gt 2 && $B_SHOW_CPU == 'true' ]];then
                for (( i=0; i < ${#A_CPU_DATA[@]}-1; i++ ))
                do
                        IFS=","
                        a_cpu_working=(${A_CPU_DATA[i]})
                        IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
                        # note: the first iteration will create a first space, for color code separation below
-                       cpu_multi_clock_data="$cpu_multi_clock_data ${C1}($(( i + 1 )))${C2} ${a_cpu_working[1]} MHz${CN}"
-                       if [[ $i -gt 10 ]];then
-                               break
-                       fi
+                       cpu_multi_clock_data="$cpu_multi_clock_data ${C1}$(( i + 1 )):${C2} ${a_cpu_working[1]} MHz${CN}"
+                       # someone actually appeared with a 16 core system, so going to stop the cpu core throttle
+                       # if this had some other purpose which we can't remember we'll add it back in
+                       #if [[ $i -gt 10 ]];then
+                       #       break
+                       #fi
                done
                if [[ -n $cpu_multi_clock_data ]];then
                        cpu_multi_clock_data=$( create_print_line " " "${C1}Clock Speeds:${C2}$cpu_multi_clock_data" )
@@ -4491,7 +6490,7 @@ print_cpu_flags_full()
        for (( i=0; i < ${#a_cpu_flags[@]};i++ ))
        do
                if [[ $i -eq 0 ]];then
-                       line_starter="${C1}CPU Flags${C2} "
+                       line_starter="${C1}CPU Flags$SEP3${C2} "
                else
                        line_starter=''
                fi
@@ -4504,9 +6503,14 @@ print_cpu_flags_full()
 print_gfx_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
-       local gfx_data='' i='' card_one='Card' root_alert='' root_x_string=''
+       local gfx_data='' i='' card_id='' root_alert='' root_x_string='' a_gfx_working=''
+       local b_is_mesa='false' display_full_string='' gfx_bus_id='' gfx_card_data=''
+       local res_tty='Resolution' xorg_data='' x_vendor_string='' 
+       local spacer='' x_driver='' x_driver_string='' x_driver_plural='' direct_render_string=''
+       local separator_loaded='' separator_unloaded='' separator_failed=''
+       local loaded='' unloaded='' failed=''
+       local line_starter='Graphics:'
        local screen_resolution="$( get_graphics_res_data )"
-       local b_is_mesa='false' display_full_string=''
        # set A_GFX_CARD_DATA
        get_graphics_card_data
        # set A_X_DATA
@@ -4519,54 +6523,127 @@ print_gfx_data()
        local glx_version="${A_GLX_DATA[1]}"
        # this can contain a long No case debugging message, so it's being sliced off
        # note: using grep -ioE '(No|Yes)' <<< ${A_GLX_DATA[2]} did not work in Arch, no idea why
-       local glx_direct_render=$( gawk '{
-               print $1
-       }'  <<< "${A_GLX_DATA[2]}" )
+       local glx_direct_render=$( gawk '{print $1}' <<< "${A_GLX_DATA[2]}" )
+       
+       # set A_GRAPHIC_DRIVERS
+       get_graphics_driver
+       
+       if [[ ${#A_GRAPHIC_DRIVERS[@]} -eq 0 ]];then
+               x_driver=' N/A'
+       else
+               for (( i=0; i < ${#A_GRAPHIC_DRIVERS[@]}; i++ ))
+               do
+                       IFS=","
+                       a_gfx_working=( ${A_GRAPHIC_DRIVERS[i]} )
+                       IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
+                       case ${a_gfx_working[1]} in
+                               loaded)
+                                       loaded="$loaded$separator_loaded${a_gfx_working[0]}"
+                                       separator_loaded=','
+                                       ;;
+                               unloaded)
+                                       unloaded="$unloaded$separator_unloaded${a_gfx_working[0]}"
+                                       separator_unloaded=','
+                                       ;;
+                               failed)
+                                       failed="$failed$separator_failed${a_gfx_working[0]}"
+                                       separator_failed=','
+                                       ;;              
+                       esac
+               done
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $loaded ]];then
+               x_driver="${x_driver} $loaded"
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $unloaded ]];then
+               x_driver="${x_driver} (unloaded: $unloaded)"
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $failed ]];then
+               x_driver="${x_driver} ${RED}FAILED:${C2} $failed"
+       fi
+
+       if [[ ${#A_GRAPHIC_DRIVERS[@]} -gt 1 ]];then
+               x_driver_plural='s'
+       fi
+       x_driver_string="${C1}driver$x_driver_plural$SEP3${C2}$x_driver "
+       
        # some basic error handling:
        if [[ -z $screen_resolution ]];then
                screen_resolution='N/A'
        fi
-
-       if [[ $B_X_RUNNING == 'true' && $B_ROOT != 'true' ]];then
-               if [[ -z $x_vendor || -z $x_version ]];then
-                       x_vendor='X-Vendor: N/A'
-               fi
-               display_full_string="${C1}$x_vendor${C2} $x_version ${C1}Res:${C2} ${screen_resolution} "
+       if [[ -z $x_vendor || -z $x_version ]];then
+               x_vendor_string="${C1}X-Vendor:${C2} N/A "
        else
-               root_x_string=''
-               if [[ $B_ROOT == 'true' ]];then
-                       root_x_string='for root '
-               fi
-               if [[ $B_X_RUNNING != 'true' ]];then
-                       root_x_string="${root_x_string}out of X"
-               fi
-               if [[ -n $x_vendor && -n $x_version ]];then
-                       display_full_string="${C1}$x_vendor${C2} $x_version ${C1}Res:${C2} ${screen_resolution} ${C1}Gfx Data:${C2} N/A $root_x_string"
-               elif [[ $B_X_RUNNING == 'true' && $B_ROOT == 'true' ]];then
-                       root_alert="${C1}Gfx Data:${C2} N/A for root user"
-                       display_full_string="${C1}tty res:${C2} ${screen_resolution} $root_alert"
+               x_vendor_string="${C1}$x_vendor$SEP3${C2} $x_version "
+       fi
+
+       if [[ $B_ROOT == 'true' ]];then
+               root_x_string='for root '
+               if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL == 'true' || $B_CONSOLE_IRC == 'true' ]];then
+                       res_tty='tty size'
                fi
        fi
+       if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_X != 'true' ]];then
+               root_x_string="${root_x_string}out of X"
+               res_tty='tty size'
+       fi
+       
+       if [[ -n $root_x_string ]];then
+               root_x_string="${C1}Advanced Data:${C2} N/A $root_x_string"
+       fi
 
-       if [[ ${#A_GFX_CARD_DATA[@]} -gt 1 ]];then
-               i=1
-               while [[ -n ${A_GFX_CARD_DATA[i]} && $i -le 3 ]]
+       display_full_string="$x_vendor_string$x_driver_string${C1}${res_tty}$SEP3${C2} ${screen_resolution} $root_x_string"
+
+       if [[ ${#A_GFX_CARD_DATA[@]} -gt 0 ]];then
+               for (( i=0; i < ${#A_GFX_CARD_DATA[@]}; i++ ))
                do
-                       gfx_data=" ${C1}Card-$(($i+1))${C2} ${A_GFX_CARD_DATA[i]}"
-                       ((i++))
+                       IFS=","
+                       a_gfx_working=( ${A_GFX_CARD_DATA[i]} )
+                       IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
+                       gfx_bus_id=''
+                       gfx_card_data=${a_gfx_working[0]}
+                       if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+                               if [[ -n ${a_gfx_working[1]} ]];then
+                                       gfx_bus_id=" ${C1}bus-ID$SEP3${C2} ${a_gfx_working[1]}"
+                               else
+                                       gfx_bus_id=" ${C1}bus-ID$SEP3${C2} N/A"
+                               fi
+                       fi
+                       if [[ ${#A_GFX_CARD_DATA[@]} -gt 1 ]];then
+                               card_id="Card-$(($i+1)):"
+                       else
+                               card_id='Card:'
+                       fi
+                       gfx_data="${C1}$card_id${C2} $gfx_card_data$gfx_bus_id "
+                       if [[ ${#A_GFX_CARD_DATA[@]} -gt 1 ]];then
+                               gfx_data=$( create_print_line "$line_starter" "${gfx_data}" )
+                               print_screen_output "$gfx_data"
+                               line_starter=' '
+                               gfx_data=''
+                       fi
                done
-               card_one='Card-1'
+       # handle cases where card detection fails, like in PS3, where lspci gives no output, or headless boxes..
+       else
+               gfx_data="${C1}Card:${C2} Failed to Detect Video Card! "
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $gfx_data && $( calculate_line_length "${gfx_data}$display_full_string" ) -lt $LINE_MAX ]];then
+               gfx_data=$( create_print_line "$line_starter" "${gfx_data}$display_full_string" )
+       else
+               if [[ -n $gfx_data ]];then
+                       gfx_data=$( create_print_line "$line_starter" "$gfx_data" )
+                       print_screen_output "$gfx_data"
+                       line_starter=' '
+               fi
+               gfx_data=$( create_print_line "$line_starter" "$display_full_string" )
        fi
-       gfx_data=$( create_print_line "Graphics:" "${C1}$card_one${C2} ${A_GFX_CARD_DATA[0]}${gfx_data} $display_full_string" )
        print_screen_output "$gfx_data"
-
 #      if [[ -z $glx_renderer || -z $glx_version ]];then
 #              b_is_mesa='true'
 #      fi
 
        ## note: if glx render or version have no content, then mesa is true
-       # if [[ $B_X_RUNNING == 'true' ]] && [[ $b_is_mesa != 'true' ]];then
-       if [[ $B_X_RUNNING == 'true' && $B_ROOT != 'true' ]];then
+       # if [[ $B_SHOW_X_DATA == 'true' ]] && [[ $b_is_mesa != 'true' ]];then
+       if [[ $B_SHOW_X_DATA == 'true' && $B_ROOT != 'true' ]];then
                if [[ -z $glx_renderer ]];then
                        glx_renderer='N/A'
                fi
@@ -4576,10 +6653,12 @@ print_gfx_data()
                if [[ -z $glx_direct_render ]];then
                        glx_direct_render='N/A'
                fi
-               gfx_data=$( create_print_line " " "${C1}GLX Renderer${C2} ${glx_renderer} ${C1}GLX Version${C2} ${glx_version}${CN}" )
                if [[ $B_HANDLE_CORRUPT_DATA == 'true' || $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
-                       gfx_data="$gfx_data ${C1}Direct Rendering${C2} ${glx_direct_render}${CN}"
+                       direct_render_string=" ${C1}Direct Rendering$SEP3${C2} ${glx_direct_render}${CN}"
                fi
+               gfx_data="${C1}GLX Renderer$SEP3${C2} ${glx_renderer} ${C1}GLX Version$SEP3${C2} ${glx_version}${CN}$direct_render_string"
+               gfx_data=$( create_print_line " " "$gfx_data" )
+               
                print_screen_output "$gfx_data"
        fi
        eval $LOGFE
@@ -4590,6 +6669,7 @@ print_hard_disk_data()
        eval $LOGFS
        local hdd_data='' hdd_data_2='' a_hdd_working='' hdd_temp_data='' hdd_string=''
        local dev_data='' size_data='' hdd_model='' usb_data='' hdd_name='' divisor=5
+       local Line_Starter='Drives:' # inherited by print_optical_drives
 
        # load A_HDD_DATA
        get_hdd_data_basic
@@ -4602,7 +6682,7 @@ print_hard_disk_data()
        local hdd_capacity=${a_hdd_basic_working[0]}
        local hdd_used=${a_hdd_basic_working[1]}
 
-       if [[ $VERBOSITY_LEVEL -ge 3 || $B_SHOW_DISK == 'true' ]];then
+       if [[ $B_SHOW_BASIC_DISK == 'true' || $B_SHOW_DISK == 'true' ]];then
        ## note: the output part of this should be in the print hdd data function, not here
                get_hard_drive_data_advanced
                for (( i=0; i < ${#A_HDD_DATA[@]} - 1; i++ ))
@@ -4611,7 +6691,7 @@ print_hard_disk_data()
                        IFS=","
                        a_hdd_working=( ${A_HDD_DATA[i]} )
                        IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
-                       if [[ $B_SHOW_DISK == 'true' || $VERBOSITY_LEVEL -ge 5 ]];then
+                       if [[ $B_SHOW_DISK == 'true' ]];then
                                if [[ -n ${a_hdd_working[3]} ]];then
                                        usb_data="${a_hdd_working[3]} "
                                else
@@ -4636,28 +6716,34 @@ print_hard_disk_data()
                        # printing line one, then new lines according to $divisor setting, and after, if leftovers, print that line.
                        case $i in 
                                0)
-                                       hdd_data=$( create_print_line "Disks:" "${C1}HDD${C2} ${C1}Total Size:${C2} ${hdd_capacity} (${hdd_used}) ${hdd_model}" )
+                                       hdd_data=$( create_print_line "$Line_Starter" "${C1}HDD Total Size:${C2} ${hdd_capacity} (${hdd_used}) ${hdd_model}" )
                                        print_screen_output "$hdd_data"
                                        hdd_model=''
+                                       Line_Starter=' '
                                        ;;
                                *)
                                        # using modulus here, if divisible by $divisor, print line, otherwise skip
                                        if [[ $(( $i % $divisor )) -eq 0 ]];then
-                                               hdd_data=$( create_print_line " " "${hdd_model}${CN}" )
+                                               hdd_data=$( create_print_line "$Line_Starter" "${hdd_model}${CN}" )
                                                print_screen_output "$hdd_data"
                                                hdd_model=''
+                                               Line_Starter=' '
                                        fi
                                        ;;
                        esac
                done
                # then print any leftover items
                if [[ -n $hdd_model ]];then
-                       hdd_data=$( create_print_line " " "${hdd_model}${CN}" )
+                       hdd_data=$( create_print_line "$Line_Starter" "${hdd_model}${CN}" )
                        print_screen_output "$hdd_data"
                fi
        else
-               hdd_data=$( create_print_line "Disks:" "${C1}HDD Total Size:${C2} ${hdd_capacity} (${hdd_used})${CN}" )
+               hdd_data=$( create_print_line "$Line_Starter" "${C1}HDD Total Size:${C2} ${hdd_capacity} (${hdd_used})${CN}" )
                print_screen_output "$hdd_data"
+               Line_Starter=' '
+       fi
+       if [[ $B_SHOW_FULL_OPTICAL == 'true' || $B_SHOW_BASIC_OPTICAL == 'true' ]];then
+               print_optical_drive_data
        fi
 
        eval $LOGFE
@@ -4667,29 +6753,54 @@ print_info_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
 
-       local info_data=''
-       local runlvl=''
+       local info_data='' line_starter='Info:'
+       local runlvl='' client_data=''
        local memory="$( get_memory_data )"
        local processes="$(( $( ps aux | wc -l ) - 1 ))"
        local up_time="$( get_uptime )"
+       local script_patch_number=$( get_patch_version_string )
+       local gcc_string='' gcc_installed='' gcc_others='' closing_data=''
+       
+       if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+               get_gcc_system_version
+               if [[ ${#A_GCC_VERSIONS[@]} -gt 0 ]];then
+                       if [[ -n ${A_GCC_VERSIONS[0]} ]];then
+                               gcc_installed=${A_GCC_VERSIONS[0]}
+                       else
+                               gcc_installed='N/A'
+                       fi
+                       if [[ $B_EXTRA_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' && -n ${A_GCC_VERSIONS[1]} ]];then
+                               gcc_others=" ${C1}alt$SEP3${C2} $( tr ',' '/' <<< ${A_GCC_VERSIONS[1]} )"
+                       fi
+                       gcc_installed="${C1}Gcc sys$SEP3${C2} $gcc_installed$gcc_others "
+               fi
+       fi
 
        # Some code could look superfluous but BitchX doesn't like lines not ending in a newline. F*&k that bitch!
-       # long_last=$( echo -ne "${C1}Processes${C2} ${processes}${CN} | ${C1}Uptime${C2} ${up_time}${CN} | ${C1}Memory${C2} ${MEM}${CN}" )
-       info_data=$( create_print_line "Info:" "${C1}Processes${C2} ${processes} ${C1}Uptime${C2} ${up_time} ${C1}Memory${C2} ${memory}${CN}" )
+       # long_last=$( echo -ne "${C1}Processes$SEP3${C2} ${processes}${CN} | ${C1}Uptime$SEP3${C2} ${up_time}${CN} | ${C1}Memory$SEP3${C2} ${MEM}${CN}" )
+       info_data="${C1}Processes$SEP3${C2} ${processes} ${C1}Uptime$SEP3${C2} ${up_time} ${C1}Memory$SEP3${C2} ${memory}${CN} "
 
        # this only triggers if no X data is present or if extra data switch is on
-       if [[ $B_X_RUNNING != 'true' || $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+       if [[ $B_SHOW_X_DATA != 'true' || $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
                runlvl="$( get_runlevel_data )"
                if [[ -n $runlvl ]];then
-                       info_data="${info_data} ${C1}Runlevel${C2} ${runlvl}${CN}"
+                       info_data="${info_data}${C1}Runlevel$SEP3${C2} ${runlvl} "
                fi
        fi
-
        if [[ $SHOW_IRC -gt 0 ]];then
-               info_data="${info_data} ${C1}Client${C2} ${IRC_CLIENT}${IRC_CLIENT_VERSION}${CN}"
+               client_data="${C1}Client$SEP3${C2} ${IRC_CLIENT}${IRC_CLIENT_VERSION} "
+       fi
+       info_data="${info_data}$gcc_installed"
+       closing_data="$client_data${C1}$SCRIPT_NAME$SEP3${C2} $SCRIPT_VERSION_NUMBER$script_patch_number${CN}"
+       if [[ -n $info_data && $( calculate_line_length "$info_data$closing_data" ) -gt $LINE_MAX ]];then
+               info_data=$( create_print_line "$line_starter" "$info_data" )
+               print_screen_output "$info_data"
+               info_data="$closing_data"
+               line_starter=' '
+       else
+               info_data="${info_data}$closing_data"
        fi
-       info_data="${info_data} ${C1}$SCRIPT_NAME${C2} $SCRIPT_VERSION_NUMBER${CN}"
-
+       info_data=$( create_print_line "$line_starter" "$info_data" )
        if [[ $SCHEME -gt 0 ]];then
                info_data="${info_data} ${NORMAL}"
        fi
@@ -4697,6 +6808,166 @@ print_info_data()
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
+print_machine_data()
+{
+       eval $LOGFS
+       
+       local system_line='' mobo_line='' bios_line='' chassis_line=''
+       local mobo_vendor='' mobo_model='' mobo_version='' mobo_serial=''
+       local bios_vendor='' bios_version='' bios_date=''
+       local system_vendor='' product_name='' product_version='' product_serial='' product_uuid=''
+       local chassis_vendor='' chassis_type='' chassis_version='' chassis_serial=''
+       local b_skip_system='false' b_skip_chassis='false'
+       # set A_MACHINE_DATA
+       get_machine_data
+
+       IFS=','
+       ## keys for machine data are:
+       # 0-sys_vendor 1-product_name 2-product_version 3-product_serial 4-product_uuid 
+       # 5-board_vendor 6-board_name 7-board_version 8-board_serial 
+       # 9-bios_vendor 10-bios_version 11-bios_date 
+       ## with extra data: 
+       # 12-chassis_vendor 13-chassis_type 14-chassis_version 15-chassis_serial
+       
+       if [[ ${#A_MACHINE_DATA[@]} -gt 0 ]];then
+               # note: in some case a mobo/version will match a product name/version, do not print those
+               # but for laptops, or even falsely id'ed desktops with batteries, let's print it all if it matches
+               # there can be false id laptops if battery appears so need to make sure system is filled
+               if [[ -z ${A_MACHINE_DATA[0]} ]];then
+                       b_skip_system='true'
+               else
+                       if [[ $B_PORTABLE != 'true'  ]];then
+                               # ibm / ibm can be true; dell / quantum is false, so in other words, only do this
+                               # in case where the vendor is the same and the version is the same and not null, 
+                               # otherwise the version information is going to be different in all cases I think
+                               if [[ -n ${A_MACHINE_DATA[0]} && ${A_MACHINE_DATA[0]} == ${A_MACHINE_DATA[5]} ]];then
+                                       if [[ -n ${A_MACHINE_DATA[2]} && ${A_MACHINE_DATA[2]} == ${A_MACHINE_DATA[7]} ]] || \
+                                       [[ -z ${A_MACHINE_DATA[2]} && ${A_MACHINE_DATA[1]} == ${A_MACHINE_DATA[6]} ]];then
+                                               b_skip_system='true'
+                                       fi
+                               fi
+                       fi
+               fi
+               # no point in showing chassis if system isn't there, it's very unlikely that would be correct
+               if [[ $B_EXTRA_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' && $b_skip_system != 'true' ]];then
+                       if [[ -n ${A_MACHINE_DATA[7]} && ${A_MACHINE_DATA[14]} == ${A_MACHINE_DATA[7]} ]];then
+                               b_skip_chassis='true'
+                       fi
+                       if [[ -n ${A_MACHINE_DATA[12]} && $b_skip_chassis != 'true' ]];then
+                               # no need to print the vendor string again if it's the same
+                               if [[ ${A_MACHINE_DATA[12]} != ${A_MACHINE_DATA[0]} ]];then
+                                       chassis_vendor=" ${A_MACHINE_DATA[12]}"
+                               fi
+                               if [[ -n ${A_MACHINE_DATA[13]} ]];then
+                                       chassis_type=" ${C1}type$SEP3${C2} ${A_MACHINE_DATA[13]}"
+                               fi
+                               if [[ -n ${A_MACHINE_DATA[14]} ]];then
+                                       chassis_version=" ${C1}version$SEP3${C2} ${A_MACHINE_DATA[14]}"
+                               fi
+                               if [[ -n ${A_MACHINE_DATA[15]} && $B_OUTPUT_FILTER != 'true' ]];then
+                                       chassis_serial=" ${C1}serial$SEP3${C2} ${A_MACHINE_DATA[15]}"
+                               fi
+                               if [[ -n "$chassis_vendor$chassis_type$chassis_version$chassis_serial" ]];then
+                                       chassis_line="${C1}Chassis$SEP3${C2}$chassis_vendor$chassis_type$chassis_version$chassis_serial"
+                               fi
+                       fi
+               fi
+               if [[ -n ${A_MACHINE_DATA[5]} ]];then
+                       mobo_vendor=${A_MACHINE_DATA[5]}
+               else
+                       mobo_vendor='N/A'
+               fi
+               if [[ -n ${A_MACHINE_DATA[6]} ]];then
+                       mobo_model=${A_MACHINE_DATA[6]}
+               else
+                       mobo_model='N/A'
+               fi
+               if [[ -n ${A_MACHINE_DATA[7]} ]];then
+                       mobo_version=" ${C1}version$SEP3${C2} ${A_MACHINE_DATA[7]}"
+               fi
+               if [[ -n ${A_MACHINE_DATA[8]} && $B_OUTPUT_FILTER != 'true' ]];then
+                       mobo_serial=" ${C1}serial$SEP3${C2} ${A_MACHINE_DATA[8]}"
+               fi
+               if [[ -n ${A_MACHINE_DATA[9]} ]];then
+                       bios_vendor=${A_MACHINE_DATA[9]}
+               else
+                       bios_vendor='N/A'
+               fi
+               if [[ -n ${A_MACHINE_DATA[10]} ]];then
+                       bios_version=${A_MACHINE_DATA[10]}
+               else
+                       bios_version='N/A'
+               fi
+               if [[ -n ${A_MACHINE_DATA[11]} ]];then
+                       bios_date=${A_MACHINE_DATA[11]}
+               else
+                       bios_date='N/A'
+               fi
+               mobo_line="${C1}Mobo$SEP3${C2} $mobo_vendor ${C1}model$SEP3${C2} $mobo_model$mobo_version$mobo_serial"
+               bios_line="${C1}Bios$SEP3${C2} $bios_vendor ${C1}version$SEP3${C2} $bios_version ${C1}date$SEP3${C2} $bios_date"
+               if [[ $( calculate_line_length "$mobo_line$bios_line" ) -lt $LINE_MAX ]];then
+                       mobo_line="$mobo_line $bios_line"
+                       bios_line=''
+               fi
+               if [[ $b_skip_system == 'true' ]];then
+                       system_line=$mobo_line
+                       mobo_line=''
+               else
+                       # this has already been tested for above so we know it's not null
+                       system_vendor=${A_MACHINE_DATA[0]}
+                       if [[ $B_PORTABLE == 'true' ]];then
+                               system_vendor="$system_vendor (portable)"
+                       fi
+                       if [[ -n ${A_MACHINE_DATA[1]} ]];then
+                               product_name=${A_MACHINE_DATA[1]}
+                       else
+                               product_name='N/A'
+                       fi
+                       if [[ -n ${A_MACHINE_DATA[2]} ]];then
+                               product_version=" ${C1}version$SEP3${C2} ${A_MACHINE_DATA[2]}"
+                       fi
+                       if [[ -n ${A_MACHINE_DATA[3]} && $B_OUTPUT_FILTER != 'true' ]];then
+                               product_serial=" ${C1}serial$SEP3${C2} ${A_MACHINE_DATA[3]} "
+                       fi
+                       system_line="${C1}System$SEP3${C2} $system_vendor ${C1}product$SEP3${C2} $product_name$product_version$product_serial"
+                       if [[ -n $chassis_line && $( calculate_line_length "$system_line$chassis_line" ) -lt $LINE_MAX ]];then
+                               system_line="$system_line $chassis_line"
+                               chassis_line=''
+                       fi
+               fi
+               IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
+       else
+               system_line="${C2}No /sys/class/dmi machine data. Try newer kernel, or install dmidecode.${CN}"
+       fi
+       # patch to dump all of above if dmidecode was data source and non root user
+       if [[ ${A_MACHINE_DATA[0]} == 'dmidecode-non-root-user' || ${A_MACHINE_DATA[0]} == 'dmidecode-no-smbios-dmi-data' ]];then
+               if [[ ${A_MACHINE_DATA[0]} == 'dmidecode-non-root-user' ]];then
+                       system_line="${C2}No /sys/class/dmi. Using dmidecode: you must be root to run dmidecode.${CN}"
+               elif [[ ${A_MACHINE_DATA[0]} == 'dmidecode-no-smbios-dmi-data' ]];then
+                       system_line="${C2}No /sys/class/dmi. Using dmidecode: no machine data available.${CN}"
+               fi
+               mobo_line=''
+               bios_line=''
+               chassis_line=''
+       fi
+       system_line=$( create_print_line "Machine:" "$system_line" )
+       print_screen_output "$system_line"
+       if [[ -n $mobo_line ]];then
+               mobo_line=$( create_print_line " " "$mobo_line" )
+               print_screen_output "$mobo_line"
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $bios_line ]];then
+               bios_line=$( create_print_line " " "$bios_line" )
+               print_screen_output "$bios_line"
+       fi
+       if [[ -n $chassis_line ]];then
+               chassis_line=$( create_print_line " " "$chassis_line" )
+               print_screen_output "$chassis_line"
+       fi
+       
+       eval $LOGFE
+}
+
 # args: $1 - module name (could be > 1, so loop it ); $2 - audio (optional)
 print_module_version()
 {
@@ -4727,7 +6998,7 @@ print_module_version()
        done
 
        if [[ -n $module_versions ]];then
-               echo " ${C1}v:${C2}$module_versions"
+               echo " ${C1}ver$SEP3${C2}$module_versions"
        fi
        eval $LOGFE
 }
@@ -4735,70 +7006,70 @@ print_module_version()
 print_networking_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
-       local i='' card_one='Card-1' network_data='' a_network_working='' port_data='' driver_data=''
-       local card_string='' port_plural='' module_version='' pci_bus_id=''
+       local i='' card_id='' network_data='' a_network_working='' port_data='' driver_data=''
+       local card_string='' port_plural='' module_version='' pci_bus_id='' bus_usb_text=''
+       local bus_usb_id='' line_starter='Network:' card_string='' card_data=''
        # set A_NETWORK_DATA
        get_networking_data
 
-       IFS=","
-       a_network_working=(${A_NETWORK_DATA[0]})
-       IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
-
        # will never be null because null is handled in get_network_data, but in case we change
        # that leaving this test in place.
        if [[ -n ${A_NETWORK_DATA[@]} ]];then
-               if [[ ${#A_NETWORK_DATA[@]} -le 1 ]];then
-                       card_one='Card'
-               fi
-               if [[ -n ${a_network_working[1]} && $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
-                       module_version=$( print_module_version "${a_network_working[1]}" )
-               fi
-               if [[ -n ${a_network_working[1]} ]];then
-                       driver_data=" ${C1}driver${C2} ${a_network_working[1]}$module_version"
-               fi
-               if [[ -n ${a_network_working[2]} && $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
-                       if [[ $( wc -w <<< ${a_network_working[2]} ) -gt 1 ]];then
-                               port_plural='s'
-                       fi
-                       port_data=" ${C1}at port$port_plural${C2} ${a_network_working[2]}"
-               fi
-               if [[ -n ${a_network_working[4]} && $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
-                       pci_bus_id=" ${C1}BusID:${C2} ${a_network_working[4]}"
-               fi
-               
-               card_string=''
-               network_data="${C1}$card_one${C2} ${a_network_working[0]}$driver_data$port_data$pci_bus_id"
-               network_data=$( create_print_line "Network:" "$network_data" )
-               print_screen_output "$network_data"
-               i=0 ## loop starts with 1 by auto-increment so it only shows cards > 1
-               while [[ -n ${A_NETWORK_DATA[++i]} ]]
+               for (( i=0; i < ${#A_NETWORK_DATA[@]}; i++ ))
                do
                        IFS=","
                        a_network_working=( ${A_NETWORK_DATA[i]} )
                        IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
-                       port_data=''
+                       bus_usb_id=''
+                       bus_usb_text=''
+                       card_data=''
+                       card_string=''
                        driver_data=''
-                       port_plural=''
                        module_version=''
+                       network_data=''
                        pci_bus_id=''
+                       port_data=''
+                       port_plural=''
+
+                       if [[ ${#A_NETWORK_DATA[@]} -gt 1 ]];then
+                               card_id="-$(( $i + 1 ))"
+                       fi
                        if [[ -n ${a_network_working[1]} && $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
                                module_version=$( print_module_version "${a_network_working[1]}" )
                        fi
                        if [[ -n ${a_network_working[1]} ]];then
-                               driver_data=" ${C1}driver${C2} ${a_network_working[1]}$module_version"
+                               driver_data="${C1}driver$SEP3${C2} ${a_network_working[1]}$module_version "
                        fi
                        if [[ -n ${a_network_working[2]} && $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
                                if [[ $( wc -w <<< ${a_network_working[2]} ) -gt 1 ]];then
                                        port_plural='s'
                                fi
-                               port_data=" ${C1}at port$port_plural${C2} ${a_network_working[2]}"
+                               port_data="${C1}port$port_plural$SEP3${C2} ${a_network_working[2]} "
                        fi
                        if [[ -n ${a_network_working[4]} && $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
-                               pci_bus_id=" ${C1}BusID:${C2} ${a_network_working[4]}"
+                               if [[ -z $( grep '^usb-' <<< ${a_network_working[4]} ) ]];then
+                                       bus_usb_text='bus-ID'
+                                       bus_usb_id=${a_network_working[4]}
+                               else
+                                       bus_usb_text='usb-ID'
+                                       bus_usb_id=$( cut -d '-' -f '2-4' <<< ${a_network_working[4]} )
+                               fi
+                               pci_bus_id="${C1}$bus_usb_text$SEP3${C2} $bus_usb_id"
+                       fi
+                       card_string="${C1}Card$card_id:${C2} ${a_network_working[0]} "
+                       card_data="$driver_data$port_data$pci_bus_id"
+                       if [[ $( calculate_line_length "$card_string$card_data" ) -gt $LINE_MAX ]];then
+                               network_data=$( create_print_line "$line_starter" "$card_string" )
+                               line_starter=' '
+                               card_string=''
+                               print_screen_output "$network_data"
                        fi
-                       network_data="${C1}Card-$(( $i + 1 ))${C2} ${a_network_working[0]}$driver_data$port_data$pci_bus_id"
-                       network_data=$( create_print_line " " "$network_data" )
+                       network_data=$( create_print_line "$line_starter" "$card_string$card_data" )
+                       line_starter=' '
                        print_screen_output "$network_data"
+                       if [[ $B_SHOW_ADVANCED_NETWORK == 'true' ]];then
+                               print_network_advanced_data
+                       fi
                done
        fi
        if [[ $B_SHOW_IP == 'true' ]];then
@@ -4807,42 +7078,274 @@ print_networking_data()
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
+print_network_advanced_data()
+{
+       eval $LOGFS
+       local network_data='' if_id='N/A' duplex='N/A' mac_id='N/A' speed='N/A' oper_state='N/A'
+       local b_is_wifi='false' speed_string='' duplex_string=''
+       
+               # first check if it's a known wifi id'ed card, if so, no print of duplex/speed
+       if [[ -n $( grep -Esi '(wireless|wifi|wi-fi|wlan|802\.11|centrino)' <<< ${a_network_working[0]} ) ]];then
+               b_is_wifi='true'
+       fi
+       if [[ -n ${a_network_working[5]} ]];then
+               if_id=${a_network_working[5]}
+       fi
+       if [[ -n ${a_network_working[6]} ]];then
+               oper_state=${a_network_working[6]}
+       fi
+       # no print out for wifi since it doesn't have duplex/speed data availabe
+       # note that some cards show 'unknown' for state, so only testing explicitly
+       # for 'down' string in that to skip showing speed/duplex
+       if [[ $b_is_wifi != 'true' && $oper_state != 'down' ]];then
+               if [[ -n ${a_network_working[7]} ]];then
+                       # make sure the value is strictly numeric before appending Mbps
+                       if [[ -n $( grep -E '^[0-9\.,]+$' <<< "${a_network_working[7]}" ) ]];then
+                               speed="${a_network_working[7]} Mbps"
+                       else
+                               speed=${a_network_working[7]}
+                       fi
+               fi
+               speed_string="${C1}speed$SEP3${C2} $speed "
+               if [[ -n ${a_network_working[8]} ]];then
+                       duplex=${a_network_working[8]}
+               fi
+               duplex_string="${C1}duplex$SEP3${C2} $duplex "
+       fi
+       if [[ -n ${a_network_working[9]} ]];then
+               if [[ $B_OUTPUT_FILTER == 'true' ]];then
+                       mac_id=$FILTER_STRING
+               else
+                       mac_id=${a_network_working[9]}
+               fi
+       fi
+       network_data="${C1}IF:${C2} $if_id ${C1}state$SEP3${C2} $oper_state $speed_string$duplex_string${C1}mac$SEP3${C2} $mac_id"
+       network_data=$( create_print_line " " "$network_data" )
+       print_screen_output "$network_data"
+       
+       eval $LOGFE
+}
+
 print_networking_ip_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
        local ip=$( get_networking_wan_ip_data )
-       local ip_data='' a_interfaces_working='' interfaces='' interfaces_2='' i=''
+       local wan_ip_data='' a_interfaces_working='' interfaces='' i=''
+       local if_id='' if_ip='' if_ipv6='' if_ipv6_string='' full_string='' if_string=''
+       local if_id_string='' if_ip_string=''
+       local line_max=$(( $LINE_MAX - 50 ))
 
        # set A_INTERFACES_DATA
        get_networking_local_ip_data
        # first print output for wan ip line. Null is handled in the get function
-       ip_data=$( create_print_line " " "${C1}Wan IP:${C2} $ip" )
-
+       if [[ -z $ip ]];then
+               ip='N/A'
+       else
+               if [[ $B_OUTPUT_FILTER == 'true' ]];then
+                       ip=$FILTER_STRING
+               fi
+       fi
+       wan_ip_data="${C1}WAN IP:${C2} $ip "
        # then create the list of local interface/ip
-       interfaces=" ${C1}Interface:${C2}"
        i=0 ## loop starts with 1 by auto-increment so it only shows cards > 1
        while [[ -n ${A_INTERFACES_DATA[i]} ]]
        do
                IFS=","
                a_interfaces_working=(${A_INTERFACES_DATA[i]})
                IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
-               if [[ $i -lt 3 ]];then
-                       if [[ -n ${a_interfaces_working[0]} ]];then
-                               interfaces="$interfaces ${C1}${a_interfaces_working[0]}${C2} ${a_interfaces_working[1]}"
+               if_id='N/A'
+               if_ip='N/A'
+               if_ipv6='N/A'
+               if_ipv6_string=''
+               if [[ -z $( grep '^Interface' <<< ${a_interfaces_working[0]} ) ]];then
+                       if [[ -n ${a_interfaces_working[1]} ]];then
+                               if [[ $B_OUTPUT_FILTER == 'true' ]];then
+                                       if_ip=$FILTER_STRING
+                               else
+                                       if_ip=${a_interfaces_working[1]}
+                               fi
                        fi
-               else
-                       if [[ -n ${a_interfaces_working[0]} ]];then
-                               # space on end here for lining up with line starter
-                               interfaces_2="$interfaces_2${C1}${a_interfaces_working[0]}${C2} ${a_interfaces_working[1]} "
+                       if_ip_string=" ${C1}ip$SEP3${C2} $if_ip"
+                       if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+                               if [[ -n ${a_interfaces_working[3]} ]];then
+                                       if [[ $B_OUTPUT_FILTER == 'true' ]];then
+                                               if_ipv6=$FILTER_STRING
+                                       else
+                                               if_ipv6=${a_interfaces_working[3]}
+                                       fi
+                               fi
+                               if_ipv6_string=" ${C1}ip-v6$SEP3${C2} $if_ipv6"
                        fi
                fi
+               if [[ -n ${a_interfaces_working[0]} ]];then
+                       if_id=${a_interfaces_working[0]}
+               fi
+               if_string="$wan_ip_data$if_string${C1}IF:${C2} $if_id$if_ip_string$if_ipv6_string "
+               wan_ip_data=''
+               if [[ $( calculate_line_length "$if_string" ) -gt $line_max ]];then
+                       full_string=$( create_print_line " " "$if_string" )
+                       print_screen_output "$full_string"
+                       if_string=''
+               fi
                ((i++))
        done
-       print_screen_output "$ip_data$interfaces"
-       # then wrap it if needed
-       if [[ -n $interfaces_2 ]];then
-               interfaces_2=$( create_print_line " " "$interfaces_2" )
-               print_screen_output "$interfaces_2"
+       
+       # then print out anything not printed already
+       if [[ -n $if_string ]];then
+               full_string=$( create_print_line " " "$if_string" )
+               print_screen_output "$full_string"
+       fi
+       eval $LOGFE
+}
+
+print_optical_drive_data()
+{
+       eval $LOGFS
+       local a_drives='' drive_data='' counter='' 
+       local drive_id='' drive_links='' vendor='' speed='' multisession='' mcn='' audio=''
+       local dvd='' state='' rw_support='' rev='' separator='' drive_string=''
+       get_optical_drive_data
+       # 0 - true dev path, ie, sr0, hdc
+       # 1 - dev links to true path
+       # 2 - device vendor - for hdx drives, vendor model are one string from proc
+       # 3 - device model
+       # 4 - device rev version
+       if [[ ${#A_OPTICAL_DRIVE_DATA[@]} -gt 0 ]];then
+               for (( i=0; i < ${#A_OPTICAL_DRIVE_DATA[@]}; i++ ))
+               do
+                       IFS=","
+                       a_drives=(${A_OPTICAL_DRIVE_DATA[i]})
+                       IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
+                       audio=''
+                       drive_data=''
+                       drive_id=''
+                       drive_links=''
+                       dvd='' 
+                       mcn='' 
+                       multisession='' 
+                       rev='' 
+                       rw_support='' 
+                       separator=''
+                       speed='' 
+                       state='' 
+                       vendor=''
+                       if [[ ${#A_OPTICAL_DRIVE_DATA[@]} -eq 1 && -z ${a_drives[0]} && -z ${a_drives[1]} ]];then
+                               drive_string="No optical drives detected."
+                               B_SHOW_FULL_OPTICAL='false'
+                       else
+                               if [[ ${#A_OPTICAL_DRIVE_DATA[@]} -gt 1 ]];then
+                                       counter="-$(( i + 1 ))"
+                               fi
+                               if [[ -z ${a_drives[0]} ]];then
+                                       drive_id='N/A'
+                               else
+                                       drive_id="/dev/${a_drives[0]}"
+                               fi
+                               drive_links=$( sed 's/~/,/g' <<< ${a_drives[1]} )
+                               if [[ -z $drive_links ]];then
+                                       drive_links='N/A'
+                               fi
+                               if [[ -n ${a_drives[2]} ]];then
+                                       vendor=${a_drives[2]}
+                                       if [[ -n ${a_drives[3]} ]];then
+                                               vendor="$vendor ${a_drives[3]}"
+                                       fi
+                               fi
+                               if [[ -z $vendor ]];then
+                                       if [[ -n ${a_drives[3]} ]];then
+                                               vendor=${a_drives[3]}
+                                       else
+                                               vendor='N/A'
+                                       fi
+                               fi
+                               if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+                                       if [[ -n ${a_drives[4]} ]];then
+                                               rev=${a_drives[4]}
+                                       else
+                                               rev='N/A'
+                                       fi
+                                       rev=" ${C1}rev$SEP3${C2} $rev"
+                               fi
+                               drive_string="$drive_id ${C1}model$SEP3${C2} $vendor$rev ${C1}dev-links$SEP3${C2} $drive_links"
+                       fi
+                       drive_data="${C1}Optical${counter}:${C2} $drive_string"
+                       drive_data=$( create_print_line "$Line_Starter" "$drive_data" )
+                       print_screen_output "$drive_data"
+                       Line_Starter=' '
+                       # 5 - speed
+                       # 6 - multisession support
+                       # 7 - MCN support
+                       # 8 - audio read
+                       # 9 - cdr
+                       # 10 - cdrw
+                       # 11 - dvd read
+                       # 12 - dvdr
+                       # 13 - dvdram
+                       # 14 - state
+                       if [[ $B_SHOW_FULL_OPTICAL == 'true' ]];then
+                               if [[ -z ${a_drives[5]} ]];then
+                                       speed='N/A'
+                               else
+                                       speed="${a_drives[5]}x"
+                               fi
+                               if [[ -z ${a_drives[8]} ]];then
+                                       audio='N/A'
+                               elif [[ ${a_drives[8]} == 1 ]];then
+                                       audio='yes'
+                               else
+                                       audio='no'
+                               fi
+                               audio=" ${C1}audio$SEP3${C2} $audio"
+                               if [[ -z ${a_drives[6]} ]];then
+                                       multisession='N/A'
+                               elif [[ ${a_drives[6]} == 1 ]];then
+                                       multisession='yes'
+                               else
+                                       multisession='no'
+                               fi
+                               multisession=" ${C1}multisession$SEP3${C2} $multisession"
+                               if [[ -z ${a_drives[11]} ]];then
+                                       dvd='N/A'
+                               elif [[ ${a_drives[11]} == 1 ]];then
+                                       dvd='yes'
+                               else
+                                       dvd='no'
+                               fi
+                               if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+                                       if [[ -z ${a_drives[14]} ]];then
+                                               state='N/A'
+                                       else
+                                               state="${a_drives[14]}"
+                                       fi
+                                       state=" ${C1}state$SEP3${C2} $state"
+                               fi
+                               if [[ -n ${a_drives[9]} && ${a_drives[9]} == 1 ]];then
+                                       rw_support='cd-r'
+                                       separator=','
+                               fi
+                               if [[ -n ${a_drives[10]} && ${a_drives[10]} == 1 ]];then
+                                       rw_support="${rw_support}${separator}cd-rw"
+                                       separator=','
+                               fi
+                               if [[ -n ${a_drives[12]} && ${a_drives[12]} == 1 ]];then
+                                       rw_support="${rw_support}${separator}dvd-r"
+                                       separator=','
+                               fi
+                               if [[ -n ${a_drives[13]} && ${a_drives[13]} == 1 ]];then
+                                       rw_support="${rw_support}${separator}dvd-ram"
+                                       separator=','
+                               fi
+                               if [[ -z $rw_support ]];then
+                                       rw_support='none'
+                               fi
+                               
+                               drive_data="${C1}Features: speed$SEP3${C2} $speed$multisession$audio ${C1}dvd$SEP3${C2} $dvd ${C1}rw$SEP3${C2} $rw_support$state"
+                               drive_data=$( create_print_line "$Line_Starter" "$drive_data" )
+                               print_screen_output "$drive_data"
+                       fi
+               done
+       else
+               :
        fi
        eval $LOGFE
 }
@@ -4851,21 +7354,9 @@ print_partition_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
        local a_partition_working='' partition_used='' partition_data=''
-       local counter=0 line_max=160  i=0 a_partition_data='' line_starter=''
+       local counter=0 i=0 a_partition_data='' line_starter='' line_max=$(( $LINE_MAX - 35 ))
        local partitionIdClean='' part_dev='' full_dev='' part_label='' full_label=''
-       local part_uuid='' full_uuid='' dev_remote='' full_fs=''
-
-       # this handles the different, shorter, irc colors strings embedded in variable data
-       if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL != 'true' ]];then
-               line_max=130
-       fi
-       # and no color string data at all
-       if [[ $SCHEME -eq 0 ]];then
-               line_max=75
-       fi
-       if [[ $B_SHOW_LABELS == 'true' || $B_SHOW_UUIDS == 'true' ]];then
-               line_max=20
-       fi
+       local part_uuid='' full_uuid='' dev_remote='' full_fs='' line_max_label_uuid=$(( $LINE_MAX - 10 ))
 
        # set A_PARTITION_DATA
        get_partition_data
@@ -4880,7 +7371,7 @@ print_partition_data()
 
                if [[ $B_SHOW_PARTITIONS_FULL == 'true' ]] || [[ ${a_partition_working[4]} == 'main' ]];then
                        if [[ -n ${a_partition_working[2]} ]];then
-                               partition_used=" ${C1}used:${C2} ${a_partition_working[2]} (${a_partition_working[3]})"
+                               partition_used="${C1}used$SEP3${C2} ${a_partition_working[2]} (${a_partition_working[3]}) "
                        else
                                partition_used='' # reset partition used to null
                        fi
@@ -4889,9 +7380,8 @@ print_partition_data()
                        else
                                full_fs='N/A' # reset partition used to null
                        fi
-                       full_fs=" ${C1}fs:${C2} $full_fs"
+                       full_fs="${C1}fs$SEP3${C2} $full_fs "
 
-                       # don't show user names in output
                        if [[ $B_SHOW_LABELS == 'true' || $B_SHOW_UUIDS == 'true' ]];then
                                if [[ -n ${a_partition_working[6]} ]];then
                                        if [[ -z $( grep -E '(^//|:/)' <<< ${a_partition_working[6]} ) ]];then
@@ -4905,14 +7395,14 @@ print_partition_data()
                                        dev_remote='dev'
                                        part_dev='N/A'
                                fi
-                               full_dev=" ${C1}$dev_remote:${C2} $part_dev"
+                               full_dev="${C1}$dev_remote$SEP3${C2} $part_dev "
                                if [[ $B_SHOW_LABELS == 'true' && $dev_remote != 'remote' ]];then
                                        if [[ -n ${a_partition_working[7]} ]];then
                                                part_label="${a_partition_working[7]}"
                                        else
                                                part_label='N/A'
                                        fi
-                                       full_label=" ${C1}label:${C2} $part_label"
+                                       full_label="${C1}label$SEP3${C2} $part_label "
                                fi
                                if [[ $B_SHOW_UUIDS == 'true' && $dev_remote != 'remote' ]];then
                                        if [[ -n ${a_partition_working[8]} ]];then
@@ -4920,14 +7410,27 @@ print_partition_data()
                                        else
                                                part_uuid='N/A'
                                        fi
-                                       full_uuid=" ${C1}uuid:${C2} $part_uuid"
+                                       full_uuid="${C1}uuid$SEP3${C2} $part_uuid"
                                fi
                        fi
-                       partitionIdClean=$( sed -r 's|/home/(.*)/(.*)|/home/##/\2|' <<< ${a_partition_working[0]} )
+                       # don't show user names in output
+                       if [[ $B_OUTPUT_FILTER == 'true' ]];then
+                               partitionIdClean=$( sed -r "s|/home/([^/]+)/(.*)|/home/$FILTER_STRING/\2|" <<< ${a_partition_working[0]} )
+                       else
+                               partitionIdClean=${a_partition_working[0]}
+                       fi
+                       id_size_fs="${C1}ID:${C2} $partitionIdClean ${C1}size$SEP3${C2} ${a_partition_working[1]} $partition_used$full_fs$full_dev"
+                       label_uuid="$full_label$full_uuid"
+                       # label/uuid always print one per line, so only wrap if it's very long
+                       if [[ $B_SHOW_UUIDS == 'true' && $B_SHOW_LABELS == 'true' && $( calculate_line_length "$id_size_fs$label_uuid" ) -gt $line_max_label_uuid ]];then
+                               a_partition_data[$counter]="$id_size_fs"
+                               ((counter++))
+                               a_partition_data[$counter]="$label_uuid"
+                       else
+                               a_partition_data[$counter]="${a_partition_data[$counter]}$id_size_fs$label_uuid"
+                       fi
                        # because these lines can vary widely, using dynamic length handling here
-                       a_partition_data[$counter]="${a_partition_data[$counter]}${C1}ID:${C2}$partitionIdClean ${C1}size:${C2} ${a_partition_working[1]}$partition_used$full_fs$full_dev$full_label$full_uuid "
-
-                       if [[ $( wc -c <<< ${a_partition_data[$counter]} ) -gt $line_max ]];then
+                       if [[ $B_SHOW_LABELS == 'true' || $B_SHOW_UUIDS == 'true' ]] || [[ $( calculate_line_length "${a_partition_data[$counter]}" ) -gt $line_max ]];then
                                ((counter++))
                        fi
                fi
@@ -5004,33 +7507,33 @@ print_ps_item()
                
                # handle the converted app names, with ~..~ means it didn't have a path
                if [[ -n $( grep -E '^~.*~$' <<<  ${a_ps_data[0]} ) ]];then
-                       app_daemon='daemon:'
+                       app_daemon='daemon'
                else
-                       app_daemon='command:'
+                       app_daemon='command'
                fi
 
-               app_name=" ${C1}$app_daemon${C2} ${a_ps_data[0]}"
+               app_name=" ${C1}$app_daemon$SEP3${C2} ${a_ps_data[0]}"
                if [[ ${a_ps_data[0]} != ${a_ps_data[2]} ]];then
-                       app_name="$app_name ${C1}(started by:${C2} ${a_ps_data[2]}${C1})${C2}"
+                       app_name="$app_name ${C1}(started by$SEP3${C2} ${a_ps_data[2]}${C1})${C2}"
                fi
-               app_pid=" ${C1}pid:${C2} ${a_ps_data[6]}"
+               app_pid=" ${C1}pid$SEP3${C2} ${a_ps_data[6]}"
                #  ${C1}user:${C2} ${a_ps_data[8]}
                case $1 in
                        cpu)
-                               app_cpu=" ${C1}cpu:${C2} ${a_ps_data[4]}%"
+                               app_cpu=" ${C1}cpu$SEP3${C2} ${a_ps_data[4]}%"
                                if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
-                                       extra_data=" ${C1}mem:${C2} ${a_ps_data[7]}MB (${a_ps_data[5]}%)${C2}"
+                                       extra_data=" ${C1}mem$SEP3${C2} ${a_ps_data[7]}MB (${a_ps_data[5]}%)${C2}"
                                fi
                                ;;
                        mem)
-                               app_mem=" ${C1}mem:${C2} ${a_ps_data[7]}MB (${a_ps_data[5]}%)${C2}"
+                               app_mem=" ${C1}mem$SEP3${C2} ${a_ps_data[7]}MB (${a_ps_data[5]}%)${C2}"
                                if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
-                                       extra_data=" ${C1}cpu:${C2} ${a_ps_data[4]}%"
+                                       extra_data=" ${C1}cpu$SEP3${C2} ${a_ps_data[4]}%"
                                fi
                                ;;
                esac
                (( line_counter++ ))
-               count_nu="${C1}$line_counter -${C2}"
+               count_nu="${C1}$line_counter:${C2}"
                full_line="$count_nu$app_cpu$app_mem$app_name$app_pid$extra_data"
                ps_data=$( create_print_line " " "$full_line" )
                print_screen_output "$ps_data"
@@ -5097,12 +7600,27 @@ print_repo_data()
        eval $LOGFE
 }
 
+print_script_version()
+{
+       local script_patch_number=$( get_patch_version_string )
+       local script_version="${C1}$SCRIPT_NAME$SEP3${C2} $SCRIPT_VERSION_NUMBER$script_patch_number${CN}"
+       # great trick from: http://ideatrash.net/2011/01/bash-string-padding-with-sed.html
+       # left pad: sed -e :a -e 's/^.\{1,80\}$/& /;ta'
+       # right pad: sed -e :a -e 's/^.\{1,80\}$/ &/;ta'
+       # center pad: sed -e :a -e 's/^.\{1,80\}$/ & /;ta'
+       #local line_max=$(( $LINE_MAX - 10 ))
+       #script_version="$( sed -e :a -e "s/^.\{1,$line_max\}$/ &/;ta" <<< $script_version )" # use to create padding if needed
+       # script_version=$( create_print_line "Version:" "$script_version" )
+       print_screen_output "$script_version"
+}
+
 print_sensors_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
        local mobo_temp='' cpu_temp='' psu_temp='' cpu_fan='' mobo_fan='' ps_fan='' sys_fans='' sys_fans2='' 
        local temp_data='' fan_data='' fan_data2='' b_is_error='false' fan_count=0 gpu_temp=''
        local a_sensors_working=''
+       local Sensors_Data="$( get_sensors_output )"
        get_sensors_data
        
        IFS=","
@@ -5128,17 +7646,17 @@ print_sensors_data()
                                        else
                                                cpu_temp='N/A'
                                        fi
-                                       cpu_temp="${C1}System Temperatures: cpu:${C2} $cpu_temp "
+                                       cpu_temp="${C1}System Temperatures: cpu$SEP3${C2} $cpu_temp "
 
                                        if [[ -n ${a_sensors_working[1]} ]];then
                                                mobo_temp=${a_sensors_working[1]}
                                        else
                                                mobo_temp='N/A'
                                        fi
-                                       mobo_temp="${C1}mobo:${C2} $mobo_temp "
+                                       mobo_temp="${C1}mobo$SEP3${C2} $mobo_temp "
 
                                        if [[ -n ${a_sensors_working[2]} ]];then
-                                               psu_temp="${C1}psu:${C2} ${a_sensors_working[2]} "
+                                               psu_temp="${C1}psu$SEP3${C2} ${a_sensors_working[2]} "
                                        fi
                                        gpu_temp=$( get_gpu_temp_data )
                                        # dump the unneeded screen data for single gpu systems 
@@ -5146,7 +7664,7 @@ print_sensors_data()
                                                gpu_temp=$( cut -d ':' -f 2 <<< $gpu_temp )
                                        fi
                                        if [[ -n $gpu_temp ]];then
-                                               gpu_temp="${C1}gpu:${C2} ${gpu_temp} "
+                                               gpu_temp="${C1}gpu$SEP3${C2} ${gpu_temp} "
                                        fi
                                        ;;
                                # then the fan data from main fan array
@@ -5163,18 +7681,18 @@ print_sensors_data()
                                                                else
                                                                        cpu_fan='N/A'
                                                                fi
-                                                               cpu_fan="${C1}Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu:${C2} $cpu_fan "
+                                                               cpu_fan="${C1}Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu$SEP3${C2} $cpu_fan "
                                                                (( fan_count++ ))
                                                                ;;
                                                        1)
                                                                if [[ -n ${a_sensors_working[1]} ]];then
-                                                                       mobo_fan="${C1}mobo:${C2} ${a_sensors_working[1]} "
+                                                                       mobo_fan="${C1}mobo$SEP3${C2} ${a_sensors_working[1]} "
                                                                        (( fan_count++ ))
                                                                fi
                                                                ;;
                                                        2)
                                                                if [[ -n ${a_sensors_working[2]} ]];then
-                                                                       ps_fan="${C1}psu:${C2} ${a_sensors_working[2]} "
+                                                                       ps_fan="${C1}psu$SEP3${C2} ${a_sensors_working[2]} "
                                                                        (( fan_count++ ))
                                                                fi
                                                                ;;
@@ -5183,9 +7701,9 @@ print_sensors_data()
                                                                        fan_number=$(( $j - 2 )) # sys fans start on array key 5
                                                                        # wrap after fan 6 total
                                                                        if [[ $fan_count -lt 7 ]];then
-                                                                               sys_fans="$sys_fans${C1}sys-$fan_number:${C2} ${a_sensors_working[$j]} "
+                                                                               sys_fans="$sys_fans${C1}sys-$fan_number$SEP3${C2} ${a_sensors_working[$j]} "
                                                                        else
-                                                                               sys_fans2="$sys_fans2${C1}sys-$fan_number:${C2} ${a_sensors_working[$j]} "
+                                                                               sys_fans2="$sys_fans2${C1}sys-$fan_number$SEP3${C2} ${a_sensors_working[$j]} "
                                                                        fi
                                                                        (( fan_count++ ))
                                                                fi
@@ -5202,9 +7720,9 @@ print_sensors_data()
                                                                        fan_number=$(( $j + 1 )) # sys fans start on array key 5
                                                                        # wrap after fan 6 total
                                                                        if [[ $fan_count -lt 7 ]];then
-                                                                               sys_fans="$sys_fans${C1}fan-$fan_number:${C2} ${a_sensors_working[$j]} "
+                                                                               sys_fans="$sys_fans${C1}fan-$fan_number$SEP3${C2} ${a_sensors_working[$j]} "
                                                                        else
-                                                                               sys_fans2="$sys_fans2${C1}fan-$fan_number:${C2} ${a_sensors_working[$j]} "
+                                                                               sys_fans2="$sys_fans2${C1}fan-$fan_number$SEP3${C2} ${a_sensors_working[$j]} "
                                                                        fi
                                                                        (( fan_count++ ))
                                                                fi
@@ -5239,23 +7757,64 @@ print_sensors_data()
 print_system_data()
 {
        eval $LOGFS
-       local system_data='' bits=''
-       local host_name=$( hostname )
+       local system_data='' bits='' desktop_environment='' 
+       local host_kernel_string='' de_distro_string='' host_string='' desktop_type='Desktop'
+       local host_name=$HOSTNAME
        local current_kernel=$( uname -rm ) # | gawk '{print $1,$3,$(NF-1)}' )
        local distro="$( get_distro_data )"
-               # check for 64 bit first
+       local tty_session=$( basename "$( tty 2>/dev/null )" | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g' )
+       
+       # I think these will work, maybe, if logged in as root and in X
+       if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_X == 'true' ]];then
+               desktop_environment=$( get_desktop_environment )
+               if [[ -z $desktop_environment ]];then
+                       desktop_environment='N/A'
+               fi
+       else
+               if [[ -z $tty_session && $B_CONSOLE_IRC == 'true' ]];then
+                       tty_session=$( get_console_irc_tty )
+               fi
+               if [[ -n $tty_session ]];then
+                       tty_session=" $tty_session"
+               fi
+               desktop_environment="tty$tty_session"
+               desktop_type='Console'
+       fi
+       de_distro_string="${C1}$desktop_type$SEP3${C2} $desktop_environment ${C1}Distro$SEP3${C2} $distro"
+       if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
+               gcc_string=$( get_gcc_kernel_version )
+               if [[ -n $gcc_string ]];then
+                       gcc_string=", ${C1}gcc$SEP3${C2} $gcc_string"
+               fi
+       fi
+       # check for 64 bit first
        if [[ -n $( uname -m | grep -o 'x86_64' ) ]];then
-               bits="(64 bit)"
+               bits="64"
        else
-               bits="(32 bit)"
+               bits="32"
        fi
-
+       bits=" (${bits} bit${gcc_string})"
        if [[ $B_SHOW_HOST == 'true' ]];then
-               system_data=$( create_print_line "System:" "${C1}Host${C2} $host_name ${C1}Kernel${C2}" )
+               if [[ -z $HOSTNAME ]];then
+                       if [[ -n $( type p hostname ) ]];then
+                               host_name=$( hostname )
+                       fi
+                       if [[ -z $host_name ]];then
+                               host_name='N/A'
+                       fi
+               fi
+               host_string="${C1}Host$SEP3${C2} $host_name "
+               system_data=$( create_print_line "System:" "$host_string$host_name ${C1}Kernel$SEP3${C2}" )
+       fi
+       host_kernel_string="$host_string${C1}Kernel$SEP3${C2} $current_kernel$bits "
+       if [[ $( calculate_line_length "$host_kernel_string$de_distro_string" ) -lt $LINE_MAX ]];then
+               system_data="$host_kernel_string$de_distro_string"
+               system_data=$( create_print_line "System:" "$system_data" )
        else
-               system_data=$( create_print_line "System:" "${C1}Kernel${C2}" )
+               system_data=$( create_print_line "System:" "$host_kernel_string" )
+               print_screen_output "$system_data"
+               system_data=$( create_print_line " " "$de_distro_string" )
        fi
-       system_data="$system_data $current_kernel $bits ${C1}Distro${C2} $distro"
        print_screen_output "$system_data"
        eval $LOGFE
 }
@@ -5288,23 +7847,23 @@ print_unmounted_partition_data()
                        else
                                full_size=${a_unmounted_data[1]}
                        fi
-                       full_size="${C1}size:${C2} $full_size"
+                       full_size="${C1}size$SEP3${C2} $full_size"
                        if [[ -z ${a_unmounted_data[2]} ]];then
                                full_label='N/A'
                        else
                                full_label=${a_unmounted_data[2]}
                        fi
-                       full_label="${C1}label:${C2} $full_label"
+                       full_label="${C1}label$SEP3${C2} $full_label"
                        if [[ -z ${a_unmounted_data[3]} ]];then
                                full_uuid='N/A'
                        else
                                full_uuid=${a_unmounted_data[3]}
                        fi
-                       full_uuid="${C1}uuid:${C2} $full_uuid"
+                       full_uuid="${C1}uuid$SEP3${C2} $full_uuid"
                        if [[ -z ${a_unmounted_data[4]} ]];then
                                full_fs=''
                        else
-                               full_fs="${C1}fs:${C2} ${a_unmounted_data[4]}"
+                               full_fs="${C1}fs$SEP3${C2} ${a_unmounted_data[4]}"
                        fi
                        full_string="$full_dev $full_size $full_label $full_uuid $full_fs"
                        if [[ $i -eq 0 ]];then