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[BUG] PhysicalDisk returns no disks on OpenBSD #2543
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Description
Description
The PhysicalDisk module does not return any physical disks on OpenBSD.
I'm running OpenBSD 7.9/amd64 on a ThinkPad T520.
OpenBSD detects the physical disk correctly:
$ sysctl hw.disknames hw.disknames=sd0:91cd4e20dbcbee82,cd0:
However, Fastfetch produces no output for the PhysicalDisk module:
$ fastfetch --structure PhysicalDisk <logo only>
The PhysicalDisk module is present in the installed Fastfetch version.
For comparison, the regular Disk module works:
$ fastfetch --structure PhysicalDisk:disk Disk (/) 130.20 MiB / 985.76 MiB (13%) - ffs Disk (/home) 944.75 MiB / 295.27 GiB (0%) - ffs Disk (/tmp) 32.00 KiB / 3.87 GiB (0%) - ffs Disk (/usr) 2.50 GiB / 29.06 GiB (9%) - ffs Disk (/usr/X11R6) 271.14 MiB / 985.76 MiB (28%) - ffs Disk (/usr/local) 3.54 GiB / 19.37 GiB (18%) - ffs Disk (/usr/obj) 2.00 KiB / 9.68 GiB (0%) - ffs Disk (/usr/src) 2.00 KiB / 4.84 GiB (0%) - ffs Disk (/var) 30.69 MiB / 11.37 GiB (0%) - ffs
Expected behavior
PhysicalDisk should detect the physical disk reported by OpenBSD as sd0, or clearly indicate that physical disk detection is unsupported on OpenBSD.
Actual behavior
PhysicalDisk produces no output.
Version used
2.67.1
Bug prevalence
Always
Regression
Not sure
Installation
Built from source
Package manager
add_pkg
Screenshots
No response
Configuration
System information
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| . OS: OpenBSD 7.9 amd64
. |L /| . _ Host: 4242PF5 (ThinkPad T520)
_ . |\ _| \--+._/| . (_) Kernel: OpenBSD 7.9
/ ||\| Y J ) / |/| ./ Uptime: 2 hours, 2 mins
J |)'( | ` F`.'/ _ Packages: 309 (pkg)
-<| F __ .-< (_) Shell: ksh 5.2.14
| / .-'. `. /-. L___ Display (LVDS-1): 1366x768 in 16", 60 Hz [Built-in]
J \ < \ | | O\|.-' _ WM: spectrwm (X11)
_J \ .- \/ O | | \ |F (_) Terminal: xterm 406
'-F -<_. \ .-' `-' L__ Terminal Font: fixed (8.0pt)
__J _ _. >-' )._. |-' CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2430M (2) @ 2.40 GHz
`-|.' /_. \_| F CPU Usage: 5%
/.- . _.< GPU: Intel Mesa Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2)
/' /.' .' `\ Memory: 1.84 GiB / 3.74 GiB (49%)
/L /' |/ _.-'-\ Swap: 0 B / 4.12 GiB (0%)
/'J ___.---'\| Disk (/): 130.20 MiB / 985.76 MiB (13%) - ffs
|\ .--' V | `. ` Disk (/home): 960.99 MiB / 295.27 GiB (0%) - ffs
|/`. `-. `._) Disk (/tmp): 32.00 KiB / 3.87 GiB (0%) - ffs
/ .-.\ Disk (/usr): 2.50 GiB / 29.06 GiB (9%) - ffs
\ ( `\ Disk (/usr/X11R6): 271.14 MiB / 985.76 MiB (28%) - ffs
`.\ Disk (/usr/local): 3.54 GiB / 19.37 GiB (18%) - ffs
Disk (/usr/obj): 2.00 KiB / 9.68 GiB (0%) - ffs
Disk (/usr/src): 2.00 KiB / 4.84 GiB (0%) - ffs
Disk (/var): 31.12 MiB / 11.37 GiB (0%) - ffs
Local IP (rtwn0): 172.20.10.3/28
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Battery: 0% [AC Connected, Critical]
Locale: C
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Monitor (LVDS-1): 1366x768 px @ 59.996 Hz - 344x194 mm (15.55 inches, 100.79 ppi)
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Activity
CarterLi commentedon Aug 25, 2026
Fastfetch does much more than
sysctl hw.disknames. The cost is that it requires root.