diff --git a/kinfocenter/Modules/base/info_fbsd.cpp b/kinfocenter/Modules/base/info_fbsd.cpp
index 3892ef9..7fcfdf2 100644
--- a/kinfocenter/Modules/base/info_fbsd.cpp
+++ b/kinfocenter/Modules/base/info_fbsd.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QStringList>
 #include <QTextStream>
 
 #include <KGlobalSettings>
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ bool GetInfo_SCSI(QTreeWidget* tree) {
 		list << i18n("SCSI subsystem could not be queried: /sbin/camcontrol could not be found");
 		new QTreeWidgetItem(tree, list);
 	}
-	if (GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(tree, "/sbin/camcontrol devlist 2>&1", true))
+	if (GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(tree, "/sbin/camcontrol", QStringList() << "devlist", true))
 		return true;
 
 	return true;
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ bool GetInfo_PCI(QTreeWidget* tree) {
 		new QTreeWidgetItem(tree, list);
 		return true;
 	}
-	if (GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(tree, "/usr/sbin/pciconf -l -v 2>&1", true))
+	if (GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(tree, "/usr/sbin/pciconf", QStringList() << "-l" << "-v", true))
 		return true;
 
 	return false;
diff --git a/kinfocenter/Modules/base/info_hpux.cpp b/kinfocenter/Modules/base/info_hpux.cpp
index 69ef7a9..9a7705c 100644
--- a/kinfocenter/Modules/base/info_hpux.cpp
+++ b/kinfocenter/Modules/base/info_hpux.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QFontMetrics>
+#include <QStringList>
 #include <QTextStream>
 
 #	define INFO_PCI			""	// Please, who know it ????
@@ -178,14 +179,14 @@ bool GetInfo_PCI(QTreeWidget* tree) {
 }
 
 bool GetInfo_IO_Ports(QListView *lBox) {
-	if (GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(lBox, INFO_IOPORTS_1, false))
+	if (GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(lBox, INFO_IOPORTS_1, QStringList(), false))
 		return true;
 	else
-		return GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(lBox, INFO_IOPORTS_2, false);
+		return GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(lBox, INFO_IOPORTS_2, QStringList(), false);
 }
 
 bool GetInfo_SCSI(QListView *lBox) {
-	return GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(lBox, INFO_DEVICES, false);
+	return GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(lBox, INFO_DEVICES, QStringList(), false);
 }
 /* Parts taken from fsusage.c from the Midnight Commander (mc)
 
diff --git a/kinfocenter/Modules/base/info_linux.cpp b/kinfocenter/Modules/base/info_linux.cpp
index 0db04a4..1fd5c56 100644
--- a/kinfocenter/Modules/base/info_linux.cpp
+++ b/kinfocenter/Modules/base/info_linux.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #include <QRegExp>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QHeaderView>
+#include <QStringList>
 
 #include <klocale.h>
 #include <kiconloader.h>
@@ -140,9 +141,12 @@ bool GetInfo_PCI(QTreeWidget* tree) {
 	tree->setSortingEnabled(false);
 
 	/* try to get the output of the lspci package first */
-	if ((num = GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(tree, "lspci -v", true)) || (num = GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(tree, "/sbin/lspci -v", true)) || (num = GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(tree, "/usr/sbin/lspci -v", true)) || (num = GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(tree, "/usr/local/sbin/lspci -v", true)) || (num = GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(tree,
-			"/usr/bin/lspci -v", true)))
-		return num;
+	QStringList lspci;
+	lspci << "lspci" << "/sbin/lspci" << "/usr/sbin/lspci" << "/usr/local/sbin/lspci" << "/usr/bin/lspci";
+	QString p;
+	foreach(p, lspci)
+		if (num = GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(tree, p, QStringList() << "-v", true))
+			return num;
 
 	/* if lspci failed, read the contents of /proc/pci */
 	return GetInfo_ReadfromFile(tree, INFO_PCI, 0);
diff --git a/kinfocenter/Modules/base/os_base.h b/kinfocenter/Modules/base/os_base.h
index f09202d..35553f8 100644
--- a/kinfocenter/Modules/base/os_base.h
+++ b/kinfocenter/Modules/base/os_base.h
@@ -320,12 +320,12 @@ static bool GetInfo_XServer_Generic(QTreeWidget *lBox) {
 }
 
 /* Helper-function to read output from an external program */
-static int GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(QTreeWidget* tree, const char *FileName, bool WithEmptyLines = true) {
+static int GetInfo_ReadfromPipe(QTreeWidget* tree, const QString &program, const QStringList &arguments, bool WithEmptyLines = true) {
 	QProcess proc;
 	QTreeWidgetItem* olditem= NULL;
 	QString s;
 
-	proc.start(FileName, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
+	proc.start(program, arguments, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
 	if (!proc.waitForFinished()) {
 		// Process hanged or did not start
 		return 0;