What kernel version am I using?

[Tbred95]

Is there a quick way to get Linux to identify itself? Something like the VER command in DOS/Windows?

[element-x]

`uname -r`

for all information use `uname -a`

[Tbred95]

Many thanks! :)

[bdg1983]

'sysinfo' is a good one. Gives a lot of info.

[element-x]

Odd, sysinfo not a binary on my slackware system.

*shrugs*

[bdg1983]

Originally posted by JAdrock:
<STRONG>Odd, sysinfo not a binary on my slackware system.

*shrugs*</STRONG>

I guess it depends on the distro like so many other programs that are only included with certain ones.

Here's my sysinfo output.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| LST System Analysis Saturday, 08 September 2001, 04:13:06 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+

System info
===========
System start : Saturday, 08 September 2001, 03:28:02
System uptime: 45 minutes, 4.20 seconds
System load : 0.00 (1min), 0.02 (5min), 0.05 (15min), 3 user, 81% idle
Nodename : mdw4.mdwsystems.net
NIS domain : (none)
Hostname : mdw4.mdwsystems.net
Alias 1 : mdw4
IP addr 1 : 192.168.1.4

Kernel info
===========
OS Release : Linux 2.4.9
Version : #1 Mon Sep 3 15:11:22 EDT 2001
built by : root@mdw4.mdwsystems.net
built with: gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release
Filesystems : proc sockfs tmpfs shm pipefs ext2 coda iso9660 devfs romfs devpts reiserfs ncpfs vfat nfs
Char devices : mem=1 pty/m%d=2 pty/s%d=3 vc/%d=4 tty=5 lp=6 vcs=7 misc=10 sound=14 fb=29 coda_psdev=67 i2c=89 ptm=128 pts/%d=136 raw=162 cpu/msr=202 cpu/cpuid=203 drm=226
Block devices: ramdisk=1 fd=2 ide0=3 loop=7 ide1=22
Net devices : lo eth0
Root device : /dev/hda5

Hardware info
=============
Processor : i686 with 1468.00 BogoMips
Memory RAM : 511 MB (10672K kernel, 10624K cache, 0K shared, 360632K free)Swap area : 133 MB (0K used, 136512K free)
Graphic 1 : vga+
model : VGA Color
I/O ports : 0x3c0-0x3df
mem-area : 0xb8000-0xc0000
Serial 1 : /dev/ttyS0
chip : UART 16550A
Line : 0
I/O ports : 0x03f8-0x03ff
interrupt : 4
Parallel 1 : /dev/lp0
I/O ports : ¹ÅÓvga+
Interrupt : -1
Floppy 1 : /dev/fd0H1440
Hard disk 1 : /dev/hda
Model : ST317242A
Serial No : 7BP02XTB
Capacity : 16441 MB
Cache : 512 KB
CHS (log) : 2096 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors
CHS (phy) : 16383 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
CDROM 1 : /dev/hdc
Model : ATAPI CDROM TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1402, Rev. 1010, SN Y000707915
Ethercard 1 : eth0
Model : DECchip Tulip (smc9332) [tulip]
Interrupt : 3
Module : tulip
Type : 10Mbps Ethernet
HW address: 00:80:C6:F9:6B:93
IP address: 192.168.1.4
Broadcast : 192.168.1.255
Netmask : 255.255.255.0
Flags : UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST
MTU : 1500
Metric : 1
RX packets: 1046425 errors 1308 dropped 0 overruns 0
TX packets: 0 errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 179520

Partition info
==============
partition active size id type
/dev/hda1 14265720 f Win95 Extended (LBA)
/dev/hda2 * 1028128 b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda3 1542240 17 Hidden OS/2 HPFS or NTFS
/dev/hda5 * 8490321 83 Linux native
/dev/hda6 136521 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda7 2048256 b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda8 2562336 b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda9 1028128 b Win95 FAT32