> I was doing some detective work using the "running Linux" > book from O'Reilly, and there was a command to check out > the error messages from the X-Window server, where you > start X bare and then kill it using control-alt-backspace: > > root]# X > /tmp/x.out 2>&1 > > When you look at x.out, there is this line in it: > > Operating System: Linux 2.2.17-8smp i686 [ELF] > > Now, I have an ABIT motherboard, a PII 400 MHz processor, > and that's it. I am running Seawolf Linux 7.1. > > What does it mean by putting "smp" after the Linux version > numbers? Does anyone know? (I understand what the command > line above itself is doing). Where else can I go to find > out what is going on (what other command can show what > version of kernel I am running)? > > Thanks in advance, > > --Mark Seven Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think that this shows what it was compiled on (by Redhat). `uname -r` will show you the kernel that you are actually running. The smp stands for "Symmetric Multi Processor", meaning more than one processor. Forrest _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
