What is the command to check the OS level?

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Got it thanks... uname

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On 2006-01-02, Jean-David Beyer <jdbeyer@exit109.com> wrote:
 
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> On mine it says:
>
> $ /sbin/runlevel
> 3 5
>
> As far as I know, I am running _only_ at runlevel 5 (XFree85, GNOME,
> metacity). I just checked and none of the 6 virtual consoles are logged in
,
> though they are all sitting doing the login: prompt. Is this why it says 3
> as well as 5?

The runlevel command shows both the previous and the current runlevels. I
suspect that when your system boots it passes through runlevel 3 before
going to runlevel 5.

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On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:37:46 -0500, Jean-David Beyer wrote:

> John Thompson wrote: 
> It definately does pass through run level three (or something like it)
> before going to run level 5. It must be at some run level while going
> through all that stuff in /etc/rc.d and /etc/rc.d/init.d. Might as well
> be run level 3.

The different runlevels should have nothing to do with each other. You can
have services loaded in a lower runlevel that aren't loaded in higher
ones... after all runlevel 6 is a shutdown.

Is the previous run level defined as the runlevel at last boot or the last
runlevel that was used that is different than the current run level?

Does runlevel ever display "5 5"?

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