[izpack-users] os.arch

Jo Vark jo_vark at yahoo.com
Wed May 3 16:37:55 CEST 2006


I did some checks on other machines and it turns out
that 'uname -i' is not always reliable as some
machines return 'unknown'. 
'uname -m' seems to be more reliable.
--Jo


--- Jo Vark <jo_vark at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Marc,
> This is the output of 'uname -a'
> Linux <######> 2.4.21-15.EL #1 SMP Thu Apr 22
> 00:09:47
> EDT 2004 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 
> from the above it is quite clear that the arch
> should
> be x86_64
> The output of 'uname -i' usually gives the correct
> architecture (definitely on linux, not sure about
> sun
> etc).
> for me on a 64 bit machine: 
> >uname -i
> x86_64
> on a 32 bit machine:
> >uname -i
> i386
> Thanks.
> --Jo
> 
> 
> --- Marc Eppelmann <marc.eppelmann at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Jo,
> > 
> > The content /etc/redhat-release is
> > self-explanationed enough.
> > If this is really a 64-bit machine and RHEL is
> > installed und running in 64-Bit 
> > mode, please can you send the console-output of
> > :~>uname -a ?
> > 
> > Or do you (or anybody other from this mailinglist)
> > know a commandline tools   
> > output that identifies sure a running 64 kernel
> > resp. 64-bit libraries?
> > 
> > I will search on our athlon64 machine. 
> > 
> > What is about SunSolaris 64 Bit? Any Idea?
> > 
> > the output of uname -a on our UltraSparc is:
> > 
> > SunOS svrsunblade1k-1.localdomain.org 5.10 Generic
> > sun4u sparc 
> > SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000
> > 
> > No trace of 64-bit ...
> > 
> > Am Dienstag, 2. Mai 2006 20:36 schrieb Jo Vark:
> > > Hi Marc,
> > > This is the contents of my /etc/redhat-relase
> > file:
> > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 3 (Taroon
> > Update
> > > 2)
> > > I'm not really sure what you mean by "assigned
> > OSName"
> > > but a <panel> with os="unix" name="Linux" and
> > > arch="i386" currently works on my machine,
> though
> > in
> > > reality the arch should be "x86_64". Let me kow
> if
> > I
> > > can provide you with any further info.
> > > Thanks,.
> > > --Jo
> > >
> > > --- Marc Eppelmann <marc.eppelmann at gmx.de>
> wrote:
> > > > Hi Jo,
> > > >
> > > > Currently IzPack uses a combination of
> > > >
> > > > System.getProperty( "os.name" ) and
> > /etc/*-release
> > > > "parsing" to detect the OS.
> > > >
> > > > If you want to contribute us, you can send us
> > the
> > > > content of
> > > > the /etc/*-release - Files plus the assigned
> > OSName
> > > > etc... , so that we can
> > > > complete the detection routine.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Marc
> > > >
> > > > Am Montag, 1. Mai 2006 18:12 schrieb Jo Vark:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I recently discovered this great package
> that
> > > >
> > > > IzPack
> > > >
> > > > > is.
> > > > > I ran into a few problems with the os.arch
> > > >
> > > > property,
> > > >
> > > > > though. Java is not very smart in detecting
> > the
> > > > > correct architecture through the
> > > > > System.getProperty("os.arch") method as it
> > returns
> > > > > "i386" for both my 64 bit RHEL on a 64 bit
> > xeon
> > > > > processor and for my 32 bit FC3 installation
> > on my
> > > >
> > > > 32
> > > >
> > > > > bit laptop. I was wondering if IzPack had
> any
> > > >
> > > > special
> > > >
> > > > > way of figuring out the actual architecture
> or
> > if
> > > > > instead of using the
> > System.getProperty("os.arch")
> > > >
> > > > it
> > > >
> > > > > could use the result of the 'uname -i' shell
> > > >
> > > > command.
> > > >
> > > > > TIA
> > > > > --Jo
> > > > >
> > > > >
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