Bug 1913 – Gnome Control Center - "Distribution Version: Unknown"

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Sherman Boyd (meekrob) (RETIRED) 2002-04-18 13:21:27 UTC]

It's polish but... currently the Gnome control panel lists the distribution as
unknown.  Maybe we should at least change it to "Gentoo Linux".

[Comment 1 Spider (RETIRED) 2002-04-23 04:25:03 UTC]

I dont really know -where- control center gathers that information...

[Comment 2 Spider (RETIRED) 2002-04-23 04:38:34 UTC]

static void get_linux_info()
{
  /* Identify distribution (really this could be compiled in) */
  if (g_file_exists("/etc/debian_version")) {
    FILE * f;
    gchar buf[20];

    f = fopen("/etc/debian_version", "r");
    if (f) { 
      fscanf(f, "%16s", buf);
      info[si_distribution] = g_strdup(buf);
      fclose(f);
    }
  } else if (g_file_exists("/etc/conectiva-release")) {
    FILE *f;
    gchar buf[80];

    f = fopen("/etc/conectiva-release", "r");
    if (f) { 
      fgets(buf, 79, f);
      info[si_distribution] = g_strdup(buf);
      fclose(f);
    } 
  } else if (g_file_exists("/etc/mandrake-release")) {  
    FILE *f;
    gchar buf[80];

    f = fopen("/etc/mandrake-release", "r");
    if (f) {
      fgets(buf, 79, f);
      info[si_distribution] = g_strdup(buf);
      fclose(f);
    }
  } else if (g_file_exists("/etc/SuSE-release")) {
    FILE *f;
    gchar buf[80];

    f = fopen("/etc/SuSE-release", "r");
    if (f) { 
      fgets(buf, 79, f);
      info[si_distribution] = g_strdup(buf);
      fclose(f);
    }

  } else if (g_file_exists("/etc/redhat-release")) {
    FILE *f;
    gchar buf[80];

    f = fopen("/etc/redhat-release", "r");
    if (f) {



Well... I've found the place, but this is more probably a control-center issue
than a Gentoo one.. could you please file a bug upstream?