People Updating/Upgrading kernel to fix hardware and software compatibilities, many issues regarding hardware drivers fixed by updating kernel, That's why we need to know version of Linux Kernel installed on our PC.
GNOME desktop environment well-known as user-friendly desktop for Linux operating systems, You need to find out what version of GNOME Shell you have, This to make sure it support with particular Gnome GTK or Gnome Shell before installing new themes to custumize your desktop appearance.
- 1. Check Linux Kernel
- 2. Check Gnome Shell & GTK
- 3. Check Ubuntu Version
- 4. Check Hardware Info
Content:
1. Check Linux Kernel
Check linux kernel version using these commands lineuname -r, uname -a, cat /proc/version.
-
uname -r
Example output:
4.4.0-36-generic. -
uname -a
Example output:
Linux linuxlinx 4.4.0-36-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 11 18:01:55 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -
cat /proc/version
Example output:
Linux version 4.4.0-36-generic (buildd@lcy01-01) (gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2) ) #55-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 11 18:01:55 UTC 2016
2. Check Gnome GTK & Gnome Shell
Show your hardware details usinglshw command. I suggest execute it as a root sudo lshw
-
dpkg -l libgnome2-common
Example output:
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==================-================-==============-=============
ii libgnome2-common 2.32.1-5ubuntu1 all The GNOME library - common files -
dpkg -l gnome-shell
Example output:
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-=============-======================-================-===========
ii gnome-shell 3.20.3-1ubuntu1~xenial1 amd64 graphical shell for the GNOME desktop -
dpkg -l libgtk* | grep -e '^i' | grep -e 'libgtk-*[0-9]'
Example output:
ii libgtk-3-0:amd64 3.20.8-1ubuntu0~ppa1 amd64 GTK+ graphical user interface library ii libgtk-3-bin 3.20.8-1ubuntu0~ppa1 amd64 programs for the GTK+ graphical user interface library ii libgtk-3-common 3.20.8-1ubuntu0~ppa1 all common files for the GTK+ graphical user interface library ii libgtk2-perl 2:1.2498-1 amd64 Perl interface to the 2.x series of the Gimp Toolkit library ii libgtk2.0-0:amd64 2.24.30-4ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1 amd64 GTK+ graphical user interface library ii libgtk2.0-bin 2.24.30-4ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1 amd64 programs for the GTK+ graphical user interface library ii libgtk2.0-common 2.24.30-4ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1 all common files for the GTK+ graphical user interface library
3. Check Ubuntu Version
This how to find out Your Ubuntu (get system info) version using terminal commands linelsb_release -a or cat /etc/*-release.
-
lsb_release -a
Example output:
davenine@linuxlinx:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial -
cat /etc/*-release
Example output:
davenine@linuxlinx:~$ cat /etc/*-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS" NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION="16.04.1 LTS (Xenial Xerus)" ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS" VERSION_ID="16.04" HOME_URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/" SUPPORT_URL="http://help.ubuntu.com/" BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/" UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial
4. Hardware Info
To display detail of all your hardware information, Use linux hardware info command :lshw. I strongly recomannded you run this command as root sudo lshw. Later, You can maximize hardware performance, Read Make your Ubuntu use all cpu cores to speed up booting or Maximize battery life on your Linux Ubuntu
-
sudo lshw
Example output:
davenine@linuxlinx:~$ sudo lshw
[sudo] password for davenine:
linuxlinx
description: Notebook
product: HP Notebook (T0Z50PA#AR6)
vendor: HP
version: Type1ProductConfigId
serial: 5CG5455N3J
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.8 dmi-2.8 vsyscall32
configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook family=103C_5335KV G=N L=CON B=HP sku=T0Z50PA#AR6 uuid=0F287ADC-A844-D440-B804-B4CFF043C558
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 80C7
vendor: HP
physical id: 0
version: KBC Version 98.0C
serial: PFEZB00WB9O0OW
slot: Base Board Chassis Location
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Insyde
physical id: 0
version: F.13
date: 08/12/2015
size: 128KiB
capacity: 8128KiB
capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int9keyboard int10video acpi usb uefi
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: AMD A8-7410 APU with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: AMD A8-7410 APU with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
serial: NotSupport
slot: Socket FT3b
size: 1GHz
capacity: 2200MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 100MHz
capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt topoext perfctr_nb bpext perfctr_l2 cpb hw_pstate vmmcall bmi1 xsaveopt arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold cpufreq
configuration: cores=4 enabledcores=4 threads=4
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: L1 Cache
size: 256KiB
capacity: 256KiB
clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
configuration: level=1
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L2 Cache
size: 2MiB
capacity: 2MiB
clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
configuration: level=2
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 1d
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 4GiB
*-bank:0
description: SODIMM [empty]
product: Empty
vendor: Empty
physical id: 0
serial: Empty
slot: Bottom-Slot 1(top)
*-bank:1
description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)
product: HMT451S6BFR8A-PB
vendor: Hynix
physical id: 1
serial: 03949718
slot: Bottom-Slot 2(under)
size: 4GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
*-pci:0
description: Host bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Mullins [Radeon R4/R5 Graphics]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 45
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
resources: irq:35 memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f2000000-f27fffff ioport:4000(size=256) memory:f2b00000-f2b3ffff memory:f2b80000-f2b9ffff
*-multimedia:0
description: Audio device
product: Kabini HDMI/DP Audio
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:39 memory:f2b60000-f2b63fff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 2.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:24 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:f1000000-f1ffffff ioport:f0000000(size=16777216)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: enp1s0
version: 07
serial: dc:4a:3e:5d:aa:42
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl8106e-1_0.0.1 06/29/12 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:32 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:f1000000-f1000fff memory:f0000000-f0003fff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 2.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:25 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:f2a00000-f2afffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
logical name: wlo1
version: 00
serial: 48:e2:44:24:e2:2d
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8723be driverversion=4.4.0-36-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.13 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:41 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:f2a00000-f2a03fff
*-generic
description: Encryption controller
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msix ht pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ccp latency=0
resources: irq:0 memory:f2b40000-f2b5ffff memory:f2900000-f29fffff memory:f2b6f000-f2b6ffff memory:f2b6a000-f2b6bfff
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: FCH USB XHCI Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 10
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
version: 11
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi msix pciexpress xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:f2b68000-f2b69fff
*-usbhost:0
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic xhci-hcd
physical id: 0
bus info: usb@4
logical name: usb4
version: 4.04
capabilities: usb-3.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=5000Mbit/s
*-usbhost:1
product: xHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic xhci-hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@3
logical name: usb3
version: 4.04
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=480Mbit/s
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 11
bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
version: 39
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage pm msi ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=64
resources: irq:33 ioport:4118(size=8) ioport:4124(size=4) ioport:4110(size=8) ioport:4120(size=4) ioport:4100(size=16) memory:f2b6e000-f2b6e3ff
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: FCH USB EHCI Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
version: 39
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=32
resources: irq:18 memory:f2b6d000-f2b6d0ff
*-usbhost
product: EHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic ehci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1
logical name: usb1
version: 4.04
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb
description: USB hub
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:1
version: 0.18
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub maxpower=100mA slots=4 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb:0
description: Mouse
product: USB OPTICAL MOUSE
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:1.1
version: 1.00
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA speed=2Mbit/s
*-usb:1
description: Video
product: HP Truevision HD
vendor: SunplusIT Inc
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@1:1.4
version: 28.74
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=uvcvideo maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: FCH USB EHCI Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 13
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
version: 39
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=32
resources: irq:18 memory:f2b6c000-f2b6c0ff
*-usbhost
product: EHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic ehci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@2
logical name: usb2
version: 4.04
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb
description: USB hub
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@2:1
version: 0.18
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub maxpower=100mA slots=4 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb
description: Bluetooth wireless interface
product: Bluetooth Radio
vendor: Realtek
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@2:1.1
version: 2.00
serial: 00e04c000001
capabilities: bluetooth usb-2.10
configuration: driver=btusb maxpower=500mA speed=12Mbit/s
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: FCH SMBus Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 42
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-multimedia:1
description: Audio device
product: FCH Azalia Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 14.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
version: 02
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=32
resources: irq:40 memory:f2b64000-f2b67fff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: FCH LPC Bridge
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 14.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
version: 11
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:1
description: Host bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:2
description: Host bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:3
description: Host bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:5
description: Host bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 105
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k10temp
resources: irq:0
*-pci:6
description: Host bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 106
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=fam15h_power
resources: irq:0
*-pci:7
description: Host bridge
product: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 107
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.5
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-scsi:0
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: HGST HTS545050A7
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: A3J0
serial: RB250A1C3PUA6J
size: 465GiB (500GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=4096 signature=86954ab6
*-volume:0
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 3.1
serial: ec87da64-d28a-5048-858c-c253ae306899
size: 348MiB
capacity: 350MiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2016-03-20 03:19:29 filesystem=ntfs label=System Reserved modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
*-volume:1
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
version: 3.1
serial: 9035cc95-9267-b941-bee3-6cf4c48a5bb3
size: 49GiB
capacity: 49GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2016-04-22 09:24:44 filesystem=ntfs state=clean
*-volume:2
description: Extended partition
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
size: 415GiB
capacity: 415GiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume:0
description: HPFS/NTFS partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
logical name: /media/tanto/Inventory
capacity: 390GiB
configuration: mount.fstype=fuseblk
mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
*-logicalvolume:1
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 6
logical name: /dev/sda6
capacity: 3905MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-logicalvolume:2
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 7
logical name: /dev/sda7
logical name: /
capacity: 9536MiB
configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered state=mounted
*-logicalvolume:3
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 8
logical name: /dev/sda8
logical name: /home
capacity: 11GiB
configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,data=ordered state=mounted
*-scsi:1
physical id: 2
logical name: scsi1
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVDRW SU208GB
vendor: hp
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: HH00
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-battery
description: Lithium Ion Battery
product: HS04041
vendor: 31-42-6E
physical id: 1
version: 8/02/2015
serial: 43067 8/02/2015
slot: Primary
capacity: 41610mWh
configuration: voltage=14.6V
These all Linux Ubuntu commands to check Linux kerenel version, gnome version, installed ubuntu version and detail list hardware information on your Linux Ubuntu or Linux Mint. See you next...
