No, I double checked the commands and they are typed correctly. I still receive the messages I mentioned below.
On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 08:19:32AM -0600, Adam Douglas wrote: >> Hi. When I try doing sysctl on hw.vendor and hw.product I receive a >> message of "sysctl: second level name vendor in hw.vendor is invalid" >> and "sysctl: second level name product in hw.product is invalid". Does >> this mean syctl is unable to retrieve this information or the >> information is not present? >I get > >$ sysctl hw.vendor >sysctl: hw.vendor: value is not available $ sysctl hw.product >hw.product=VT8366-8233 > >on my -current box; the box next to it gives 'Dell Computer Corporation' >for hw.vendor. > >All in all, not quite the same as you... did you mistype, perhaps? > > Joachim
