If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version. Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes. Linux raven 2.6.20-gentoo-r7 #2 Sun Apr 29 13:50:19 CEST 2007 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux Gnu C 4.1.1 Gnu make 3.81 binutils 2.16.1 util-linux 2.12r mount 2.12r module-init-tools 3.2.2 e2fsprogs 1.39 Linux C Library > libc.2.5 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.5 Procps 3.2.7 Net-tools 1.60 Kbd 1.12 Sh-utils 6.7 udev 104 wireless-tools 28 Modules Loaded nls_iso8859_15 nls_cp850 vfat fat sd_mod usb_storage scsi_mod ipw2200