As of hurd (20110319-2) , uptime-hurd does not work as expected. Attached is a patch to produce expected behaviour.
Regards, Harish Badrinath
diff --git a/utils/uptime.sh b/utils/uptime.sh
index 8e52c81..f5705cc 100644
--- a/utils/uptime.sh
+++ b/utils/uptime.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
USAGE="Usage: $0 [OPTION...]"
DOC="Show system uptime, number of users, and load"
-W=${W-/bin/w}
+W=${W-/bin/w-hurd}
while :; do
case "$1" in
