Re: kernel version.

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On 12/3/05, Fawad Lateef <fawadlateef@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 12/3/05, Mehmet Fatih AKBULUT <mfatihakbulut@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > hi all. (a newbie here among you:p)
> > how can i learn the version of kernel my system running on ?
> > (any command or something?)
>
> uname is the command to see the system information. Just look at the
> manual page of uname by running command : man uname
>
You can also   cat /proc/version


> > and what is the last stable version ?
>
> You can see and get the latest kernel version always from http://kernel.org
>
At this point in time, latest stable is 2.6.14.3


> > if mine is not up to date (%100 sure that not up to date :p)
> > how can i upgrade to the latest one :)
>
> You have to get the latest kernel from the kernel.org and then have to
> recompile it according to your system configuration. For how-to
> compile kernel just search google.
>
Here's one document you may find useful, and as Fawad said, google
knows of many more :
http://www.linuxtux.org/~juhl/2.6-kernel-build.txt


> Please do search on google before asking questions :)
>
> --
> Fawad Lateef
>


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