How to find what the kernel version is?

[Technologicallychallenged]

Hi, first of all, I'm new to gentoo and am not that experienced with anything as advanced as gentoo, however I can manage pretty well, and so far I've been doing good in the installation phase.

This is a really small problem that is probably really stupid, but I just can't figure out what my kernel version is

So far, I'm up to the Kernel modules part of the Configuring the Linux kernel section of the install. I've been following the handbook really close, and have barely deviated at all. I decided to compile the kernel myself, and added a few extra drivers that I needed for my system and that is it. Now it asks me to imput my 'kernel version' in 'root #find /lib/modules/<kernel version>/ -type f -iname '*.o' -or -iname '*.ko' | less'. I never took note of my kernel version. How do I find it?
Thanks for the help

[khayyam]

Technologicallychallenged ... welcome to gentoo.

For the currently booted kernel, 'uname -r'.

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# /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/ -type f -iname '*.o' -or -iname '*.ko' | less

However, as the kernel is a package, and managed by 'eselect', you could also look and see what the current link points to:

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# eselect kernel list

... the item with the '*' (asterisk) is the kernel /usr/src/linux is pointing to.

HTH & best ... khay

[Technologicallychallenged]

Technologicallychallenged ... welcome to gentoo.

For the currently booted kernel, 'uname -r'.

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# /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/ -type f -iname '*.o' -or -iname '*.ko' | less

However, as the kernel is a package, and managed by 'eselect', you could also look and see what the current link points to:

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# eselect kernel list

... the item with the '*' (asterisk) is the kernel /usr/src/linux is pointing to.

HTH & best ... khay

Thanks for helping .
I used the second line of code to find the kernel version, it came up with only 1 result, "linux-4.1.12-gentoo", and yet when I imput "linux-4.1.12-gentoo", or "4.1.12" as the kernel version, nothing comes up. Why is this?

[Technologicallychallenged]

I also used the $(uname -r) thing, but still nothing.
It subbed the kernel version as 4.0.5-gentoo though.

[Technologicallychallenged]

Also, it says to 'List the modules that need to be loaded automatically in /etc/conf.d/modules'. How do I know which modules need to be loaded automatically?

[Technologicallychallenged]

Sorry, it turns out that the version is 4.1.12-gentoo, I found it by listing the contents of /lib/modules/

[Technologicallychallenged]

still though, how do I know which modules need to be loaded automatically?

[Technologicallychallenged]

Don't worry, I just found this thread https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7 ... 82f8e8bbb7
Thanks for the help