uname -r reports wrong kernel version
 

Im using Fedora Core 4 on a server online to internet and have come across a an possable issue.

If I as root write ...

[root@localhost ~]# uname -r
2.6.12-1.1398_FC4

but when I check ...

[root@localhost ~]# vi /var/log/yum.log
Aug 29 23:30:44 Installed: kernel.i686 2.6.12-1.1447_FC4

and If I do a ...

[root@localhost ~]# yum list kernel.i686
kernel.i686 2.6.12-1.1398_FC4 installed
kernel.i686 2.6.12-1.1447_FC4 installed

Can someone please explain to me what happend with 2.6.12-1.1447_FC4 kernel and why uname -r do not report right version.

Thanks, Patrick.

maybe you haven't restarted since you installed the new kernel? or you chose to load the old kernel?

Does yum automatically update the grub config?

uname -r, I am fairly certain, does report the correct information.

Sometimes, when you update a package, rpm will not replace some old files and put the new file at "foo.rpmnew" if the file was "foo". In these cases you should make a copy of the old file and then overwrite it with the new one.

Thanks for all replays...

I checked uptime ...

[root@localhost ~]# uptime
07:09:57 up 122 day, 10:01, 1 user, load average: 0.08, 0.02, 0.01

seems like I have not restarted after updating kernel. I did a restart, now uname -r reports latest kernel version.

[root@localhost ~]# uname -r
2.6.12-1.1447_FC4

// Patrick.

That would be a key point. :)