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After kernel update, the version of kernel in uname is not updated itself. It is a problem because all the modules are loaded through it, so I had to rename the folder with new modules to the old version (as a temporary solution) but I would like to solve this problem properly.

~: pacman -Q linux
linux 4.9.11-1
~: uname -r
4.9.8-1-ARCH
Cuttlerat
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  • Did you reboot? In any case this question belongs to Super User, UNIX&Linux or other site, Stack Overflow is only for programming questions. – Sami Kuhmonen Mar 04 '17 at 07:56
  • The `uname` command reads its information form the running kernel, there is nothing to be "updated". Most likely you did install a new kernel, but are still running the old one. Can be even after a reboot, depending on your boot loader setup. – arkascha Mar 04 '17 at 07:58
  • Reboot doesn't help. I just signed up here and didn't know about that, thank you – Cuttlerat Mar 04 '17 at 08:00
  • Just check your grub.cfg file, it seems while booting it's not picking the latest kernel. – BhanuSingh Mar 04 '17 at 08:05
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Have you replace the kernel image (bzImage or vmlinuz)?. If yes then there is some issue with your grub conf parameter. Otherwise you need to replace the kernel image as well as.

Below are the steps which you need to update the kernel:

1) Replace your kernel image (vmlinuz or bzImage you can check the name from your grub conf parameters) with the existing kernel image..

2) Copy the new module folder (containing all new modules) into the /lib/modules folder..

3) Sometimes there may be issue during module loading. So you can run the depmod -a command inside your new module folder.

4) Reboot the board and check the kernel version and your kernel image details (like kernel version and date of compiled kernel image) though uname -a command.*

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