I have some questions about compiling my kernel

[Faceless]

Hi, I'm using SuSE 9.1 and need to recompile my kernel to install drivers for my video card (ATI Radeon 9800 XT).

I don't need walking through every single step I just have a few specific questions I need answering:

1) How do I find out what version my kernel is?

2) Where can I get the source for it?

3) Where do I put the source when I have it?

4) How do I configure the new kernel source with my current kernel config file (and where is this file)?

That should be all I need to know in order to do it.

Thanks very much for any help

[sdousley]

1) How do I find out what version my kernel is?

in a shell, type

uname -r

2) Where can I get the source for it?

Kernel.org website.

3) Where do I put the source when I have it?

You need to extract the file u get from kernel.org, and then cd to the directory you extract it to.

4) How do I configure the new kernel source with my current kernel config file (and where is this file)?

I can't remember this myself, but i'm sure someone here knows how to do it!