To determine the version of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), type the following in a terminal window:
cat /etc/SuSE-release
or
SPident
To determine which kernel version is in use, type the following in a terminal window:
rpm -qf /boot/vmlinuz
Howto: Determine the version of SLES Linux
September 3, 2008 — Julie3 Responses to “Howto: Determine the version of SLES Linux”
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September 3, 2008 at 10:05 am
Wouldn’t `uname -a` be more reliable and accurate?
September 3, 2008 at 1:43 pm
SPident -vv for even more frightening detail about which packages meet which service pack level.
Try SPident -vvv for an even deeper level of detail.
September 5, 2008 at 9:16 am
I recently found, that unlike SLES 9, SLES 10 don´t save last used kernel, when updating to new version. It´s very dangerous, when new kernel isn´t working. Maybe it´s not default behavior, I don´t tried dig in to this deeply now.