whether my system is 32 bit o 64 bit?

[Avi Greenbury]

Linux Tyro wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Amedee Van Gasse
> <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be>wrote:
> 
> > 'uname -a' yields:
> > >
> > > Linux myfamily-desktop 2.6.32-34-generic #77-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 13
> > > 19:40:53
> > > UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
> >
> > It's the "i686" part that counts. This means 32bit.
> > If you were using 64bit, it would say "x86_64" instead.
> 
> 
> But my processor is 64 bit capable!
> 

uname shows details of the currently running kernel, not the processor
it's running on. That output from uname tells you that you're running
an 'i686' kernel, which is 32-bit. Your processor is also capable of
running a 64-bit kernel, but it isn't at the minute.

Were you running a 64-bit kernel, it would say 'amd64' instead of
'i686'.

-- 
Avi