do u happen to have gtalk by any chance. i downloaded the 64bit version of kubuntu. i think the kernel is a 64bit kernel but i suspect that the pre pkged debians arent or might not be?<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/7/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Carsten Aulbert</b> <<a href="mailto:carsten.aulbert@aei.mpg.de">carsten.aulbert@aei.mpg.de</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br><br>Jon Aquilina wrote:<br>> so what your telling me to make sure im running 64bit bins is to check<br>
> the /usr/bin. if im not im best compiling from source?<br><br>Well other possiblities are:<br><br>look at the output of uname -a<br><br>if you get i686 you are running a 32bit kernel if the output contains<br>x64_64 you are running a 64 bit kernel (sometimes uname -m tells you the<br>
same).<br><br>For Debian/*buntu: see if you can install ia32 packages. These are<br>compatibility packages to run 32bit binaries under 64bit systems.<br>Obviously those are not needed on 32bit systems and hence not available<br>
- as far as I know.<br><br>HTH<br><br>Carsten<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Jonathan Aquilina