check if VT-x is activated without having to reboot in Linux?

Question

I have a laptop with Intel Core i5 M 450 @ 2.40GHz which apparently has VT-x but not VT-d. I have Ubuntu 12.04 32bit but would like to have a virtual 64bit terminal-based Li

Answer 1

In linux you can check cpuinfo:

cat /proc/cpuinfo| egrep "vmx|svm"