NAME

       check-bios-nx - determine if BIOS has blocked CPU's NX capabilities

SYNOPSIS

       check-bios-nx [-h|--help] [--verbose]

OPTIONS

       -h|--help - display a help message and exit

       --verbose - explain in detail what has been detected

DESCRIPTION

       This  program  attempts  to  determine if the running x86-based CPU has NX capabilities (regardless of it
       being disabled by the BIOS).

       If the CPU is NX-capable but the nx bit  is  missing  from  flags,  exit  1  (i.e.  "BIOS  settings  need
       changing"), otherwise exit 0 (i.e. "nothing wrong with BIOS")

MORE INFORMATION

       http://launchpad.net/cpu-checker

AUTHOR

       This  manpage was written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used
       by others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the
       GNU General Public License, Version 3 published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-
       licenses/GPL-3.