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.