check-bios-nx(1) cpu-checker check-bios-nx(1) NAME check-bios-nx - determine if this system's CPU has 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. cpu-checker 9 March 2010 check-bios-nx(1)