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.TH check-bios-nx 1 "9 March 2010" cpu-checker "cpu-checker"
.SH NAME
\fBcheck\-bios\-nx\fP \- determine if BIOS has blocked CPU's NX capabilities

.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBcheck\-bios\-nx [\-h|\-\-help] [\-\-verbose]\fP

.SH OPTIONS
\fB\-h|\-\-help\fP - display a help message and exit

\fB\-\-verbose\fP - explain in detail what has been detected

.SH 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")

.SH MORE INFORMATION
\fIhttp://launchpad.net/cpu-checker\fP
.PD

.SH 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.