check-bios-nx1
Determine if bios has blocked cpu's nx capabilities
Usage
check-bios-nx [{-h | --help}]
[--verbose]
Options
-h|--help - display a help message and exit
--verbose - explain in detail what has been detected
Overview
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