14 .TH XScreenSaver 1 "5-May-2004" "X Version 11"
16 bsod - Blue Screen of Death emulator
19 [\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-foreground \fIcolor\fP]
20 [\-background \fIcolor\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-mono] [\-install]
21 [\-visual \fIvisual\fP] [\-delay \fIseconds\fP]
25 program is the finest in personal computer emulation.
28 steps through a set of screens, each one a recreation of a different failure
29 mode of an operating system. Systems depicted include
30 Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, MS-DOS, AmigaDOS 1.3, Linux,
31 SCO UNIX, BSD UNIX, HPUX, Solaris, VMS, HVX/GCOS6, IBM OS/390,
32 MacOS (MacsBug, Bomb, Sad Mac, and OSX), Atari ST, Apple ][+, and
37 accepts the following options:
40 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
43 Draw on the root window.
46 If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
49 Install a private colormap for the window.
51 .B \-visual \fIvisual\fP
52 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class,
53 or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
55 .B \-delay \fIdelay\fP
56 The delay between displaying one crash and another.
59 Tell it to run only one mode, e.g., \fI\-only HPUX\fP.
64 to get the default host and display number.
67 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
68 stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
70 Notable X resources supported include the following, which control which
71 hacks are displayed and which aren't.
94 Each of these is a Boolean resource, they all default to true, except
95 for doAtari, doBSD, and doSparcLinux, which are turned off by default,
96 because they're really not all that interesting looking unless you're a
99 There are command-line options for all of these:
100 e.g., \fI\-bsd\fP, \fI\-no-bsd\fP. (Also note the \fI\-only\fP option.)
102 Unlike the systems being simulated, \fIbsod\fP does not require a
103 reboot after running.
106 .BR xscreensaver (1),
107 .BR http://www.microsoft.com/ ,
108 .BR http://www.apple.com/ ,
109 .BR http://www.sco.com/ ,
110 .BR http://www.kernel.org/ ,
112 .BR http://www.amiga.de/ .
114 Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 95, and Microsoft Windows NT are all
115 registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Apple Macintosh is a
116 registered trademark of Apple Computer. Amiga is a registered trademark of
117 Amiga International, Inc. Atari ST is probably a trademark, too, but it's
118 hard to tell who owns it. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds,
119 but it isn't his fault.
121 Copyright \(co 1998-2003 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
122 distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is
123 hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear
124 in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice
125 appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the
126 suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without
127 express or implied warranty. No animals were harmed during the testing of
128 these simulations. Always mount a scratch monkey.
130 Concept cribbed from Stephen Martin <smartin@mks.com>. This version is by
131 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, with contributions from many others.