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, Tru64, VMS, HVX/GCOS6, IBM OS/390, OS/2,
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.
97 Each of these is a Boolean resource, they all default to true, except
98 for doAtari, doBSD, doSparcLinux, and doHPPALinux, which are turned off
99 by default, because they're really not all that interesting looking
100 unless you're a fan of those systems.
102 There are command-line options for all of these:
103 e.g., \fI\-bsd\fP, \fI\-no-bsd\fP. (Also note the \fI\-only\fP option.)
105 Unlike the systems being simulated, \fIbsod\fP does not require a
106 reboot after running.
109 .BR xscreensaver (1),
110 .BR http://www.microsoft.com/ ,
111 .BR http://www.apple.com/ ,
112 .BR http://www.sco.com/ ,
113 .BR http://www.kernel.org/ ,
115 .BR http://www.amiga.de/ .
117 Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 95, and Microsoft Windows NT are all
118 registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Apple Macintosh is a
119 registered trademark of Apple Computer. Amiga is a registered trademark of
120 Amiga International, Inc. Atari ST is probably a trademark, too, but it's
121 hard to tell who owns it. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds,
122 but it isn't his fault. OS/2 is a registered trademark of International
123 Business Machines Corporation.
125 Copyright \(co 1998-2003 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
126 distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is
127 hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear
128 in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice
129 appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the
130 suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without
131 express or implied warranty. No animals were harmed during the testing of
132 these simulations. Always mount a scratch monkey.
134 Concept cribbed from Stephen Martin <smartin@mks.com>. This version is by
135 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, with contributions from many others.