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]
26 program is the finest in personal computer emulation.
29 steps through a set of screens, each one a recreation of a different failure
30 mode of an operating system. Systems depicted include
31 Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, MS-DOS, AmigaDOS 1.3, Linux,
32 SCO UNIX, BSD UNIX, HPUX, Solaris, Tru64, VMS, HVX/GCOS6, IBM OS/390, OS/2,
33 MacOS (MacsBug, Bomb, Sad Mac, and OSX), Atari ST, Apple ][+, VMware and
38 accepts the following options:
41 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
44 Draw on the root window.
47 If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
50 Install a private colormap for the window.
52 .B \-visual \fIvisual\fP
53 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class,
54 or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
56 .B \-delay \fIdelay\fP
57 The duration each crash-mode is displayed before selecting another.
60 Tell it to run only one mode, e.g., \fI\-only HPUX\fP.
63 Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
68 to get the default host and display number.
71 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
72 stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
74 Notable X resources supported include the following, which control which
75 hacks are displayed and which aren't.
104 Each of these is a Boolean resource, they all default to true, except
105 for doAtari, doBSD, doSparcLinux, and doHPPALinux, which are turned off
106 by default, because they're really not all that interesting looking
107 unless you're a fan of those systems.
109 There are command-line options for all of these:
110 e.g., \fI\-bsd\fP, \fI\-no-bsd\fP. (Also note the \fI\-only\fP option.)
112 Unlike the systems being simulated, \fIbsod\fP does not require a
113 reboot after running.
116 .BR xscreensaver (1),
117 .BR http://www.microsoft.com/ ,
118 .BR http://www.apple.com/ ,
119 .BR http://www.sco.com/ ,
120 .BR http://www.kernel.org/ ,
122 .BR http://www.amiga.de/ .
124 Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 95, and Microsoft Windows NT are all
125 registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Apple Macintosh is a
126 registered trademark of Apple Computer. Amiga is a registered trademark of
127 Amiga International, Inc. Atari ST is probably a trademark, too, but it's
128 hard to tell who owns it. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds,
129 but it isn't his fault. OS/2 is a registered trademark of International
130 Business Machines Corporation. VMware is a registered trademark of VMware, Inc.
132 Copyright \(co 1998-2003 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
133 distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is
134 hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear
135 in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice
136 appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the
137 suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without
138 express or implied warranty. No animals were harmed during the testing of
139 these simulations. Always mount a scratch monkey.
141 Concept cribbed from Stephen Martin <smartin@mks.com>. This version is by
142 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, with contributions from many others.