14 .TH XScreenSaver 1 "28-Oct-98" "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 Microsoft's Windows 95
30 and Windows NT, Commodore-Amiga's AmigaDOS 1.3, SPARC Linux, SCO UNIX,
31 HPUX, IBM OS/360, the Apple Macintosh (both the MacsBug debugger and the
32 rarer "Sad Mac"), the Atari ST, and the Apple ][+.
36 accepts the following options:
39 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
42 Draw on the root window.
45 If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
48 Install a private colormap for the window.
50 .B \-visual \fIvisual\fP
51 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class,
52 or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
54 .B \-delay \fIdelay\fP
55 The delay between displaying one crash and another.
58 Tell it to run only one mode, e.g., \fI\-only HPUX\fP.
63 to get the default host and display number.
66 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
67 stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
69 Notable X resources supported include the following, which control which
70 hacks are displayed and which aren't.
90 Each of these is a Boolean resource, they all default to true, except
91 for doAtari, doBSD, and doSparcLinux, which are turned off by default,
92 because they're really not all that interesting looking unless you're a
95 There are command-line options for all of these:
96 e.g., \fI\-bsd\fP, \fI\-no-bsd\fP.
98 Unlike the systems that the images are borrowed from,
100 does not require a reboot after running.
103 should also emulate more systems, but systems with interesting crash
104 graphics are not as common as one might hope.
107 .BR xscreensaver (1),
108 .BR http://www.microsoft.com/ ,
109 .BR http://www.apple.com/ ,
110 .BR http://www.sco.com/ ,
111 .BR http://www.kernel.org/ ,
113 .BR http://www.amiga.de/ .
115 Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 95, and Microsoft Windows NT are all
116 registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Apple Macintosh is a
117 registered trademark of Apple Computer. Amiga is a registered trademark of
118 Amiga International, Inc. Atari ST is probably a trademark, too, but it's
119 hard to tell who owns it. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds,
120 but it isn't his fault.
122 Copyright \(co 1998-2003 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
123 distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is
124 hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear
125 in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice
126 appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the
127 suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without
128 express or implied warranty. No animals were harmed during the testing of
129 these simulations. Always mount a scratch monkey.
131 Concept cribbed from Stephen Martin <smartin@mks.com>. This version is by
132 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, with contributions from many others.