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, the
31 Apple Macintosh (both the MacsBug debugger and the rarer "Sad Mac"), and the
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.
60 to get the default host and display number.
63 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
64 stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
66 Notable X resources supported include the following, which control which
67 hacks are displayed and which aren't.
81 Each of these is a Boolean resource, they all default to true, except for
82 doSparcLinux and doAtari, which are turned off by default, because they're
83 really not all that interesting looking unless you're a fan of those systems.
84 There aren't command-line options for these, so to change them, you'll need
85 to add entries to your .Xdefaults file, or use the -xrm option.
86 For example, to tell bsod not to show the NT crash:
88 bsod -xrm '*doNT: false'
91 Unlike the systems that the images are borrowed from,
93 does not require a reboot after running.
96 should also emulate more systems, but systems with interesting crash
97 graphics are not as common as one might hope.
99 One I'd really like to see is a Unix system getting a kernel panic,
100 rebooting, and running
104 .BR xscreensaver (1),
105 .BR http://www.microsoft.com/ ,
106 .BR http://www.apple.com/ ,
108 .BR http://www.sco.com/ ,
109 .BR http://www.kernel.org/ ,
111 .BR http://www.amiga.de/ .
113 Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 95, and Microsoft Windows NT are all
114 registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Apple Macintosh is a
115 registered trademark of Apple Computer. Amiga is a registered trademark of
116 Amiga International, Inc. Atari ST is probably a trademark, too, but it's
117 hard to tell who owns it. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds,
118 but it isn't his fault.
120 Copyright \(co 1998 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
121 distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is
122 hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear
123 in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice
124 appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the
125 suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without
126 express or implied warranty. No animals were harmed during the testing of
127 these simulations. Always mount a scratch monkey.
129 Concept cribbed from Stephen Martin <smartin@mks.com>. This version is by
130 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>.