bsod(6x) XScreenSaver manual bsod(6x)
NAME
bsod - Blue Screen of Death emulator
SYNOPSIS
bsod [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background
color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual] [-delay
seconds] [-fps]
DESCRIPTION
The bsod program is the finest in personal computer emulation.
bsod steps through a set of screens, each one a recreation of a differ-
ent failure mode of an operating system. Systems depicted include Win-
dows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, MS-DOS, AmigaDOS 1.3, Linux, SCO
UNIX, BSD UNIX, HPUX, Solaris, Tru64, VMS, HVX/GCOS6, IBM OS/390, OS/2,
MacOS (MacsBug, Bomb, Sad Mac, and OSX), Atari ST, Apple ][+, VMware
and NCD X Terminals.
OPTIONS
bsod accepts the following options:
-window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
-root Draw on the root window.
-mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
-install
Install a private colormap for the window.
-visual visual
Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
visual.
-delay delay
The duration each crash-mode is displayed before selecting an-
other.
-only which
Tell it to run only one mode, e.g., -only HPUX.
-fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
XENVIRONMENT
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
X RESOURCES
Notable X resources supported include the following, which control
which hacks are displayed and which aren't. doWindows, doNT, doWin2K,
doWin10, doRansomware, doAmiga, doMac, doMac1, doMacsBug, doMacX,
doSCO, doAtari, doBSD, doLinux, doSparcLinux, doHPPALinux, doBlitDam-
age, doSolaris, doHPUX, doApple2, doOS390, doTru64, doVMS, doMSDOS,
doOS2, doHVX, doVMware, and doATM. Each of these is a Boolean re-
source, they all default to true, except for doAtari, doBSD, doSpar-
cLinux, and doHPPALinux, which are turned off by default, because
they're really not all that interesting looking unless you're a fan of
those systems.
There are command-line options for all of these: e.g., -bsd, -no-bsd.
(Also note the -only option.)
BUGS
Unlike the systems being simulated, bsod does not require a reboot af-
ter running.
SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1), http://www.microsoft.com/, http://www.ap-
ple.com/, http://www.sco.com/, http://www.kernel.org/, and
http://www.amiga.de/.
TRADEMARKS
Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 95, and Microsoft Windows NT are
all registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Apple Macintosh is
a registered trademark of Apple Computer. Amiga is a registered trade-
mark of Amiga International, Inc. Solaris is a trademark of Sun Mi-
crosystems. HP-UX is a trademark of HP Hewlett Packard Group LLC.
Nvidia is a tradmark of Nvidia Corporation. VMS is probably a trade-
mark of Digital Equipment Corporation. Atari ST is probably a trade-
mark, too, but it's hard to tell who owns it. SCO is probably still a
trademark of somebody these days, I guess. Linux is a registered
trademark of Linus Torvalds, but it isn't his fault. OS/2 is a regis-
tered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. VMware
is a registered trademark of VMware, Inc. Android is a trademark of
Google LLC. GladOS is a trademark of Aperture Science Incorporated.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1998-2018 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, mod-
ify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any
purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copy-
right notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice
and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No rep-
resentations are made about the suitability of this software for any
purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
No animals were harmed during the testing of these simulations. Always
mount a scratch monkey.
AUTHOR
Concept cribbed from Stephen Martin <smartin@mks.com>. This version is
by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, with contributions from many others.
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