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bsod(6)			      XScreenSaver manual		       bsod(6)

NAME
       bsod - Blue Screen of Death emulator

SYNOPSIS
       bsod [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color] [--background
       color]  [--window]  [--root]  [--window-id  number][--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.

       --window-id number
	       Draw on the specified 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.

       XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
	       The window ID to	use with --root.

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)

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 (C) 1998-2022 by Jamie	Zawinski.  Permission  to  use,	 copy,
       modify,	distribute,  and  sell this software and its documentation for
       any purpose is hereby granted without  fee,  provided  that  the	 above
       copyright  notice appear	in all copies and that both that copyright no-
       tice and	this permission	notice appear in supporting documentation.  No
       representations 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.

X Version 11		      6.09 (07-Jun-2024)		       bsod(6)

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