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] [--vi- sual 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 different failure mode of an operating system. Systems depicted include Windows 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 another. --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 re- sources 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, doBlitDamage, doSolaris, doHPUX, doApple2, doOS390, doTru64, doVMS, doMSDOS, doOS2, doHVX, doVMware, and doATM. Each of these is a Boolean resource, they all default to true, ex- cept for doAtari, doBSD, doSparcLinux, and doHPPALinux, which are turned off by default, because they're really not all that interesting looking un- less 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 after 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 reg- istered trademark of Apple Computer. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga International, Inc. Solaris is a trademark of Sun Microsystems. HP- UX is a trademark of HP Hewlett Packard Group LLC. Nvidia is a tradmark of Nvidia Corporation. VMS is probably a trademark of Digital Equipment Cor- poration. Atari ST is probably a trademark, 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 registered 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 Incorpo- rated. COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 1998-2022 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, mod- ify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any pur- pose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright no- tice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this per- mission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is pro- vided "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 6.15 (30-Mar-2026) bsod(6)
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