1bsod(6x)                      XScreenSaver manual                     bsod(6x)
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NAME

6       bsod - Blue Screen of Death emulator
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SYNOPSIS

9       bsod [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color] [--background
10       color] [--window]  [--root]  [--window-id  number][--mono]  [--install]
11       [--visual visual] [--delay seconds] [--fps]
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DESCRIPTION

14       The bsod program is the finest in personal computer emulation.
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16       bsod steps through a set of screens, each one a recreation of a differ‐
17       ent failure mode of an operating system.  Systems depicted include Win‐
18       dows  3.1,  Windows  95,  Windows  NT, MS-DOS, AmigaDOS 1.3, Linux, SCO
19       UNIX, BSD UNIX, HPUX, Solaris, Tru64, VMS, HVX/GCOS6, IBM OS/390, OS/2,
20       MacOS  (MacsBug,  Bomb,  Sad Mac, and OSX), Atari ST, Apple ][+, VMware
21       and NCD X Terminals.
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OPTIONS

24       bsod accepts the following options:
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26       --window
27               Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.
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29       --root  Draw on the root window.
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31       --window-id number
32               Draw on the specified window.
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34       --mono  If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
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36       --install
37               Install a private colormap for the window.
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39       --visual visual
40               Specify which visual to use.  Legal values are the  name  of  a
41               visual  class,  or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
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44       --delay delay
45               The duration each crash-mode is displayed before selecting  an‐
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48       --only which
49               Tell it to run only one mode, e.g., --only HPUX.
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51       --fps   Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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ENVIRONMENT

54       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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56       XENVIRONMENT
57               to  get  the  name of a resource file that overrides the global
58               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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60       XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
61               The window ID to use with --root.
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X RESOURCES

64       Notable X resources supported  include  the  following,  which  control
65       which  hacks are displayed and which aren't.  doWindows, doNT, doWin2K,
66       doWin10,  doRansomware,  doAmiga,  doMac,  doMac1,  doMacsBug,  doMacX,
67       doSCO,  doAtari,  doBSD, doLinux, doSparcLinux, doHPPALinux, doBlitDam‐
68       age, doSolaris, doHPUX, doApple2,  doOS390,  doTru64,  doVMS,  doMSDOS,
69       doOS2,  doHVX,  doVMware,  and  doATM.   Each of these is a Boolean re‐
70       source, they all default to true, except for  doAtari,  doBSD,  doSpar‐
71       cLinux,  and  doHPPALinux,  which  are  turned  off by default, because
72       they're really not all that interesting looking unless you're a fan  of
73       those systems.
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75       There are command-line options for all of these: e.g., --bsd, --no-bsd.
76       (Also note the --only option.)
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BUGS

79       Unlike the systems being simulated, bsod does not require a reboot  af‐
80       ter running.
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SEE ALSO

83       X(1), xscreensaver(1)
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TRADEMARKS

86       Microsoft  Windows,  Microsoft Windows 95, and Microsoft Windows NT are
87       all registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.  Apple Macintosh is
88       a registered trademark of Apple Computer.  Amiga is a registered trade‐
89       mark of Amiga International, Inc.  Solaris is a trademark  of  Sun  Mi‐
90       crosystems.   HP-UX  is  a  trademark  of HP Hewlett Packard Group LLC.
91       Nvidia is a tradmark of Nvidia Corporation.  VMS is probably  a  trade‐
92       mark  of  Digital Equipment Corporation.  Atari ST is probably a trade‐
93       mark, too, but it's hard to tell who owns it.  SCO is probably still  a
94       trademark  of  somebody  these  days,  I  guess.  Linux is a registered
95       trademark of Linus Torvalds, but it isn't his fault. OS/2 is  a  regis‐
96       tered  trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. VMware
97       is a registered trademark of VMware, Inc.  Android is  a  trademark  of
98       Google LLC. GladOS is a trademark of Aperture Science Incorporated.
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101       Copyright © 1998-2022 by Jamie Zawinski.  Permission to use, copy, mod‐
102       ify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation  for  any
103       purpose  is  hereby  granted without fee, provided that the above copy‐
104       right notice appear in all copies and that both that  copyright  notice
105       and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.  No rep‐
106       resentations are made about the suitability of this  software  for  any
107       purpose.   It  is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
108       No animals were harmed during the testing of these simulations.  Always
109       mount a scratch monkey.
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AUTHOR

112       Concept cribbed from Stephen Martin <smartin@mks.com>.  This version is
113       by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, with contributions from many others.
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