

                        THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!


In the past, the Blue Screen Of Death was reserved only for Windows (TM)
users.  Upon receiving the Blue Screen Of Death sign, the user was 
required to pay tribute to the corporate gods with the three finger 
<ctrl-alt-del> salute.  Met with either acceptance or anger depending 
on the user's level of experience, the Blue Screen Of Death was 
nevertheless a symbol of the complete corporate domination over the
consumer.  When someone received the BSOD sign, they had *no choice*
but to reboot, reinstall, or whatever might be required to get their
system running again.

By downloading and compiling this software, you, the Linux user, are
re-capturing an important part of the computing past.  This software
package, though simple, is meant to remind you of what could have been,
what might have been.  Run it once, run it often.  Now you can enjoy
the Blue Screen Of Death for fun!  The Linux BSOD is your one-fingered
salute to the corporate wannabes that no longer control your life.

Play with it, laugh at it, have fun with it.  You can modify it because
you have the source.  Just think where you'd be without it!  (Linux,
that is...)

This software will BSOD whether you're running X, or are logged in at
the console.  And it doesn't need to be suid.   If there are any bugs 
with it <-- how can there be a bug with a BSOD?  I dunno.  Anyway, let 
me know at "mdj@rams.horsetooth.org".  :-)

Also let me know if you like it!

A BSOD for Linux?  Finally?  (There's something very wrong here...)

Enjoy!


Mark Jackson
mdj@rams.horsetooth.org


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To compile:
	make

To install:
	don't install.  it's a joke, remember!

Requirements:
	Recent ncurses, recent linux kernel.  Sorry, don't know any
	version numbers at this point.  Email me with any version 
	problems...

	You're most likely safe with kernel > 2.0.26...
	
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Troubleshooting:

If your screen doesn't go blue, make sure your TERM environment 
variable is set to "linux", not "vt100" or the likes.  If not, ncurses
will display the screen in black and white.

With later versions of termcap, your TERM should be "linux-c" not
"linux" - I've heard that the latter is not a color term with these 
versions.


