xsetiathome(1)xsetiathome(1)NAMExsetiathome - display SETI data under X Windows
SYNOPSISxsetiathome [-fullscreen]
DESCRIPTIONxsetiathome is a graphical display for setiathome. To use
xsetiathome, you must run setiathome with the -graphics
flag.
A typical invocation of xsetiathome will look like this:
> setiathome -graphics &
> xsetiathome
Alternatively, xsetiathome can be executed in screensaver
mode, which requires an external application such as xau-
tolock.
OPTIONS
-fullscreen
Take over the entire display. When running in this
mode, any mouse presses will exit the application.
KNOWN BUGS
Please note, this xsetiathome binary is an initial experi-
ment. We are fully aware that it may have some signifi-
cant bugs and we are continuing to work on it. Please do
not report bugs on this binary at this time.
Only one instance of 'setiathome -graphics' can be operat-
ing at any one time on a system. There is no conflict
resolution with the allocated shared memory segments and
semaphores. Therefore, only one instance of xsetiathome
is practical.
Outstanding shared memory segments and semaphores may be
left active in case of an abnormal exit of the 'setiathome
-graphics' process. These can prevent any future invoca-
tion of and 'ipcrm' to remove shared memory segments and
semaphores that are not associated with a process. This
behavior may vary depending upon how your UNIX system han-
dles this situation. See also ipcs(1) and ipcrm(1)
The xsetiathome process may affect system performance
adversely. This behavior may vary depending upon your
version of the X11 Windowing system client libraries
and/or your X server and its operating mode/visual depth.
xsetiathome(1)
