---
name: "xteevee"
section: "6x"
platform: "linux"
package: "xscreensaver"
version: "4.24-5"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xteevee/6x"
---

# xteevee(6x)

Simulate various TV problems

## NAME

xteevee - Simulate various TV problems

## SYNOPSIS

**xteevee** \[-display *host:display.screen*\] \[-window\] \[-root\] \[-install\] \[-visual *visual*\]  \[-cycle\] \[-no-cycle\] \[-static\] \[-no-static\] \[-roll\] \[-no-roll\] \[-bars\] \[-no-bars\]

## DESCRIPTION

*xteevee* simulates various television problems, fondly re-creating the days when computers were fun and I spent my time with an Atari 400 hooked up to a black-and-white TV I found in someone's trash.

When run, *xteevee* picks a mode to display from the available options.  If modes are explicitly set on the command-line, they override the implicit options and will be chosen among exclusively.  If modes are explicitly excluded from the command-line, the they are simply removed from contention.

The image that it manipulates will be grabbed from the portion of the screen underlying the window, or from the system's video input, or from a random file on disk, as indicated by the *grabDesktopImages*, *grabVideoFrames*, and *chooseRandomImages* options in the *~/.xscreensaver* file; see [**xscreensaver-demo**(1)](/xscreensaver-demo/1.md) for more details.

See also [**xanalogtv**(6x)](/xanalogtv/6x.md) for a more sophisticated (but more graphics-intensive) implementation of this concept.

## OPTIONS

*xteevee* accepts the following options:

- **-window**

  Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.

- **-root**

  Draw on the root window.

- **-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.

- **-cycle**

  Cycle through all the available modes.  This is the default.

- **-no-cycle**

  Don't cycle modes.

- **-static**

  Explicitly select the "static" mode.

- **-no-static**

  Explicitly forbid the "static" mode.

- **-roll**

  Explicitly select the "vertical roll" mode.

- **-no-roll**

  Explicitly forbid the "vertical roll" mode.

- **-bars**

  Explicitly select the "color bars" mode.

- **-no-bars**

  Explicitly forbid the "color bars" mode.

## 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.

## X RESOURCES

Notable X resources supported include the following:

**static,** **roll** and **bars** are booleans, defining which modes are to be implicitly available if *xteevee* is run without command-line mode selections. **cycle** is a boolean, defining if *xteevee* should cycle through each available mode or pick one and stick with it. **delayMode** and **delayBetween** are integers, defining how long each mode should be displayed and how long the time between them should be if **cycle** is on. **staticSignal** is an integer, defining the strength of the signal during the "static" mode, as a percentage.

## BUGS

*xteevee* should simulate more TV problems.

## SEE ALSO

**X**(1), [**xanalogtv**(6x)](/xanalogtv/6x.md), [**apple2**(6x)](/apple2/6x.md), [**bsod**(6x)](/bsod/6x.md), [**xscreensaver**(1)](/xscreensaver/1.md), [**xscreensaver-demo**(1)](/xscreensaver-demo/1.md), [**xscreensaver-getimage**(1)](/xscreensaver-getimage/1.md)

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1999 by Greg Knauss.  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 notice 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.  If you've gotten this far, then you're obviously looking for something to do.  Go here: http://www.teevee.org.

## AUTHOR

Greg Knauss \<greg@eod.com\>, 19-Nov-1999.