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screen saver.

Synopsis

stardome [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--delay number] [--speed number] [--scale number] [--fps]

Description

Stars and a galaxy under a dome on a moon.

Options

--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.

--window

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

--root

Draw on the root window.

--delay number

Per-frame delay, in microseconds.  Default: 20000 (0.02 seconds).

--speed number

Animation speed.  2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.

--scale number

Frame buffer resolution.  0.5 means halve the resolution for better performance but lower quality output.  Default 1.0, full quality.

--fps | --no-fps

Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.

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.

XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW

The window ID to use with --root.

See Also

X(1), xscreensaver(1), https://www.shadertoy.com/view/stBcW1

Author

mrange.

Info

6.14-1.fc44 (19-Jan-2026) X Version 11 XScreenSaver manual