lcdscrub(6)

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version 6.15 · 2 versions
, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, nixpkgs unstable

✨ lcdscrub — the burn-in repair queen has entered the chat 💅

okay bestie so this is lcdscrub, straight out of the XScreenSaver manual, and no cap it's the glow-up your sad tired monitor has been begging for 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

lcdscrub — the icon that attempts to repair burn-in on LCD screens 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

lcdscrub [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--spread number]
[--cycles number] [--fps]

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so real talk: this screen saver is not here to look pretty 😭 it's here to repair burn-in on LCD monitors. main character energy is not the assignment, healing is.

and like, believe it or not, screen burn is not a thing of the past 💀 it can happen to LCD screens pretty easily, even in this modern age. wild, right? but here's the slay: leaving the screen on and displaying high contrast images can often repair the damage. that's literally what this screen saver does ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --visual visual — tells it 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, bestie 🫶
  • --root — draw on the root window 🌈
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window, iykyk 🪟
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, in microseconds. default: 1000000 (1 second.) ⏱️
  • --spread number — distance between lines. default 8 📏
  • --cycles number — steps before switching display mode. default 60 🔄
  • --fps — display the current frame rate and CPU load 🔥

🧚 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://support.apple.com/de-at/HT2387 https://web.archive.org/web/20080207220955/http%3A//toastycode.com/blog/2008/02/05/lcd-scrub/

Copyright © 2008 by Jamie Zawinski. 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 🫶

💖 AUTHOR 💖

inspired by the like-named program by Daniel Sandler 💫

written by Jamie Zawinski 🌟

and that's the whole vibe check, bestie — this page is from X Version 11, version 6.15, dated 30-Mar-2026. go forth and un-burn those pixels, periodt 💅✨

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