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| author | runge <runge> | 2005-07-09 03:52:20 +0000 |
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| committer | runge <runge> | 2005-07-09 03:52:20 +0000 |
| commit | ad02e15542abd55dd8bed89f4e267d5fd7f595b8 (patch) | |
| tree | c484037da674210cf780c3b5ea8dfe54a95910ea /x11vnc/x11vnc.1 | |
| parent | 8fcf08613247c17aab767476fca6870bb45480a9 (diff) | |
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x11vnc: -grab_buster for XGrabServer deadlock; fix scrolls and copyrect for -clip and -id
Diffstat (limited to 'x11vnc/x11vnc.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | x11vnc/x11vnc.1 | 19 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/x11vnc/x11vnc.1 b/x11vnc/x11vnc.1 index ee330b1..9f2242c 100644 --- a/x11vnc/x11vnc.1 +++ b/x11vnc/x11vnc.1 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .TH X11VNC "1" "July 2005" "x11vnc " "User Commands" .SH NAME x11vnc - allow VNC connections to real X11 displays - version: 0.7.2, lastmod: 2005-07-06 + version: 0.7.2, lastmod: 2005-07-09 .SH SYNOPSIS .B x11vnc [OPTION]... @@ -1378,6 +1378,23 @@ Disable any use of the RECORD extension. This is currently used by the \fB-scrollcopyrect\fR scheme and to monitor X server grabs. .PP +\fB-grab_buster,\fR \fB-nograb_buster\fR +.IP +Some of the use of the RECORD extension can leave a +tiny window for XGrabServer deadlock. This is only if +the whole-server grabbing application expects mouse +or keyboard input before releasing the grab. It is +usually a window manager that does this. x11vnc takes +care to avoid the the problem, but if caught x11vnc +will freeze. Without \fB-grab_buster,\fR the only solution +is to go the physical display and give it some input +to satisfy the grabbing app. Or manually kill and +restart the window manager. With \fB-grab_buster,\fR x11vnc +will fork a helper thread and if x11vnc appears to be +stuck in a grab after a period of time (20-30 sec) +then it will inject some user input: button clicks, +Escape, mouse motion, etc to try to break the grab. +.PP \fB-debug_grabs\fR .IP Turn on debugging info printout with respect to |