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Diffstat (limited to 'x11vnc/x11vnc.1')
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1 files changed, 58 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/x11vnc/x11vnc.1 b/x11vnc/x11vnc.1 index 893c9a6..e7fc81b 100644 --- a/x11vnc/x11vnc.1 +++ b/x11vnc/x11vnc.1 @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ .\" This file was automatically generated from x11vnc -help output. -.TH X11VNC "1" "October 2009" "x11vnc " "User Commands" +.TH X11VNC "1" "November 2009" "x11vnc " "User Commands" .SH NAME x11vnc - allow VNC connections to real X11 displays - version: 0.9.9, lastmod: 2009-10-15 + version: 0.9.9, lastmod: 2009-11-18 .SH SYNOPSIS .B x11vnc [OPTION]... @@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ before startup. Same as \fB-xauth\fR file. See , .IR xauth (1) man pages for more info. +.IP +Use '-auth guess' to have x11vnc use its \fB-findauth\fR +mechanism (described below) to try to guess the +XAUTHORITY filename and use it. .PP \fB-N\fR .IP @@ -107,6 +111,14 @@ for display managers like GDM (KillInitClients option) that kill x11vnc just after the user logs into the X session. Note: the reopened state may be unstable. Set X11VNC_REOPEN_DISPLAY=n to reopen n times. +.IP +Update: as of 0.9.9, x11vnc tries to automatically avoid +being killed by the display manager by delaying creating +windows or using XFIXES. So you shouldn't need to use +KillInitClients=false as long as you log in quickly +enough (within 45 seconds of connecting.) You can +disable this by setting X11VNC_AVOID_WINDOWS=never. +You can also set it to the number of seconds to delay. .PP \fB-reflect\fR \fIhost:N\fR .IP @@ -444,6 +456,18 @@ mode. This usage could use useful: \fB-svc\fR \fB-bg\fR \fB-loopbg\fR .IP Exit unless a client connects within the first n seconds after startup. +.IP +If there have been no connection attempts after n +seconds x11vnc exits immediately. If a client is +trying to connect but has not progressed to the normal +operating state, x11vnc gives it a few more seconds +to finish and exits if it does not make it to the +normal state. +.IP +For reverse connections via \fB-connect\fR or \fB-connect_or_exit\fR +a timeout of n seconds will be set for all reverse +connects. If the connect timeout alarm goes off, +x11vnc will exit immediately. .PP \fB-sleepin\fR \fIn\fR .IP @@ -1149,6 +1173,20 @@ Have the FINDDISPLAY program list all of your displays (i.e. all the X displays on the local machine that you have access rights to). .PP +\fB-findauth\fR \fI[disp]\fR +.IP +Apply the \fB-find/-finddpy\fR heuristics to try to guess the +XAUTHORITY file for DISPLAY 'disp'. If 'disp' is not +supplied, then the value in the \fB-display\fR earlier in +the cmdline is used; failing that $DISPLAY is used; +and failing that ":0" is used. +.IP +If nothing is printed out, that means no XAUTHORITY was +found for 'disp'. If "XAUTHORITY=" is printed out, +that means use the default (i.e. do not set XAUTHORITY). +If "XAUTHORITY=/path/to/file" is printed out, then +use that file. +.PP \fB-create\fR .IP First try to find the user's display using FINDDISPLAY, @@ -1253,6 +1291,10 @@ WAIT: are also applied in this mode if they are typed in before the user hits Escape. The username is ignored but the colon options are not. .IP +The default message is 2 lines in a small font, set +the env. var. X11VNC_SYSTEM_GREETER1=true for a 1 line +message in a larger font. +.IP If the user pressed Escape the FINDCREATEDISPLAY command will be run with the env. var. X11VNC_XDM_ONLY=1. .IP @@ -2878,6 +2920,8 @@ If x11vnc guesses your desktop incorrectly, you can force it by prefixing color with "gnome:", "kde:", "cde:", "xfce:", or "root:". .IP +Update: \fB-solid\fR no longer works on KDE4. +.IP This mode works in a limited way on the Mac OS X Console with one color ('kelp') using the screensaver writing to the background. Look in "~/Library/Screen Savers" @@ -3447,6 +3491,14 @@ Ignored when in XFIXES cursor-grabbing mode. .IP Do not use the XFIXES extension to draw the exact cursor shape even if it is available. +.IP +Note: To work around a crash in Xorg 1.5 and later +some people needed to use \fB-noxfixes.\fR The Xorg crash +occurred right after a Display Manager (e.g. GDM) login. +Starting with x11vnc 0.9.9 it tries to automatically +avoid using XFIXES until it is sure a window manager +is running. See the \fB-reopen\fR option for more info and +how to use X11VNC_AVOID_WINDOWS=never to disable it. .PP \fB-alphacut\fR \fIn\fR .IP @@ -6052,9 +6104,9 @@ nomacnowait macwheel macnoswap macswap nomacnoswap macnoresize macresize nomacnoresize maciconanim macmenu macnomenu nomacmenu macuskbd nomacuskbd noremote .IP -aro= noop display vncdisplay autoport loop loopbg -desktopname guess_desktop guess_dbus http_url -auth xauth users rootshift clipshift scale_str +aro= noop display vncdisplay icon_mode autoport +loop loopbg desktopname guess_desktop guess_dbus +http_url auth xauth users rootshift clipshift scale_str scaled_x scaled_y scale_numer scale_denom scale_fac_x scale_fac_y scaling_blend scaling_nomult4 scaling_pad scaling_interpolate inetd privremote unsafe safer @@ -6201,7 +6253,7 @@ associated options is: stunnel, ssl, unixpw, WAIT, zeroconf, id, accept, afteraccept, gone, pipeinput, v4l-info, rawfb-setup, dt, gui, ssh, storepasswd, passwdfile, custom_passwd, -crash. +findauth, crash. .IP See each option's help to learn the associated external command. Note that the \fB-nocmds\fR option takes precedence |