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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
Copyright (C) 2002-2009 Karl J. Runge <runge@karlrunge.com>
All rights reserved.
-x11vnc README file Date: Fri Dec 18 10:27:07 EST 2009
+x11vnc README file Date: Fri Dec 18 22:19:55 EST 2009
The following information is taken from these URLs:
@@ -12905,7 +12905,7 @@ x11vnc: a VNC server for real X displays
Here are all of x11vnc command line options:
% x11vnc -opts (see below for -help long descriptions)
-x11vnc: allow VNC connections to real X11 displays. 0.9.9 lastmod: 2009-12-17
+x11vnc: allow VNC connections to real X11 displays. 0.9.9 lastmod: 2009-12-18
x11vnc options:
-display disp -auth file -N
@@ -13032,7 +13032,7 @@ libvncserver-tight-extension options:
% x11vnc -help
-x11vnc: allow VNC connections to real X11 displays. 0.9.9 lastmod: 2009-12-17
+x11vnc: allow VNC connections to real X11 displays. 0.9.9 lastmod: 2009-12-18
(type "x11vnc -opts" to just list the options.)
@@ -13104,7 +13104,8 @@ Options:
to find the XAUTHORITY before anyone has logged into an
X session yet, use: x11vnc -env FD_XDM=1 -auth guess ...
(This will also find the XAUTHORITY if a user is already
- logged into the X session.)
+ logged into the X session.) When running as root,
+ FD_XDM=1 will be tried if the initial -auth guess fails.
-N If the X display is :N, try to set the VNC display to
also be :N This just sets the -rfbport option to 5900+N
@@ -14067,7 +14068,8 @@ Options:
to find the XAUTHORITY before anyone has logged into an
X session yet, use: x11vnc -env FD_XDM=1 -findauth ...
(This will also find the XAUTHORITY if a user is already
- logged into the X session.)
+ logged into the X session.) When running as root,
+ FD_XDM=1 will be tried if the initial -findauth fails.
-create First try to find the user's display using FINDDISPLAY,
if that doesn't succeed create an X session via the
@@ -14264,6 +14266,12 @@ Options:
(same as "xterm") to have the created display use
that mode for the user session.
+ Specify "tag=..." to set the unique FD_TAG desktop
+ session tag described below. Note: this option will
+ be ignored if the FD_TAG env. var. is already set or
+ if the viewer-side supplied value is not completely
+ composed of alphanumeric or '_' or '-' characters.
+
To disable the option setting set the environment
variable X11VNC_NO_UNIXPW_OPTS=1 before starting x11vnc.
To set any other options, the user can use the gui
@@ -14352,8 +14360,8 @@ Options:
It will start looking for an open display number at :20
Override via X11VNC_CREATE_STARTING_DISPLAY_NUMBER=n
- By default FINDCREATEDISPLAY will try Xdummy and then
- Xvfb:
+ By default FINDCREATEDISPLAY will try Xvfb and then
+ Xdummy:
The Xdummy wrapper is part of the x11vnc source code
(x11vnc/misc/Xdummy) It should be available in PATH and