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diff --git a/x11vnc/help.c b/x11vnc/help.c index fadcf32..4b81efe 100644 --- a/x11vnc/help.c +++ b/x11vnc/help.c @@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ void print_help(int mode) { " before startup. Same as -xauth file. See Xsecurity(7),\n" " xauth(1) man pages for more info.\n" "\n" +" Use '-auth guess' to have x11vnc use its -findauth\n" +" mechanism (described below) to try to guess the\n" +" XAUTHORITY filename and use it.\n" +"\n" "-N If the X display is :N, try to set the VNC display to\n" " also be :N This just sets the -rfbport option to 5900+N\n" " The program will exit immediately if that port is not\n" @@ -137,6 +141,14 @@ void print_help(int mode) { " X session. Note: the reopened state may be unstable.\n" " Set X11VNC_REOPEN_DISPLAY=n to reopen n times.\n" "\n" +" Update: as of 0.9.9, x11vnc tries to automatically avoid\n" +" being killed by the display manager by delaying creating\n" +" windows or using XFIXES. So you shouldn't need to use\n" +" KillInitClients=false as long as you log in quickly\n" +" enough (within 45 seconds of connecting.) You can\n" +" disable this by setting X11VNC_AVOID_WINDOWS=never.\n" +" You can also set it to the number of seconds to delay.\n" +"\n" "-reflect host:N Instead of connecting to and polling an X display,\n" " connect to the remote VNC server host:N and be a\n" " reflector/repeater for it. This is useful for trying\n" @@ -413,6 +425,18 @@ void print_help(int mode) { "-timeout n Exit unless a client connects within the first n seconds\n" " after startup.\n" "\n" +" If there have been no connection attempts after n\n" +" seconds x11vnc exits immediately. If a client is\n" +" trying to connect but has not progressed to the normal\n" +" operating state, x11vnc gives it a few more seconds\n" +" to finish and exits if it does not make it to the\n" +" normal state.\n" +"\n" +" For reverse connections via -connect or -connect_or_exit\n" +" a timeout of n seconds will be set for all reverse\n" +" connects. If the connect timeout alarm goes off,\n" +" x11vnc will exit immediately.\n" +"\n" "-sleepin n At startup sleep n seconds before proceeding (e.g. to\n" " allow redirs and listening clients to start up)\n" "\n" @@ -1025,6 +1049,18 @@ void print_help(int mode) { " (i.e. all the X displays on the local machine that you\n" " have access rights to).\n" "\n" +"-findauth [disp] Apply the -find/-finddpy heuristics to try to guess the\n" +" XAUTHORITY file for DISPLAY 'disp'. If 'disp' is not\n" +" supplied, then the value in the -display earlier in\n" +" the cmdline is used; failing that $DISPLAY is used;\n" +" and failing that \":0\" is used.\n" +"\n" +" If nothing is printed out, that means no XAUTHORITY was\n" +" found for 'disp'. If \"XAUTHORITY=\" is printed out,\n" +" that means use the default (i.e. do not set XAUTHORITY).\n" +" If \"XAUTHORITY=/path/to/file\" is printed out, then\n" +" use that file.\n" +"\n" "-create First try to find the user's display using FINDDISPLAY,\n" " if that doesn't succeed create an X session via the\n" " FINDCREATEDISPLAY method. This is an alias for\n" @@ -1106,6 +1142,10 @@ void print_help(int mode) { " in before the user hits Escape. The username is ignored\n" " but the colon options are not.\n" "\n" +" The default message is 2 lines in a small font, set\n" +" the env. var. X11VNC_SYSTEM_GREETER1=true for a 1 line\n" +" message in a larger font.\n" +"\n" " If the user pressed Escape the FINDCREATEDISPLAY command\n" " will be run with the env. var. X11VNC_XDM_ONLY=1.\n" "\n" @@ -2592,6 +2632,8 @@ void print_help(int mode) { " force it by prefixing color with \"gnome:\", \"kde:\",\n" " \"cde:\", \"xfce:\", or \"root:\".\n" "\n" +" Update: -solid no longer works on KDE4.\n" +"\n" " This mode works in a limited way on the Mac OS X Console\n" " with one color ('kelp') using the screensaver writing\n" " to the background. Look in \"~/Library/Screen Savers\"\n" @@ -3043,6 +3085,15 @@ void print_help(int mode) { "\n" "-noxfixes Do not use the XFIXES extension to draw the exact cursor\n" " shape even if it is available.\n" +"\n" +" Note: To work around a crash in Xorg 1.5 and later\n" +" some people needed to use -noxfixes. The Xorg crash\n" +" occurred right after a Display Manager (e.g. GDM) login.\n" +" Starting with x11vnc 0.9.9 it tries to automatically\n" +" avoid using XFIXES until it is sure a window manager\n" +" is running. See the -reopen option for more info and\n" +" how to use X11VNC_AVOID_WINDOWS=never to disable it.\n" +"\n" "-alphacut n When using the XFIXES extension for the cursor shape,\n" " cursors with transparency will not usually be displayed\n" " exactly (but opaque ones will). This option sets n as\n" @@ -5099,9 +5150,9 @@ void print_help(int mode) { " macnoresize macresize nomacnoresize maciconanim macmenu\n" " macnomenu nomacmenu macuskbd nomacuskbd noremote\n" "\n" -" aro= noop display vncdisplay autoport loop loopbg\n" -" desktopname guess_desktop guess_dbus http_url\n" -" auth xauth users rootshift clipshift scale_str\n" +" aro= noop display vncdisplay icon_mode autoport\n" +" loop loopbg desktopname guess_desktop guess_dbus\n" +" http_url auth xauth users rootshift clipshift scale_str\n" " scaled_x scaled_y scale_numer scale_denom scale_fac_x\n" " scale_fac_y scaling_blend scaling_nomult4 scaling_pad\n" " scaling_interpolate inetd privremote unsafe safer\n" @@ -5218,7 +5269,7 @@ void print_help(int mode) { " stunnel, ssl, unixpw, WAIT, zeroconf, id, accept,\n" " afteraccept, gone, pipeinput, v4l-info, rawfb-setup,\n" " dt, gui, ssh, storepasswd, passwdfile, custom_passwd,\n" -" crash.\n" +" findauth, crash.\n" "\n" " See each option's help to learn the associated external\n" " command. Note that the -nocmds option takes precedence\n" |