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-x11vnc README file Date: Fri Aug 17 23:09:12 EDT 2007
+x11vnc README file Date: Sun Aug 19 14:30:12 EDT 2007
The following information is taken from these URLs:
@@ -11075,7 +11075,7 @@ 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. 0.9.3 lastmod: 2007-08-17
+x11vnc: allow VNC connections to real X11 displays. 0.9.3 lastmod: 2007-08-19
x11vnc options:
-display disp -auth file -N
@@ -11189,7 +11189,7 @@ libvncserver-tight-extension options:
% x11vnc -help
-x11vnc: allow VNC connections to real X11 displays. 0.9.3 lastmod: 2007-08-17
+x11vnc: allow VNC connections to real X11 displays. 0.9.3 lastmod: 2007-08-19
(type "x11vnc -opts" to just list the options.)
@@ -12065,7 +12065,7 @@ Options:
to find an existing display. However, if it does not
find one it will try to *start* up an X server session
for the user. This is the only time x11vnc tries to
- start up an X server.
+ actually start up an X server.
By default FINDCREATEDISPLAY will try Xdummy and
then Xvfb. The Xdummy wrapper is part of the x11vnc
@@ -12100,22 +12100,30 @@ Options:
X11VNC_FINDDISPLAY_ALWAYS_FAILS=1 (also -env ...)
Use WAIT:cmd=FINDCREATEDISPLAY-print to print out the
- script used. You can specify the preferred order via
- e.g., WAIT:cmd=FINDCREATEDISPLAY-Xdummy,Xvfb,X and/or
- leave out ones you do not want. The the extra case
- "X" means try to start up a real, hardware X server
- using xinit(1) or startx(1). "Xvnc" also works. If
- there is already an X server running the X case may
- only work on Linux (see startx(1)).
+ script used.
+
+ You can specify the preferred X server order via e.g.,
+ WAIT:cmd=FINDCREATEDISPLAY-Xdummy,Xvfb,X and/or leave
+ out ones you do not want. The the case "X" means try
+ to start up a real, hardware X server using xinit(1)
+ or startx(1). If there is already an X server running
+ the X case may only work on Linux (see startx(1)).
+
+ "Xvnc" will start up a VNC X server (real-
+ or tight-vnc, e.g. use if Xvfb is not available).
+ "Xsrv" will start up the server program in the
+ variable "FD_XSRV" if it is non-empty. You can make
+ this be a wrapper script if you like (it must handle :N,
+ -geometry, and -depth and other X server options).
You can set the environment variable FD_GEOM (or
- X11VNC_CREATE_GEOM) to WxH or WxHxD to set the width
- and height and optionally the color depth of the
- created display. You can also set FD_SESS to be the
- session (short name of the windowmanager: kde, gnome,
- twm, failsafe), and FD_OPTS as extra options to pass
- to the created X server. You can also set FD_PROG to
- be the full path to the session/windowmanager program.
+ X11VNC_CREATE_GEOM) to WxH or WxHxD to set the width and
+ height and optionally the color depth of the created
+ display. You can also set FD_SESS to be the session
+ (short name of the windowmanager: kde, gnome, twm,
+ failsafe, etc.). FD_OPTS as extra options to pass to
+ the X server. You can also set FD_PROG to be the full
+ path to the session/windowmanager program.
If you want the FINDCREATEDISPLAY session to contact an
XDMCP login manager (xdm/gdm/kdm) on the same machine,
@@ -13089,6 +13097,16 @@ t
so then automatically enable the mode. To disable this
automatic detection use -noxkb.
+ When -xkb mode is active you can set these env. vars.
+ They apply only when there is ambiguity as to which
+ key to choose (i.e the mapping is not one-to-one).
+ NOKEYHINTS=1: for up ascii keystrokes do not use score
+ hints saved when the keep was press down. NOANYDOWN=1:
+ for up keystrokes do not resort to searching through
+ keys that are currently pressed down. KEYSDOWN=N:
+ remember the last N keys press down for tie-breaking
+ when an up keystroke comes in.
+
-capslock When in -modtweak (the default) or -xkb mode,
if a keysym in the range A-Z comes in check the X
server to see if the Caps_Lock is set. If it is do