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x11vnc README file Date: Sun Mar 12 00:13:22 EST 2006
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The following information is taken from these URLs:
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http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html
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http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html
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they contain the most up to date info.
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http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html:
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x11vnc: a VNC server for real X displays
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(to [1]FAQ) (to [2]Downloads) (to [3]Building) (to
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[4]Beta Test) (to [5]Donations) [6][PayPal]
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x11vnc allows one to remotely view and interact with real X displays
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(i.e. a display corresponding to a physical monitor, keyboard, and
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mouse) with any VNC viewer. In this way it plays the role for Unix/X11
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that WinVNC plays for Windows.
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I wrote x11vnc because x0rfbserver was basically impossible to build
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on Solaris and had poor performance. The primary x0rfbserver build
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problems centered around esoteric C++ toolkits. x11vnc is written in
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plain C and uses only standard libraries. I also added a some
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enhancements to improve the interactive response, add esoteric
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features, etc. This page and the [7]FAQ contain a lot of information
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[8][*] and solutions to many problems, but please feel free to
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[9]contact me if you have problems or questions.
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Background:
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VNC (Virtual Network Computing) is a very useful network graphics
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protocol (applications running on one computer but displaying their
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windows on another) in the spirit of X, however, unlike X, the
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viewing-end is very simple and maintains no state. It is a remote
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framebuffer (RFB) protocol
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Some VNC links:
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* [10]http://www.realvnc.com
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* [11]http://www.tightvnc.com
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* [12]http://www.ultravnc.com/
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* [13]http://www.redstonesoftware.com/
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For Unix, the traditional VNC implementation includes a virtual X11
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server Xvnc (usually launched via the vncserver command) that is not
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associated with a physical display, but provides a "fake" one X11
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clients (xterm, mozilla, etc.) can attach to. A remote user then
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connects to Xvnc via the VNC client vncviewer from anywhere on the
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network to view and interact with the whole virtual X11 desktop.
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The VNC protocol is in most cases better suited for remote connections
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with low bandwidth and high latency than is the X11 protocol (the
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exception is cached pixmap data on the viewing-end). Also, with no
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state maintained the viewing-end can crash, be rebooted, or relocated
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and the applications and desktop continue running. Not so with X11.
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So the standard Xvnc/vncserver program is very useful, I use it for
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things like:
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* Desktop conferencing with other users (e.g. codereviews).
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* Long running apps/tasks I want to be able to view from many
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places.
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* Motif, GNOME, and similar applications that would yield very poor
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performance over a high latency link.
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However, sometimes one wants to connect to a real X11 display (i.e.
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one attached to a physical monitor, keyboard, and mouse: a Workstation
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or a SunRay session) from far away. Maybe you want to close down an
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application cleanly rather than using kill, or want to work a bit in
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an already running application, or would like to help a distant
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colleague solve a problem with their desktop, or would just like to
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work out on your deck for a while. This is where x11vnc is useful.
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How to use x11vnc:
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In this basic example let's assume the remote machine with the X
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display you wish to view is "far-away.east:0" and the workstation you
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are presently working at is "sitting-here.west".
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Step 0. Download x11vnc ([14]see below) and have it available to run
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on far-away.east. Similarly, have a VNC viewer (e.g. vncviewer) ready
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to run on sitting-here.west. We recommend [15]TightVNC Viewers.
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Step 1. By some means log in to far-away.east and get a command shell
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running there. You can use ssh, rlogin, telnet, or any other method to
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do this. The x11vnc process needs to be run on the same machine the X
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server process is running on (otherwise things would be extremely
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slow).
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Step 2. In that far-away.east shell (with command prompt "far-away>"
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in this example) run x11vnc directed at the far-away.east X session
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display:
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far-away> x11vnc -display :0
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You could have also set the environment variable DISPLAY=:0 instead of
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using -display. This step attaches x11vnc to the far-away.east:0 X
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display (i.e. no viewer clients yet).
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Common Gotcha: To get X11 permissions right, you may also need to set
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the XAUTHORITY environment variable (or use the [16]-auth option) to
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point to the correct MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE file (e.g.
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/home/joe/.Xauthority). If x11vnc does not have the authority to
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connect to the display it exits immediately. More on how to fix this
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[17]below.
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If you suspect an X11 permissions problem do this simple test: while
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sitting at the physical X display open a terminal window
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(gnome-terminal, xterm, etc). You should be able to run x11vnc
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successfully in that terminal without any need for command line
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options. If that works OK then you know X11 permissions are the only
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thing preventing it from working when you try to start x11vnc via a
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remote shell. Then fix this with the tips [18]below.
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When x11vnc starts up there will then be much chatter printed out,
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until it finally says something like:
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13/05/2004 14:59:54 Autoprobing selected port 5900
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13/05/2004 14:59:54 screen setup finished.
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13/05/2004 14:59:54
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13/05/2004 14:59:54 The VNC desktop is far-away:0
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PORT=5900
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which means all is OK, and we are ready for the final step.
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Step 3. At the place where you are sitting (sitting-here.west in this
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example) you now want to run a VNC viewer program. There are VNC
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viewers for Unix, Windows, MacOS, Java-enabled web browsers, and even
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for PDA's like the Palm Pilot! You can use any of them to connect to
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x11vnc (see the above VNC links under "Background:" on how to obtain a
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viewer for your platform or see [19]this FAQ. For Solaris, vncviewer
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is available in the [20]Companion CD package SFWvnc ).
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In this example we'll use the Unix vncviewer program on sitting-here
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by typing the following command in a second terminal window:
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sitting-here> vncviewer far-away.east:0
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That should pop up a viewer window on sitting-here.west showing and
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allowing interaction with the far-away.east:0 X11 desktop. Pretty
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nifty! When finished, exit the viewer: the remote x11vnc process will
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shutdown automatically (or you can use the [21]-forever option to have
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it wait for additional viewer connections).
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Shortcut: Of course if you left x11vnc running on far-away.east:0 in a
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terminal window with the [22]-forever option or as a [23]service,
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you'd only have to do Step 3 as you moved around. Be sure to use a VNC
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[24]Password or [25]other measures if you do that.
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Desktop Sharing: The above more or less assumed nobody was sitting at
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the workstation display "far-away.east:0". This is often the case: a
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user wants to access her workstation remotely. Another usage pattern
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has the user sitting at "far-away.east:0" and invites one or more
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other people to view and interact with his desktop. Perhaps the user
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gives a demo or presentation this way (using the telephone for vocal
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communication). A "Remote Help Desk" mode would be similar: a
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technician remotely connects to the user's desktop to interactively
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solve a problem the user is having.
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For these cases it should be obvious how it is done. The above steps
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will work, but more easily the user sitting at far-away.east:0 simply
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starts up x11vnc from a terminal window, after which the guests would
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start their VNC viewers. For this usage mode the "[26]-connect
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host1,host2" option may be of use automatically connect to vncviewers
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in "-listen" mode on the list of hosts.
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Tunnelling x11vnc via ssh:
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The above example had no security or privacy at all. When logging into
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remote machines (certainly when going over the internet) it is best to
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use ssh, or use a VPN. For x11vnc one can tunnel the VNC protocol
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through the encrypted ssh channel. It would look something like this:
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sitting-here> ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 far-away.east 'x11vnc -localhost -di
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splay :0'
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(you will likely have to provide passwords/passphrases for the ssh
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login) and then in another terminal window on sitting-here run the
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command:
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sitting-here> vncviewer -encodings "copyrect tight zrle hextile" localhost:0
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Note: The -encodings option is very important: vncviewer will often
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default to "raw" encoding if it thinks the connection is to the local
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machine, and so vncviewer gets tricked this way by the ssh
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redirection. "raw" encoding will be extremely slow over a networked
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link, so you need to force the issue with -encodings "copyrect tight
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...".
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Note that "x11vnc -localhost ..." limits incoming vncviewer
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connections to only those from the same machine. This is very natural
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for ssh tunnelling (the redirection appears to come from the same
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machine). Use of a [27]VNC password is also strongly recommended.
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Some VNC viewers will do the ssh tunnelling for you automatically, the
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TightVNC vncviewer does this when the "-via far-away.east" option is
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supplied to it (this requires x11vnc to be already running on
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far-away.east or having it started by [28]inetd(1)). See the 3rd
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script example [29]below for more info.
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If the machine you SSH into is not the same machine with the X display
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you wish to view (e.g. your company provides incoming SSH access to a
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gateway machine), then you need to change the above to, e.g.: "-L
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5900:otherhost:5900". Once logged in, you'll need to do a second login
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(ssh, rsh, etc.) to the workstation machine 'otherhost' and then start
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up x11vnc on it (if it isn't already running). For an automatic way to
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use a gateway and have all the network traffic encrypted (including
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inside the firewall) see [30]chaining ssh's below
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Scripts to automate ssh tunneling: As discussed below, there may be
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some problems with port 5900 being available. If that happens, the
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above port and display numbers may change a bit (e.g. -> 5901 and :1).
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However, if you "know" port 5900 will be free on the local and remote
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machines, you can easily automate the above two steps by using the
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x11vnc option [31]-bg (forks into background after connection to the
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display is set up) or using the -f option of ssh. Some example scripts
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are shown below.
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#1. A simple example script, assuming no problems with port 5900 being
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taken on the local or remote sides, looks like:
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#!/bin/sh
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# usage: x11vnc_ssh <host>:<xdisplay>
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# e.g.: x11vnc_ssh snoopy.peanuts.com:0
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host=`echo $1 | awk -F: '{print $1}'`
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disp=`echo $1 | awk -F: '{print $2}'`
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if [ "x$disp" = "x" ]; then disp=0; fi
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cmd="x11vnc -display :$disp -localhost -rfbauth .vnc/passwd"
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enc="copyrect tight zrle hextile zlib corre rre raw"
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ssh -f -L 5900:localhost:5900 $host "$cmd"
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for i in 1 2 3
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do
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sleep 2
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if vncviewer -encodings "$enc" :0; then break; fi
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done
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See also rx11vnc.pl below.
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#2. Another method is to start the VNC viewer in listen mode
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"vncviewer -listen" and have x11vnc initiate a reverse connection
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using the [32]-connect option:
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#!/bin/sh
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# usage: x11vnc_ssh <host>:<xdisplay>
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# e.g.: x11vnc_ssh snoopy.peanuts.com:0
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host=`echo $1 | awk -F: '{print $1}'`
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disp=`echo $1 | awk -F: '{print $2}'`
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if [ "x$disp" = "x" ]; then disp=0; fi
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cmd="x11vnc -display :$disp -localhost -connect localhost" # <== note new opt
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ion
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enc="copyrect tight zrle hextile zlib corre rre raw"
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vncviewer -encodings "$enc" -listen &
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pid=$!
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ssh -R 5500:localhost:5500 $host "$cmd"
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kill $pid
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Note the use of the ssh option "-R" instead of "-L" to set up a remote
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port redirection.
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#3. A third way is specific to the TightVNC vncviewer special option
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-via for gateways. The only tricky part is we need to start up x11vnc
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and give it some time (5 seconds in this example) to start listening
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for connections (so we cannot use the TightVNC default setting for
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VNC_VIA_CMD):
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#!/bin/sh
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# usage: x11vnc_ssh <host>:<xdisplay>
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# e.g.: x11vnc_ssh snoopy.peanuts.com:0
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host=`echo $1 | awk -F: '{print $1}'`
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disp=`echo $1 | awk -F: '{print $2}'`
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if [ "x$disp" = "x" ]; then disp=0; fi
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VNC_VIA_CMD="ssh -f -L %L:%H:%R %G x11vnc -localhost -rfbport 5900 -display :$d
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isp; sleep 5"
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export VNC_VIA_CMD
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vncviewer -via $host localhost:0 # must be TightVNC vncviewer.
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Of course if you already have the x11vnc running waiting for
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connections (or have it started out of [33]inetd(1)), you can simply
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use the TightVNC "vncviewer -via gateway host:port" in its default
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mode to provide secure ssh tunnelling.
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VNC password file: Also note in the #1. example script that the
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[34]option "-rfbauth .vnc/passwd" provides additional protection by
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requiring a VNC password for every VNC viewer that connects. The
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vncpasswd or storepasswd programs, or the x11vnc [35]-storepasswd
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option can be used to create the password file. x11vnc also has the
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slightly less secure [36]-passwdfile and "-passwd XXXXX" [37]options
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to specify passwords.
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Very Important: It is up to YOU to tell x11vnc to use password
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protection (-rfbauth or -passwdfile), it will NOT do it for you
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automatically or force you to. The same goes for encrypting the
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channel between the viewer and x11vnc: it is up to you to use ssh,
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stunnel, VPN, etc. For additional safety, also look into the -allow
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and -localhost [38]options and building x11vnc with [39]tcp_wrappers
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support to limit host access.
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Chaining ssh's: Note that for use of a ssh gateway and -L redirection
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to an internal host (e.g. "-L 5900:otherhost:5900") the VNC traffic
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inside the firewall is not encrypted and you have to manually log into
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otherhost to start x11vnc. Kyle Amon shows a method where you chain
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two ssh's together that encrypts all network traffic and also
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automatically starts up x11vnc on the internal workstation:
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#!/bin/sh
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#
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gateway="example.com" # or "user@example.com"
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host="labyrinth" # or "user@hostname"
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user="kyle"
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# Need to sleep long enough for all of the passwords and x11vnc to start up.
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# The </dev/null below makes the vncviewer prompt for passwd via popup window.
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#
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(sleep 10; vncviewer -encodings "copyrect tight zrle zlib hextile" \
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localhost:0 </dev/null >/dev/null) &
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# Chain the vnc connection thru 2 ssh's, and connect x11vnc to user's display:
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#
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exec /usr/bin/ssh -t -L 5900:localhost:5900 $gateway \
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/usr/bin/ssh -t -L 5900:localhost:5900 $host \
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sudo /usr/bin/x11vnc -localhost -auth /home/$user/.Xauthority \
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-rfbauth .vnc/passwd -display :0
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Also note the use of sudo(1) to switch to root so that the different
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user's .Xauthority file can be accessed. See the visudo(8) manpage for
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details on how to set this up. One can also chain together ssh's for
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reverse connections with vncviewers using the -listen option. For this
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case -R would replace the -L (and 5500 the 5900, see the #2 example
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script above). If the gateway machine's sshd is configured with
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GatewayPorts=no (the default) then the double chaining of "ssh -R ..."
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will be required for reverse connections to work.
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Tunnelling x11vnc via SSL/stunnel:
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One can also encrypt the VNC traffic using an SSL tunnel such as
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[40]stunnel. Although not as ubiquitous as ssh, SSL tunnelling still
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provides a useful alternative. See [41]this FAQ on stunnel for details
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and examples.
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Downloading x11vnc:
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x11vnc is a contributed program to the [42]LibVNCServer project at
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SourceForge.net. I use libvncserver for all of the VNC aspects; I
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couldn't have done without it. The full source code may be found and
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downloaded (either file-release tarball or CVS tree) from the above
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link. As of Feb 2006, the [43]x11vnc-0.8.tar.gz source package is
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released (recommended download). The [44]x11vnc 0.8 release notes.
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The x11vnc package is the subset of the libvncserver package needed to
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build the x11vnc program. Also, you can get a copy of my latest,
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bleeding edge [45]x11vnc-0.8.1.tar.gz tarball to build the most up to
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date one.
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Precompiled Binaries/Packages: See the [46]FAQ below for information
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about where you might obtain a precompiled x11vnc binary from 3rd
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parties and some ones I create.
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To obtain VNC viewers for the viewing side (Windows, Mac OS, or Unix)
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try these links:
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* [47]http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html
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* [48]http://www.realvnc.com/download-free.html
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* [49]http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/
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More tools: Here is a rsh/ssh wrapper script rx11vnc that attempts to
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automatically do the above Steps 1-3 for you (provided you have
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rsh/ssh login permission on the machine x11vnc is to be run on). The
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above example would be: "rx11vnc far-away.east:0" typed into a shell
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on sitting-here.west. Also included is an experimental script
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rx11vnc.pl that attempts to tunnel the vnc traffic through an ssh port
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redirection (and does not assume port 5900 is free). Have a look at
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them to see what they do and customize as needed:
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* [50]rx11vnc wrapper script
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* [51]rx11vnc.pl wrapper script to tunnel traffic thru ssh
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_________________________________________________________________
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Building x11vnc:
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If your OS has libjpeg.so and libz.so in standard locations you can
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build as follows (example given for the 0.8 release of x11vnc: replace
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with the version you downloaded):
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(un-tar the x11vnc+libvncserver tarball)
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# gzip -dc x11vnc-0.8.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
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(cd to the source directory)
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# cd x11vnc-0.8
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(run configure and then run make)
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# ./configure
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# make
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(if all went OK, copy x11vnc to the desired destination, e.g. $HOME/bin)
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# cp ./x11vnc/x11vnc $HOME/bin
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Or do make install, it will probably install to /usr/local/bin (run
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./configure --help for information on customizing your configuration,
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e.g. --prefix=/my/place). You can now run it via typing "x11vnc",
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"x11vnc -help | more", "x11vnc -forever -shared -display :0", etc.
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Note: Currently gcc is required to build libvncserver. In some cases
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it will build with non-gcc compilers, but the resulting binary
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sometimes fails to run properly. For Solaris pre-built gcc binaries
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are at [52]http://www.sunfreeware.com/. Some Solaris pre-built x11vnc
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binaries are [53]here.
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However, one user reports it does work fine when built with Sun Studio
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10, so YMMV. In fact, here is a little build script to do this on
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Solaris 10:
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#!/bin/sh
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PATH=/usr/ccs/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:$PATH; export PATH
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CC='cc' \
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CFLAGS='-xO4' \
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LDFLAGS='-L/usr/sfw/lib -L/usr/X11/lib -R/usr/sfw/lib -R/usr/X11/lib' \
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CPPFLAGS='-I /usr/sfw/include -I/usr/X11/include' \
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./configure
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MAKE="make -e"
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AM_CFLAGS=""
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export MAKE AM_CFLAGS
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$MAKE
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In general you can use the "make -e" trick if you don't like
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libvncserver's choice of AM_CFLAGS. See the [54]build scripts below
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for more ideas.
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_________________________________________________________________
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Misc. Build problems: We collect here rare build problems some users
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have reported and the corresponding workarounds. See also the
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[55]FAQ's on building.
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One user had a problem where the build script below was failing
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because his work environment had the ENV variable set to a script that
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was resetting his PATH so that gcc could no longer be found. Make sure
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you do not have any ENV or BASH_ENV in your environment doing things
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like that. Typing "unset ENV", etc. before configuring and building
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should clear it.
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One user had his bash shell compiled with --enable-xpg-echo-default
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that causes some strange behavior with things like echo "\\1 ..." the
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|
configure script executes. In particular instead of getting "\1" the
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|
non-printable character "^A" is produced, and causes failures at
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compile time like:
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../rfb/rfbconfig.h:9:22: warning: extra tokens at end of #ifndef directive
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The workaround is to configure like this:
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env CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/sh /bin/sh ./configure
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i.e. avoid using the bash with the misbehavior. A bug has been filed
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against autoconf to guard against this.
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|
_________________________________________________________________
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Building on Solaris, FreeBSD, etc: Depending on your version of
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Solaris or other Unix OS the jpeg and/or zlib libraries may be in
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|
non-standard places (e.g. /usr/local, /usr/sfw, /opt/sfw, etc).
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|
Note: If configure cannot find these two libraries then TightVNC and
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|
ZRLE encoding support will be disabled, and you don't want that!!! The
|
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|
TightVNC encoding gives very good compression and performance, it even
|
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|
makes a noticeable difference over a fast LAN.
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Shortcuts: On Solaris 10 you can pick up almost everything just by
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|
insuring that your PATH has /usr/sfw/bin (for gcc) and /usr/ccs/bin
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(for other build tools), e.g.:
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env PATH=/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:$PATH sh -c './configure; make'
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(The only thing this misses is /usr/X11/lib/libXrandr.so.2, which is
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|
for the little used -xrandr option, see the script below to pick it up
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|
as well).
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libjpeg is included in Solaris 9 and later (/usr/sfw/include and
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|
/usr/sfw/lib), and zlib in Solaris 8 and later (/usr/include and
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|
/usr/lib). So on Solaris 9 you can pick up everything with something
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|
like this:
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env PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:$PATH sh -c './configure --with-jpeg=/us
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|
r/sfw; make'
|
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|
|
assuming your gcc is in /usr/local/bin and x11vnc 0.7.1 or later.
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|
These are getting pretty long, see those assignments split up in the
|
|
|
build script below.
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If your system does not have these libraries at all you can get the
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|
source for the libraries to build them: libjpeg is available at
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[56]ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/ and zlib at
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|
[57]http://www.gzip.org/zlib/. See also
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|
[58]http://www.sunfreeware.com/ for Solaris binary packages of these
|
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|
libraries as well as for gcc. Normally they will install into
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|
/usr/local but you can install them anywhere with the
|
|
|
--prefix=/path/to/anywhere, etc.
|
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|
|
Here is a build script that indicates one way to pass the library
|
|
|
locations information to the libvncserver configuration via the
|
|
|
CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS environment variables.
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|
---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8
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<---
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#!/bin/sh
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|
# Build script for Solaris, etc, with gcc, libjpeg and libz in
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|
# non-standard locations.
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|
# set to get your gcc, etc:
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|
#
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PATH=/path/to/gcc/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/sfw/bin:$PATH
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JPEG=/path/to/jpeg # set to maybe "/usr/local", "/usr/sfw", or "/opt/sfw"
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|
ZLIB=/path/to/zlib # set to maybe "/usr/local", "/usr/sfw", or "/opt/sfw"
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|
|
# Below we assume headers in $JPEG/include and $ZLIB/include and the
|
|
|
# shared libraries are in $JPEG/lib and $ZLIB/lib. If your situation
|
|
|
# is different change the locations in the two lines below.
|
|
|
#
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|
CPPFLAGS="-I $JPEG/include -I $ZLIB/include"
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|
|
LDFLAGS="-L $JPEG/lib -R $JPEG/lib -L $ZLIB/lib -R $ZLIB/lib"
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|
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|
|
|
# These two lines may not be needed on more recent Solaris releases:
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|
|
#
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|
|
CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I /usr/openwin/include"
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|
|
LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L /usr/openwin/lib -R /usr/openwin/lib"
|
|
|
|
|
|
# These are for libXrandr.so on Solaris 10:
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|
|
#
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|
|
CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I /usr/X11/include"
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|
|
LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L /usr/X11/lib -R /usr/X11/lib"
|
|
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|
|
|
# Everything needs to built with _REENTRANT for thread safe errno:
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|
|
#
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|
|
CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_REENTRANT"
|
|
|
|
|
|
export PATH CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS
|
|
|
|
|
|
./configure
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|
|
make
|
|
|
|
|
|
ls -l ./x11vnc/x11vnc
|
|
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|
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|
---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8<---8
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|
|
<---
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|
|
|
|
|
Then do make install or copy the x11vnc binary to your desired
|
|
|
destination.
|
|
|
|
|
|
BTW, To run a shell script, just cut-and-paste the above into a file,
|
|
|
say "myscript", then modify the "/path/to/..." items to correspond to
|
|
|
your system/environment, and then type: "sh myscript" to run it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note that on Solaris make is /usr/ccs/bin/make, so that is why the
|
|
|
above puts /usr/ccs/bin in PATH. Other important build utilities are
|
|
|
there too: ld, ar, etc. Also, it is probably a bad idea to have
|
|
|
/usr/ucb in your PATH while building.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Starting with the 0.7.1 x11vnc release the "configure --with-jpeg=DIR
|
|
|
--with-zlib=DIR" options are handy if you want to avoid making a
|
|
|
script.
|
|
|
|
|
|
If you need to build on Solaris 2.5.1 or earlier or other older Unix
|
|
|
OS's, see [59]this workaround FAQ.
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
Building on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, ...: The jpeg libraries seem to be in
|
|
|
/usr/local or /usr/pkg on these OS's. You won't need the openwin stuff
|
|
|
in the above script (but you may need /usr/X11R6/...). Also starting
|
|
|
with the 0.7.1 x11vnc release, this usually works:
|
|
|
./configure --with-jpeg=/usr/local
|
|
|
make
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Building on HP-UX: For jpeg and zlib you will need to do the same
|
|
|
sort of thing as described above for Solaris. You set CPPFLAGS and
|
|
|
LDFLAGS to find them (see below for an example). You do not need to do
|
|
|
any of the above /usr/openwin stuff. Also, HP-UX does not seem to
|
|
|
support -R, so get rid of the -R items in LDFLAGS. Because of this, at
|
|
|
runtime you may need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH or SHLIB_PATH to indicate
|
|
|
the directory paths so the libraries can be found. It is a good idea
|
|
|
to have static archives, e.g. libz.a and libjpeg.a for the nonstandard
|
|
|
libraries so that they get bolted into the x11vnc binary (and so won't
|
|
|
get "lost").
|
|
|
|
|
|
Here is what we recently did to build x11vnc 0.7.2 on HP-UX 11.11
|
|
|
./configure --with-jpeg=$HOME/hpux/jpeg --with-zlib=$HOME/hpux/zlib
|
|
|
make
|
|
|
|
|
|
Where we had static archives (libjpeg.a, libz.a) only and header files
|
|
|
in the $HOME/hpux/... directories as discussed for the build script.
|
|
|
_________________________________________________________________
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beta Testing:
|
|
|
|
|
|
I don't have any formal beta-testers for the releases of x11vnc, so
|
|
|
I'd appreciate any additional testing very much!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thanks to those who helped beta test x11vnc 0.8 released in Feb 2006!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Please help test and debug the 0.8.1 version for release sometime in
|
|
|
Spring 2006.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The version 0.8.1 beta tarball is kept here:
|
|
|
[60]x11vnc-0.8.1.tar.gz
|
|
|
|
|
|
There are also some Linux, Solaris, and other OS test binaries
|
|
|
[61]here. Please kick the tires and report bugs, performance
|
|
|
regressions, undesired behavior, etc. to [62]me.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Here are some features that will appear in the 0.8.1 release:
|
|
|
|
|
|
* The [63]-unixpw option supports Unix username and password
|
|
|
authentication (a variant is the [64]-unixpw_nis option for use in
|
|
|
NIS environments). The [65]-localhost and [66]-stunnel options are
|
|
|
enforced in this mode (the latter is lifted if a SSH tunnel can be
|
|
|
inferred).
|
|
|
* The [67]-stunnel option starts up a SSL tunnel server stunnel
|
|
|
(that must be installed separately on the system:
|
|
|
[68]www.stunnel.org) to allow only encrypted SSL connections from
|
|
|
the network.
|
|
|
* The [69]-usepw option will try to use your existing ~/.vnc/passwd
|
|
|
or ~/.vnc/passwfile passwords or otherwise prompt you to create
|
|
|
one (the server exits unless a password file is found and used).
|
|
|
* The X CLIPBOARD selection is now managed in addition to PRIMARY.
|
|
|
Use [70]-noclipboard and [71]-nosetclipboard for the previous
|
|
|
PRIMARY-only behavior.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Here are the release notes for the recent 0.8 release:
|
|
|
* TightVNC file transfer added to libvncserver by Rohit Kumar is
|
|
|
enabled (use [72]-nofilexfer to disable).
|
|
|
* The [73]-passwdfile option has been enhanced to handle any number
|
|
|
of full-access and view only passwords in an easy to maintain
|
|
|
format. Automatic rereading or file removal can be enabled.
|
|
|
* The [74]-8to24 option enables some multi-depth viewing on systems
|
|
|
that don't support [75]-overlay. The 8bpp regions are transformed
|
|
|
to depth 24 TrueColor.
|
|
|
* The [76]-loop option will run x11vnc in an outer loop restarting
|
|
|
each time (useful for situations where the X server restarts
|
|
|
often).
|
|
|
* The [77]-afteraccept option is like [78]-accept however it enables
|
|
|
running a user supplied command after client authentication has
|
|
|
taken place. The RFB_* environment variables have been extended.
|
|
|
* The [79]-slow_fb allows for slow polling for special purpose
|
|
|
applications (e.g. video).
|
|
|
* [80]-blackout noptr,WxH+X+Y,... will prevent the pointer from
|
|
|
going into a blacked out region.
|
|
|
* The x11vnc source code has gone through a major reorganization.
|
|
|
The build has been enhanced and many bugs fixed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Here are some notes about features added in 0.7.2. Checking/Testing
|
|
|
them is still useful and appreciated!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note that the [81]X DAMAGE feature will be on by default and so I am
|
|
|
interested if that causes any problems. I'd also like to have the new
|
|
|
[82]wireframe move/resize, the [83]wireframe copyrect translation, and
|
|
|
the [84]scroll detection+copyrect features all on by default as well
|
|
|
since when they work they give a great speedup! (CopyRect is a VNC
|
|
|
encoding and is very fast because the viewer already has the image
|
|
|
data that needs to be copied: e.g. it just moves it to another part of
|
|
|
its screen). The scroll copyrect is currently the least stable, you
|
|
|
can toggle it off via "-noscr" or via the gui (all of the other new
|
|
|
features can also be toggled by cmdline option or gui, see -help
|
|
|
output for more info).
|
|
|
|
|
|
_________________________________________________________________
|
|
|
|
|
|
Some Notes:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Both a client and a server: It is sometimes confusing to people that
|
|
|
x11vnc is both a client and a server at the same time. It is an X
|
|
|
client because it connects to the running X server to do the screen
|
|
|
polls. Think of it as a rather efficient "screenshot" program running
|
|
|
continuously. It is a server in the sense that it is a VNC server that
|
|
|
VNC viewers on the network can connect to and view the screen
|
|
|
framebuffer it manages.
|
|
|
|
|
|
When trying to debug problems, remember to think of both roles. E.g.
|
|
|
"how is x11vnc connecting to the X server?", "how is the vncviewer
|
|
|
connecting to x11vnc?", "what permits/restricts the connection?". Both
|
|
|
links may have reachability, permission, and other issues.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Network performance: Whether you are using Xvnc or x11vnc it is
|
|
|
always a good idea to have a solid background color instead of a
|
|
|
pretty background image. Each and every re-exposure of the background
|
|
|
must be resent over the network: better to have that background be a
|
|
|
solid color that compresses very well compared to a photo image. (This
|
|
|
is one place where the X protocol has an advantage over the VNC
|
|
|
protocol.) I suggest using xsetroot, dtstyle or similar utility to set
|
|
|
a solid background while using x11vnc. You can turn the pretty
|
|
|
background image back on when you are using the display directly.
|
|
|
Update: As of Feb/2005 in the libvncserver CVS, x11vnc has the
|
|
|
[85]-solid [color] option that works on recent GNOME, KDE, and CDE and
|
|
|
also on classic X (background image is on the root window).
|
|
|
|
|
|
I also find the [86]TightVNC encoding gives the best response for my
|
|
|
usage (Unix <-> Unix over cable modem). One needs a tightvnc-aware
|
|
|
vncviewer to take advantage of this encoding.
|
|
|
|
|
|
TCP port issues: Notice the lines
|
|
|
18/07/2003 14:36:31 Autoprobing selected port 5900
|
|
|
PORT=5900
|
|
|
|
|
|
in the output. 5900 is the default VNC listening port (just like 6000
|
|
|
is X11's default listening port). Had port 5900 been taken by some
|
|
|
other application, x11vnc would have next tried 5901. That would mean
|
|
|
the viewer command above should be changed to vncviewer
|
|
|
far-away.east:1. You can force the port with the "[87]-rfbport NNNN"
|
|
|
option where NNNN is the desired port number. If that port is already
|
|
|
taken, x11vnc will exit immediately. (also see the "SunRay Gotcha"
|
|
|
note below)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options: x11vnc has (far too) many features that may be activated
|
|
|
via its [88]command line options. Useful options are, e.g., -scale to
|
|
|
do server-side scaling, and -rfbauth passwd-file to use VNC password
|
|
|
protection (the vncpasswd or storepasswd programs, or the x11vnc
|
|
|
[89]-storepasswd option can be used to create the password file).
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Algorithm: How does x11vnc do it? Rather brute-forcedly: it
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continuously polls the X11 framebuffer for changes using
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XShmGetImage(). When changes are discovered, it instructs libvncserver
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which rectangular regions of the framebuffer have changed, and
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libvncserver compresses the changes and sends them off to any
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connected VNC viewers. A number of applications do similar things,
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such as x0rfbserver, krfb, x0vncserver, vino. x11vnc uses a 32 x 32
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pixel tile model (the desktop is decomposed into roughly 1000 such
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tiles), where changed tiles are found by pseudo-randomly polling 1
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pixel tall horizontal scanlines. This is a surprisingly effective
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algorithm for finding changed regions. For keyboard and mouse user
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input the XTEST extension is used to pass the input events to the X
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server. To detect XBell "beeps" the XKEYBOARD extension is used. If
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available, the XFIXES extension is used to retrieve the current mouse
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cursor shape. Also, if available the X DAMAGE extension is used to
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receive hints from the X server where modified regions on the screen
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are. This greatly reduces the system load when not much is changing on
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the screen and also improves how quickly the screen is updated.
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Barbershop mirrors effect: What if x11vnc is started up, and
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vncviewer is then started up on the same machine and displayed on the
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same display x11vnc is polling? One might "accidentally" do this when
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first testing out the programs. You get an interesting
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recursive/feedback effect where vncviewer images keep popping up each
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one contained in the previous one and slightly shifted a bit by the
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window manager decorations. There will be an [90]even more interesting
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effect if -scale is used. Also, if the XKEYBOARD is supported and the
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XBell "beeps" once, you get an infinite loop of beeps going off.
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Although all of this is mildly exciting it is not much use: you will
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normally run and display the viewer on a different machine!
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_________________________________________________________________
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Sun Ray Notes:
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You can run x11vnc on your (connected or disconnected) [91]SunRay
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session (Please remember to use settings like [92]-wait 200, [93]-sb
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15, and not running a screensaver animation (blank instead) to avoid
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being a resource hog! x11vnc does induce a lot of memory I/O from
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polling the X server. It also helps to have a solid background color,
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e.g. [94]-solid).
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You have to know the name of the machine your SunRay session X server
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is running on (so you can ssh into it and start x11vnc). You also need
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to know the X11 DISPLAY number for the session: on a SunRay it could
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be a large number, e.g. :137, since there are many people with X
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sessions (Xsun processes) on the same machine. If you don't know it,
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you can get it by running who(1) in a shell on the SunRay server and
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looking for the dtlocal entry with your username (and if you don't
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even know which server machine has your session, you could login to
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all possible ones looking at the who output for your username...).
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I put some code in my ~/.dtprofile script that stores $DISPLAY in my
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~/.sunray_current file at session startup and deletes it when the
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session ends to make it easy to get at the hostname and X11 display
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number info for my current X sessions.
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SunRay Gotcha #1: Note that even though your SunRay X11 DISPLAY is
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something like :137, x11vnc still tries for port 5900 as its listening
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port if it can get it, in which case the VNC display (i.e. the
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information you supply to the VNC viewer) is something like
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sunray-server:0 (note the :0 corresponding to port 5900, it is not
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:137). If it cannot get 5900, it tries for 5901, and so on. You can
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also try to force the port (and thereby the VNC display) using the
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[95]-rfbport NNNN option.
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Especially on a busy Sun Ray server it is often difficult to find free
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ports for both VNC and the HTTP Java applet server to listen on. This
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script, [96]vnc_findports may be of use for doing this automatically.
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It suggests x11vnc command line options based on netstat output that
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lists the occupied ports. It is even more difficult to start
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vncserver/Xvnc on a busy Sun Ray because then 3 ports (HTTP, VNC, and
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X11), all separated by 100 are needed! This script, [97]findvncports
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may be helpful as well. Both scripts start at VNC display :10 and work
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their way up.
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SunRay Gotcha #2: If you get an error like:
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shmget(tile) failed.
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shmget: No space left on device
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when starting up x11vnc that most likely means all the shared memory
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(shm) slots are filled up on your machine. The Solaris default is only
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100, and that can get filled up in a week or so on a SunRay server
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with lots of users. If the shm slot is orphaned (e.g. creator process
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dies) the slot is not reclaimed. You can view the shm slots with the
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"ipcs -mA" command. If there are about 100 then you've probably hit
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this problem. They can be cleaned out (by the owner or by root) using
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the ipcrm command. I wrote a script [98]shm_clear that finds the
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orphans and lists or removes them. Longer term, have your SunRay
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sysadmin add something like this to /etc/system:
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set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax = 0x2000000
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set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni = 0x1000
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SunRay Gotcha #3: Some SunRay installations have implemented
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suspending certain applications when a SunRay session is in a
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disconnected state (e.g. Java Badge pulled out, utdetach, etc). This
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is a good thing because it limits hoggy or runaway apps from wasting
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the shared CPU resource. Think how much CPU and memory I/O is wasted
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by a bunch of Firefox windows running worthless Flash animations while
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your session is disconnected!
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So some sites have implemented scripts to suspend (e.g. kill -STOP)
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certain apps when your badge is removed from the SunRay terminal. When
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you reattach, it kill -CONT them. This causes problems for viewing the
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detached SunRay session via x11vnc: those suspended apps will not
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respond (their windows will be blank or otherwise inactive).
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What to do? Well, since you are going to be using the application you
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might as well unfreeze it rather than starting up a 2nd instance. Here
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is one way to do it using the kill -CONT mechanism:
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kill -CONT `ps -ealf | grep ' T ' | grep $LOGNAME | awk '{print $4}'`
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If you want to be a good citizen and re-freeze them before you exit
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x11vnc this script could be of use:
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#!/bin/sh
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#
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# kill -STOP/-CONT script for x11vnc (or other) SunRay usage ("freezes"
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# certain apps from hogging resources when disconnected).
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#
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# Put here a pattern that matches the apps that are frozen:
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#
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appmatch="java_vm|jre|netscape-bin|firefox-bin|realplay|acroread|mozilla-bin"
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if [ "X$1" = "Xfreeze" ]; then
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pkill -STOP -U $LOGNAME "$appmatch"
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elif [ "X$1" = "Xthaw" ]; then
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pkill -CONT -U $LOGNAME "$appmatch"
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elif [ "$RFB_MODE" = "afteraccept" -a "$RFB_STATE" = "NORMAL" ]; then
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# a valid x11vnc login.
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if [ "$RFB_CLIENT_COUNT" = "1" ]; then
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# only one client present.
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pkill -CONT -U $LOGNAME "$appmatch"
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fi
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elif [ "$RFB_MODE" = "gone" -a "$RFB_STATE" = "NORMAL" ]; then
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# a valid x11vnc login.
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if [ "$RFB_CLIENT_COUNT" = "0" ]; then
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# last client present has just left.
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pkill -STOP -U $LOGNAME "$appmatch"
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fi
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fi
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exit 0
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If you called the script "goodcitizen" you could type "goodcitizen
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thaw" to unfreeze them, and then "goodcitizen freeze" to refreeze
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them. One could also use these x11vnc options "-afteraccept
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|
goodcitizen -gone goodcitizen" to do it automatically.
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SunRay Gotcha #4: Recent versions of the Sun Ray Server Software
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SRSS (seems to be version 3.0 or 3.1) have a "misfeature" that when
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the session is disconnected (i.e. badge/smartcard out) the screen
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|
locker (xscreensaver) will freeze the X server just when the "Enter
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|
Password" dialog box appears. So you cannot unlock the screen remotely
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|
via x11vnc!
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Here "freeze" means "stop other X clients from inserting keyboard and
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|
|
mouse input and from viewing the current contents of the screen". Or
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|
something like that; the upshot is x11vnc can't do its normal thing.
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There are several workarounds for this.
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1) The easiest one by far is to put these lines in your
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$HOME/.dtprofile file:
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SUN_SUNRAY_UTXLOCK_PREF="/usr/openwin/bin/xlock -mode blank"
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export SUN_SUNRAY_UTXLOCK_PREF
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|
One might argue that xlock isn't particularly "pretty". (Just IMHO,
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|
but if something like this not being pretty actually gets in the way
|
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|
of your work I think some introspection may be in order. :-)
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|
2) The problem has been traced to the pam_sunray.so PAM module.
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|
Evidently xscreensaver invokes this pam module and it communicates
|
|
|
with utsessiond who in turn instructs the Xsun server to not process
|
|
|
any synthetic mouse/keyboard input or to update the screen
|
|
|
framebuffer. It is not clear if this is by design (security?) or
|
|
|
something else.
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|
In any event, the problem can be avoided by commenting out the
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|
|
corresponding line in /etc/pam.conf:
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|
#xscreensaver auth sufficient /opt/SUNWut/lib/pam_sunray.so syncondisplay
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|
Leave the other xscreensaver pam authentication lines unchanged. The
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|
dtsession-SunRay line may also need to be commented out to avoid the
|
|
|
problem for CDE sessions. N.B. it is possible the application of a
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|
|
SSRS patch, etc, may re-enable that /etc/pam.conf line.
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|
3) A more drastic way is to kill the xscreensaver process from a shell
|
|
|
prompt whenever you connect via x11vnc and the screen is in a locked
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|
state:
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|
pkill -U $LOGNAME '^xscreensaver$'
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|
And then after you are in be sure to restart it by typing something
|
|
|
like:
|
|
|
xscreensaver &
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|
|
You may want to avoid restarting it until you are about to disconnect
|
|
|
your VNC viewer (since if it locks the screen while you are working
|
|
|
you'll be stuck again).
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|
|
3') The above idea can be done a bit more cleanly by having x11vnc do
|
|
|
it. Suppose we called the following script xss_killer:
|
|
|
#!/bin/sh
|
|
|
#
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|
|
# xss_killer: kill xscreensaver after a valid x11vnc client logs in.
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|
# Restart xscreensaver and lock it when the last client
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|
|
# disconnects.
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|
PATH=/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH
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export PATH
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|
if [ "$RFB_MODE" = "afteraccept" -a "$RFB_STATE" = "NORMAL" ]; then
|
|
|
# a valid x11vnc login.
|
|
|
if [ "$RFB_CLIENT_COUNT" = "1" ]; then
|
|
|
# only one client present.
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|
|
pkill -U $LOGNAME '^xscreensaver$'
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|
|
pkill -KILL -U $LOGNAME -f xscreensaver/hacks
|
|
|
fi
|
|
|
elif [ "$RFB_MODE" = "gone" -a "$RFB_STATE" = "NORMAL" ]; then
|
|
|
# a valid x11vnc login.
|
|
|
if [ "$RFB_CLIENT_COUNT" = "0" ]; then
|
|
|
# last client present has just left.
|
|
|
xscreensaver -nosplash &
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|
sleep 1
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|
|
xscreensaver-command -lock &
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|
|
fi
|
|
|
fi
|
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|
|
Then we would run x11vnc with these options: "-afteraccept xss_killer
|
|
|
-gone xss_killer". The [99]-afteraccept option (introduced in version
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|
|
0.8) is used to run a command after a vncviewer has successfully
|
|
|
logged in (note that this is a VNC login, not a Unix login, so you may
|
|
|
not want to do this if you are really paranoid...)
|
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|
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|
Note if you use the above script and also plan to Ctrl-C (SIGINT)
|
|
|
x11vnc you have to run the xscreensaver in a new process group to
|
|
|
avoid killing it as well. One way to do this is via this kludge:
|
|
|
perl -e 'setpgrp(0,0); exec "xscreensaver -nosplash &"'
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|
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|
in the above script.
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|
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|
4) There appears to be a bug in pam_sunray.so in that it doesn't seem
|
|
|
to honor the convention that, say, DISPLAY=unix:3 means to use Unix
|
|
|
sockets to connect to display 3 on the local machine (this is a bit
|
|
|
faster than TCP sockets). Rather, it thinks the display is a non-local
|
|
|
one to a machine named "unix" (that usually does not resolve to an IP
|
|
|
address).
|
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|
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|
|
Amusingly, this can be used to bypass the pam_sunray.so blocking of
|
|
|
Xsun that prevents one from unlocking the screen remotely via x11vnc.
|
|
|
One could put something like this in $HOME/.dtprofile to kill any
|
|
|
existing xscreensavers and then start up a fresh xscreensaver using
|
|
|
DISPLAY=unix:N
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|
|
# stop/kill any running xscreensavers (probably not running yet, but to be sure
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|
)
|
|
|
xscreensaver-command -exit
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|
|
pkill -U $LOGNAME '^xscreensaver$'
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|
env DISPLAY=`echo $DISPLAY | sed -e 's/^.*:/unix:/'` xscreensaver &
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|
Note that all of the above workarounds side-step the pam_sunray.so PAM
|
|
|
module in one way or another. You'll need to see if that is
|
|
|
appropriate for your site's SunRay / smartcard usage. Also, these
|
|
|
hacks may break other things and so you may want to test various
|
|
|
scenarios carefully. E.g. check corner cases like XDMCP/dtremote,
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|
|
NSCM, etc.
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|
_________________________________________________________________
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Limitations:
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* Due to the polling nature, some activities (opaque window moves,
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|
scrolling), can be pretty choppy/ragged and others (exposures of
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|
|
large areas) slow. Experiment with interacting a bit differently
|
|
|
than you normally do to minimize the effects (e.g. do fullpage
|
|
|
paging rather than line-by-line scrolling, and move windows in a
|
|
|
single, quick motion). Recent work has provided the
|
|
|
[100]-scrollcopyrect and [101]-wireframe speedups using the
|
|
|
CopyRect VNC encoding and other things, but they only speed up
|
|
|
certain activities, not all.
|
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|
* A rate limiting factor for x11vnc performance is that video
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|
|
hardware is optimized for writing, not reading (x11vnc reads the
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|
|
video framebuffer for the screen image data). The difference can
|
|
|
be a factor of 10 to 1000, and so it usually takes about 0.5-1 sec
|
|
|
to read in the whole video hardware framebuffer (e.g. 5MB for
|
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|
1280x1024 at depth 24 with a read rate of 5-10MB/sec). So whenever
|
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|
activity changes most of the screen (e.g. moving or iconifying a
|
|
|
large window) there is a delay of 0.5-1 sec while x11vnc reads the
|
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|
changed regions in.
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|
Note: A quick way to get a 2X speedup for x11vnc is to switch from
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|
depth 24 (32bpp) to depth 16 (16bpp). You get a 4X speedup going
|
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|
to 8bpp, but the lack of color cells is usually unacceptable.
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|
To get a sense of the read and write speeds of your video card,
|
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|
you can run benchmarks like: x11perf -getimage500, x11perf
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|
|
-putimage500, x11perf -shmput500 and for XFree86 displays with
|
|
|
direct graphics access the dga command (press "b" to run the
|
|
|
benchmark and then after a few seconds press "q" to quit). Even
|
|
|
this "dd if=/dev/fb0 of=/dev/null" often gives a good estimate. We
|
|
|
have seen a few cases where the hardware fb read speed is greater
|
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|
than 65 MB/sec: on high end graphics workstations from SGI and
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|
Sun, and also from a Linux user using nvidia proprietary drivers
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|
|
for his nvidia video card. If you have a card with a fast read
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|
speed please send us the details.
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|
On XFree86/Xorg it is actually possible to increase the
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|
|
framebuffer read speed considerably (5-100 times) by using the
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|
Shadow Framebuffer (a copy of the framebuffer is kept in main
|
|
|
memory and this can be read much more quickly). To do this one
|
|
|
puts the line Option "ShadowFB" "true" in the Device section of
|
|
|
the /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. Note that this
|
|
|
disables 2D acceleration at the physical display and so likely
|
|
|
defeats the purpose. Nevertheless this could be handy in some
|
|
|
circumstances, e.g. if the slower speed while sitting at the
|
|
|
physical display was acceptable (this seems to be true for most
|
|
|
video cards these days). Unfortunately it does not seem shadowfb
|
|
|
can be turned on and off dynamically...
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|
Another amusing thing one can do is use Xvfb as the X server, e.g.
|
|
|
"xinit $HOME/.xinitrc -- /usr/X11R6/bin/Xvfb :1 -screen 0
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|
1024x768x16" x11vnc can poll Xvfb efficiently via main memory.
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|
It's not exactly clear why one would want to do this (perhaps to
|
|
|
take advantage of an x11vnc feature, such as framebuffer scaling),
|
|
|
instead of using vncserver/Xvnc, but we mention it because it may
|
|
|
be of use for special purpose applications.
|
|
|
Also, a faster and more accurate way is to use the "dummy"
|
|
|
XFree86/Xorg device driver (or our Xdummy wrapper script). See
|
|
|
[102]this FAQ for details.
|
|
|
* Somewhat surprisingly, the X11 mouse (cursor) shape is write-only
|
|
|
and cannot be queried from the X server. So traditionally in
|
|
|
x11vnc the cursor shape stays fixed at an arrow. (see the "-cursor
|
|
|
X" and "-cursor some" [103]options, however, for a partial hack
|
|
|
for the root window, etc.). However, on Solaris using the SUN_OVL
|
|
|
overlay extension, x11vnc can show the correct mouse cursor when
|
|
|
the [104]-overlay option is also supplied. A similar thing is done
|
|
|
on IRIX as well when -overlay is supplied.
|
|
|
More generally, as of Dec/2004 x11vnc supports the new XFIXES
|
|
|
extension (in Xorg and Solaris 10) to query the X server for the
|
|
|
exact cursor shape, this works pretty well except that cursors
|
|
|
with transparency (alpha channel) need to approximated to solid
|
|
|
RGB values (some cursors look worse than others).
|
|
|
* Audio from applications is of course not redirected (separate
|
|
|
redirectors do exist, e.g. esd). The XBell() "beeps" will work if
|
|
|
the X server supports the XKEYBOARD extension. (Note that on
|
|
|
Solaris XKEYBOARD is disabled by default. Passing +kb to Xsun
|
|
|
enables it).
|
|
|
* The scroll detection algorithm for the [105]-scrollcopyrect option
|
|
|
can give choppy or bunched up transient output and occasionally
|
|
|
painting errors.
|
|
|
* Occasionally a patch of tiles will not get updated correctly.
|
|
|
Evidently a timing related bug and difficult to reproduce...
|
|
|
* Using -threads can expose some bugs in libvncserver.
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|
Please feel free to [106]contact me if you have any questions,
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problems, or comments about x11vnc, etc.
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Also, some people ask if they can make a donation, see [107]this link
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for that.
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_________________________________________________________________
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x11vnc FAQ:
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[Building and Starting]
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[108]Q-1: I can't get x11vnc to start up. It says "XOpenDisplay failed
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(null)" or "Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: No
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protocol specified" and then exits. What do I need to do?
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[109]Q-2: I can't get x11vnc and/or libvncserver to compile.
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[110]Q-3: I just built x11vnc successfully, but when I use it my
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keystrokes and mouse button clicks are ignored (I am able to move the
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mouse though).
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[111]Q-4: Help, I need to run x11vnc on Solaris 2.5.1 (or other old
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Unix/Linux) and it doesn't compile!
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[112]Q-5: Where can I get a precompiled x11vnc binary for my Operating
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System?
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[113]Q-6: Where can I get a VNC Viewer binary (or source code) for the
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Operating System I will be viewing from?
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[114]Q-7: How can I see all of x11vnc's command line options and
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documentation on how to use them?
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[115]Q-8: I don't like typing arcane command line options every time I
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start x11vnc. What can I do? Is there a config file? Or a GUI?
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[116]Q-9: How can I get the GUI to run in the System Tray, or at least
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be a smaller, simpler icon?
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[117]Q-10: Can I make x11vnc more quiet and also go into the
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background after starting up?
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[118]Q-11: Sometimes when a VNC viewer dies abruptly, x11vnc also dies
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with the error message like: "Broken pipe". I'm using the -forever
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mode and I want x11vnc to keep running.
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[119]Q-12: Are there any build-time customizations possible, e.g.
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change defaults, create a smaller binary, etc?
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[Win2VNC Related]
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[120]Q-13: I have two separate machine displays in front of me, one
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Windows the other X11: can I use x11vnc in combination with Win2VNC in
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dual-screen mode to pass the keystrokes and mouse motions to the X11
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display?
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[121]Q-14: I am running Win2VNC on my Windows machine and "x11vnc
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-nofb" on Unix to pass keyboard and mouse to the Unix monitor.
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Whenever I start Win2VNC it quickly disconnects and x11vnc says:
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rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: read: Connection reset by peer
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[Color Issues]
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[122]Q-15: The X display I run x11vnc on is only 8 bits per pixel
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(bpp) PseudoColor (i.e. only 256 distinct colors). The x11vnc colors
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may start out OK, but after a while they are incorrect in certain
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windows.
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[123]Q-16: Color problems: Why are the colors for some windows
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incorrect in x11vnc? BTW, my X display has nice overlay/multi-depth
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visuals of different color depths: e.g. there are both depth 8 and 24
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visuals available at the same time.
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[124]Q-17: How do I figure out the window id to supply to the -id
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windowid option?
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[125]Q-18: Why don't menus or other transient windows come up when I
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am using the -id windowid option to view a single application window?
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[126]Q-19: My X display is depth 24 at 24bpp (instead of the normal
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depth 24 at 32bpp). I'm having lots of color and visual problems with
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x11vnc and/or vncviewer. What's up?
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[Xterminals]
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[127]Q-20: Can I use x11vnc to view and interact with an Xterminal
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(e.g. NCD) that is not running UNIX and so x11vnc cannot be run on it
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directly?
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[128]Q-21: How do I get my X permissions (MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE file)
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correct for a Unix/Linux machine acting as an Xterminal?
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[Sun Rays]
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[129]Q-22: I'm having trouble using x11vnc with my Sun Ray session.
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[Remote Control]
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[130]Q-23: How do I stop x11vnc once it is running in the background?
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[131]Q-24: Can I change settings in x11vnc without having to restart
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it? Can I remote control it?
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[Security and Permissions]
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[132]Q-25: How do I create a VNC password for use with x11vnc?
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[133]Q-26: Can I make it so -storepasswd doesn't show my password on
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the screen?
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[134]Q-27: Can I have two passwords for VNC viewers, one for full
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access and the other for view-only access to the display?
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[135]Q-28: Can I have as many full-access and view-only passwords as I
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like?
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[136]Q-29: Can I fine tune what types of user input are allowed? E.g.
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have some users just be able to move the mouse, but not click or type
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anything?
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[137]Q-30: Why does x11vnc exit as soon as the VNC viewer disconnects?
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And why doesn't it allow more than one VNC viewer to connect at the
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same time?
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[138]Q-31: Can I limit which machines incoming VNC clients can connect
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from?
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[139]Q-32: How do I build x11vnc/libvncserver with libwrap
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(tcp_wrappers) support?
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[140]Q-33: Can I have x11vnc only listen on one network interface
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(e.g. internal LAN) rather than having it listen on all network
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interfaces and relying on -allow to filter unwanted connections out?
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[141]Q-34: Now that -localhost implies listening only on the loopback
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interface, how I can occasionally allow in a non-localhost via the -R
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allowonce remote control command?
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[142]Q-35: How can I tunnel my connection to x11vnc via an encrypted
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SSH channel between two Unix machines?
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[143]Q-36: How can I tunnel my connection to x11vnc via an encrypted
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SSH channel from Windows using an SSH client like Putty?
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[144]Q-37: How can I tunnel my connection to x11vnc via an encrypted
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SSL channel using a tool like stunnel?
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[145]Q-38: Can I prompt the user at the local X display whether the
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incoming VNC client should be accepted or not? Can I decide to make
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some clients view-only? How about running an arbitrary program to make
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the decisions?
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[146]Q-39: Does x11vnc support Unix usernames and passwords? Can I
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further limit the set of Unix usernames who can connect to the VNC
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desktop?
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[147]Q-40: I start x11vnc as root because it is launched via inetd(1)
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or a display manager like gdm(1). Can I have x11vnc later switch to a
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different user?
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[148]Q-41: I use a screen-lock when I leave my workstation (e.g.
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xscreensaver or xlock). When I remotely access my workstation desktop
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via x11vnc I can unlock the desktop fine, but I am worried people will
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see my activities on the physical monitor. What can I do to prevent
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this, or at least make it more difficult?
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[149]Q-42: Can I have x11vnc automatically lock the screen when I
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disconnect the VNC viewer?
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[Display Managers and Services]
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[150]Q-43: How can I run x11vnc as a "service" that is always
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available?
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[151]Q-44: How can I use x11vnc to connect to an X login screen like
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xdm, GNOME gdm, KDE kdm, or CDE dtlogin? (i.e. nobody is logged into
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an X session yet).
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[152]Q-45: Can I run x11vnc out of inetd(1)? How about xinetd(1)?
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[153]Q-46: Can I have x11vnc restart itself after it terminates?
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[154]Q-47: How do I make x11vnc work with the Java VNC viewer applet
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in a web browser?
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[155]Q-48: Are reverse connections (i.e. the VNC server connecting to
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the VNC viewer) using "vncviewer -listen" and vncconnect(1) supported?
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[156]Q-49: Can I use x11vnc as a replacement for Xvnc? (i.e. not for a
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real display, but for a virtual one I keep around).
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[157]Q-50: How can I use x11vnc on "headless" machines? Why might I
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want to?
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[Resource Usage and Performance]
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[158]Q-51: I have lots of memory, but why does x11vnc fail with
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shmget: No space left on device or Minor opcode of failed
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request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)?
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[159]Q-52: How can I make x11vnc use less system resources?
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[160]Q-53: How can I make x11vnc use MORE system resources?
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[161]Q-54: I use x11vnc over a slow link with high latency (e.g.
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dialup modem), is there anything I can do to speed things up?
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[162]Q-55: Does x11vnc support the X DAMAGE Xserver extension to find
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modified regions of the screen quickly and efficiently?
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[163]Q-56: When I drag windows around with the mouse or scroll up and
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down things really bog down (unless I do the drag in a single, quick
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motion). Is there anything to do to improve things?
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[164]Q-57: Why not do something like wireframe animations to avoid the
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windows "lurching" when being moved or resized?
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[165]Q-58: Can x11vnc try to apply heuristics to detect when an window
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is scrolling its contents and use the CopyRect encoding for a speedup?
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[Mouse Cursor Shapes]
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[166]Q-59: Why isn't the mouse cursor shape (the little icon shape
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where the mouse pointer is) correct as I move from window to window?
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[167]Q-60: When using XFIXES cursorshape mode, some of the cursors
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look really bad with extra black borders around the cursor and other
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cruft. How can I improve their appearance?
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[168]Q-61: In XFIXES mode, are there any hacks to handle cursor
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transparency ("alpha channel") exactly?
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[Mouse Pointer]
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[169]Q-62: Why does the mouse arrow just stay in one corner in my
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vncviewer, whereas my cursor (that does move) is just a dot?
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[170]Q-63: Can I take advantage of the TightVNC extension to the VNC
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protocol where Cursor Positions Updates are sent back to all connected
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clients (i.e. passive viewers can see the mouse cursor being moved
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around by another viewer)?
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[171]Q-64: Is it possible to swap the mouse buttons (e.g. left-handed
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operation), or arbitrarily remap them? How about mapping button clicks
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to keystrokes, e.g. to partially emulate Mouse wheel scrolling?
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[Keyboard Issues]
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[172]Q-65: How can I get my AltGr and Shift modifiers to work between
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keyboards for different languages?
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[173]Q-66: When I try to type a "<" (i.e. less than) instead I get ">"
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(i.e. greater than)! Strangely, typing ">" works OK!!
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[174]Q-67: When I try to type a "<" (i.e. less than) instead I get
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"<," (i.e. an extra comma).
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[175]Q-68: I'm using an "international" keyboard (e.g. German "de", or
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Danish "dk") and the -modtweak mode works well if the VNC viewer is
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run on a Unix/Linux machine with a similar keyboard. But if I run
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the VNC viewer on Unix/Linux with a different keyboard (e.g. "us") or
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Windows with any keyboard, I can't type some keys like: "@", "$",
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"<", ">", etc. How can I fix this?
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[176]Q-69: When typing I sometimes get double, triple, or more of my
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keystrokes repeated. I'm sure I only typed them once, what can I do?
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[177]Q-70: The x11vnc -norepeat mode is in effect, but I still get
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repeated keystrokes!!
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[178]Q-71: The machine where I run x11vnc has an AltGr key, but the
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local machine where I run the VNC viewer does not. Is there a way I
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can map a local unused key to send an AltGr? How about a Compose key
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as well?
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[179]Q-72: I have a Sun machine I run x11vnc on. Its Sun keyboard has
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just one Alt key labelled "Alt" and two Meta keys labelled with little
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diamonds. The machine where I run the VNC viewer only has Alt keys.
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How can I send a Meta keypress? (e.g. emacs needs this)
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[180]Q-73: Can I map a keystroke to a mouse button click on the remote
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machine?
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[Screen Related Issues and Features]
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[181]Q-74: The remote display is larger (in number of pixels) than the
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local display I am running the vncviewer on. I don't like the
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vncviewer scrollbars, what I can do?
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[182]Q-75: Does x11vnc support server-side framebuffer scaling? (E.g.
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to make the desktop smaller).
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[183]Q-76: Does x11vnc work with Xinerama? (i.e. multiple monitors
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joined together to form one big, single screen).
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[184]Q-77: Can I use x11vnc on a multi-headed display that is not
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Xinerama (i.e. separate screens :0.0, :0.1, ... for each monitor)?
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[185]Q-78: Can x11vnc show only a portion of the display? (E.g. for a
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special purpose rfb application).
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[186]Q-79: Does x11vnc support the XRANDR (X Resize, Rotate and
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Reflection) extension? Whenever I rotate or resize the screen x11vnc
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just seems to crash.
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[187]Q-80: Why is the view in my VNC viewer completely black? Or why
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is everything flashing around randomly?
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[188]Q-81: I use Linux Virtual Consoles (VC's) to implement 'Fast User
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Switching' between users' sessions (e.g. Betty is on Ctrl-Alt-F7,
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Bobby is on Ctrl-Alt-F8, and Sid is on Ctrl-Alt-F1: they use those
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keystrokes to switch between their sessions). How come the view in a
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VNC viewer connecting to x11vnc is either completely black or
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otherwise all messed up unless the X session x11vnc is attached to is
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in the active VC?
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[189]Q-82: Can I use x11vnc to view my VMWare session remotely?
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[190]Q-83: Can non-X devices (e.g. a raw framebuffer) be viewed and/or
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controlled by x11vnc?
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[191]Q-84: I am using x11vnc where my local machine has "popup/hidden
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taskbars" (e.g. GNOME or MacOS X) and the remote display where x11vnc
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runs also has "popup/hidden taskbars" (e.g. GNOME). When I move the
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mouse to the edge of the screen where the popups happen, the taskbars
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interfere and fight with each other in strange ways. What can I do?
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[Misc: Clipboard, File Transfer, Beeps, Thanks, etc.]
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[192]Q-85: Does the Clipboard/Selection get transferred between the
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vncviewer and the X display?
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[193]Q-86: Can I transfer files back and forth with x11vnc?
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[194]Q-87: Why don't I hear the "Beeps" in my X session (e.g. when
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typing tput bel in an xterm)?
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[195]Q-88: Thanks for your program and for your help! Can I make a
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donation?
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_________________________________________________________________
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[Building and Starting]
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Q-1: I can't get x11vnc to start up. It says "XOpenDisplay failed
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(null)" or "Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: No
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protocol specified" and then exits. What do I need to do?
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For the former error, you need to specify the X display to connect to
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(it also needs to be on the same machine the x11vnc process is to run
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on). Set your DISPLAY environment variable or use the [196]-display
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option to specify it. Nearly always the correct value will be ":0"
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For the latter error, you need to set up the X11 permissions
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correctly.
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To make sure X11 permissions are the problem do this simple test:
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while sitting at the physical X display open a terminal window
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(gnome-terminal, xterm, etc). You should be able to run x11vnc
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successfully without any need for special steps or command line
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options in that terminal. If that works OK then you know X11
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permissions are the only thing preventing it from working when you try
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to start x11vnc via, say, a remote shell.
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How to Solve: See the xauth(1), Xsecurity(7), and xhost(1) man pages
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for much info on X11 permissions. For example, you may need to set
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your XAUTHORITY environment variable or use the [197]-auth option to
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point to the correct MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE file (e.g. /home/joe/.Xauthority
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or /var/gdm/:0.Xauth or /var/lib/kdm/A:0-crWk72K), or simply be sure
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you run x11vnc as the correct user (i.e. the user who is logged into
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the X session you wish to view).
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The MIT cookie file contains the secret key that allows x11vnc to
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connect to the desired X display.
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If, say, sshd has set XAUTHORITY to point to a random file it has
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created for X forwarding that will cause problems. (Under some
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circumstances even su(1) and telnet(1) can set XAUTHORITY.) Running
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x11vnc as root is often not enough: you need to know where the
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MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE file for the desired X display is. Example
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solution:
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x11vnc -display :0 -auth /var/gdm/:0.Xauth
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(this is for the display manager gdm and requires root permission to
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read the gdm cookie file, see [198]this faq for other display manager
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cookie file names). While running x11vnc as root, remember it comes
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with no warranty ;-).
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Less safe, but to avoid figuring out where the correct XAUTHORITY file
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is, if the person sitting at the physical X session types "xhost
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+localhost" then one should be able to attach x11vnc to the session
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(from the same machine). The person could then type "xhost -localhost"
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after x11vnc has connected to go back to the default permissions.
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Also, for some situations the "-users lurk=" option may be of use
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(please read the documentation on the [199]-users option).
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To test out your X11 permissions from a remote shell, set DISPLAY and
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possibly XAUTHORITY (see your shell's man page, bash(1), tcsh(1), on
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how to set environment variables) and type xdpyinfo in the same place
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you will be typing (or otherwise running) x11vnc. If information is
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printed out about the X display (screen sizes, supported extensions,
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color visuals info) that means the X11 permissions are set up
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properly: xdpyinfo successfully connected to DISPLAY! You could also
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type xclock and make sure no errors are reported (a clock should
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appear on the X display, press Ctrl-C to stop it). If these work, then
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typing "x11vnc" should also work.
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Important: if you cannot get your X11 permissions so that the xdpyinfo
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or xclock tests work, x11vnc also will not work (all of these X
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clients must be allowed to connect to the X server to function
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properly).
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Q-2: I can't get x11vnc and/or libvncserver to compile.
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Make sure you have all of the required -devel packages installed.
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These include X11/XFree86, libjpeg, libz, ...
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After running the libvncserver configure, carefully examine the output
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and the messages in the config.log file looking for missing
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components. For example, if the configure output looks like:
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checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
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checking for X... no
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checking for XkbSelectEvents in -lX11... no
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checking for XineramaQueryScreens in -lXinerama... no
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checking for XTestFakeKeyEvent in -lXtst... no
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there is quite a bit wrong with the build environment. Hopefully
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simply adding -devel packages will fix it.
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For Debian the list seems to be:
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gcc
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make
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libc6-dev
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libjpeg62-dev
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libx11-dev
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libxext-dev
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libxrandr-dev
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libxtst-dev
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x-dev
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xlibs-static-dev
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zlib1g-dev
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For Redhat the list seems to be:
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gcc
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make
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glibc-devel
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libjpeg-devel
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XFree86-devel
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zlib-devel
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Q-3: I just built x11vnc successfully, but when I use it my keystrokes
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and mouse button clicks are ignored (I am able to move the mouse
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though).
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This is most likely due to you not having a working build environment
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for the XTEST client library libXtst.so. The library is probably
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present on your system, but the package installing the development
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header file is missing.
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If you were watching carefully while configure was running you would
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have seen:
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checking for XTestFakeKeyEvent in -lXtst... no
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The solution is to add the necessary build environment package (and
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the library package if that is missing too). On Debian the build
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package is libxtst-dev. Other distros/OS's may have it in another
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package.
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x11vnc will build without support for this library (e.g. perhaps one
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wants a view-only x11vnc on a stripped down or embedded system...). At
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runtime it will also continue to run even if the X server it connects
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to does not support XTEST. In both cases it cannot inject keystrokes
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or button clicks since XTEST is needed for that (it can still move the
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mouse pointer using the X API XWarpPointer()).
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You will see a warning message something like this at run time:
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20/03/2005 22:33:09 WARNING: XTEST extension not available (either missing fr
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om
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20/03/2005 22:33:09 display or client library libXtst missing at build time
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).
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20/03/2005 22:33:09 MOST user input (pointer and keyboard) will be DISCARDE
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D.
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20/03/2005 22:33:09 If display does have XTEST, be sure to build x11vnc wit
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h
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20/03/2005 22:33:09 a working libXtst build environment (e.g. libxtst-dev,
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20/03/2005 22:33:09 or other packages).
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20/03/2005 22:33:09 No XTEST extension, switching to -xwarppointer mode for
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20/03/2005 22:33:09 pointer motion input.
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Q-4: Help, I need to run x11vnc on Solaris 2.5.1 (or other old
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|
Unix/Linux) and it doesn't compile!
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We apologize that x11vnc does not build cleanly on older versions of
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Solaris, Linux, etc.: very few users are on these old releases.
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We have heard that since Dec/2004 a Solaris 2.6 built x11vnc will run
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on Solaris Solaris 2.5 and 2.5.1 (since a workaround for XConvertCase
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is provided).
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In any event, here is a workaround for Solaris 2.5.1 (and perhaps
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|
earlier and perhaps non-Solaris):
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First use the environment settings (CPPFLAGS, LDFLAGS, etc.) in the
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|
above [200]Solaris build script to run the configure command. That
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|
should succeed without failure. Then you have to hand edit the
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autogenerated rfb/rfbconfig.h file in the source tree, and just before
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|
the last #endif at the bottom of that file insert these workaround
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|
lines:
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struct timeval _tmp_usleep_tv;
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#define usleep(x) \
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_tmp_usleep_tv.tv_sec = (x) / 1000000; \
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_tmp_usleep_tv.tv_usec = (x) % 1000000; \
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select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, &_tmp_usleep_tv);
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int gethostname(char *name, int namelen);
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long random();
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int srandom(unsigned int seed);
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#undef LIBVNCSERVER_HAVE_LIBPTHREAD
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#define SHUT_RDWR 2
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typedef unsigned int in_addr_t;
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#define snprintf(a, n, args...) sprintf((a), ## args)
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|
Then run make with the Solaris build script environment, everything
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|
|
should compile without problems, and the resulting x11vnc binary
|
|
|
should work OK. If some non-x11vnc related programs fail (e.g. test
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|
|
programs) and the x11vnc binary is not created try "make -k" to have
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|
it keep going. Similar sorts of kludges in rfb/rfbconfig.h can be done
|
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|
on other older OS (Solaris, Linux, ...) releases.
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Here are some notes for similar steps that need to be done to build on
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[201]SunOS 4.x
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Please let us know if you had to use the above workaround (and whether
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|
it worked or not). If there is enough demand we will try to push clean
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|
compilations back to earlier Solaris, Linux, etc, releases.
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|
Q-5: Where can I get a precompiled x11vnc binary for my Operating
|
|
|
System?
|
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|
Hopefully the [202]build steps above and [203]FAQ provide enough info
|
|
|
for a painless compile for most environments. Please report problems
|
|
|
with the x11vnc configure, make, etc. on your system (if your system
|
|
|
is known to compile other GNU packages successfully).
|
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|
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|
There are precompiled x11vnc binaries built by other groups that are
|
|
|
available at the following locations:
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Debian: (.deb) [204]http://packages.debian.org/x11vnc
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|
Slackware: (.tgz) [205]http://www.linuxpackages.net/ Redhat/Fedora:
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|
(.rpm) [206]http://dag.wieers.com/packages/x11vnc/
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|
[207]http://dries.ulyssis.org/rpm/packages/x11vnc SuSE: (.rpm)
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|
[208]http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ Solaris: (pkg)
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|
[209]http://www.sunfreeware.com/ Nokia 770 (.deb)
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|
[210]http://mike.saunby.net/770/x11vnc/ Sharp Zaurus
|
|
|
[211]http://www.pdaxrom.org/ and [212]http://www.focv.com/
|
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|
|
If the above binaries don't work and building x11vnc on your OS fails
|
|
|
(and all else fails!) you can try one of [213]my collection of
|
|
|
binaries for various OS's and x11vnc releases.
|
|
|
|
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|
As a general note, the x11vnc program is simple enough you don't
|
|
|
really need to install a package: the binary will in most cases work
|
|
|
as is and from any location (as long as your system libraries are not
|
|
|
too old, etc). So, for Linux distributions that are not one of the
|
|
|
above, the x11vnc binary from the above packages has a good chance of
|
|
|
working. You can "install" it by just copying the x11vnc binary to the
|
|
|
desired directory in your PATH. Tip on extracting files from a Debian
|
|
|
package: extract the archive via a command like: "ar x
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|
|
x11vnc_0.6-2_i386.deb" and then you can find the binary in the
|
|
|
resulting data.tar.gz tar file. Also, rpm2cpio(1) is useful in
|
|
|
extracting files from rpm packages.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-6: Where can I get a VNC Viewer binary (or source code) for the
|
|
|
Operating System I will be viewing from?
|
|
|
|
|
|
To obtain VNC viewers for the viewing side (Windows, Mac OS, or Unix)
|
|
|
try here:
|
|
|
* [214]http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html
|
|
|
* [215]http://www.realvnc.com/download-free.html
|
|
|
* [216]http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
Q-7: How can I see all of x11vnc's command line options and
|
|
|
documentation on how to use them?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Run: x11vnc -opts to list just the option names or run: x11vnc
|
|
|
-help for long descriptions about each option. The output is listed
|
|
|
[217]here as well.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-8: I don't like typing arcane command line options every time I
|
|
|
start x11vnc. What can I do? Is there a config file? Or a GUI?
|
|
|
|
|
|
You could create a shell script that calls x11vnc with your options:
|
|
|
#!/bin/sh
|
|
|
#
|
|
|
# filename: X11vnc (i.e. not "x11vnc")
|
|
|
# It resides in a directory in $PATH. "chmod 755 X11vnc" has been run on it.
|
|
|
#
|
|
|
x11vnc -wait 50 -localhost -rfbauth $HOME/.vnc/passwd -display :0 $*
|
|
|
|
|
|
a similar thing can be done via aliases in your shell (bash, tcsh,
|
|
|
csh, etc..).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Or as of Jun/2004 in the libvncserver CVS you can use the simple
|
|
|
$HOME/.x11vncrc config file support. If that file exists, each line is
|
|
|
taken as a command line option. E.g. the above would be:
|
|
|
# this is a comment in my ~/.x11vncrc file
|
|
|
wait 50 # this is a comment to the end of the line.
|
|
|
-localhost # note: the leading "-" is optional.
|
|
|
rfbauth /home/fred/.vnc/passwd
|
|
|
display :0
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of Dec/2004 in the libvncserver CVS there is now a simple Tcl/Tk
|
|
|
GUI based on the remote-control functionality ("-R") that was added.
|
|
|
The /usr/bin/wish program is needed for operation. The gui is not
|
|
|
particularly user-friendly, it just provides a point and click mode to
|
|
|
set all the many x11vnc parameters and obtain help on them. See the
|
|
|
[218]-gui option for more info. Examples: "x11vnc ... -gui" and
|
|
|
"x11vnc ... -gui other:0" in the latter case the gui is displayed on
|
|
|
other:0, not the X display x11vnc is polling. There is also a
|
|
|
"[219]-gui tray" system tray mode.
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Q-9: How can I get the GUI to run in the System Tray, or at least be a
|
|
|
smaller, simpler icon?
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of Jul/2005 in the libvncserver CVS the gui can run in a more
|
|
|
friendly small icon mode "-gui icon" or in the system tray: "-gui
|
|
|
tray". It has balloon status, a simple menu, and a Properities dialog.
|
|
|
The full, complicated, gui is only available under "Advanced". Other
|
|
|
improvements were added as well. Try "Misc -> simple_gui" for a gui
|
|
|
with fewer esoteric menu items.
|
|
|
|
|
|
If the gui fails to embed itself in the system tray, do a retry via
|
|
|
"Window View -> icon" followed by "Window View -> tray" with the popup
|
|
|
menu.
|
|
|
|
|
|
For inexperienced users starting up x11vnc and the GUI while sitting
|
|
|
at the physical X display (not remotely), using something like "x11vnc
|
|
|
-display :0 -gui tray=setpass" might be something for them that they
|
|
|
are accustomed to in a Desktop environment (it prompts for an initial
|
|
|
password, etc). This is a basic "Share My Desktop" mode.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-10: Can I make x11vnc more quiet and also go into the background
|
|
|
after starting up?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Use the [220]-q and [221]-bg options, respectively. (also: -quiet is
|
|
|
an alias for -q)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note that under -bg the stderr messages will be lost unless you use
|
|
|
the "[222]-o logfile" option.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-11: Sometimes when a VNC viewer dies abruptly, x11vnc also dies with
|
|
|
the error message like: "Broken pipe". I'm using the -forever mode and
|
|
|
I want x11vnc to keep running.
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of Jan/2004 in the libvncserver CVS the SIGPIPE signal is ignored.
|
|
|
So if a viewer client terminates abruptly, libvncserver will notice on
|
|
|
the next I/O operation and will close the connection and continue on.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Up until of Apr/2004 the above fix only works for BSD signal systems
|
|
|
(Linux, FreeBSD, ...) For SYSV systems there is a workaround in place
|
|
|
since about Jun/2004.
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Q-12: Are there any build-time customizations possible, e.g. change
|
|
|
defaults, create a smaller binary, etc?
|
|
|
|
|
|
There are some options. They are enabled by adding something like
|
|
|
-Dxxxx=1 to the CPPFLAGS environment variable before running configure
|
|
|
(see the [223]build notes for general background).
|
|
|
/*
|
|
|
* Mar/2006
|
|
|
* Build-time customization via CPPFLAGS.
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
* Summary of options to include in CPPFLAGS for custom builds:
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|
|
*
|
|
|
* -DVNCSHARED to have the vnc display shared by default.
|
|
|
* -DFOREVER to have -forever on by default.
|
|
|
* -DNOREPEAT=0 to have -repeat on by default.
|
|
|
* -DADDKEYSYMS=0 to have -noadd_keysyms the default.
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
* -DREMOTE_DEFAULT=0 to disable remote-control on by default (-yesremote).
|
|
|
* -DREMOTE_CONTROL=0 to disable remote-control mechanism completely.
|
|
|
* -DEXTERNAL_COMMANDS=0 to disable the running of all external commands.
|
|
|
* -DFILEXFER=0 disable filexfer.
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
* -DHARDWIRE_PASSWD=... hardwired passwords, quoting necessary.
|
|
|
* -DHARDWIRE_VIEWPASSWD=...
|
|
|
* -DNOPW=1 make -nopw the default (skip warning)
|
|
|
* -DUSEPW=1 make -usepw the default
|
|
|
* -DPASSWD_REQUIRED=1 exit unless a password is supplied.
|
|
|
* -DPASSWD_UNLESS_NOPW=1 exit unless a password is supplied and no -nopw.
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
* -DWIREFRAME=0 to have -nowireframe as the default.
|
|
|
* -DWIREFRAME_COPYRECT=0 to have -nowirecopyrect as the default.
|
|
|
* -DWIREFRAME_PARMS=... set default -wirecopyrect parameters.
|
|
|
* -DSCROLL_COPYRECT=0 to have -noscrollcopyrect as the default.
|
|
|
* -DSCROLL_COPYRECT_PARMS=... set default -scrollcopyrect parameters.
|
|
|
* -DSCALING_COPYRECT=0
|
|
|
* -DXDAMAGE=0 to have -noxdamage as the default.
|
|
|
* -DSKIPDUPS=0 to have -noskip_dups as the default or vice versa.
|
|
|
*
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|
|
* -DPOINTER_MODE_DEFAULT={0,1,2,3,4} set default -pointer_mode.
|
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|
* -DBOLDLY_CLOSE_DISPLAY=0 to not close X DISPLAY under -rawfb.
|
|
|
* -DSMALL_FOOTPRINT=1 for smaller binary size (no help, no gui, etc)
|
|
|
* use 2 or 3 for even smaller footprint.
|
|
|
* -DNOGUI do not include the gui tkx11vnc.
|
|
|
* -DPOLL_8TO24_DELAY=N
|
|
|
* -DDEBUG_XEVENTS=1 enable printout for X events.
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
* Set these in CPPFLAGS before running configure. E.g.:
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
* % env CPPFLAGS="-DFOREVER -DREMOTE_CONTROL=0" ./configure
|
|
|
* % make
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|
|
*/
|
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|
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|
If other things (e.g. "-I ...") are needed in CPPFLAGS add them as
|
|
|
well.
|
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|
|
|
|
On some systems is seems you need to set LC_ALL=C for configure to
|
|
|
work properly...
|
|
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|
|
|
Be careful the the following two variables: HARDWIRE_PASSWD and
|
|
|
HARDWIRE_VIEWPASSWD. If set (remember to include the double quotes
|
|
|
around the string), they will be used as default values for the
|
|
|
-passwd and -viewpasswd options. Of course the strings will exist
|
|
|
unobscured in the x11vnc: the binary better not be readable by
|
|
|
unintendeds. Perhaps this is of use in remote access for an embedded
|
|
|
application, etc...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Let us know if more build-time customizations would be useful.
|
|
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|
[Win2VNC Related]
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|
|
Q-13: I have two separate machine displays in front of me, one Windows
|
|
|
the other X11: can I use x11vnc in combination with Win2VNC in
|
|
|
dual-screen mode to pass the keystrokes and mouse motions to the X11
|
|
|
display?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes, for best response start up x11vnc with the "[224]-nofb" option
|
|
|
(disables framebuffer polling, and does other optimizations) on the
|
|
|
secondary display (X11) machine. Then start up Win2VNC on the primary
|
|
|
display (Windows) referring it to the secondary display.
|
|
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|
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|
This will also work X11 to X11 using [225]x2vnc, however you would
|
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probably just want to avoid VNC and use x2x for that.
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For reference, here are some links to Win2VNC-like programs for
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multiple monitor setups:
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* [226]Original Win2VNC
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* [227]Enhanced Win2VNC and [228]sourceforge link
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* [229]x2vnc
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* [230]x2x also [231]here
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* [232]zvnc (MorphOS)
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All of them will work with x11vnc (except x2x where it is not needed).
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Q-14: I am running Win2VNC on my Windows machine and "x11vnc -nofb" on
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Unix to pass keyboard and mouse to the Unix monitor. Whenever I start
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Win2VNC it quickly disconnects and x11vnc says:
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rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: read: Connection reset by peer
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Is the default visual of the X display you run x11vnc on low color
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(e.g. 8 bit per pixel PseudoColor)? (you can run xdpyinfo to check,
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look in the "screen" section). There seems to be a bug in Win2VNC in
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that it cannot deal correctly with colormaps (PseudoColor is the most
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common example of a visual with a colormap).
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If so, there are a couple options. 1) Can you set the default visual
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on your display to be depth 24 TrueColor? Sun machines often have 8+24
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overlay/multi-depth visuals, and you can make the default visual depth
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24 TrueColor (see fbconfig(1) and Xsun(1)). 2) As of Feb/2004, in the
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libvncserver CVS, x11vnc has the [233]-visual option to allow you to
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force the framebuffer visual to whatever you want (this usually messes
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up the colors unless you are very clever). In this case, the option
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provides a convenient workaround for the Win2VNC bug:
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x11vnc -nofb -visual TrueColor -display :0 ...
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So the visual will be set to 8bpp TrueColor and Win2VNC can handle
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this. Since Win2VNC does not use the framebuffer data there should be
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no problems in doing this.
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[Color Issues]
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Q-15: The X display I run x11vnc on is only 8 bits per pixel (bpp)
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PseudoColor (i.e. only 256 distinct colors). The x11vnc colors may
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start out OK, but after a while they are incorrect in certain windows.
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Use the [234]-flashcmap option to have x11vnc watch for changes in the
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colormap, and propagate those changes back to connected clients. This
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can be slow (since the whole screen must be updated over the network
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whenever the colormap changes). This flashing colormap behavior often
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happens if an application installs its own private colormap when the
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mouse is in its window. "netscape -install" is a well-known historical
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example of this. Consider reconfiguring the system to 16 bpp or depth
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24 TrueColor if at all possible.
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Also note the option [235]-8to24 (Jan/2006) can often remove the need
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for flashing the colormap. Everything is dynamically transformed to
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depth 24 at 32 bpp using the colormaps. There may be painting errors
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however (see the following FAQ for tips on reducing and correcting
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them).
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In some rare cases the [236]-notruecolor option has corrected colors
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on 8bpp displays. The red, green, and blue masks were non-zero in 8bpp
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PseudoColor on an obscure setup, and this option corrected the
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problems.
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Q-16: Color problems: Why are the colors for some windows incorrect in
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x11vnc? BTW, my X display has nice overlay/multi-depth visuals of
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different color depths: e.g. there are both depth 8 and 24 visuals
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available at the same time.
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You may want to review the [237]previous question regarding 8 bpp
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PseudoColor.
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On some hardware (Sun/SPARC and SGI), the [238]-overlay option
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discussed a couple paragraphs down may solve this for you (you may
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want to skip to it directly). On other hardware the less robust
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[239]-8to24 option may help (also discussed below).
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Run xdpyinfo(1) to see what the default visual is and what the depths
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of the other visuals are. Does the default visual have a depth of 8
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but there are other visuals of depth 24? If it does, can you possibly
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re-configure your X server to make a depth 24 visual the default? If
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you can do it, this will save you a lot of grief WRT colors and x11vnc
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(and for general usage too!). Here is how I do this on an old
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Sparcstation 20 running Solaris 9 with SX graphics
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xinit -- -dev /dev/fb defclass TrueColor defdepth 24
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and it works nicely (note: to log into console from the dtlogin
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window, select "Options -> Command Line Login", then login and enter
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the above command). See the -dev section of the Xsun(1) manpage for a
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description of the above arguments. If you have root permission, a
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more permanent and convenient thing to do is to record the arguments
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in a line like:
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:0 Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun -dev /dev/fb defclass
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TrueColor defdepth 24
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in /etc/dt/config/Xservers (copy /usr/dt/config/Xservers). Also look
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at the fbconfig(1) and related manpages (e.g. ffbconfig, m64config,
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pgxconfig, SUNWjfb_config, etc ...) for hardware framebuffer settings
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that may achieve the same effect.
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In general for non-Sun machines, look at the "-cc class" and related
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options in your X server manpage (perhaps Xserver(1)), it may allow
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modifying the default visual (e.g. "-cc 4", see <X11/X.h> for the
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visual class numbers). On XFree86 some video card drivers (e.g. Matrox
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mga) have settings like Option "Overlay" "24,8" to support multi-depth
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overlays. For these, use the "-cc 4" X server command line option to
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get a depth 24 default visual.
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The -overlay mode: Another option is if the system with overlay
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visuals is a Sun system running Solaris or SGI running IRIX you can
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use the [240]-overlay x11vnc option (Aug/2004) to have x11vnc use the
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Solaris XReadScreen(3X11) function to poll the "true view" of the
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whole screen at depth 24 TrueColor. XReadDisplay(3X11) is used on
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IRIX. This is useful for Legacy applications (older versions of
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Cadence CAD apps are mentioned by x11vnc users) that require the
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default depth be 8bpp, or the app will use a 8bpp visual even if depth
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24 visuals are available, and so the default depth workaround
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described in the previous paragraph is not sufficient for these apps.
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It seems that Xorg is working toward supporting XReadDisplay(3X11) as
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part of the RENDER extension work. When it does support it and
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provides a library API x11vnc will be modified to take advantage of
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the feature to support -overlay on Linux, *BSD, etc. Until then see
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the -8to24 mode below.
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Misc. notes on -overlay mode: An amusing by-product of -overlay mode
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is that the mouse cursor shape is correct! (i.e. XFIXES is not
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needed). The -overlay mode may be somewhat slower than normal mode due
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to the extra framebuffer manipulations that must be performed. Also,
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on Solaris there is a bug in that for some popup menus, the windows
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they overlap will have painting errors (flashing colors) while the
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popup is up (a workaround is to disable SaveUnders by passing -su to
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Xsun, e.g. in your /etc/dt/config/Xservers file).
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The -8to24 mode: The [241]-8to24 x11vnc option (Jan/2006) is a kludge
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to try to dynamically rewrite the pixel values so that the 8bpp part
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of the screen is mapped onto depth 24 TrueColor. This is less robust
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than the -overlay mode because it is done by x11vnc outside of the X
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server. So only use it on OS's that do not support -overlay. The
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-8to24 mode will work if the default visual is depth 24 or depth 8. It
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scans for any windows within 3 levels of the root window that are 8bpp
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(i.e. legacy application), or in general ones that are not using the
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default visual. For the windows it finds it uses XGetSubImage() to
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retrieve the pixels values and uses the correct indexed colormap to
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create a depth 24 TrueColor view of the whole screen. This depth 24,
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32bpp view is exported via VNC.
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Even on pure 8bpp displays it can be used as an alternative to
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[242]-flashcmap to avoid color flashing completely.
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This scheme is approximate and can often lead to painting errors. You
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can manually correct most painting errors by pressing 3 Alt_L's in a
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row, or by using something like: [243]-fixscreen V=3.0 to
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automatically refresh the screen every 3 seconds. Also -fixscreen
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8=3.0 has been added to just refresh the non-default visual parts of
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the screen.
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In general the scheme uses many resources and may give rise to
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sluggish behavior. If multiple windows are using different 8bpp
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indexed colormaps all but one window may need to be iconified for the
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colors to be correct. There are a number of tunable parameters to try
|
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to adjust performance and painting accuracy. The option -8to24
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nogetimage can give a nice speedup if the default depth 24 X server
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supports hiding the 8bpp bits in bits 25-32 of the framebuffer data.
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On very slow machines -8to24 poll=0.2,cachewin=5.0 gives an useful
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speedup. See the [244]-8to24 help description for information on
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tunable parameters, etc.
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Colors still not working correctly? Run xwininfo on the application
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with the incorrect colors to verify that the depth of its visual is
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different from the default visual depth (gotten from xdpyinfo). One
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possible workaround in this case is to use the [245]-id option to
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point x11vnc at the application window itself. If the application is
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complicated (lots of toplevel windows and popup menus) this may not be
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acceptable, and may even crash x11vnc (but not the application).
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It is theoretically possible to solve this problem in general (see
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|
xwd(1) for example), but it does not seem trivial or sufficiently fast
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for x11vnc to be able to do so in real time. The [246]-8to24 method
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does this approximately and is somewhat usable. Fortunately the
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[247]-overlay option works for Solaris machines with overlay visuals
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where most of this problem occurs.
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Q-17: How do I figure out the window id to supply to the -id windowid
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option?
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Run the xwininfo program in a terminal. It will ask you to click on
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the desired application window. After clicking, it will print out much
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|
information, including the window id (e.g. 0x6000010). Also, the
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|
visual and depth of the window printed out is often useful in
|
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|
debugging x11vnc [248]color problems.
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Also, as of Dec/2004 libvncserver CVS you can use "[249]-id pick" to
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have x11vnc run xwininfo(1) for you and after you click the window it
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|
extracts the windowid. Besides "pick" there is also "id:root" to allow
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|
you to go back to root window when doing remote-control.
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Q-18: Why don't menus or other transient windows come up when I am
|
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using the -id windowid option to view a single application window?
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This is related to the behavior of the XGetImage(3X11) and
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|
XShmGetImage() interfaces regarding backingstore, saveunders, etc. The
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|
way the image is retrieved depends on some aspects of how the X server
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|
maintains the display image data and whether other windows are
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|
clipping or obscuring it. See the XGetImage(3X11) man page for more
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|
details. If you disable BackingStore and SaveUnders in the X server
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you should be able to see these transient windows.
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If things are not working and you still want to do the single window
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polling, try the [250]-sid windowid option ("shifted" windowid).
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Q-19: My X display is depth 24 at 24bpp (instead of the normal depth
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24 at 32bpp). I'm having lots of color and visual problems with x11vnc
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|
and/or vncviewer. What's up?
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First off, depth 24 at 24bpp (bpp=bits-per-pixel) is fairly uncommon
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and can cause problems in general. It also can be slower than depth 24
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at 32bpp. You might want to switch to 32bpp (for XFree86 see the
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"-fbbpp 32", DefaultFbBpp, FbBpp and related options). Perhaps you
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have 24bpp because the video memory of the machine is low and the
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screen wouldn't fit in video RAM at 32bpp. For this case depth 16 at
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16bpp might be an acceptable option.
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In any event x11vnc should handle depth 24 at 24bpp (although
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performance may be slower). There are some caveats involving the
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|
viewer however:
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The RealVNC Unix viewer cannot handle 24bpp from the server, it will
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|
say: "main: setPF: not 8, 16 or 32 bpp?" and exit. I have not checked
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the RealVNC Windows viewer.
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So you need to use the TightVNC Unix viewer. However there are some
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|
problems with that too. It seems libvncserver does not do 24bpp
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correctly with the Tight encoding. The colors and screen ultimately
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get messed up. So you have to use a different encoding with the
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TightVNC vncviewer, try "zlib", "hextile", or one of the other
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encodings (e.g. vncviewer -encodings "zlib hextile" ...). I have not
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checked the TightVNC or UltraVNC Windows viewers.
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It appears the older RealVNC Unix viewers (e.g. 3.3.3 and 3.3.7) can
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handle 24bpp from the server, so you may want to use those. They
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evidently request 32 bpp and libvncserver obliges.
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Now coming the opposite direction if you are running the vncviewer on
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the 24bpp display, TightVNC will fail with "Can't cope with 24
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bits-per-pixel. Sorry." and RealVNC will fail with "main: Error:
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couldn't find suitable pixmap format" so evidently you cannot use
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24bpp for the vncviewers to work on that X display.
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[Xterminals]
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Q-20: Can I use x11vnc to view and interact with an Xterminal (e.g.
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NCD) that is not running UNIX and so x11vnc cannot be run on it
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|
directly?
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You can, but it will likely be very wasteful of network bandwidth
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|
since you will be polling the X display over the network as opposed to
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over the local hardware. To do this, run x11vnc on a UNIX machine as
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close as possible network-wise (e.g. same switch) to the Xterminal
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machine. Use the [251]-display option to point the display to that of
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|
the Xterminal (you'll of course need basic X11 permission to do that)
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and also supply the [252]-noshm option (this enables the polling over
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the network).
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The response will likely be sluggish (maybe only one "frame" per
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second). This mode is not recommended except for "quick checks" of
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hard to get to X servers. Use something like "-wait 150" to cut down
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on the polling rate. You may also need [253]-flipbyteorder if the
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colors get messed up due to endian byte order differences.
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Q-21: How do I get my X permissions (MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE file) correct
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for a Unix/Linux machine acting as an Xterminal?
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If the X display machine is a traditional Xterminal (where the X
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server process runs on the Xterminal box, but all of the X client
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|
applications (mozilla, etc) run on a central server (aka "terminal
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|
server")), you will need to log into the Xterminal machine (i.e. get a
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|
shell running there) and then start the x11vnc program. If the
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Xterminal Linux/Unix machine is stripped down (e.g. no users besides
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root) that may be difficult.
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The next problem is the login Display Manager (e.g. gdm, kdm), and
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|
hence the MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE auth files, are on the central server and
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not on the Xterminal box where the X server and x11vnc processes are.
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So unless X permissions are completely turned off (e.g. "xhost +"), to
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run the x11vnc process on the Xterminal box the MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE auth
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file data (XAUTHORITY or $HOME/.Xauthority) must be accessible by or
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|
copied to the Xterminal. If $HOME/.Xauthority is exported via NFS
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(this is insecure of course, but has been going on for decades), then
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x11vnc can simply pick it up via NFS (you may need to use the
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[254]-auth option to point to the correct file). Other options include
|
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|
copying the auth file using scp, or something like:
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central-server> xauth nextract - xterm123:0 | ssh xterm123 xauth nmerge -
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|
and then, say, ssh from central-server to xterm123 to start x11vnc.
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Here "xterm123" refers to the computer acting as the Xterminal and
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"central-server" is the terminal server. You can use "xauth -f
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/path/to/cookie-file list" to examine the contents of the cookie(s) in
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a file "/path/to/cookie-file". See the xauth(1) manpage for more
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|
details.
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If the display name in the cookie file needs to be changed between the
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two hosts, see [255]this note on the "xauth add ..." command.
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A less secure option is to run something like "xhost +127.0.0.1" while
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sitting at the Xterminal box to allow cookie-free local access for
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x11vnc. You can run "xhost -127.0.0.1" after x11vnc connects if you
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want to go back to the original permissions.
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If the Xterminal is really stripped down and doesn't have any user
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accounts, NFS, etc. you'll need to contact your system administrator
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to set something up. It can be done!!! Some Xterminal projects have
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|
actually enabled "run locally" facilities for the running of an
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occasional app more efficiently locally on the Xterminal box (e.g.
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realplayer).
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Not recommended, but as a last resort, you could have x11vnc [256]poll
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the Xterminal Display over the network. For this you would run a
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"x11vnc -noshm ..." process on the central-server (and hope the
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network admin doesn't get angry...)
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Note: use of Display Manager (gdm, kdm, ...) auth cookie files (i.e.
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|
from /var/..., /tmp/..., or elsewhere) may require modification via
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|
xauth(1) to correctly include the display x11vnc refers to (e.g.
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|
"xauth -f cookie-file add :0 . 45be51ae2ce9dfbacd882ab3ef8e96b1",
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where the "45be51..." cookie value was found from an "xauth -f
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|
/path/to/original/cookie-file list") or other reasons. See xauth(1)
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|
manpage for full details on how to transfer an MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE
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between machines and displays.
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VNCviewer performance on Xterminals: This isn't related to x11vnc on
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|
Xterminals, but we mention it here anyway because of the similar
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issues. If you are on an Xterminal and want to use vncviewer to
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|
connect to a VNC server somewhere, then performance would be best if
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|
you ran the viewer on the Xterminal box. Otherwise, (i.e. running the
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viewer process on the central-server) all of the vncviewer screen
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|
drawing is done more inefficiently over the network. Something to
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|
consider, especially on a busy network. (BTW, this has all of the
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|
above permission, etc, problems: both vncviewer and x11vnc are X
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client apps desired to be run on the Xterminal box).
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[Sun Rays]
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Q-22: I'm having trouble using x11vnc with my Sun Ray session.
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The [257]Sun Ray technology is a bit like "VNC done in hardware" (the
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Sun Ray terminal device, DTU, playing the role of the vncviewer).
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Completely independent of that, the SunRay user's session is still an
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X server that speaks the X11 protocol and so x11vnc simply talks to
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the X server part to export the SunRay desktop to any place in the
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world (i.e. not only to a Sun Ray terminal device), creating a sort of
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"Soft Ray". Please see [258]this discussion of Sun Ray issues above
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for solutions to problems.
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[Remote Control]
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Q-23: How do I stop x11vnc once it is running in the background?
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As of Dec/2004 in the libvncserver CVS there is a remote control
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feature. It can change a huge amount of things on the fly: see the
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[259]-remote and [260]-query options. To shut down the running x11vnc
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server just type "x11vnc -R stop". To disconnect all clients do
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"x11vnc -R disconnect:all", etc.
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If the [261]-forever option has not been supplied, x11vnc will
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automatically exit after the first client disconnects. In general you
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will have to kill the x11vnc process This can be done via: "kill
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NNNNN" (where NNNNN is the x11vnc process id number found from ps(1)),
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or "pkill x11vnc", or "killall x11vnc" (Linux only).
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If you have not put x11vnc in the background via the [262]-bg option
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or shell & operator, then simply press Ctrl-C in the shell where
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x11vnc is running to stop it.
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Potential Gotcha: If somehow your Keypress of Ctrl-C went through
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x11vnc to the Xserver that then delivered it to x11vnc it is possible
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one or both of the Ctrl or C keys will be left stuck in the pressed
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down state in the Xserver. Tapping the stuck key (either via a new
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x11vnc or at the physical console) will release it from the stuck
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state. If the keyboard seems to be acting strangely it is often fixed
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by tapping Ctrl, Shift, and Alt. Alternatively, the [263]-clear_mods
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option and [264]-clear_keys option can be used to release pressed keys
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at startup and exit.
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Q-24: Can I change settings in x11vnc without having to restart it?
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Can I remote control it?
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Look at the [265]-remote (same as -R) and [266]-query (same as -Q)
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options added in the Dec/2004 libvncserver CVS. They allow nearly
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everything to be changed dynamically and settings to be queried.
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Examples: "x11vnc -R shared", "x11vnc -R forever", "x11vnc -R
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scale:3/4", "x11vnc -Q modtweak", "x11vnc -R stop", "x11vnc -R
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disconnect:all", etc.. These commands do not start a x11vnc server,
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but rather communicate with one that is already running. The X display
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(X11VNC_REMOTE property) is used as the communication channel, so the
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X permissions and DISPLAY must be set up correctly for communication
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to be possible.
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There is also a simple Tcl/Tk gui based on this remote control
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mechanism. See the [267]-gui option for more info. You will need to
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have Tcl/Tk (i.e. /usr/bin/wish) installed for it to work. It can also
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run in the system tray: "-gui tray" or as a standalone icon window:
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"-gui icon".
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[Security and Permissions]
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Q-25: How do I create a VNC password for use with x11vnc?
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You may already have one in $HOME/.vnc/passwd if you have used, say,
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the vncserver program from the regular RealVNC or TightVNC packages
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(i.e. launching the Xvnc server). Otherwise, you could use the
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vncpasswd(1) program from those packages. The libvncserver package
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also comes with a simple program: storepasswd in the examples
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directory. And as of Jun/2004 in the libvncserver CVS x11vnc supports
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the -storepasswd "pass" "file" [268]option, which is the the same
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functionality of storepasswd. Be sure to quote the "pass" if it
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contains shell meta characters, spaces, etc. Example:
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x11vnc -storepasswd 'sword*fish' $HOME/myvncpasswd
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You then use the password via the x11vnc option: [269]-rfbauth
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$HOME/myvncpasswd
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Compared to vncpasswd(1) the latter two methods are a somewhat unsafe
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because the password is specified on the command line and so someone
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may see it by using ps(1) or looking over your shoulder. Also watch
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out for the command winding up in your shell's history file (history
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-c is often a way to clear it).
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x11vnc also has the [270]-passwdfile and -passwd/-viewpasswd plain
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text (i.e. not obscured like the -rfbauth VNC passwords) password
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options.
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Q-26: Can I make it so -storepasswd doesn't show my password on the
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screen?
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You can use the vncpasswd program from RealVNC or TightVNC mentioned
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above..
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Alternatively, this script should keep your [271]-storepasswd more
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private:
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#!/bin/sh
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# usage: x11vnc_pw [file] (default: ~/.vnc/passwd)
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if [ "X$1" = "X" ]; then
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file=$HOME/.vnc/passwd
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else
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file=$1
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fi
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stty -echo
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printf "Password: "
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read pw1; echo ""
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printf "Verify: "
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read pw2; echo ""
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stty echo
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if [ "X$pw1" != "X$pw2" ]; then
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echo "passwords do not match."
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exit 1
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fi
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x11vnc -help > /dev/null 2>&1
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x11vnc -storepasswd "$pw1" "$file"
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ls -l "$file"
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Note that there is a tiny window of time when x11vnc -storepasswd is
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running that someone could snoop the value using ps(1).
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Q-27: Can I have two passwords for VNC viewers, one for full access
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and the other for view-only access to the display?
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Yes, as of May/2004 in the libvncserver CVS there is the
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[272]-viewpasswd option to supply the view-only password. Note the
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full-access password option [273]-passwd must be supplied at the same
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time. E.g.: -passwd sword -viewpasswd fish.
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To avoid specifying the passwords on the command line (where they
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could be observed via the ps(1) command by any user) you can use the
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[274]-passwdfile option to specify a file containing plain text
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passwords. Presumably this file is readable only by you, and ideally
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it is located on the machine x11vnc is run on (to avoid being snooped
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on over the network). The first line of this file is the full-access
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password. If there is a second line in the file and it is non-blank,
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it is taken as the view-only password. (use "__EMPTY__" to supply an
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empty one).
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View-only passwords currently do not work for the [275]-rfbauth
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password option (standard VNC password storing mechanism). FWIW, note
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that although the output (usually placed in $HOME/.vnc/passwd) by the
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|
vncpasswd or storepasswd programs (or from x11vnc -storepasswd) looks
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|
encrypted they are really just obscured to avoid "casual" password
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|
stealing. It takes almost no skill to figure out how to extract the
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|
plain text passwords from $HOME/.vnc/passwd since it is very
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|
straight-forward to work out what to do from the VNC source code.
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Q-28: Can I have as many full-access and view-only passwords as I
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|
like?
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Yes, as of Jan/2006 in the libvncserver CVS the [276]-passwdfile
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|
option has been extended to handle as many passwords as you like. You
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|
put the view-only passwords after a line __BEGIN_VIEWONLY__.
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|
You can also easily annotate and comment out passwords in the file.
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|
You can have x11vnc re-read the file dynamically when it is modified.
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|
Q-29: Can I fine tune what types of user input are allowed? E.g. have
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|
some users just be able to move the mouse, but not click or type
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|
anything?
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As of Feb/2005, the [277]-input option allows you to do this. "K",
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"M", and "B" stand for Keystroke, Mouse-motion, and Button-clicks,
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|
respectively. The setting: "-input M" makes attached viewers only able
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to move the mouse. "-input KMB,M" lets normal clients do everything
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|
and enables view-only clients to move the mouse.
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|
These settings can also be applied on a per-viewer basis via the
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|
remote control mechanism or the GUI. E.g. x11vnc -R input:hostname:M
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Q-30: Why does x11vnc exit as soon as the VNC viewer disconnects? And
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|
why doesn't it allow more than one VNC viewer to connect at the same
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|
time?
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|
These defaults are simple safety measures to avoid someone unknowingly
|
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|
leaving his X11 desktop exposed (to the internet, say) for long
|
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|
periods of time. Use the [278]-forever option (aka -many) to have
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|
x11vnc wait for more connections after the first client disconnects.
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|
Use the [279]-shared option to have x11vnc allow multiple clients to
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|
connect simultaneously.
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|
Recommended additional safety measures include using ssh ([280]see
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|
|
above), stunnel, or a VPN to authenticate and encrypt the viewer
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|
connections or to at least use the -rfbauth passwd-file [281]option to
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|
use VNC password protection (or [282]-passwdfile) It is up to YOU to
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|
apply these security measures, they will not be done for you
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|
automatically.
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|
Q-31: Can I limit which machines incoming VNC clients can connect
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|
from?
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|
Yes, look at the [283]-allow and [284]-localhost options to limit
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|
connections by hostname or IP address. E.g.
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|
x11vnc -allow 192.168.0.1,192.168.0.2
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|
for those two hosts or
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x11vnc -allow 192.168.0.
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|
for a subnet. For individual hosts you can use the hostname instead of
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|
the IP number, e.g.: "-allow snoopy", and "-allow darkstar,wombat".
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|
Note that -localhost is the same as "-allow 127.0.0.1"
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|
For more control, build libvncserver with libwrap support
|
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|
[285](tcp_wrappers) and then use /etc/hosts.allow See hosts_access(5)
|
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|
for complete details.
|
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|
Q-32: How do I build x11vnc/libvncserver with libwrap (tcp_wrappers)
|
|
|
support?
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|
Here is one way to pass this information to the configure script:
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|
env CPPFLAGS=-DUSE_LIBWRAP LDFLAGS=-lwrap ./configure
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|
then run make as usual. This requires libwrap and its development
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|
package (tcpd.h) to be installed on the build machine. If additional
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|
CPPFLAGS or LDFLAGS options are needed supply them as well using
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|
quotes.
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|
The resulting x11vnc then uses libwrap/tcp_wrappers for connections.
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|
The service name you will use in /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny
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|
is "vnc", e.g.:
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|
|
vnc: 192.168.100.3 .example.com
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|
Note that if you run x11vnc out of [286]inetd you do not need to build
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|
|
x11vnc with libwrap support because the /usr/sbin/tcpd reference in
|
|
|
/etc/inetd.conf handles the tcp_wrappers stuff.
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|
Q-33: Can I have x11vnc only listen on one network interface (e.g.
|
|
|
internal LAN) rather than having it listen on all network interfaces
|
|
|
and relying on -allow to filter unwanted connections out?
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of Mar/2005 in the libvncserver CVS, there is the "[287]-listen
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|
|
ipaddr" option that enables this. For ipaddr either supply the desired
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|
|
network interface's IP address (or use a hostname that resolves to it)
|
|
|
or use the string "localhost". For additional filtering simultaneously
|
|
|
use the "[288]-allow host1,..." option to allow only specific hosts
|
|
|
in.
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|
This option is useful if you want to insure that no one can even begin
|
|
|
a dialog with x11vnc from untrusted network interfaces (e.g. ppp0).
|
|
|
The option [289]-localhost now implies "-listen localhost" since that
|
|
|
is what most people expect it to do.
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|
Q-34: Now that -localhost implies listening only on the loopback
|
|
|
interface, how I can occasionally allow in a non-localhost via the -R
|
|
|
allowonce remote control command?
|
|
|
|
|
|
To do this specify "[290]-allow localhost". Unlike [291]-localhost
|
|
|
this will leave x11vnc listening on all interfaces (but of course only
|
|
|
allowing in local connections, e.g. ssh redirs). Then you can later
|
|
|
run "x11vnc -R allowonce:somehost" or use to gui to permit a one-shot
|
|
|
connection from a remote host.
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|
Note that if you do a lot of changing of the listening interface
|
|
|
([292]-listen option) via remote control or gui, you may need to also
|
|
|
manually adjust the [293]-allow list if you unexpectedly get into a
|
|
|
state where the allow list cannot match any hosts that would be coming
|
|
|
in on the listening interface. If you just toggle [294]-localhost on
|
|
|
and off x11vnc should see to it that you never get into such a state.
|
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|
Q-35: How can I tunnel my connection to x11vnc via an encrypted SSH
|
|
|
channel between two Unix machines?
|
|
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|
|
|
See the description earlier on this page on [295]how to tunnel VNC via
|
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|
SSH from Unix to Unix. A number of ways are described along with some
|
|
|
issues you may encounter.
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|
Other secure encrypted methods exists, e.g. stunnel, IPSEC, various
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|
|
VPNs, etc.
|
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|
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|
Q-36: How can I tunnel my connection to x11vnc via an encrypted SSH
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|
|
channel from Windows using an SSH client like Putty?
|
|
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|
|
|
[296]Above we described how to tunnel VNC via SSH from Unix to Unix,
|
|
|
you may want to review it. To do this from Windows using Putty it
|
|
|
would go something like this:
|
|
|
* In the Putty dialog window under 'Session' enter the hostname or
|
|
|
IP number of the Unix machine with display to be viewed.
|
|
|
* Make sure the SSH protocol is selected and the server port is
|
|
|
correct.
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|
|
* Under 'Connections/SSH/Tunnels' Add a Local connection with
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|
|
'Source port: 5900' and 'Destination: localhost:5900'
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|
|
* Log into the remote machine by pressing 'Open' and supplying
|
|
|
username, password, etc.
|
|
|
* In that SSH shell, start up x11vnc by typing the command: x11vnc
|
|
|
-display :0 plus any other desired options (e.g. -localhost).
|
|
|
* Finally, start up your VNC Viewer in Windows and enter
|
|
|
'localhost:0' as the VNC server.
|
|
|
|
|
|
You can keep all of the settings in a Putty 'Saved Session'. Also,
|
|
|
once everything is working, you can consider putting x11vnc -display
|
|
|
:0 (plus other cmdline options) in the 'Remote command' Putty setting
|
|
|
under 'Connections/SSH'. It is likely possible to script the whole
|
|
|
process in a BAT file including launching the VNC viewer by using the
|
|
|
plink Putty utility. Send us the script if you get that working.
|
|
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|
|
For extra protection feel free to run x11vnc with the [297]-localhost
|
|
|
and [298]-rfbauth/[299]-passwdfile options.
|
|
|
|
|
|
If the machine you SSH into via Putty is not the same machine with the
|
|
|
X display you wish to view (e.g. your company provides incoming SSH
|
|
|
access to a gateway machine), then you need to change the above Putty
|
|
|
dialog setting to: 'Destination: otherhost:5900', Once logged in,
|
|
|
you'll need to do a second login (ssh or rsh) to the workstation
|
|
|
machine 'otherhost' and then start up x11vnc on it. This can also be
|
|
|
automated by [300]chaining ssh's.
|
|
|
|
|
|
As discussed [301]above another option is to first start the VNC
|
|
|
viewer in "listen" mode, and then launch x11vnc with the
|
|
|
"[302]-connect localhost" option to establish the reverse connection.
|
|
|
In this case a Remote port redirection (not Local) is needed for port
|
|
|
5500 instead of 5900 (i.e. 'Source port: 5500' and
|
|
|
'Destination: localhost:5500' for a Remote connection).
|
|
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|
Q-37: How can I tunnel my connection to x11vnc via an encrypted SSL
|
|
|
channel using a tool like stunnel?
|
|
|
|
|
|
It is possible to use a "lighter weight" encryption setup than SSH or
|
|
|
IPSEC. SSL tunnels such as [303]stunnel provide an encrypted channel
|
|
|
without the need for users, passwords, and key passphrases required
|
|
|
for ssh. OTOH, since ssh is usually installed everywhere and firewalls
|
|
|
often let its port through, ssh is often the path of least resistance.
|
|
|
|
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|
Here are some basic examples using [304]stunnel but the general idea
|
|
|
is the same:
|
|
|
* Start up x11vnc and constrain it to listen on localhost.
|
|
|
* Then start up the SSL tunnel running on the same machine to
|
|
|
forward incoming connections to that x11vnc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in fact, as of Feb/2006 the [305]-stunnel option does these two steps
|
|
|
[306]automatically). Then on the VNC viewer side:
|
|
|
* Set up and run a similar SSL tunnel for the outgoing connection
|
|
|
pointing to the SSL/x11vnc server.
|
|
|
* Finally, start the VNC Viewer and tell it to connect to the local
|
|
|
port (e.g. a vnc display localhost:0).
|
|
|
|
|
|
We'll first use the stunnel version 3 syntax since it is the most
|
|
|
concise and unixy. Start up x11vnc listening on port 5900:
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|
|
x11vnc -display :0 -rfbport 5900 -localhost -bg -passwdfile ~/mypass
|
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|
|
|
Then start stunnel with this command:
|
|
|
stunnel -d 5901 -r 5900 -p /path/to/stunnel.pem
|
|
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|
|
|
These are run on host "far-away.east". The stunnel.pem is the
|
|
|
self-signed PEM file certificate created when stunnel is built.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Next, on the VNC viewer side we need an SSL tunnel to encrypt the
|
|
|
outgoing connection. The nice thing is any SSL tunnel can be used
|
|
|
because the protocol is a standard. For this example we'll also use
|
|
|
stunnel on the viewer side on Unix. First start up the client-side
|
|
|
stunnel:
|
|
|
stunnel -c -d localhost:5902 -r far-away.east:5901
|
|
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|
|
|
Then point the viewer to the local tunnel on port 5902:
|
|
|
vncviewer -encodings "copyrect tight zrle hextile" localhost:2
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That's it.
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Be sure to use a VNC password because unlike ssh by default the
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encrypted SSL channel provides no authentication (only privacy). With
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some extra configuration one could also set up certificates to provide
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authentication of either or both sides as well (and hence avoid
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man-in-the-middle attacks). See the stunnel and openssl documentation
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for details.
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stunnel has also been ported to Windows, and there are likely others
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to choose from for that OS. Much info for using it on Windows can be
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found at the stunnel site and in this [307]article The article also
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shows the many steps to set up all the authentication certificates.
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The default Windows client setup (no certs) is simpler and only 4
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files are needed in a folder: stunnel.exe, stunnel.conf, libssl32.dll,
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libeay32.dll. We used an stunnel.conf containing:
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# stunnel.conf:
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client = yes
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options = ALL
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[myvncssl]
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accept = 5902
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connect = far-away.east:5901
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then double click on the stunnel.exe icon to launch it (followed by
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pointing the VNC viewer to localhost:2).
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As of Feb/2006 the x11vnc [308]-stunnel option automates the SSL
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tunnel creation on the x11vnc server side:
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x11vnc -display :0 -stunnel /path/to/stunnel.pem -passwdfile ~/mypass
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You'll get output like this:
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The VNC desktop is localhost:50
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The SSL VNC desktop is far-away.east:0
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PORT=5950
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SSLPORT=5900
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That indicates stunnel is listening on port 5900 for incoming
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SSL-wrapped VNC connections. x11vnc is listening for local connections
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on port 5950 in this case. For -stunnel to work stunnel must be
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installed on the machine and available in PATH (note stunnel is often
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installed in sbin directories rather than bin).
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One can test to some degree that SSL is working after starting x11vnc
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with the -stunnel option. From another machine one can use the openssl
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command something like this:
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openssl s_client -debug -msg -showcerts -connect far-away.east:5900
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After all of the debugging output and informational messages you'll
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see the string "RFB 003.007" that came from x11vnc. Or you can even
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just use a web browser connecting to: https://far-away.east:5900/ and
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then view the SSL information about the connection in the panels. (Of
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course these tests will also work if you started stunnel manually).
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(end of the -stunnel option description).
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If you don't like the little "gap" of unencrypted TCP traffic (and a
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local listening socket) on the local machine between stunnel and
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x11vnc it can actually be closed by having stunnel start up x11vnc in
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[309]-inetd mode:
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stunnel -p /path/to/stunnel.pem -P none -d 5900 -l ./x11vnc_sh
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Where the script x11vnc_sh starts up x11vnc:
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#!/bin/sh
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x11vnc -q -inetd -display :0 -passwdfile ~/mypass
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Note that this creates a separate x11vnc process for each incoming
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connection (as any inetd x11vnc usage would), but for the case of
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normally just one viewer at a time it should not be a big problem.
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Somewhat sadly, the stunnel version 4 syntax is not so amenable to the
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command line or scripts. You need to create a config file with the
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parameters. E.g.:
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stunnel x11vnc.cfg
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Where the file x11vnc.cfg contains:
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foreground = yes
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pid =
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cert = /path/to/stunnel.pem
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[x11vnc_stunnel]
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accept = 5901
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connect = 5900
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One nice thing about version 4 is often the PEM file does not need to
|
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be specified because stunnel finds it in its installed area. One other
|
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|
gotcha the the PEM file is usually only readable by root (it has the
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|
private key afterall), so you'll need to relax the permissions or make
|
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|
a copy that the user running x11vnc/stunnel can read.
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|
Regarding VNC viewers that "natively" do SSL unfortunately there do
|
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|
not seem to be many. UltraVNC has SSL/encryption plugin, but we have
|
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|
not tried it. Commercial versions of VNC seem to have some SSL built
|
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|
in, but we haven't tried those either and they probably wouldn't work
|
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|
since the SSL negotiation is likely embedded in the VNC protocol
|
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|
unlike our case where it is external. So current SSL VNC solutions are
|
|
|
not particularly "seemless". But it can be done, and with a wrapper
|
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|
script on the viewer side and the [310]-stunnel option on the server
|
|
|
side it works well and is convenient. Here is a simple script
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|
|
[311]ssl_vncviewer that automates running stunnel on the VNC viewer
|
|
|
side on Unix a little more carefully than the two-lines printed above.
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|
One could probably do a similar thing with a .BAT file on Windows in
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|
the stunnel folder.
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|
Q-38: Can I prompt the user at the local X display whether the
|
|
|
incoming VNC client should be accepted or not? Can I decide to make
|
|
|
some clients view-only? How about running an arbitrary program to make
|
|
|
the decisions?
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|
Yes, look at the "[312]-accept command" option, it allows you to
|
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|
specify an external command that is run for each new client. (use
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|
quotes around the command if it contains spaces, etc.). If the
|
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|
external command returns 0 the client is accepted, otherwise the
|
|
|
client is rejected. See below how to also accept clients view-only.
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|
The external command will have the RFB_CLIENT_IP environment variable
|
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|
set to the client's numerical IP address, RFB_CLIENT_PORT its port
|
|
|
number. Similarly for RFB_SERVER_IP and RFB_SERVER_PORT to allow
|
|
|
identification of the tcp virtual circuit. DISPLAY will be set to that
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|
|
of the X11 display being polled. Also, RFB_X11VNC_PID is set to the
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|
|
x11vnc process id (e.g. in case you decided to kill it), RFB_CLIENT_ID
|
|
|
will be an id number, and RFB_CLIENT_COUNT the number of other clients
|
|
|
currently connected. RFB_MODE will be "accept".
|
|
|
|
|
|
As a special case, "-accept popup" will instruct x11vnc to create its
|
|
|
own simple popup window. To accept the client press "y" or click mouse
|
|
|
on the "Yes" button. To reject the client press "n" or click mouse on
|
|
|
the "No" button. To accept the client View-only, press "v" or click
|
|
|
mouse on the "View" button. If the [313]-viewonly option has been
|
|
|
supplied, the "View" action will not be present: the whole display is
|
|
|
view only in that case.
|
|
|
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|
|
The popup window times out after 120 seconds, to change this behavior
|
|
|
use "-accept popup:N" where N is the number of seconds (use 0 for no
|
|
|
timeout). More tricks: "-accept popupmouse" will only take mouse click
|
|
|
responses, while "-accept popupkey" will only take keystroke responses
|
|
|
(popup takes both). After any of the 3 popup keywords you can supply a
|
|
|
position of the window: +N+M, (the default is to center the window)
|
|
|
e.g. -accept popupmouse+10+10.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Also as a special case "-accept xmessage" will run the xmessage(1)
|
|
|
program to prompt the user whether the client should be accepted or
|
|
|
not. This requires that you have xmessage installed and available via
|
|
|
PATH. In case it is not already on your system, the xmessage program
|
|
|
is available at [314]ftp://ftp.x.org/
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|
|
|
|
|
To include view-only decisions for the external commands, prefix the
|
|
|
command something like this: "yes:0,no:*,view:3 mycommand ..." This
|
|
|
associates the three actions: yes(accept), no(reject), and
|
|
|
view(accept-view-only), with the numerical return codes. Use "*"
|
|
|
instead of a number to set the default action (e.g. in case the
|
|
|
external command returns an unexpected return code).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Here is an example -accept script called accept_or_lock. It uses
|
|
|
xmessage and xlock (replace with your screen lock command, maybe it is
|
|
|
"xscreensaver-command -lock", or kdesktop_lock, or "dtaction
|
|
|
LockDisplay"). It will prompt the user at the X display whether to
|
|
|
accept, reject, or accept view-only the client, but if the prompt
|
|
|
times out after 60 seconds the screen is locked and the VNC client is
|
|
|
accepted. This allows the remote access when no one is at the display.
|
|
|
#!/bin/sh
|
|
|
#
|
|
|
# accept_or_lock: prompt user at X display whether to accept an incoming
|
|
|
# VNC connection. If timeout expires, screen is locked
|
|
|
# and the VNC viewer is accepted (allows remote access
|
|
|
# when no one is sitting at the display).
|
|
|
#
|
|
|
# usage: x11vnc ... -forever -accept 'yes:0,no:*,view:4 accept_or_lock'
|
|
|
#
|
|
|
xmessage -buttons yes:2,no:3,view-only:4 -center \
|
|
|
-timeout 60 "x11vnc: accept connection from $RFB_CLIENT_IP?"
|
|
|
rc=$?
|
|
|
if [ $rc = 0 ]; then
|
|
|
xlock &
|
|
|
sleep 5
|
|
|
exit 0
|
|
|
elif [ $rc = 2 ]; then
|
|
|
exit 0
|
|
|
elif [ $rc = 4 ]; then
|
|
|
exit 4
|
|
|
fi
|
|
|
exit 1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stefan Radman has written a nice dtksh script [315]dtVncPopup for use
|
|
|
in CDE environments to do the same sort of thing. Information on how
|
|
|
to use it is found at the top of the file. He encourages you to
|
|
|
provide feedback to him to help improve the script.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note that in all cases x11vnc will block while the external command or
|
|
|
popup is being run, so attached clients will not receive screen
|
|
|
updates, etc during this period.
|
|
|
|
|
|
To run a command when a client disconnects, use the "[316]-gone
|
|
|
command" option. This is for the user's convenience only: the return
|
|
|
code of the command is not interpreted by x11vnc. The same environment
|
|
|
variables are set as in "-accept command" (except that RFB_MODE will
|
|
|
be "gone").
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-39: Does x11vnc support Unix usernames and passwords? Can I further
|
|
|
limit the set of Unix usernames who can connect to the VNC desktop?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Until the VNC protocol and libvncserver support this things will be
|
|
|
approximate at best.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Update: as of Feb/2006 x11vnc has the [317]-unixpw option that does
|
|
|
this outside of the VNC protocol and libvncserver. The standard su(1)
|
|
|
program is used to validate the user's password. A familiar "login:"
|
|
|
and "Password:" dialog is presented to the user on a black screen
|
|
|
inside the vncviewer. The connection is dropped if the user fails to
|
|
|
supply the correct password in 3 tries or does not send one before a
|
|
|
25 second timeout. Existing clients are view-only during this period.
|
|
|
A list of allowed Unix usernames may also be supplied along with
|
|
|
per-user settings.
|
|
|
|
|
|
There is also the [318]-unixpw_nis option for non-shadow-password
|
|
|
(typically NIS environments, hence the name) systems where the
|
|
|
traditional getpwnam() and crypt() functions are used instead of
|
|
|
su(1). The encrypted user passwords must be accessible to the user
|
|
|
running x11vnc in -unixpw_nis mode, otherwise the logins will always
|
|
|
fail even when the correct password is supplied. See ypcat(1) and
|
|
|
shadow(5).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Two settings are enforced in the -unixpw and -unixpw_nis modes to
|
|
|
provide extra security: the 1) [319]-localhost and 2) [320]-stunnel
|
|
|
options. Without these one might send the Unix username and password
|
|
|
data in clear text over the network which is a very bad idea. They can
|
|
|
be relaxed if you want to provide encryption other than stunnel (the
|
|
|
stunnel constraint is automatically relaxed if SSH_CONNECTION is set
|
|
|
and indicates you have ssh-ed in, however the -localhost requirement
|
|
|
is still enforced).
|
|
|
|
|
|
The two -unixpw modes have been tested on Linux, Solaris, HP-UX,
|
|
|
Tru64, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD. Additional testing is
|
|
|
appreciated. For the last 4 it appears that su(1) will not prompt for
|
|
|
a password if su-ing to oneself. Since x11vnc requires a password
|
|
|
prompt from su, those logins will fail even when the correct password
|
|
|
is supplied. On *BSD it appears this can be corrected by commenting
|
|
|
out the pam_self.so entry in /etc/pam.d/su.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Previous discussion: One approximate method involves starting x11vnc
|
|
|
with the [321]-localhost option. This basically requires the viewer
|
|
|
user to log into the workstation where x11vnc is running via their
|
|
|
Unix username and password, and then somehow set up a port redirection
|
|
|
of his vncviewer connection to make it appear to emanate from the
|
|
|
local machine. As discussed above, ssh is useful for this: "ssh -L
|
|
|
5900:localhost:5900 user@hostname ..." See the ssh wrapper scripts
|
|
|
mentioned [322]elsewhere on this page. [323]stunnel does this as well.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Of course a malicious user could allow other users to get in through
|
|
|
his channel, but that is a problem with every method. Another thing to
|
|
|
watch out for is a malicious user on the viewer side (where ssh is
|
|
|
running) trying to sneak in through the ssh port redirection there.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Regarding limiting the set of Unix usernames who can connect, the
|
|
|
traditional way would be to further require a VNC password to supplied
|
|
|
(-rfbauth, -passwd, etc) and only tell the people allowed in what the
|
|
|
VNC password is. A scheme that avoids a second password involves using
|
|
|
the [324]-accept option that runs a program to examine the connection
|
|
|
information to determine which user is connecting from the local
|
|
|
machine. That may be difficult to do, but, for example, the program
|
|
|
could use the ident service on the local machine (normally ident
|
|
|
should not be trusted over the network, but on the local machine it
|
|
|
should be accurate: otherwise root has been compromised and so there
|
|
|
are more serious problems! Unfortunately recent Linux distros seem to
|
|
|
provide a random string (MD5 hash?) instead of the username). An
|
|
|
example script passed in via -accept scriptname that deduces the Unix
|
|
|
username and limits who can be accepted might look something like
|
|
|
this:
|
|
|
#!/bin/sh
|
|
|
if [ "$RFB_CLIENT_IP" != "127.0.0.1" -o "$RFB_SERVER_IP" != "127.0.0.1" ]; then
|
|
|
exit 1 # something fishy... reject it.
|
|
|
fi
|
|
|
user=`echo "$RFB_CLIENT_PORT, $RFB_SERVER_PORT" | nc -w 1 $RFB_CLIENT_IP 113 \
|
|
|
| grep 'USERID.*UNIX' | head -1 | sed -e 's/[\r ]//g' | awk -F: '{print
|
|
|
$4}'`
|
|
|
|
|
|
for okuser in fred barney wilma betty
|
|
|
do
|
|
|
if [ "X$user" = "X$okuser" ]; then
|
|
|
exit 0 # accept it
|
|
|
fi
|
|
|
done
|
|
|
exit 1 # reject it
|
|
|
|
|
|
For this to work with ssh port redirection, the ssh option
|
|
|
UsePrivilegeSeparation must be enabled otherwise the userid will
|
|
|
always be "root".
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-40: I start x11vnc as root because it is launched via inetd(1) or a
|
|
|
display manager like gdm(1). Can I have x11vnc later switch to a
|
|
|
different user?
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of Feb/2005 x11vnc has the [325]-users option that allows things
|
|
|
like this. Please read the documentation on it (also in the x11vnc
|
|
|
-help output) carefully for features and caveats. It's use can often
|
|
|
decrease security unless care is taken.
|
|
|
|
|
|
BTW, a nice use of it is "-users +nobody" that switches to the Unix
|
|
|
user nobody right after connections to the X display are established.
|
|
|
|
|
|
In any event, while running x11vnc as root, remember it comes with no
|
|
|
warranty ;-).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-41: I use a screen-lock when I leave my workstation (e.g.
|
|
|
xscreensaver or xlock). When I remotely access my workstation desktop
|
|
|
via x11vnc I can unlock the desktop fine, but I am worried people will
|
|
|
see my activities on the physical monitor. What can I do to prevent
|
|
|
this, or at least make it more difficult?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Probably most work environments would respect your privacy if you
|
|
|
powered off the monitor. Also remember if people have physical access
|
|
|
to your workstation they basically can do anything they want with it
|
|
|
(e.g. install a backdoor for later use, etc).
|
|
|
|
|
|
In any event, as of Jun/2004 there is an experimental utility to make
|
|
|
it more difficult for nosey people to see your x11vnc activities. The
|
|
|
source for it is [326]blockdpy.c The idea behind it is simple (but
|
|
|
obviously not bulletproof): when a VNC client attaches to x11vnc put
|
|
|
the display monitor in the DPMS "off" state, if the DPMS state ever
|
|
|
changes immediately start up the screen-lock program. The x11vnc user
|
|
|
will notice something is happening and think about what to do next
|
|
|
(while the screen is in a locked state).
|
|
|
|
|
|
This works (or at least has a chance of working) because if the
|
|
|
intruder moves the mouse or presses a key on the keyboard, the monitor
|
|
|
wakes up out of the DPMS off state, and this induces the screen lock
|
|
|
program to activate as soon as possible. Of course there are cracks in
|
|
|
this, the eavesdropper could detach your monitor and insert a non-DPMS
|
|
|
one, and there are race conditions. As mentioned above this is not
|
|
|
bulletproof. A really robust solution would likely require X server
|
|
|
and perhaps even video hardware support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The blockdpy utility is launched by the [327]-accept option and told
|
|
|
to exit via the [328]-gone option (the vnc client user should
|
|
|
obviously re-lock the screen before disconnecting!). Instructions can
|
|
|
be found in the source code for the utility at the above link.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-42: Can I have x11vnc automatically lock the screen when I
|
|
|
disconnect the VNC viewer?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes, a user mentions he uses the [329]-gone option under CDE to run a
|
|
|
screen lock program:
|
|
|
x11vnc -display :0 -forever -gone 'dtaction LockDisplay'
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other possibilities are:
|
|
|
x11vnc -display :0 -forever -gone 'xscreensaver-command -lock'
|
|
|
x11vnc -display :0 -forever -gone 'kdesktop_lock'
|
|
|
x11vnc -display :0 -forever -gone 'xlock &'
|
|
|
|
|
|
Here is a scheme using the [330]-afteraccept option (in version 0.7.3)
|
|
|
to unlock the screen after the first valid VNC login and to lock the
|
|
|
screen after the last valid VNC login disconnects:
|
|
|
x11vnc -display :0 -forever -shared -afteraccept ./myxlocker -gone ./myxlocke
|
|
|
r
|
|
|
|
|
|
Where the script ./myxlocker is:
|
|
|
#!/bin/sh
|
|
|
|
|
|
#/usr/bin/env | grep RFB_ | sort # for viewing RFB_* settings.
|
|
|
|
|
|
if [ "X$RFB_MODE" = "Xafteraccept" ]; then
|
|
|
if [ "X$RFB_STATE" = "XNORMAL" ]; then # require valid login
|
|
|
if [ "X$RFB_CLIENT_COUNT" = "X1" ]; then
|
|
|
killall xlock # Linux only.
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fi
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fi
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elif [ "X$RFB_MODE" = "Xgone" ]; then
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if [ "X$RFB_STATE" = "XNORMAL" ]; then # require valid login
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if [ "X$RFB_CLIENT_COUNT" = "X0" ]; then
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xlock -mode blank &
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fi
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fi
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fi
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[Display Managers and Services]
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Q-43: How can I run x11vnc as a "service" that is always available?
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There are a number of ways to do this. The primary thing you need to
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decide is whether you want x11vnc to connect to the X session on the
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machine 1) regardless of who (or if anyone) has the X session, or 2)
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only if a certain user has the X session. Because X sessions are
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protected by X permissions (MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE files XAUTHORITY and
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$HOME/.Xauthority) the automatically started x11vnc will of course
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need to have sufficient permissions to connect to the X display.
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Here are some ideas:
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* Use the description under "Continuously" in the [331]FAQ on x11vnc
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and Display Managers
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* Use the description in the [332]FAQ on x11vnc and inetd(1)
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* Start x11vnc from your $HOME/.xsession (or $HOME/.xinitrc)
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* Although less reliable, see the [333]x11vnc_loop rc.local hack
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below.
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The display manager scheme will not be specific to which user has the
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X session unless a test is specifically put into the display startup
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script (often named Xsetup). The inetd(1) scheme may or may not be
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specific to which user has the X session (and it may not be able to do
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all users via the XAUTHORITY permission issues).
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The $HOME/.xsession scheme is obviously is specific to a particular
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user. If you do not know what a $HOME/.xsession script is or how to
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use one, perhaps your desktop has a "session startup commands"
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configuration option. The command to be run in the .xsession or
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.xinitrc file may look like this:
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x11vnc -logfile $HOME/.x11vnc.log -rfbauth $HOME/.vnc/passwd -forever -bg
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plus any other options you desire.
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Q-44: How can I use x11vnc to connect to an X login screen like xdm,
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GNOME gdm, KDE kdm, or CDE dtlogin? (i.e. nobody is logged into an X
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session yet).
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One time only. If the X login screen is running and you just want to
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connect to it once (i.e. a one-shot):
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It is usually possible to do this by just adjusting the XAUTHORITY
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environment variable to point to the correct MIT-COOKIE auth file
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while running x11vnc as root, e.g. for the gnome display manager, gdm:
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x11vnc -auth /var/gdm/:0.Xauth -display :0
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(the [334]-auth option sets the XAUTHORITY variable for you).
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There will be a similar thing for xdm using however a different auth
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directory path (perhaps something like
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/var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0-XQvaJk for xdm or
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/var/lib/kdm/A:0-crWk72 for kdm, where the random characters in
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basename will vary a bit). Read your system docs to find out where the
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display manager cookie files are kept.
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Trick: sometimes ps(1) can reveal the X server process -auth argument
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(e.g. "ps wwwwaux | grep auth").
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You next connect to x11vnc with a VNC viewer, give your username and
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password to the X login prompt to start your session.
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Note: gdm seems to have an annoying setting that causes x11vnc (and
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|
any other X clients) to be killed after the user logs in. Setting
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KillInitClients=false in the [daemon] section of /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf
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|
avoids this. Otherwise, just restart x11vnc and then reconnect your
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viewer.
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Note: For dtlogin in addition to the above sort of trick (BTW, the
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auth file should be in /var/dt), you'll also need to add something
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|
like Dtlogin*grabServer:False to the Xconfig file
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(/etc/dt/config/Xconfig or /usr/dt/config/Xconfig on Solaris, see
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[335]the example at the end of this FAQ). Then restart dtlogin, e.g.:
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/etc/init.d/dtlogin stop; /etc/init.d/dtlogin start or reboot.
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|
Continuously. Have x11vnc reattach each time the X server is
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|
|
restarted (i.e. after each logout):
|
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|
|
To make x11vnc always attached to the the X server including the login
|
|
|
screen you will need to add a command to a display manager startup
|
|
|
script.
|
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|
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|
|
Please consider the security implications of this! Besides having the
|
|
|
VNC display for the X session always available, there are other
|
|
|
issues: .e.g. if you run the tkx11vnc gui (via say -gui or -gui tray),
|
|
|
then the gui controls (insecure) are available on the physical X
|
|
|
display before anyone has logged in (maybe doing "-gui
|
|
|
tray,geom=+4000+4000" is a good idea...)
|
|
|
|
|
|
The name of the display manager startup script file depends on desktop
|
|
|
used and seem to be:
|
|
|
GNOME /etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default (or Init/:0)
|
|
|
KDE /etc/kde*/kdm/Xsetup
|
|
|
XDM /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup (or xdm/Xsetup_0)
|
|
|
CDE /etc/dt/config/Xsetup
|
|
|
|
|
|
although the exact location can depend on operating system and
|
|
|
distribution. See the documentation for your display manager: gdm(1),
|
|
|
kdm(1), xdm(1), dtlogin(1) for additional details. There may also be
|
|
|
display number specific scripts: e.g. Xsetup_0 vs. Xsetup, you need to
|
|
|
watch out for.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: The above gdm setting of KillInitClients=false in
|
|
|
/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf is needed here as well.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: The above Dtlogin*grabServer:False step will be needed for
|
|
|
dtlogin here as well.
|
|
|
|
|
|
In any event, the line you will add to the display manager script will
|
|
|
look something like:
|
|
|
/usr/local/bin/x11vnc -rfbauth /path/to/the/vnc/passwd -o /tmp/x11vnc.log -fo
|
|
|
rever -bg
|
|
|
|
|
|
where you should customize the exact command to your needs.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Happy, happy, joy, joy: Note that we do not need to specify -display
|
|
|
or -auth because happily they are already set for us in the DISPLAY
|
|
|
and XAUTHORITY environment variables for the Xsetup script!!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
You may also want to force the VNC port with something like "-rfbport
|
|
|
5900"
|
|
|
_________________________________________________________________
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fedora/gdm: Here is an example of what we did on a vanilla install of
|
|
|
Fedora-C3 (seems to use gdm by default). Add a line like this to
|
|
|
/etc/X11/gdm/Init/:0
|
|
|
/usr/local/bin/x11vnc -rfbauth /etc/x11vnc.passwd -forever -bg -o /tmp/x11vnc
|
|
|
.log
|
|
|
|
|
|
And then add this line to /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf in the [daemon]
|
|
|
section:
|
|
|
KillInitClients=false
|
|
|
|
|
|
Then restart: /usr/sbin/gdm-restart (or reboot). The
|
|
|
KillInitClients=false setting is important: without it x11vnc will be
|
|
|
killed immediately after the user logs in. Here are [336]full details
|
|
|
on how to configure gdm
|
|
|
_________________________________________________________________
|
|
|
|
|
|
Solaris/dtlogin: Here is an example of what we did on a vanilla
|
|
|
install of Solaris:
|
|
|
Make the directory /etc/dt/config:
|
|
|
mkdir -p /etc/dt/config
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copy over the Xconfig file for customization:
|
|
|
cp /usr/dt/config/Xconfig /etc/dt/config/Xconfig
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edit /etc/dt/config/Xconfig and uncomment the line:
|
|
|
Dtlogin*grabServer: False
|
|
|
|
|
|
Next, copy over Xsetup for customization:
|
|
|
cp /usr/dt/config/Xsetup /etc/dt/config/Xsetup
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edit /etc/dt/config/Xsetup and at the bottom put a line like:
|
|
|
/usr/local/bin/x11vnc -forever -o /var/tmp/x11vnc.log -bg
|
|
|
|
|
|
(tweaked to your local setup and preferences, a password via -rfbauth,
|
|
|
etc. would be a very good idea).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restart the X server and dtlogin:
|
|
|
/etc/init.d/dtlogin stop
|
|
|
/etc/init.d/dtlogin start
|
|
|
|
|
|
(or reboot or maybe just restart the X session).
|
|
|
_________________________________________________________________
|
|
|
|
|
|
KDM: One user running the kdm display manager reports putting this
|
|
|
line:
|
|
|
x11vnc -forever -rfbauth /home/xyz/.vnc/passwd -bg -o /tmp/x11vnc.log
|
|
|
|
|
|
in /etc/kde/kdm/Xsetup. After rebooting the system it all seemed to
|
|
|
work fine.
|
|
|
_________________________________________________________________
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
If you do not want to deal with any display manager startup scripts,
|
|
|
here is a kludgey script that can be run manually or out of a boot
|
|
|
file like rc.local: [337]x11vnc_loop It will need some local
|
|
|
customization before running. Because the XAUTHORITY auth file must be
|
|
|
guessed by this script, use of the display manager script method
|
|
|
described above is greatly preferred.
|
|
|
|
|
|
If the machine is a traditional Xterminal you may want to read
|
|
|
[338]this FAQ.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-45: Can I run x11vnc out of inetd(1)? How about xinetd(1)?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes, perhaps a line something like this in /etc/inetd.conf will do it
|
|
|
for you:
|
|
|
|
|
|
5900 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/local/bin/x11vnc_sh
|
|
|
|
|
|
where the shell script /usr/local/bin/x11vnc_sh uses the [339]-inetd
|
|
|
option and looks something like (you'll need to customize to your
|
|
|
settings).
|
|
|
#!/bin/sh
|
|
|
/usr/local/bin/x11vnc -inetd -display :0 -auth /home/fred/.Xauthority \
|
|
|
-rfbauth /home/fred/.vnc/passwd -o /tmp/x11vnc_sh.log
|
|
|
|
|
|
Important: Note that you must redirect the standard error output to a
|
|
|
log file (e.g. -o logfile) or "2>/dev/null" for proper operation via
|
|
|
inetd (otherwise the standard error also goes to the VNC vncviewer,
|
|
|
and that confuses it greatly, causing it to abort). If you do not use
|
|
|
a wrapper script as above but rather call x11vnc directly in
|
|
|
/etc/inetd.conf and do not redirect stderr to a file, then you must
|
|
|
specify the -q (aka [340]-quiet) option: "/usr/local/bin/x11vnc -q
|
|
|
-inetd ...". When you supply both -q and -inet and no "-o logfile"
|
|
|
then stderr will automatically be closed (to prevent, e.g. library
|
|
|
stderr messages leaking out to the viewer). The recommended practice
|
|
|
is to use "-o logfile" to collect the output in a file or wrapper
|
|
|
script with "2>logfile" redirection because the errors and warnings
|
|
|
printed out are very useful in troubleshooting problems.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note also the need to set XAUTHORITY via [341]-auth to point to the
|
|
|
MIT-COOKIE auth file to get permission to connect to the X display
|
|
|
(setting and exporting the XAUTHORITY variable accomplishes the same
|
|
|
thing). See the x11vnc_loop file in the previous question for more
|
|
|
ideas on what that auth file may be, etc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: On Solaris you cannot have the bare number 5900 in
|
|
|
/etc/inetd.conf, you'll need to replace it with a word like x11vnc an
|
|
|
then put something like "x11vnc 5900/tcp" in /etc/services.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Since the process runs as root, it might be a bad idea to have the
|
|
|
logfile in a world-writable area like /tmp if there are untrustworthy
|
|
|
users on the machine. Perhaps /var/log would be a better place. Also,
|
|
|
while running x11vnc as root, remember it comes with no warranty ;-).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Be sure to look at your /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny settings
|
|
|
to limit the machines that can connect to this service (your
|
|
|
desktop!). For the above example with /etc/hosts.allow:
|
|
|
x11vnc_sh : 123.45.67.89
|
|
|
|
|
|
A really safe way to do things is to limit the above inetd to
|
|
|
localhost only (via /etc/hosts.allow) and use ssh to tunnel the
|
|
|
incoming connection. Using inetd for this prevents there being a tiny
|
|
|
window of opportunity between x11vnc starting up and your vncviewer
|
|
|
connecting to it. Always use a VNC password to further protect against
|
|
|
unwanted access.
|
|
|
|
|
|
For xinetd(1), one user reports he created the file
|
|
|
/etc/xinetd.d/x11vncservice containing the following:
|
|
|
# default: off
|
|
|
# description:
|
|
|
service x11vncservice
|
|
|
{
|
|
|
flags = REUSE NAMEINARGS
|
|
|
port = 5900
|
|
|
type = UNLISTED
|
|
|
socket_type = stream
|
|
|
protocol = tcp
|
|
|
wait = no
|
|
|
user = root
|
|
|
server = /usr/sbin/tcpd
|
|
|
server_args = /usr/local/bin/x11vnc_sh
|
|
|
disable = no
|
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
|
|
With the contents of /usr/local/bin/x11vnc_sh similar to the example
|
|
|
given above. One user reports this works with avoiding the wrapper
|
|
|
script:
|
|
|
service x11vncservice
|
|
|
{
|
|
|
port = 5900
|
|
|
type = UNLISTED
|
|
|
socket_type = stream
|
|
|
protocol = tcp
|
|
|
wait = no
|
|
|
user = root
|
|
|
server = /usr/local/bin/x11vnc
|
|
|
server_args = -inetd -q -display :0 -auth /var/gdm/:0.Xauth
|
|
|
disable = no
|
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
|
|
(or one can replace the -q with say "-o /var/log/x11vnc.log" to
|
|
|
capture a log)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-46: Can I have x11vnc restart itself after it terminates?
|
|
|
|
|
|
One could do this in a shell script, but now there is an option
|
|
|
[342]-loop that makes it easier. Of course when x11vnc restarts it
|
|
|
needs to have permissions to connect to the (potentially new) X
|
|
|
display. This mode could be useful if the X server restarts often. Use
|
|
|
e.g. "-loop5000" to sleep 5000 ms between restarts. Also "-loop2000,5"
|
|
|
to sleep 2000 ms and only restart 5 times.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-47: How do I make x11vnc work with the Java VNC viewer applet in a
|
|
|
web browser?
|
|
|
|
|
|
To have x11vnc serve up a Java VNC viewer applet to any web browsers
|
|
|
that connect to it, run x11vnc with this [343]option:
|
|
|
-httpdir /path/to/the/java/classes/dir
|
|
|
|
|
|
(this directory will contain the files index.vnc and, for example,
|
|
|
VncViewer.jar) Note that libvncserver contains the TightVNC Java
|
|
|
classes jar file for your convenience. (it is the file
|
|
|
classes/VncViewer.jar in the source tree).
|
|
|
|
|
|
You will see output something like this:
|
|
|
14/05/2004 11:13:56 Autoprobing selected port 5900
|
|
|
14/05/2004 11:13:56 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5800
|
|
|
14/05/2004 11:13:56 URL http://walnut:5800
|
|
|
14/05/2004 11:13:56 screen setup finished.
|
|
|
14/05/2004 11:13:56 The VNC desktop is walnut:0
|
|
|
PORT=5900
|
|
|
|
|
|
then you can connect to that URL with any Java enabled browser. Feel
|
|
|
free to customize the default index.vnc file in the classes directory.
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of May/2005 the [344]-http option will try to guess where the Java
|
|
|
classes jar file is by looking a expected locations.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Also note that if you wanted to, you could also start the Java viewer
|
|
|
entirely from the viewer-side by having the jar file there and using
|
|
|
either the java or appletviewer commands to run the program.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-48: Are reverse connections (i.e. the VNC server connecting to the
|
|
|
VNC viewer) using "vncviewer -listen" and vncconnect(1) supported?
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of Mar/2004 in the libvncserver CVS x11vnc supports reverse
|
|
|
connections. On Unix one starts the VNC viewer in listen mode:
|
|
|
vncviewer -listen (see your documentation for Windows, etc), and then
|
|
|
starts up x11vnc with the [345]-connect option. To connect immediately
|
|
|
at x11vnc startup time use the "-connect host:port" option (use commas
|
|
|
for a list of hosts to connect to). The ":port" is optional (default
|
|
|
is 5500).
|
|
|
|
|
|
If a file is specified instead: -connect /path/to/some/file then that
|
|
|
file is checked periodically (about once a second) for new hosts to
|
|
|
connect to.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The [346]-remote control option (aka -R) can also be used to do this
|
|
|
during an active x11vnc session, e.g.:
|
|
|
x11vnc -display :0 -R connect:hostname.domain
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note that as of Mar/2006 x11vnc requires password authentication for
|
|
|
reverse connections as well as for forward ones (assuming password
|
|
|
auth has been enabled, e.g. via -rfbauth, -passwdfile, etc). Many VNC
|
|
|
servers do not require any password for reverse connections. To regain
|
|
|
the old behavior set: X11VNC_REVERSE_CONNECTION_NO_AUTH=1 before
|
|
|
starting x11vnc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
To use the vncconnect(1) program (from the core VNC package at
|
|
|
www.realvnc.com) specify the [347]-vncconnect option to x11vnc (Note:
|
|
|
as of Dec/2004 -vncconnect is now the default). vncconnect(1) must be
|
|
|
pointed to the same X11 DISPLAY as x11vnc (since it uses X properties
|
|
|
to communicate with x11vnc). If you do not have or do not want to get
|
|
|
the vncconnect(1) program, the following script (named "Vncconnect")
|
|
|
may work if your xprop(1) supports the -set option:
|
|
|
#!/bin/sh
|
|
|
# usage: Vncconnect <host>
|
|
|
# Vncconnect <host:port>
|
|
|
# note: not all xprop(1) support -set.
|
|
|
#
|
|
|
xprop -root -f VNC_CONNECT 8s -set VNC_CONNECT "$1"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-49: Can I use x11vnc as a replacement for Xvnc? (i.e. not for a real
|
|
|
display, but for a virtual one I keep around).
|
|
|
|
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You can, but you would not be doing this for performance reasons (for
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virtual X sessions via VNC, Xvnc will give the fastest response). You
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may want to do this because Xvnc does not support an X server
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extension you desire, or you want to take advantage of one of x11vnc's
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unending number of options and features.
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One way to acheive this is to have a Xvfb(1) virtual framebuffer X
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server running in the background and have x11vnc attached to it.
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Another method, faster and more accurate is to use the "dummy" Device
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Driver in XFree86/Xorg (see below). One could view this desktop both
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remotely and also locally using vncviewer. Make sure vncviewer's
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"-encodings raw" is in effect for local viewing (compression seems to
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slow things down locally). For local viewing you set up a "bare"
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window manager that just starts up vncviewer and nothing else.
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Here is one way to start up Xvfb:
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xinit -- /usr/X11R6/bin/Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1024x768x16
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This starts up a 16bpp virtual display. To export it via VNC use
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"x11vnc -display :1 ...".
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One good thing about Xvfb is that the virtual framebuffer exists in
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main memory (rather than in the video hardware), and so x11vnc can
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"screen scrape" it efficiently (more than, say, 100X faster than
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normal video hardware).
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There are some annoyances WRT Xvfb though. The default keyboard
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mapping seems to be very poor. One should run x11vnc with
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[348]-add_keysyms option to have keysyms added automatically. Also, to
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add the Shift_R and Control_R modifiers something like this is needed:
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#!/bin/sh
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xmodmap -e "keycode any = Shift_R"
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xmodmap -e "add Shift = Shift_L Shift_R"
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xmodmap -e "keycode any = Control_R"
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xmodmap -e "add Control = Control_L Control_R"
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Perhaps the Xvfb options -xkbdb or -xkbmap could be used to get a
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better default keyboard mapping.
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A user points out a faster and more accurate method is to use the
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"dummy" Device Driver of XFree86/Xorg instead of Xvfb. He uses this to
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create a persistent and resizable desktop accessible from anywhere. In
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the Device Section of the config file set Driver "dummy". You may also
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need to set VideoRam NNN to be large enough to hold the framebuffer.
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The framebuffer is kept in main memory like Xvfb except that the
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server code is closely correlated with the real XFree86/Xorg Xserver
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unlike Xvfb.
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The main drawback to this method (besides requiring extra
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configuration and possibly root permission) is that it also does the
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Linux Virtual Console/Terminal (VC/VT) [349]switching even though it
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does not need to (since it doesn't use a real framebuffer). There are
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some "dual headed" (actually multi-headed/multi-user) patches to the X
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server that turn off the VT usage in the X server. Update: As of
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Jul/2005 we have an LD_PRELOAD script [350]Xdummy that allows you to
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use a stock (i.e. unpatched) Xorg or XFree86 server with the "dummy"
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driver and not have any VT switching problems! Currently Xdummy needs
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to be run as root, but with some luck that may be relaxed in the
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future.
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The standard way to start the "dummy" driver would be:
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startx -- :1 -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf.dummy
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where the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.dummy has its Device Section
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modified as described above. To use the LD_PRELOAD wrapper script:
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startx -- /path/to/Xdummy :1
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An xdm(1) example is also provided.
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In general, one can use these sorts of schemes to use x11vnc to export
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other virtual X sessions, say Xnest or even Xvnc itself (useful for
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testing x11vnc).
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Q-50: How can I use x11vnc on "headless" machines? Why might I want
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to?
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An interesting application of x11vnc is to let it export displays of
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"headless" machines. For example, you may have some lab or server
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machines with no keyboard, mouse, or monitor, but each one still has a
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video card. One can use x11vnc to provide a simple "desktop service"
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from these server machines.
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An X server can be started on the headless machine (sometimes this
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requires configuring the X server to not fail if it cannot detect a
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keyboard or mouse, see the next paragraph). Then you can export that X
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display via x11vnc (e.g. see [351]this FAQ) and access it from
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anywhere on the network via a VNC viewer.
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Some tips on getting X servers to start on machines without keyboard
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or mouse: For XFree86/Xorg the Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
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"ServerFlags" config file option is useful. On Solaris Xsun the
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+nkeyboard and +nmouse options are useful (put them in the server
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command line args in /etc/dt/config/Xservers). See Xserver(1) for more
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info.
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Although this usage may sound strange it can be quite useful for a GUI
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(or other) testing or QA setups: the engineers do not need to walk to
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lab machines running different hardware, OS's, versions, etc (or have
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many different machines in their office). They just connect to the
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various test machines over the network via VNC. The advantage to
|
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testing this way instead of using Xvnc or even Xvfb is that the test
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is done using the real X server, fonts, video hardware, etc. that will
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be used in the field.
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One can imagine a single server machine crammed with as many video
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cards as it can hold to provide multiple simultaneous access or
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testing on different kinds of video hardware.
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[Resource Usage and Performance]
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Q-51: I have lots of memory, but why does x11vnc fail with shmget:
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No space left on device or Minor opcode of failed request: 1
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(X_ShmAttach)?
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It is not a matter of free memory, but rather free shared memory (shm)
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|
slots, also known as shm segments. This often occurs on a public
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|
Solaris machine using the default of only 100 slots. You (or the owner
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|
or root) can clean them out with ipcrm(1). x11vnc tries hard to
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|
release its slots, but it, and other programs, are not always able to
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|
(e.g. if kill -9'd).
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Sometimes x11vnc will notice the problem with shm segments and tries
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|
to get by with fewer, only giving a warning like this:
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|
19/03/2004 10:10:58 shmat(tile_row) failed.
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|
shmat: Too many open files
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|
19/03/2004 10:10:58 error creating tile-row shm for len=4
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19/03/2004 10:10:58 reverting to single_copytile mode
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|
Here is a shell script [352]shm_clear to list and prompt for removal
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|
|
of your unattached shm segments (attached ones are skipped). I use it
|
|
|
while debugging x11vnc (I use "shm_clear -y" to assume "yes" for each
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|
|
prompt). If x11vnc is regularly not cleaning up its shm segments,
|
|
|
please contact me so we can work to improve the situation.
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|
Longer term, on Solaris you can put something like this in
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/etc/system:
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set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax = 0x2000000
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set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni = 0x1000
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|
to sweep the problem under the rug (4096 slots). On Linux, examine
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|
/proc/sys/kernel/shmmni; you can modify the value by writing to that
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|
file.
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|
Things are even more tight on Solaris 8 and earlier, there is a
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|
default maximum number of shm segments per process of 6. The error is
|
|
|
the X server (not x11vnc) being unable to attach to the segments, and
|
|
|
looks something like this:
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|
30/04/2004 14:04:26 Got connection from client 192.168.1.23
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|
30/04/2004 14:04:26 other clients:
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|
X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource den
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|
|
ied)
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|
Major opcode of failed request: 131 (MIT-SHM)
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|
Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)
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|
Serial number of failed request: 14
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|
Current serial number in output stream: 17
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|
This tight limit on Solaris 8 can be increased via:
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|
|
set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg = 100
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|
in /etc/system. See the next paragraph for more workarounds.
|
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|
To minimize the number of shm segments used by x11vnc try using the
|
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|
[353]-onetile option (corresponds to only 3 shm segments used, and
|
|
|
adding -fs 1.0 knocks it down to 2). If you are having much trouble
|
|
|
with shm segments, consider disabling shm completely via the
|
|
|
[354]-noshm option. Performance will be somewhat degraded but when
|
|
|
done over local machine sockets it should be acceptable (see an
|
|
|
[355]earlier question discussing -noshm).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-52: How can I make x11vnc use less system resources?
|
|
|
|
|
|
The [356]-nap and "[357]-wait n" (where n is the sleep between polls
|
|
|
in milliseconds, the default is 30 or so) option are good places to
|
|
|
start. Reducing the X server bits per pixel depth (e.g. to 16bpp or
|
|
|
even 8bpp) will further decrease memory I/O and network I/O. The
|
|
|
ShadowFB will make x11vnc's screen polling less severe. Using the
|
|
|
[358]-onetile option will use less memory and use fewer shared memory
|
|
|
slots (add [359]-fs 1.0 for one less slot).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-53: How can I make x11vnc use MORE system resources?
|
|
|
|
|
|
You can try [360]-threads and dial down the wait time (e.g. -wait 1)
|
|
|
and possibly dial down [361]-defer as well. Note that if you try to
|
|
|
increase the "frame rate" too much you can bog down the server end
|
|
|
with the extra work it needs to do compressing the framebuffer data,
|
|
|
etc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
That said, it is possible to "stream" video via x11vnc if the video
|
|
|
window is small enough. E.g. a 256x192 xawtv TV capture window (using
|
|
|
the x11vnc [362]-id option) can be streamed over a LAN or wireless at
|
|
|
a reasonable frame rate.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-54: I use x11vnc over a slow link with high latency (e.g. dialup
|
|
|
modem), is there anything I can do to speed things up?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Some things you might want to experiment with (many of which will help
|
|
|
performance on faster links as well):
|
|
|
|
|
|
X server/session parameters:
|
|
|
* Configure the X server bits per pixel to be 16bpp or even 8bpp.
|
|
|
(reduces amount of data needed to be polled, compressed, and sent)
|
|
|
* Use a smaller desktop size (e.g. 1024x768 instead of 1280x1024)
|
|
|
* Make sure the desktop background is a solid color (the background
|
|
|
is resent every time it is re-exposed). Consider using the
|
|
|
[363]-solid [color] option to try to do this automatically.
|
|
|
* Configure your window manager or desktop "theme" to not use fancy
|
|
|
images, shading, and gradients for the window decorations, etc.
|
|
|
Disable window animations, etc. Maybe your desktop has a "low
|
|
|
bandwidth" theme you can easily switch into and out of.
|
|
|
* Avoid small scrolls of large windows using the Arrow keys or
|
|
|
scrollbar. Try to use PageUp/PageDown instead. (not so much of a
|
|
|
problem in x11vnc 0.7.2 if [364]-scrollcopyrect is active and
|
|
|
detecting scrolls for the application).
|
|
|
* If the [365]-wireframe option is not available (earlier than
|
|
|
x11vnc 0.7.2 or you have disabled it via -nowireframe) then
|
|
|
Disable Opaque Moves and Resizes in the window manager/desktop.
|
|
|
* However if -wireframe is active (on by default in x11vnc 0.7.2)
|
|
|
then you should Enable Opaque Moves and Resizes in the window
|
|
|
manager! This seems counter-intuitive, but because x11vnc detects
|
|
|
the move/resize events early there is a huge speedup over a slow
|
|
|
link when Opaque Moves and Resizes are enabled. (e.g. CopyRect
|
|
|
encoding will be used).
|
|
|
* Turn off Anti-aliased fonts on your system, web browser, terminal
|
|
|
windows, etc. AA fonts do not compress as well as traditional
|
|
|
fonts (sometimes 10X less).
|
|
|
* On XFree86 turn on the Shadow Framebuffer to speed up reading.
|
|
|
(Option "ShadowFB" "true" in the Device section of
|
|
|
/etc/X11/XF86Config) This disables 2D acceleration on the physical
|
|
|
display and so may not be worth it, but could be of use in some
|
|
|
situations. If the link is very slow, this speedup may not be
|
|
|
noticed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
VNC viewer parameters:
|
|
|
* Use a [366]TightVNC enabled viewer! (Actually, RealVNC 4.x viewer
|
|
|
with ZRLE encoding is not too bad either; some claim it is
|
|
|
faster).
|
|
|
* Make sure the tight (or zrle) encoding is being used (look at
|
|
|
vncviewer and x11vnc outputs)
|
|
|
* Request 8 bits per pixel using -bgr233 (up to 4X speedup over
|
|
|
depth 24 TrueColor (32bpp), but colors will be off)
|
|
|
* RealVNC 4.x viewer has some extremely low color modes (only 64 and
|
|
|
even 8 colors). The colors are poor, but it is usually noticeably
|
|
|
faster than bgr233 (256 colors).
|
|
|
* Try increasing the TightVNC -compresslevel (compresses more on
|
|
|
server side before sending, but uses more CPU)
|
|
|
* Try reducing the TightVNC -quality (increases JPEG compression,
|
|
|
but is lossy with painting artifacts)
|
|
|
* Try other VNC encodings via -encodings (tight is may be the
|
|
|
fastest, but you should compare it to zrle and maybe some of the
|
|
|
others)
|
|
|
* On the machine where vncviewer is run, make sure Backing Store is
|
|
|
enabled (XFree86/Xorg disables it by default causing re-exposures
|
|
|
of vncviewer to be very slow) Option "backingstore" in config
|
|
|
file.
|
|
|
|
|
|
x11vnc parameters:
|
|
|
* Try using [367]-nodragging (no screen updates when dragging mouse,
|
|
|
but sometimes you miss visual feedback)
|
|
|
* Make sure the [368]-wireframe option is active (it should be on by
|
|
|
default) and you have Opaque Moves/Resizes Enabled in the window
|
|
|
manager.
|
|
|
* Make sure the [369]-scrollcopyrect option is active (it should be
|
|
|
on by default). This detects scrolls in many (but not all)
|
|
|
applications an applies the CopyRect encoding for a big speedup.
|
|
|
* Set [370]-fs 1.0 (disables fullscreen updates)
|
|
|
* Try increasing [371]-wait or [372]-defer (reduces the maximum
|
|
|
"frame rate", but won't help much for large screen changes)
|
|
|
* Try the [373]-progressive pixelheight mode with the block
|
|
|
pixelheight 100 or so (delays sending vertical blocks since they
|
|
|
may change while viewer is receiving earlier ones)
|
|
|
* If you just want to watch one (simple) window use [374]-id (cuts
|
|
|
down extraneous polling and updates, but can be buggy or
|
|
|
insufficient)
|
|
|
* Set [375]-nosel (disables all clipboard selection exchange)
|
|
|
* Use [376]-nocursor and [377]-nocursorpos (repainting the remote
|
|
|
cursor position and shape takes resources and round trips)
|
|
|
* On very slow links (e.g. <= 28.8) you may need to increase the
|
|
|
[378]-readtimeout n setting if it sometimes takes more than 20sec
|
|
|
to paint the full screen, etc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-55: Does x11vnc support the X DAMAGE Xserver extension to find
|
|
|
modified regions of the screen quickly and efficiently?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes, as of Mar/2005 in the libvncserver CVS x11vnc will use the X
|
|
|
DAMAGE extension by default if it is available on the display. This
|
|
|
requires libXdamage to be available in the build environment as well
|
|
|
(recent Linux distros and Solaris 10 have it).
|
|
|
|
|
|
The DAMAGE extension enables the X server to report changed regions of
|
|
|
the screen back to x11vnc. So x11vnc doesn't have to guess where the
|
|
|
changes are (by polling every pixel of the entire screen every 2-4
|
|
|
seconds). The use of X DAMAGE dramatically reduces the load when the
|
|
|
screen is not changing very much (i.e. most of the time). It also
|
|
|
noticeably improves updates, especially for very small changed areas
|
|
|
(e.g. clock ticking, cursor flashing, typing, etc).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note that the DAMAGE extension does not speed up the actual reading of
|
|
|
pixels from the video card framebuffer memory, by, say, mirroring them
|
|
|
in main memory. So reading the fb is still painfully [379]slow (e.g.
|
|
|
5MB/sec), and so even using X DAMAGE when large changes occur on the
|
|
|
screen the bulk of the time is still spent retrieving them. Not ideal,
|
|
|
but use of the ShadowFB XFree86/Xorg option speeds up the reading
|
|
|
considerably (at the cost of h/w acceleration).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unfortunately the current Xorg DAMAGE extension implementation can at
|
|
|
times be overly conservative and report very large rectangles as
|
|
|
"damaged" even though only a small portion of the pixels have actually
|
|
|
been modified. This behavior is often the fault of the window manager
|
|
|
(e.g. it redraws the entire, unseen, frame window underneath the
|
|
|
application window when it gains focus), or the application itself
|
|
|
(e.g. does large, unnecessary repaints).
|
|
|
|
|
|
To work around this deficiency, x11vnc currently only trusts small
|
|
|
DAMAGE rectangles to contain real damage. The larger rectangles are
|
|
|
only used as hints to focus the traditional scanline polling (i.e. if
|
|
|
a scanline doesn't intersect a recent DAMAGE rectangle, the scan is
|
|
|
skipped). You can use the "[380]-xd_area A" option to adjust the size
|
|
|
of the trusted DAMAGE rectangles. The default is 20000 pixels (e.g. a
|
|
|
140x140 square, etc). Use "-xd_area 0" to disable the cutoff and trust
|
|
|
all DAMAGE rectangles.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The option "[381]-xd_mem f" may also be of use in tuning the
|
|
|
algorithm. To disable using DAMAGE entirely use "[382]-noxdamage".
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-56: When I drag windows around with the mouse or scroll up and down
|
|
|
things really bog down (unless I do the drag in a single, quick
|
|
|
motion). Is there anything to do to improve things?
|
|
|
|
|
|
This problem is primarily due to [383]slow hardware read rates from
|
|
|
video cards: as you scroll or move a large window around the screen
|
|
|
changes are much too rapid for x11vnc to keep up them (it can usually
|
|
|
only read the video card at about 5-10 MB/sec, so it can take a good
|
|
|
fraction of a second to read the changes induce from moving a large
|
|
|
window, if this to be done a number of times in succession the window
|
|
|
or scroll appears to "lurch" forward). See the description in the
|
|
|
[384]-pointer_mode option for more info. The next bottleneck is
|
|
|
compressing all of these changes and sending them out to connected
|
|
|
viewers, however the VNC protocol is pretty much self-adapting with
|
|
|
respect to that (updates are only packaged and sent when viewers ask
|
|
|
for them).
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of Jan/2004 there are some improvements in the libvncserver CVS
|
|
|
tree. The default should now be much better than before and dragging
|
|
|
small windows around should no longer be a huge pain. If for some
|
|
|
reason these changes make matters worse, you can go back to the old
|
|
|
way via the "[385]-pointer_mode 1" option.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Also added was the [386]-nodragging option that disables all screen
|
|
|
updates while dragging with the mouse (i.e. mouse motion with a button
|
|
|
held down). This gives the snappiest response, but might be undesired
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in some circumstances when you want to see the visual feedback while
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dragging (e.g. menu traversal or text selection).
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As of Dec/2004 in the libvncserver CVS the [387]-pointer_mode n option
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was introduced. n=1 is the original mode, n=2 an improvement, etc..
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See the -pointer_mode n help for more info.
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Also, in some circumstances the [388]-threads option can improve
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response considerably. Be forewarned that if more than one vncviewer
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is connected at the same time then libvncserver may not be thread safe
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(try to get the viewers to use different VNC encodings, e.g. tight and
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ZRLE).
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As of Apr/2005 in the libvncserver CVS two new options (see the
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[389]wireframe FAQ and [390]scrollcopyrect FAQ below) provide schemes
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to sweep this problem under the rug for window moves or resizes and
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for some (but not all) window scrolls.
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Q-57: Why not do something like wireframe animations to avoid the
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windows "lurching" when being moved or resized?
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Nice idea for a hack! As of Apr/2005 in the libvncserver CVS x11vnc by
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default will apply heuristics to try to guess if a window is being
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(opaquely) moved or resized. If such a change is detected framebuffer
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polling and updates will be suspended and only an animated "wireframe"
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(a rectangle outline drawn where the moved/resized window would be) is
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shown. When the window move/resize stops, it returns to normal
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processing: you should only see the window appear in the new position.
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This spares you from interacting with a "lurching" window between all
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of the intermediate steps. BTW the lurching is due to [391]slow video
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card read rates (see [392]here too). A displacement, even a small one,
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of a large window requires a non-negligible amount of time, a good
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fraction of a second, to read in from the hardware framebuffer.
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Note that Opaque Moves/Resizes must be Enabled by your window manager
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for -wireframe to do any good.
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The mode is currently on by default because most people are inflicted
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with the problem. It can be disabled with the [393]-nowireframe option
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(aka -nowf). Why might one want to turn off the wireframing? Since
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x11vnc is merely guessing when windows are being moved/resized, it may
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guess poorly for your window-manager or desktop, or even for the way
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you move the pointer. If your window-manager or desktop already does
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its own wireframing then this mode is a waste of time and could do the
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wrong thing occasionally. There may be other reasons the new mode
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feels unnatural. If you have very expensive video hardware (SGI) or
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are using an in-RAM video framebuffer (SunRay, ShadowFB, Xvfb), the
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read rate from that framebuffer may be very fast (100's of MB/sec) and
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so you don't really see much lurching: opaque moves look smooth in
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x11vnc. Note: ShadowFB is often turned on when you are using the
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vesafb or fbdev XFree86 video driver instead of a native one so you
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might be using it already and not know.
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The heuristics used to guess window motion or resizing are simple, but
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are not fool proof: x11vnc is sometimes tricked and so you'll
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occasionally see the lurching opaque move and rarely something even
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worse.
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First it assumes that the move/resize will occur with a mouse button
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pressed, held down and dragged (of course this is only mostly true).
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Next it will only consider a window for wireframing if the mouse
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pointer is initially "close enough" to the edges of the window frame,
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e.g. you have grabbed the title bar or a resizer edge (this
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requirement can be disabled and it also not applied if a modifier key,
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e.g. Alt, is pressed). If these are true, it will wait an amount of
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time to see if the window starts moving or resizing. If it does, it
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starts drawing the wireframe "outline" of where the window would be.
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When the mouse button is released, or a timeout occurs, it goes back
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to the standard mode to allow the actual framebuffer changes to
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propagate to the viewers.
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These parameters can be tweaked:
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* Color/Shade of the wireframe.
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* Linewidth of the outline frame.
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* Cutoff size of windows to not apply wireframing to.
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* Cutoffs for closeness to Top, Bottom, Left, and Right edges of
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window.
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* Modifier keys to enable interior window grabbing.
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* Maximum time to wait for dragging pointer events.
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* Maximum time to wait for the window to start moving/resizing.
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* Maximum time to show a wireframe animation.
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* Minimum time between sending wireframe outlines.
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See the [394]"-wireframe tweaks" option for more details. On a slow
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link, e.g. dialup modem, the parameters may be automatically adjusted
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for better response.
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CopyRect encoding: In addition to the above there is the
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[395]"-wirecopyrect mode" option. It is also on by default. This
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instructs x11vnc to not only show the wireframe animation, but to also
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instruct all connected VNC viewers to locally translate the window
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|
image data from the original position to the new position on the
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|
screen when the animation is done. This speedup is the VNC CopyRect
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|
encoding: the framebuffer update doesn't need to send the actual new
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|
image data. This is nice in general, and very convenient over a slow
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link, but since it is based on heuristics you may need to disable it
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with the -nowirecopyrect option (aka -nowcr) if it works incorrectly
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or unnaturally for you.
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The -wirecopyrect modes are: "never" (same as -nowirecopyrect); "top",
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only apply the CopyRect if the window is appears to be on the top of
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the window stack and is not obstructed by other windows; and "always"
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to always try to apply the CopyRect (obstructed regions are usually
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clipped off and not translated).
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Note that some desktops (KDE and xfce) appear to mess with the window
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|
stacking in ways that are not yet clear. In these cases x11vnc works
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|
around the problem by applying the CopyRect even if obscuring windows'
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|
data is translated! Use -nowirecopyrect if this yields undesirable
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|
effects for your desktop.
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Also, the CopyRect encoding may give incorrect results under -scale
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|
(depending on the scale factor the CopyRect operation is often only
|
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|
approximate: the correctly scaled framebuffer will be slightly
|
|
|
different from the translated one). x11vnc will try to push a
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|
"cleanup" update after the CopyRect if -scale is in effect. Use
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|
-nowirecopyrect if this or other painting errors are unacceptable.
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|
Q-58: Can x11vnc try to apply heuristics to detect when an window is
|
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|
scrolling its contents and use the CopyRect encoding for a speedup?
|
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|
Another nice idea for a hack! As of May/2005 in the libvncserver CVS
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|
x11vnc will by default apply heuristics to try to detect if the the
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|
window that has the input focus is scrolling its contents (but only
|
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|
when x11vnc is feeding user input, keystroke or pointer, to the X
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|
server). So, when detected, scrolls induced by dragging on a scrollbar
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|
or by typing (e.g. Up or Down arrows, hitting Return in a terminal
|
|
|
window, etc), will show up much more quickly than via the standard
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|
x11vnc screen polling update mechanism.
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|
There will be a speedup for both slow and fast links to viewers. For
|
|
|
slow links the speedup is mostly due to the CopyRect encoding not
|
|
|
requiring the image data to be transmitted over the network. For fast
|
|
|
links the speedup is primarily due to x11vnc not having to read the
|
|
|
scrolled framebuffer data from the X server (recall that reading from
|
|
|
the hardware framebuffer is [396]slow).
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|
To do this x11vnc uses the RECORD X extension to snoop the X11
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|
|
protocol between the X client with the focus window and the X server.
|
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|
This extension is usually present on most X servers (but SuSE disables
|
|
|
it for some reason). On XFree86/Xorg it can be enabled via Load
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|
|
"record" in the Module section of the config file if it isn't already.
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|
Currently the RECORD extension is used as little as possible so as to
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|
not slow down regular use. Only simple heuristics are applied to
|
|
|
detect XCopyArea and XConfigureWindow calls from the application.
|
|
|
These catch a lot of scrolls, e.g. in mozilla/firefox and in terminal
|
|
|
windows like gnome-terminal and xterm. Unfortunately the toolkits KDE
|
|
|
applications use make scroll detection less effective (only rarely are
|
|
|
they detected: i.e. Konqueror and Konsole don't work). An interesting
|
|
|
project, that may be the direction x11vnc takes, is to record all of
|
|
|
the X11 protocol from all clients and try to "tee" the stream into a
|
|
|
modified Xvfb watching for CopyRect and other VNC speedups. A
|
|
|
potential issue is the RECORD stream is delayed from actual view on
|
|
|
the X server display: if one falls too far behind it could become a
|
|
|
mess...
|
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|
The initial implementation of [397]-scrollcopyrect option is useful in
|
|
|
that it detects many scrolls and thus gives a much nicer working
|
|
|
environment (especially when combined with the [398]-wireframe
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|
[399]-wirecopyrect [400]options, which are also on by default; and if
|
|
|
you are willing to enable the ShadowFB things are very fast). The fact
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|
|
that there aren't long delays or lurches during scrolling is the
|
|
|
primary improvement.
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|
But there are some drawbacks:
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|
|
* Not all scrolls are detected. Some apps scroll windows in ways
|
|
|
that cannot currently be detected, and other times x11vnc "misses"
|
|
|
the scroll due to timeouts, etc. Sometimes it is more distracting
|
|
|
that a speedup occasionally doesn't work as opposed to being
|
|
|
consistently slow!
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|
* For rapid scrolling (i.e. sequence of many scrolls over a short
|
|
|
period) there can be painting errors (tearing, bunching up, etc.)
|
|
|
during the scroll. These will repair themselves after the scroll
|
|
|
is over, but when they are severe it can be distracting. Try to
|
|
|
think of the approximate window contents as a quicker and more
|
|
|
useful "animation" compared to the slower polling scheme...
|
|
|
* Scrolling inside shells in terminal windows (gnome-terminal,
|
|
|
xterm), can lead to odd painting errors. This is because x11vnc
|
|
|
did not have time to detect a screen change just before the scroll
|
|
|
(most common is the terminal undraws the block cursor before
|
|
|
scrolling the text up: in the viewer you temporarily see multiple
|
|
|
block cursors). Another issue is with things like more(1): scroll
|
|
|
detection for 5-6 lines happens nicely, but then it can't keep up
|
|
|
and so there is a long pause for the standard polling method to
|
|
|
deliver the remaining updates.
|
|
|
* More rarely sometimes painting errors are not repaired after the
|
|
|
scroll is over. This may be a bug in x11vnc or libvncserver, or it
|
|
|
may be an inescapable fact of the CopyRect encoding and the delay
|
|
|
between RECORD callbacks and what is actually on the X display.
|
|
|
One can tap the Alt_L key (Left "Alt" key) 3 times in a row to
|
|
|
signal x11vnc to refresh the screen to all viewers. Your
|
|
|
VNC-viewer may have its own screen refresh hot-key or button. See
|
|
|
also: [401]-fixscreen
|
|
|
* Some applications, notably OpenOffice, do XCopyArea scrolls in
|
|
|
weird ways that assume ancestor window clipping is taking place.
|
|
|
See the [402]-scr_skip option for ways to tweak this on a
|
|
|
per-application basis.
|
|
|
* Selecting text while dragging the mouse may be slower, especially
|
|
|
if the Button-down event happens near the window's edge. This is
|
|
|
because the scrollcopyrect scheme is watching for scrolls via
|
|
|
RECORD and has to wait for a timeout to occur before it does the
|
|
|
update.
|
|
|
* For reasons not yet understood the RECORD extension can stop
|
|
|
responding (and hence scrolls are missed). As a workaround x11vnc
|
|
|
attempts to reset the RECORD connection every 60 seconds or so.
|
|
|
Another workaround is to type 4 Super_L (Left Super/Windows-Flag
|
|
|
key) in a row to reset RECORD. Work is in progress to try to fix
|
|
|
this bug.
|
|
|
* Sometimes you need to "retrain" x11vnc for a certain window
|
|
|
because it fails to detect scrolls in it. Sometimes clicking
|
|
|
inside the application window or selecting some text in it to
|
|
|
force the focus helps.
|
|
|
* When using the [403]-scale option there will be a quick CopyRect
|
|
|
scroll, but it needs to be followed by a slower "cleanup" update.
|
|
|
This is because for a fixed finite screen resolution (e.g. 75 dpi)
|
|
|
scaling and copyrect-ing are not exactly independent. Scaling
|
|
|
involves a blending of nearby pixels and if you translate a pixel
|
|
|
the neighbor pixel weighting may be different. So you have to wait
|
|
|
a bit for the cleanup update to finish. On slow links x11vnc may
|
|
|
automatically decide to not detect scrolls when -scale is in
|
|
|
effect. In general it will also try to defer the cleanup update if
|
|
|
possible.
|
|
|
|
|
|
If you find the -scrollcopyrect behavior too approximate or
|
|
|
distracting you can go back to the standard polling-only update method
|
|
|
with the [404]-noscrollcopyrect (or -noscr for short). If you find
|
|
|
some extremely bad and repeatable behavior for -scrollcopyrect please
|
|
|
report a bug.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alternatively, as with -wireframe, there are many tuning parameters to
|
|
|
try to improve the situation. You can also access these parameters
|
|
|
inside the gui under "Tuning". These parameters can be tweaked:
|
|
|
* The minimum pixel area of a rectangle to be watched for scrolls.
|
|
|
* A list if application names to skip scroll detection.
|
|
|
* Which keystrokes should trigger scroll detection.
|
|
|
* Which applications should have a "terminal" tweak applied to them.
|
|
|
* When repeating keys (e.g. Up arrow) should be discarded to
|
|
|
preserve a scroll.
|
|
|
* Cutoffs for closeness to Top, Bottom, Left, and Right edges of
|
|
|
window for mouse induced scrolls.
|
|
|
* Set timeout parameters for keystroke induced scrolls.
|
|
|
* Set timeout parameters for mouse pointer induced scrolls.
|
|
|
* Have the full screen be periodically refreshed to fix painting
|
|
|
errors.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[Mouse Cursor Shapes]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-59: Why isn't the mouse cursor shape (the little icon shape where
|
|
|
the mouse pointer is) correct as I move from window to window?
|
|
|
|
|
|
On X servers supporting XFIXES or Solaris/IRIX Overlay extensions it
|
|
|
is possible for x11vnc to do this correctly. See a few paragraphs down
|
|
|
for the answer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Historically, the X11 mouse cursor shape (i.e. little picture: an
|
|
|
arrow, X, I-beam, resizer, etc) is one of the few WRITE-only objects
|
|
|
in X11. That is, an application can tell the X server what the cursor
|
|
|
shape should be when the pointer is in a given window, but a program
|
|
|
(like x11vnc) unfortunately cannot read this information. I believe
|
|
|
this is because the cursor shape is often downloaded to the graphics
|
|
|
hardware (video card), but I could be mistaken.
|
|
|
|
|
|
A simple kludge is provided by the "[405]-cursor X" option that
|
|
|
changes the cursor when the mouse is on the root background (or any
|
|
|
window has the same cursor as the root background). Note that desktops
|
|
|
like GNOME or KDE often cover up the root background, so this won't
|
|
|
work for those cases. Also see the "[406]-cursor some" option for
|
|
|
additional kludges.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note that as of Aug/2004 in the libvncserver CVS, on Solaris using the
|
|
|
SUN_OVL overlay extension and IRIX, x11vnc can show the correct mouse
|
|
|
cursor when the [407]-overlay option is supplied. See [408]this FAQ
|
|
|
for more info.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Also as of Dec/2004 in the libvncserver CVS XFIXES X extension support
|
|
|
has been added to allow exact extraction of the mouse cursor shape.
|
|
|
XFIXES fixes the problem of the cursor-shape being write-only: x11vnc
|
|
|
can now query the X server for the current shape and send it back to
|
|
|
the connected viewers. XFIXES is available on recent Linux Xorg based
|
|
|
distros and [409]Solaris 10.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The only XFIXES issue is the handling of alpha channel transparency in
|
|
|
cursors. If a cursor has any translucency then in general it must be
|
|
|
approximated to opaque RGB values for use in VNC. There are some
|
|
|
situations where the cursor transparency can also handled exactly:
|
|
|
when the VNC Viewer requires the cursor shape be drawn into the VNC
|
|
|
framebuffer or if you apply a patch to your VNC Viewer to extract
|
|
|
hidden alpha channel data under 32bpp. [410]Details can be found here.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q-60: When using XFIXES cursorshape mode, some of the cursors look
|
|
|
really bad with extra black borders around the cursor and other cruft.
|
|
|
How can I improve their appearance?
|
|
|
|
|
|
This happens for cursors with transparency ("alpha channel"); regular
|
|
|
X cursors (bitmaps) should be correct. Unfortunately x11vnc 0.7 was
|
|
|
released with a very poor algorithm for approximating the
|
|
|
transparency, which led to the ugly black borders.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The problem is as follows: XFIXES allows x11vnc to retrieve the
|
|
|
current X server cursor shape, including the alpha channel for
|
|
|
transparency. For traditional bitmap cursors the alpha value will be 0
|
|
|
for completely transparent pixels and 255 for completely opaque
|
|
|
pixels; whereas for modern, eye-candy cursors an alpha value between 0
|
|
|
and 255 means to blend in the background colors to that degree with
|
|
|
the cursor colors. The pixel color blending formula is something like
|
|
|
this: Red = Red_cursor * a + Red_background * (1 - a), (where here 0
|
|
|
=< a =< 1), with similar for Green and Blue. The VNC protocol does not
|
|
|
currently support an alpha channel in cursors: it only supports
|
|
|
regular X bitmap cursors and Rich Cursors that have RGB (Red, Green,
|
|
|
Blue) color data, but no "A" = alpha data. So in general x11vnc has to
|
|
|
approximate a cursor with transparency to create a Rich Cursor. This
|
|
|
is easier said than done: some cursor themes have cursors with
|
|
|
complicated drop shadows and other forms of translucency.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Anyway, for the x11vnc 0.7.1 release the algorithm for approximating
|
|
|
transparency is much improved and hopefully gives decent cursor shapes
|
|
|
for most cursor themes and you don't have to worry about it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
In case it still looks bad for your cursor theme, there are (of
|
|
|
course!) some tunable parameters. The "[411]-alphacut n" option lets
|
|
|
you set the threshold "n" (between 0 and 255): cursor pixels with
|
|
|
alpha values below n will be considered completely transparent while
|
|
|
values equal to or above n will be completely opaque. The default is
|
|
|
240. The "[412]-alphafrac f" option tries to correct individual
|
|
|
cursors that did not fare well with the default -alphacut value: if a
|
|
|
cursor has less than fraction f (between 0.0 and 1.0) of its pixels
|
|
|
selected by the default -alphacut, the threshold is lowered until f of
|
|
|
its pixels are selected. The default fraction is 0.33.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Finally, there is an option [413]-alpharemove that is useful for
|
|
|
themes where many cursors are light colored (e.g. "whiteglass").
|
|
|
XFIXES returns the cursor data with the RGB values pre-multiplied by
|
|
|
the alpha value. If the white cursors look too grey, specify
|
|
|
-alpharemove to brighten them by having x11vnc divide out the alpha
|
|
|
value.
|
|
|
|
|
|
One user played with these parameters and reported back:
|
|
|
Of the cursor themes present on my system:
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|
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|
|
gentoo and gentoo-blue: alphacut:192 - noalpharemove
|
|
|
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|
|
gentoo-silver: alphacut:127 and alpharemove
|
|
|
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|
|
whiteglass and redglass (presumably also handhelds, which is based
|
|
|
heavily on redglass) look fine with the apparent default of alphacut:255.
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Q-61: In XFIXES mode, are there any hacks to handle cursor
|
|
|
transparency ("alpha channel") exactly?
|
|
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As of Jan/2005 in the CVS, libvncserver has been modified to allow an
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alpha channel (i.e. RGBA data) for Rich Cursors. So x11vnc can now
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send the alpha channel data to libvncserver. However, this data will
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only be used for VNC clients that do not support the
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CursorShapeUpdates VNC extension (or have disabled it). It can be
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disabled for all clients with the [414]-nocursorshape x11vnc option.
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In this case the cursor is drawn, correctly blended with the
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background, into the VNC framebuffer before being sent out to the
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client. So the alpha blending is done on the x11vnc side. Use the
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[415]-noalphablend option to disable this behavior (always approximate
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transparent cursors with opaque RGB values).
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The CursorShapeUpdates VNC extension complicates matters because the
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cursor shape is sent to the VNC viewers supporting it, and the viewers
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draw the cursor locally. This improves response over slow links. Alpha
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channel data for these locally drawn cursors is not supported by the
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VNC protocol.
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However, in the libvncserver CVS there is a patch to the TightVNC
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viewer to make this work for CursorShapeUpdates under some
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circumstances. This hack is outside of the VNC protocol. It requires
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the screens on both sides to be depth 24 at 32bpp (it uses the extra 8
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bits to secretly hide the cursor alpha channel data). Not only does it
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require depth 24 at 32bpp, but it also currently requires the client
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and server to be of the same endianness (otherwise the hidden alpha
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data gets reset to zero by a libvncserver translation function; we can
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fix this at some point if there is interest). The patch is for the
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TightVNC 1.3dev5 Unix vncviewer and it enables the TightVNC viewer to
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do the cursor alpha blending locally. The patch code should give an
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example on how to change the Windows TightVNC viewer to achieve the
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same thing (send me the patch if you get that working).
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[Mouse Pointer]
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Q-62: Why does the mouse arrow just stay in one corner in my
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vncviewer, whereas my cursor (that does move) is just a dot?
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This default takes advantage of a [416]tightvnc extension
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(CursorShapeUpdates) that allows specifying a cursor image shape for
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the local VNC viewer. You may disable it with the [417]-nocursor
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option to x11vnc if your viewer does not have this extension.
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Note: as of Aug/2004 in the libvncserver CVS this should be fixed: the
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default for non-tightvnc viewers (or ones that do not support
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CursorShapeUpdates) will be to draw the moving cursor into the x11vnc
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framebuffer. This can also be disabled via -nocursor.
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Q-63: Can I take advantage of the TightVNC extension to the VNC
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protocol where Cursor Positions Updates are sent back to all connected
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clients (i.e. passive viewers can see the mouse cursor being moved
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around by another viewer)?
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Use the [418]-cursorpos option when starting x11vnc. A VNC viewer must
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support the Cursor Positions Updates for the user to see the mouse
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motions (the TightVNC viewers support this). As of Aug/2004 in the
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libvncserver CVS -cursorpos is the default. See also [419]-nocursorpos
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and [420]-nocursorshape.
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Q-64: Is it possible to swap the mouse buttons (e.g. left-handed
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operation), or arbitrarily remap them? How about mapping button clicks
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to keystrokes, e.g. to partially emulate Mouse wheel scrolling?
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You can remap the mouse buttons via something like: [421]-buttonmap
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13-31 (or perhaps 12-21). Also, note that xmodmap(1) lets you directly
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adjust the X server's button mappings, but in some circumstances it
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might be more desirable to have x11vnc do it.
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One user had an X server with only one mouse button(!) and was able to
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map all of the VNC client mouse buttons to it via: -buttonmap 123-111.
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Note that the [422]-debug_pointer option prints out much info for
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every mouse/pointer event and is handy in solving problems.
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To map mouse button clicks to keystrokes you can use the alternate
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format where the keystrokes are enclosed between colons like this
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:<KeySym>: in place of the mouse button digit. For a sequence of
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keysyms separate them with "+" signs. Look in the include file
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<X11/keysymdef.h>, or use xev(1), or -debug_keyboard to fine the
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keysym names. Button clicks can also be included in the sequence via
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the fake keysyms Button1, etc.
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As an example, suppose the VNC viewer machine has a mouse wheel (these
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generate button 4 and 5 events), but the machine that x11vnc is run on
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only has the 3 regular buttons. In normal operation x11vnc will
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discard the button 4 and 5 events. However, either of the following
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button maps could possibly be of use emulating the mouse wheel events
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in this case:
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-buttonmap 12345-123:Prior::Next:
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-buttonmap 12345-123:Up+Up+Up::Down+Down+Down:
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Exactly what keystroke "scrolling" events they should be bound to
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depends on one's taste. If this method is too approximate, one could
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consider not using [423]-buttonmap but rather configuring the X server
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to think it has a mouse with 5 buttons even though the physical mouse
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does not. (e.g. 'Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"').
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Note that when a keysym-mapped mouse button is clicked down this
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immediately generates the key-press and key-release events (for each
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keysym in turn if the mapping has a sequence of keysyms). When the
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mouse button goes back up nothing is generated.
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If you include modifier keys like Shift_L instead of key-press
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immediately followed by key-release the state of the modifier key is
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toggled (however the initial state of the modifier key is ignored). So
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to map the right button to type my name 'Karl Runge' I could use this:
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-buttonmap 3-:Shift_L+k+Shift_L+a+r+l+space+Shift_L+r+Shift_L+u+n+g+e:
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(yes, this is getting a little silly).
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BTW, Coming the other way around, if the machine you are sitting at
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does not have a mouse wheel, but the remote machine does (or at least
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has 5 buttons configured), this key remapping can be useful:
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-remap Super_R-Button4,Menu-Button5
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you just tap those two keys to get the mouse wheel scrolls (this is
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more useful than the Up and Down arrow keys because a mouse wheel
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"click" usually gives a multi-line scroll).
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[Keyboard Issues]
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Q-65: How can I get my AltGr and Shift modifiers to work between
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keyboards for different languages?
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The option [424]-modtweak should help here. It is a mode that monitors
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the state of the Shift and AltGr Modifiers and tries to deduce the
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correct keycode to send, possibly by sending fake modifier key presses
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and releases in addition to the actual keystroke.
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Update: As of Jul/2004 in the libvncserver CVS, -modtweak is now the
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default (use -nomodtweak to get the old behavior). This was done
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|
because it was noticed on newer XFree86 setups even on bland "us"
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keyboards like "pc104 us" XFree86 included a "ghost" key with both "<"
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and ">" it. This key does not exist on the keyboard (see [425]this FAQ
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for more info). Without -modtweak there was then an ambiguity in the
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reverse map keysym => keycode, making it so the "<" symbol could not
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be typed.
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Also see the [426]FAQ about the -xkb option for a more powerful method
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|
of modifier tweaking for use on X servers with the XKEYBOARD
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|
extension.
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When trying to resolve keyboard mapping problems, note that the
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[427]-debug_keyboard option prints out much info for every keystroke
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|
and so can be useful debugging things.
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Q-66: When I try to type a "<" (i.e. less than) instead I get ">"
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(i.e. greater than)! Strangely, typing ">" works OK!!
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Does your keyboard have a single key with both "<" and ">" on it? Even
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|
if it doesn't, your X server may think your keyboard has such a key
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(e.g. pc105 in the XF86Config file when it should be something else,
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|
say pc104).
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Short Cut: Try the [428]-xkb or [429]-sloppy_keys options and see if
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|
that helps the situation. The discussion below is a bit outdated (e.g.
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[430]-modtweak is now the default) but is useful reference for various
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|
tricks and so is kept.
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The problem here is that on the Xserver where x11vnc is run there are
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|
two keycodes that correspond to the "<" keysym. Run something like
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|
this to see:
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xmodmap -pk | egrep -i 'KeyCode|less|greater'
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There are 4 KeySyms per KeyCode; KeyCodes range from 8 to 255.
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KeyCode Keysym (Keysym) ...
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59 0x002c (comma) 0x003c (less)
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60 0x002e (period) 0x003e (greater)
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94 0x003c (less) 0x003e (greater)
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|
That keycode 94 is the special key with both "<" and ">". When x11vnc
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|
receives the "<" keysym over the wire from the remote VNC client, it
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|
unfortunately maps it to keycode 94 instead of 59, and sends 94 to the
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|
X server. Since Shift is down (i.e. you are Shifting the comma key),
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|
the X server interprets this as Shifted-94, which is ">".
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|
A workaround in the X server configuration is to "deaden" that special
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|
key:
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xmodmap -e "keycode 94 = "
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|
However, one user said he had to do this:
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xmodmap -e "keycode 94 = 0x002c 0x003c"
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(If the numerical values are different for your setup, substitute the
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|
ones that correspond to your display. The above xmodmap scheme can
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|
often be used to work around other ambiguous keysym to keycode
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|
mappings).
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|
Alternatively, here are some x11vnc options to try to work around the
|
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|
problem:
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|
-modtweak
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and
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|
-remap less-comma
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|
These are convenient in that they do not modify the actual X server
|
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|
settings. The former ([431]-modtweak) is a mode that monitors the
|
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|
state of the Shift and AltGr modifiers and tries to deduce the correct
|
|
|
keycode sequence to send. Since Jul/2004 -modtweak is now the default.
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|
The latter ([432]-remap less-comma) is an immediate remapping of the
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|
keysym less to the keysym comma when it comes in from a client (so
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|
when Shift is down the comma press will yield "<").
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See also the [433]FAQ about the -xkb option as a possible workaround
|
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|
using the XKEYBOARD extension.
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Note that the [434]-debug_keyboard option prints out much info for
|
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|
every keystroke to aid debugging keyboard problems.
|
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|
Q-67: When I try to type a "<" (i.e. less than) instead I get "<,"
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|
(i.e. an extra comma).
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|
This is likely because you press "Shift" then "<" but then released
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|
the Shift key before releasing the "<". Because of a [435]keymapping
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|
ambiguity the last event "< up" is interpreted as "," because that key
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|
unshifted is the comma.
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|
This should not happen in [436]-xkb mode, because it works hard to
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|
resolve the ambiguities. If you do not want to use -xkb, try the
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|
option [437]-sloppy_keys to attempt a similar type of algorithm.
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|
Q-68: I'm using an "international" keyboard (e.g. German "de", or
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|
Danish "dk") and the -modtweak mode works well if the VNC viewer is
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|
run on a Unix/Linux machine with a similar keyboard. But if I run
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|
the VNC viewer on Unix/Linux with a different keyboard (e.g. "us") or
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|
Windows with any keyboard, I can't type some keys like: "@", "$",
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|
"<", ">", etc. How can I fix this?
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|
The problem with Windows is it does not seem to handle AltGr well. It
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|
seems to fake it up by sending Control_L+Alt_R to applications. The
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|
Windows VNC viewer sends those two down keystrokes out on the wire to
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|
|
the VNC server, but when the user types the next key to get, e.g., "@"
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|
the Windows VNC viewer sends events bringing the up the
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|
Control_L+Alt_R keys, and then sends the "@" keysym by itself.
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|
The Unix/Linux VNC viewer on a "us" keyboard does a similar thing
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|
since "@" is the Shift of the "2" key. The keysyms Shift and "@" are
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|
sent to the VNC server.
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In both cases no AltGr is sent to the VNC server, but we know AltGr is
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|
needed on the physical international keyboard to type a "@".
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|
This all worked fine with x11vnc running with the [438]-modtweak
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|
option (it figures out how to adjust the Modifier keys (Shift or
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|
AltGr) to get the "@"). However it fails under recent versions of
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|
XFree86 (and the X.org fork). These run the XKEYBOARD extension by
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|
default and make heavy use of it to handle international keyboards.
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|
To make a long story short, on these newer XFree86 setups the
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|
traditional X keymap lookup x11vnc uses is no longer accurate. x11vnc
|
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|
can't find the keysym "@" anywhere in the keymapping! (even though it
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|
|
is in the XKEYBOARD extended keymapping).
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|
How to Solve: As of Jul/2004 in the libvncserver CVS x11vnc has two
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|
changes:
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|
* -modtweak (tweak Modifier keys) is now the default (use
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|
|
-nomodtweak to go back to the old way)
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|
* there is a new option -xkb to use the XKEYBOARD extension API to
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|
do the Modifier key tweaking.
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The [439]-xkb option seems to fix all of the missing keys: "@", "<",
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|
">", etc.: it is recommended that you try it if you have this sort of
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|
problem. Let us know if there are any remaining problems (see the next
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|
paragraph for some known problems). If you specify the -debug_keyboard
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|
(aka -dk) option twice you will get a huge amount of keystroke
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|
|
debugging output (send it along with any problems you report).
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|
Update: as of Jun/2005 x11vnc will try to automatically enable
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|
[440]-xkb if it appears that would be beneficial (e.g. if it sees any
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|
of "@", "<", ">", "[" and similar keys are mapped in a way that needs
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|
the -xkb to access them). To disable this automatic check use -noxkb.
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|
Known problems:
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|
* One user had to disable a "ghost" Mode_switch key that was causing
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|
problems under -xkb. His physical AltGr key was bound to
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|
ISO_Level3_Shift (which seems to be the XKEYBOARD way of doing
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|
things), while there was a ghost key Mode_switch (which seems to
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|
be obsolete) in the mapping as well. Both of these keysyms were
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|
bound to Mod5 and x11vnc was unfortunately choosing Mode_switch.
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|
From the x11vnc -xkb -dk -dk output it was noted that Mode_switch
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|
was attached to keycode 93 (no physical key generates this
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|
keycode) while ISO_Level3_Shift was attached to keycode 113. The
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|
keycode skipping option was used to disable the ghost key:
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|
[441]-skip_keycodes 93
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* In implementing -xkb we noticed that some characters were still
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|
not getting through, e.g. "~" and "^". This is not really an
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|
XKEYBOARD problem. What was happening was the VNC viewer was
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|
sending the keysyms asciitilde and asciicircum to x11vnc, but on
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|
the X server with the international keyboard those keysyms were
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|
not mapped to any keys. So x11vnc had to skip them.
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|
The way these characters are typically entered on international
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|
|
keyboards is by "dead" (aka "mute") keys. E.g. to enter "~" at the
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|
physical display the keysym dead_tilde is pressed and released
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|
(this usually involves holding AltGr down while another key is
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|
pressed) and then space is pressed. (this can also be used get
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|
characters with the "~" symbol on top, e.g. "<22>" by typing "a"
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|
instead of space).
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|
What to do? In general the VNC protocol has not really solved this
|
|
|
problem: what should be done if the VNC viewer sends a keysym not
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|
recognized by the VNC server side? Workarounds can possibly be
|
|
|
created using the [442]-remap x11vnc option:
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|
|
-remap asciitilde-dead_tilde,asciicircum-dead_circumflex
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|
|
etc. Use -remap filename if the list is long. Please send us your
|
|
|
workarounds for this problem on your keyboard. Perhaps we can have
|
|
|
x11vnc adjust automatically at some point. Also see the
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|
[443]-add_keysyms option in the next paragraph.
|
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|
Update: for convenience "[444]-remap DEAD" does many of these
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|
mappings at once.
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|
* To complement the above workaround using the [445]-remap, an
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|
option [446]-add_keysyms was added. This option instructs x11vnc
|
|
|
to bind any unknown Keysyms coming in from VNC viewers to unused
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|
|
Keycodes in the X server. This modifies the global state of the X
|
|
|
server. When x11vnc exits it removes the extra keymappings it
|
|
|
created. Note that the -remap mappings are applied first, right
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|
|
when the Keysym is received from a VNC viewer, and only after that
|
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|
would -add_keysyms, or anything else, come into play.
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|
Update: -add_keysyms is now on by default. Use -noadd_keysyms to
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|
|
disable.
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|
Q-69: When typing I sometimes get double, triple, or more of my
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|
keystrokes repeated. I'm sure I only typed them once, what can I do?
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|
This may be due to an interplay between your X server's key autorepeat
|
|
|
delay and the extra time delays caused by x11vnc processing.
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|
Short answer: disable key autorepeating by running the command "xset r
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|
|
off" on the Xserver where x11vnc is run (restore via "xset r on") or
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|
|
use the new (Jul/2004) [447]-norepeat x11vnc option. You will still
|
|
|
have autorepeating because that is taken care of on your VNC viewer
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|
side.
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|
Update: as of Dec/2004 -norepeat is now the default. Use -repeat to
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|
|
disable it.
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|
Details: suppose you press a key DOWN and it generates changes in
|
|
|
large regions of the screen. The CPU and I/O work x11vnc does for the
|
|
|
large screen change could be longer than your X server's key
|
|
|
autorepeat delay. x11vnc may not get to processing the key UP event
|
|
|
until after the screen work is completed. The X server believes the
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|
|
key has been held down all this time, and applies its autorepeat
|
|
|
rules.
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|
Even without inducing changes in large regions of the screen, this
|
|
|
problem could arise when accessing x11vnc via a dialup modem or
|
|
|
otherwise high latency link (e.g. > 250 ms latency).
|
|
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|
Look at the output of "xset q" for the "auto repeat delay" setting. Is
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|
it low (e.g. < 300 ms)? If you turn off autorepeat completely: "xset r
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|
|
off", does the problem go away?
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The workaround is to manually apply "xset r off" and "xset r on" as
|
|
|
needed, or to use the [448]-norepeat (which has since Dec/2004 been
|
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made the default). Note that with X server autorepeat turned off the
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VNC viewer side of the connection will (nearly always) do its own
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autorepeating so there is no big loss here, unless someone is also
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working at the physical display and misses his autorepeating.
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Q-70: The x11vnc -norepeat mode is in effect, but I still get repeated
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keystrokes!!
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Are you using x11vnc to log in to an X session? (as described in
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[449]this FAQ) If so, x11vnc is starting before your session and it
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disables autorepeat when you connect, but then after you log in your
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session startup (GNOME, KDE, ...) could be resetting the autorepeat to
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be on. Or it could be something inside your desktop trying to be
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helpful that decides to turn it back on.
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x11vnc in -norepeat mode will by default reset autorepeat to off 2
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times (to help get thru the session startup problem), but it will not
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continue to battle with things turning autorepeat back on. It will
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also turn autorepeat off whenever it goes from a state of zero clients
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to one client. You can adjust the number of resets via "-norepeat N",
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or use "-norepeat -1" to have it keep resetting it whenever autorepeat
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gets turned back on when clients are connected.
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In general you can manually turn autorepeating off by typing "xset r
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off", or a using desktop utility/menu, or "x11vnc -R norepeat". If
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something in your desktop is automatically turning it back on you
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should figure out how to disable that somehow.
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Q-71: The machine where I run x11vnc has an AltGr key, but the local
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machine where I run the VNC viewer does not. Is there a way I can map
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a local unused key to send an AltGr? How about a Compose key as well?
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Something like "[450]-remap Super_R-Mode_switch" x11vnc option may
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work. Note that Super_R is the "Right Windoze(tm) Flaggie" key; you
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may want to choose another. The -debug_keyboard option comes in handy
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in finding keysym names (so does xev(1)).
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For Compose how about "-remap Menu-Multi_key" (note that Multi_key is
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the official name for Compose). To do both at the same time: "-remap
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Super_R-Mode_switch,Menu-Multi_key" or use "-remap filename" to
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specify remappings from a file.
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Q-72: I have a Sun machine I run x11vnc on. Its Sun keyboard has just
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one Alt key labelled "Alt" and two Meta keys labelled with little
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diamonds. The machine where I run the VNC viewer only has Alt keys.
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How can I send a Meta keypress? (e.g. emacs needs this)
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Here are a couple ideas. The first one is to simply use xmodmap(1) to
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adjust the Sun X server. Perhaps xmodmap -e "keysym Alt_L = Meta_L
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Alt_L" will do the trick. (there are other ways to do it, one user
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used: xmodmap -e "keycode 26 = Meta_L" for his setup).
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Since xmodmap(1) modifies the X server mappings you may not want to do
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this (because it affects local work on that machine). Something like
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the [451]-remap Alt_L-Meta_L to x11vnc may be sufficient for ones
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needs, and does not modify the X server environment. Note that you
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cannot send Alt_L in this case, maybe -remap Super_L-Meta_L would be a
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better choice if the Super_L key is typically unused in Unix.
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Q-73: Can I map a keystroke to a mouse button click on the remote
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machine?
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This can be done directly in some X servers using AccessX and
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Pointer_EnableKeys, but is a bit awkward. It may be more convenient to
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have x11vnc do the remapping. This can be done via the [452]-remap
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option using the fake "keysyms" Button1, Button2, etc. as the "to"
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keys (i.e. the ones after the "-")
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As an example, consider a laptop where the VNC viewer is run that has
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a touchpad with only two buttons. It is difficult to do a middle
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button "paste" because (using XFree86/Xorg Emulate3Buttons) you have
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to click both buttons on the touch pad at the same time. This
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remapping:
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[453]-remap Super_R-Button2
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maps the Super_R "flag" key press to the Button2 click, thereby making
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X pasting a bit easier.
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Note that once the key goes down, the button down and button up events
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are generated immediately on the x11vnc side. When the key is released
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(i.e. goes up) no events are generated.
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[Screen Related Issues and Features]
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Q-74: The remote display is larger (in number of pixels) than the
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local display I am running the vncviewer on. I don't like the
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vncviewer scrollbars, what I can do?
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vncviewer has a option (usually accessible via F8 key or -fullscreen
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option) for vncviewer to run in full screen, where it will
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automatically scroll when the mouse is near the edge of the current
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view. For quick scrolling, also make sure Backing Store is enabled on
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the machine vncviewer is run on. (XFree86/Xorg disables it by default
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for some reason, add Option "backingstore" to XF86Config on the
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vncviewer side).
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BTW, contact me if you are having problems with vncviewer in
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fullscreen mode with your window manager (i.e. no keyboard response).
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I have a workaround for vncviewer using XGrabServer().
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There may also be scaling viewers out there (e.g. TightVNC or UltraVNC
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on Windows) that automatically shrink or expand the remote framebuffer
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to fit the local display. Especially for hand-held devices. See also
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[454]this FAQ on x11vnc scaling.
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Q-75: Does x11vnc support server-side framebuffer scaling? (E.g. to
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make the desktop smaller).
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As of Jun/2004 in the libvncserver CVS x11vnc provides basic
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server-side scaling. It is a global scaling of the desktop, not a
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per-client setting. To enable it use the "[455]-scale fraction"
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option. "fraction" can either be a floating point number (e.g. -scale
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0.5) or the alternative m/n fraction notation (e.g. -scale 2/3). Note
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that if fraction is greater than one the display is magnified.
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Extra resources (CPU, memory I/O, and memory) are required to do the
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scaling. If the machine is slow where x11vnc is run with scaling
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enabled, the interactive response can be unacceptable. OTOH, if run
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with scaling on a fast machine the performance degradation is usually
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not a big issue or even noticeable.
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Also, if you just want a quick, rough "thumbnail" of the display you
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can append ":nb" to the fraction to turn on "no blending" mode. E.g.:
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"-scale 1/3:nb" Fonts will be difficult to read, but the larger
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features will be recognizable. BTW, "no blending" mode is forced on
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when scaling 8bpp PseudoColor displays (because blending an indexed
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colormap is a bad idea and leads to random colors, use :fb to force it
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on).
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One can also use the ":nb" with an integer scale factor (say "-scale
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2:nb") to use x11vnc as a screen magnifier for vision impaired
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[456]applications. Since with integer scale factors the framebuffers
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become huge and scaling operations time consuming, be sure to use
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":nb" for the fastest response.
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In general for a scaled display if you are using a TightVNC viewer you
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may want to turn off jpeg encoding (e.g. vncviewer -nojpeg host:0).
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There appears to be a noise enhancement effect, especially for regions
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containing font/text: the scaling can introduce some pixel artifacts
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that evidently causes the tight encoding algorithm to incorrectly
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detect the regions as image data and thereby introduce additional
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pixel artifacts due to the lossiness of the jpeg compression
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algorithm. Experiment to see if -nojpeg vncviewer option improves the
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readability of text when using -scale to shrink the display size. Also
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|
note that scaling may actually slow down the transfer of text regions
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because after being scaled they do not compress as well. (this can
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often be a significant slowdown, e.g. 10X).
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Another issue is that it appears VNC viewers require the screen width
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to be a multiple of 4. When scaling x11vnc will round the width to the
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nearest multiple of 4. To disable this use the ":n4" sub option (like
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":nb" in the previous paragraph; to specify both use a comma:
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":nb,n4", etc.)
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If one desires per-client scaling for something like 1:1 from a
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workstation and 1:2 from a smaller device (e.g. handheld), currently
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the only option is to run two (or more) x11vnc processes with
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different scalings listening on separate ports ([457]-rfbport option,
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etc.).
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BTW, whenever you run two or more x11vnc's on the same X display and
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use the [458]GUI, then to avoid all of the x11vnc's simultaneously
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answering the gui you will need to use something like [459]"-connect
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file1 -gui ..." with different connect files for each x11vnc you want
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to control via the gui (or remote-control). The "-connect file1" usage
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|
gives separate communication channels between a x11vnc proces and the
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gui process. Otherwise they all share the same X property channels:
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VNC_CONNECT and X11VNC_REMOTE.
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Update: As of Mar/2005 in the libvncserver CVS x11vnc now scales the
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mouse cursor with the same scale factor as the screen. If you don't
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want that, use the [460]"-scale_cursor frac" option to set the cursor
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scaling to a different factor (e.g. use "-scale_cursor 1" to keep the
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cursor at its natural unscaled size).
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Q-76: Does x11vnc work with Xinerama? (i.e. multiple monitors joined
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together to form one big, single screen).
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Yes, it should generally work because it simply polls the big
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effective screen.
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If the viewing-end monitor is not as big as the remote Xinerama
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display, then the vncviewer scrollbars, etc, will have to be used to
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pan across the large area. However one user started two x11vnc's, one
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with "-clip 1280x1024+0+0" and the other with "-clip 1280x1024+1280+0"
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to split the big screen into two and used two VNC viewers to access
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them.
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There are a couple potential issues with Xinerama however. If the
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screen is not rectangular (e.g. 1280x1024 and 1024x768 monitors joined
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together), then there will be "non-existent" areas on the screen. The
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X server will return "garbage" image data for these areas and so they
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may be distracting to the viewer. The [461]-blackout x11vnc option
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|
allows you to blacken-out rectangles by manually specifying their
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WxH+X+Y geometries. If your system has the libXinerama library, the
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[462]-xinerama x11vnc option can be used to have it automatically
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|
determine the rectangles to be blackened out. (Note on 8bpp
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PseudoColor displays the fill color may not be black).
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Some users have reported that the mouse does not behave properly for
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their Xinerama display: i.e. the mouse cannot be moved to all regions
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of the large display. If this happens try using the [463]-xwarppointer
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|
option. This instructs x11vnc to fake mouse pointer motions using the
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XWarpPointer function instead of the XTestFakeMotionEvent XTEST
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|
function. (This may be due to a bug in the X server for XTEST when
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Xinerama is enabled).
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Q-77: Can I use x11vnc on a multi-headed display that is not Xinerama
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(i.e. separate screens :0.0, :0.1, ... for each monitor)?
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You can, but it is a little bit awkward: you must start separate
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x11vnc processes for each screen, and on the viewing end start up
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|
separate VNC viewer processes connecting to them. e.g. on the remote
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end:
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x11vnc -display :0.0 -bg -q -rfbport 5900
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x11vnc -display :0.1 -bg -q -rfbport 5901
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|
(this could be automated in the display manager Xsetup for example)
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|
and then on the local machine where you are sitting:
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vncviewer somehost:0 &
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vncviewer somehost:1 &
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Note: if you are running on Solaris 8 or earlier you can easily hit up
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|
against the maximum of 6 shm segments per process (for Xsun in this
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|
case) from running multiple x11vnc processes. You should modify
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|
/etc/system as mentioned in another [464]FAQ to increase the limit. It
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|
is probably also a good idea to run with the [465]-onetile option in
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this case (to limit each x11vnc to 3 shm segments), or even
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[466]-noshm to use no shm segments.
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Q-78: Can x11vnc show only a portion of the display? (E.g. for a
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special purpose rfb application).
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As of Mar/2005 in the libvncserver CVS x11vnc has the "[467]-clip
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WxH+X+Y" option to select a rectangle of width W, height H and offset
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|
(X, Y). Thus the VNC screen will be the clipped sub-region of the
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display and be only WxH in size. One user used -clip to split up a
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large [468]Xinerama screen into two more managable smaller screens.
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This also works to view a sub-region of a single application window if
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the [469]-id or [470]-sid options are used. The offset is measured
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from the upper left corner of the selected window.
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Q-79: Does x11vnc support the XRANDR (X Resize, Rotate and Reflection)
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extension? Whenever I rotate or resize the screen x11vnc just seems to
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crash.
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As of Dec/2004 in the libvncserver CVS x11vnc supports XRANDR. You
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enable it with the [471]-xrandr option to make x11vnc monitor XRANDR
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events and also trap X server errors if the screen change occurred in
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the middle of an X call like XGetImage. Once it traps the screen
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change it will create a new framebuffer using the new screen.
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If the connected vnc viewers support the NewFBSize VNC extension
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(Windows TightVNC viewer and RealVNC 4.0 windows and Unix viewers do)
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|
then the viewer will automatically resize. Otherwise, the new
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framebuffer is fit as best as possible into the original viewer size
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(portions of the screen may be clipped, unused, etc). For these
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viewers you can try the [472]-padgeom option to make the region big
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|
enough to hold all resizes and rotations.
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If you specify "-xrandr newfbsize" then vnc viewers that do not
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support NewFBSize will be disconnected before the resize. If you
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specify "-xrandr exit" then all will be disconnected and x11vnc will
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terminate.
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Q-80: Why is the view in my VNC viewer completely black? Or why is
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everything flashing around randomly?
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See the next FAQ for a possible explanation.
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Q-81: I use Linux Virtual Consoles (VC's) to implement 'Fast User
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Switching' between users' sessions (e.g. Betty is on Ctrl-Alt-F7,
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Bobby is on Ctrl-Alt-F8, and Sid is on Ctrl-Alt-F1: they use those
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|
keystrokes to switch between their sessions). How come the view in a
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VNC viewer connecting to x11vnc is either completely black or
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|
otherwise all messed up unless the X session x11vnc is attached to is
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|
in the active VC?
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This seems to have to do with how applications (the X server processes
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|
in this case) must "play nicely" if they are not on the active VC
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|
(sometimes called VT for virtual terminal). That is, they should not
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|
read from the keyboard or mouse or manage the video display unless
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|
they have the active VC. Given that it appears the XGetImage() call
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|
must ultimately retrieve the framebuffer data from the video hardware
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|
itself, it would make sense x11vnc's polling wouldn't work unless the
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X session had active control of the VC.
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There does not seem to be an easy way to work around this. Even xwd(1)
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|
doesn't work in this case (try it). Something would need to be done at
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a lower level, say in the XFree86 X server. Also, using the XFree86
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Shadow Framebuffer (a copy of the video framebuffer is kept in main
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memory) does not appear to fix the problem.
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If no one is sitting at the workstation and you just want to remotely
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switch the VC over to the one associated with your X session (so
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x11vnc can poll it correctly), one can use the chvt(1) command, e.g.
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"chvt 7" for VC #7.
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Q-82: Can I use x11vnc to view my VMWare session remotely?
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Yes, since VMWare is an X application you can view it via x11vnc in
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the normal way.
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Note that VMWare has several viewing modes:
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* Normal X application window (with window manager frame)
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* Quick-Switch mode (with no window manager frame)
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* Fullscreen mode
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The way VMWare does Fullscreen mode on Linux is to display the Guest
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desktop in a separate Virtual Console (e.g. VC 8) (see [473]this FAQ
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|
on VC's for background). Unfortunately, this Fullscreen VC is not an X
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server. So x11vnc cannot access it (however, [474]see this for a
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|
possible partial workaround). x11vnc works fine with "Normal X
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|
application window" and "Quick-Switch mode" because these use X.
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One user reports he left his machine with VMWare in the Fullscreen
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mode, and even though his X session wasn't in the active VC, he could
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still connect x11vnc to the X session and pass the keystrokes Ctrl-Alt
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(typing "blind") to the VMWare X app. This induced VMWare to switch
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out of Fullscreen into Normal X mode and he could continue working in
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the Guest desktop remotely.
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Sometimes it is convenient (for performance, etc.) to start VMWare in
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its own X session using startx(1). This can be used to have a minimal
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window manger (e.g. twm or even no window manager), to improve
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response. One can also cut the display depth (e.g. to 16bpp) in this
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|
2nd X session to improve video performance. This 2nd X session
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emulates Fullscreen mode to some degree and can be viewed via x11vnc
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as long as the VMWare X session [475]is in the active VC.
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Also note that with a little bit of playing with "xwininfo -all
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-children" output one can extract the (non-toplevel) windowid of the
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of the Guest desktop only when VMWare is running as a normal X
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application. Then one can export just the guest desktop (i.e. without
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the VMWare menu buttons) by use of the [476]-id windowid option. The
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caveats are the X session VMWare is in must be in the active VC and
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the window must be fully visible, so this mode is not terribly
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|
convenient, but could be useful in some circumstances (e.g. running
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VMWare on a very powerful server machine in a server room that happens
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|
to have a video card, (but need not have a monitor, Keyboard or
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mouse)).
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Q-83: Can non-X devices (e.g. a raw framebuffer) be viewed and/or
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controlled by x11vnc?
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As of Apr/2005 in the libvncserver CVS there is rudimentary support
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for this. Two options were added: "-rawfb string" (to indicate the raw
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framembuffer and its parameters) and "-pipeinput cmd" (to provide an
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external program that will inject or otherwise process mouse and
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keystroke input).
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This non-X mode for x11vnc is experimental because it is so removed in
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scope from the intended usage of the tool. Little attempt is made to
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make all of the other options consistent with non-X framebuffer
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polling. So all of the X-related options (e.g. -add_keysyms, -xkb) are
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just ignored or in the worst case will cause a crash. Be careful
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applying such an option via the command line or remote control.
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The format for the -rawfb string is:
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-rawfb <type>:<object>@<W>x<H>x<bpp>[:<R>/<G>/<B>][+<offset>]
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Some examples:
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-rawfb shm:210337933@800x600x32:ff/ff00/ff0000
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-rawfb map:/dev/fb0@1024x768x16
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-rawfb map:/tmp/Xvfb_screen0@640x480x8+3232
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-rawfb file:/tmp/my.pnm@250x200x24+37
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So the type can be "shm" for shared memory objects, and "map" or
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"file" for file objects. "map" uses mmap(2) to map the file into
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memory and is preferred over "file" (that uses the slower lseek(2)
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access method). Only use file if map isn't working. BTW, "mmap" is an
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alias for "map" and if you do not supply a type and the file exists,
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map is assumed.
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Also, if the string is of the form "setup:cmd" then cmd is run and the
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first line of its output retrieved and used as the rawfb string. This
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allows initializing the device, determining WxHxB, etc.
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The object will be the numerical shared memory id for the case of shm.
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The idea here is some other program has created this shared memory
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segment and periodically updates it with new framebuffer data. x11vnc
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polls the area for changes. See shmat(2) and ipcs(8) for more info.
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The ipcs command will list current shared memory segments on the
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system.
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The object will be the path to the regular or character special file
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for the cases of map and file. The idea here is that in the case of a
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regular file some other program is writing/updating framebuffer image
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data to it. In the case of a character special (e.g. /dev/fb0) it is
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the kernel that is "updating" the framebuffer data.
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In all cases x11vnc needs to be told the width, height, and number of
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bits per pixel (bpp) of the framebuffer. This is the @WxHxB field. For
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the case of the Linux framebuffer device, /dev/fb0, the fbset(8) may
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be of use (but may not always be accurate for what is currently
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viewable). In general some guessing may be required, especially for
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the bpp.
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Based on the bpp x11vnc will try to guess the red, green, and blue
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masks (these indicate which bits correspond to each color). It if gets
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it wrong you can specify them manually via the optional ":R/G/B"
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field. E.g. ":0xff0000/0x00ff00/0x0000ff" (this is the default for
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32bpp).
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Finally, the framebuffer may not begin at the beginning of the memory
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object, so use the optional "+offset" parameter to indicate where the
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framebuffer information starts. So as an example, the Xvfb virtual
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framebuffer has options -shmem and -fbdir for exporting its virtual
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screen to either shm or a mapped file. The format of these is XWD and
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so the initial header should be skipped. BTW, since XWD is not
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strictly RGB the view will only be approximate. Of course for the case
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of Xvfb x11vnc can poll it much better via the [477]X API, but you get
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the idea.
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By default in -rawfb mode x11vnc will actually close any X display it
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happened to open. This is basically to shake out bugs (e.g it will
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crash rather than mysteriously interacting with the X display). If you
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want x11vnc to keep the X display open while polling the raw
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framebuffer capitalize the type (i.e. "SHM:", "MAP:", or "FILE:").
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This could be convenient for keeping the remote control channel active
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(it uses X properties). The "-connect /path/to/file" mechanism could
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also be used for remote control to avoid the X property channel. Rare
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usage, but if you also supply -noviewonly in this mode then the mouse
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and keyboard input are still sent to the X display, presumably for
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doing something strange with /dev/fb...
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All of the above was just for viewing the raw framebuffer. That may be
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enough for certain applications of this feature (e.g. suppose a video
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camera mapped its framebuffer into memory). To handle the pointer and
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keyboard input from the viewer users the "-pipeinput cmd" option was
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added to indicate a helper program to process the user input. The
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input is streamed to it and looks something like this:
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Pointer 1 205 257 0 None
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Pointer 1 198 253 0 None
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Pointer 1 198 253 1 ButtonPress-1
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Pointer 1 198 253 0 ButtonRelease-1
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Pointer 1 198 252 0 None
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Keysym 1 1 119 w KeyPress
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Keysym 1 0 119 w KeyRelease
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Keysym 1 1 65288 BackSpace KeyPress
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Keysym 1 0 65288 BackSpace KeyRelease
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Keysym 1 1 112 p KeyPress
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Keysym 1 0 112 p KeyRelease
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Run "-pipeinput tee:/bin/cat" to get a description of the format. Note
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that the -pipeinput option is independent of -rawfb mode and so may
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have some other interesting uses. BTW, the "tee:" prefix means x11vnc
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will both process the user input and pipe it to the command. The
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default is to just pipe it to the -pipeinput command.
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Note the -pipeinput helper program could actually control the raw
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framebuffer. In the libvncserver CVS a simple example program
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x11vnc/misc/slide.pl is provided that demonstrates a simple jpeg
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"slideshow" application.
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The -pipeinput program is run with these environment variables set:
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X11VNC_PID, X11VNC_PROG, X11VNC_CMDLINE, X11VNC_RAWFB_STR to aid its
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knowing what is up.
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Another example provided in libvncserver CVS is a script to inject
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keystrokes into the Linux console (e.g. the virtual consoles:
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/dev/tty1, /dev/tty2, etc) in x11vnc/misc/vcinject.pl. It is based on
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the vncterm/LinuxVNC.c program also in the libvncserver CVS. So to
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view and interact with VC #2 (assuming it is the [478]active VC) one
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can run something like:
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x11vnc -rawfb map:/dev/fb0@1024x768x16 -pipeinput './vcinject.pl 2'
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This assumes your Linux framebuffer device (/dev/fb0) is properly
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configured. See fbset(8) and other documentation. Try
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"file:/dev/fb0@WxHxB" as a last resort.
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The above is just an example of what can be done. If you really want
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to view and interact with the Linux console it is better to use the
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more accurate and faster LinuxVNC program. The only advantage x11vnc
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-rawfb might have is that it can presumably allow interaction with a
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non-text application, e.g. one based on svgalib. For example the
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[479]VMWare Fullscreen mode is actually viewable under -rawfb. But
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this isn't much use until one figures out how to inject keystrokes and
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mouse events...
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The -rawfb and -pipeinput features are intended to help one creatively
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"get out of a jam" (say on a legacy or embedded device) where X is
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absent or doesn't work properly. Feedback and bug reports are welcome.
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For more control and less overhead use libvncserver in your own C
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program that passes the framebuffer to libvncserver.
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Q-84: I am using x11vnc where my local machine has "popup/hidden
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taskbars" (e.g. GNOME or MacOS X) and the remote display where x11vnc
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runs also has "popup/hidden taskbars" (e.g. GNOME). When I move the
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mouse to the edge of the screen where the popups happen, the taskbars
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interfere and fight with each other in strange ways. What can I do?
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Is there a way to temporarily disable one or both of these magic
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desktop taskbars?
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One x11vnc user suggests: it should be straightforward to right mouse
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click on the task bar panel, and uncheck "enable auto-hide" from the
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panel properties dialog box. This will make the panel always visible.
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[Misc: Clipboard, File Transfer, Beeps, Thanks, etc.]
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Q-85: Does the Clipboard/Selection get transferred between the
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vncviewer and the X display?
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As of Jan/2004 in the libvncserver CVS x11vnc supports the "CutText"
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part of the rfb protocol. Furthermore, x11vnc is able to hold the
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PRIMARY selection (Xvnc does not seem to do this). If you don't want
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the Clipboard/Selection exchanged use the [480]-nosel option. If you
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don't want the PRIMARY selection to be polled for changes use the
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[481]-noprimary option. You can also fine-tune it a bit with the
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[482]-seldir dir option.
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You may need to watch out for desktop utilities such as KDE's
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"Klipper" that do odd things with the selection, clipboard, and
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cutbuffers.
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Q-86: Can I transfer files back and forth with x11vnc?
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As of Oct/2005 x11vnc enables the TightVNC file transfer
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implementation that was added to libvncserver. This currently only
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works with TightVNC viewers (and Windows only it appears). It is on by
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default, to disable it use the [483]-nofilexfer option.
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Q-87: Why don't I hear the "Beeps" in my X session (e.g. when typing
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tput bel in an xterm)?
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As of Dec/2003 in the libvncserver CVS "Beep" XBell events are tracked
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by default. The X server must support the XKEYBOARD extension (this is
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not on by default in Solaris, see Xserver(1) for how to turn it on via
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+kb), and so you won't hear them if the extension is not present.
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If you don't want to hear the beeps use the [484]-nobell option. If
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you want to hear the audio from the remote applications, consider
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trying a redirector such as esd.
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References
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1. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq
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2. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#downloading
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3. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#building
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4. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#beta-test
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5. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-thanks
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6. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-thanks
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7. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq
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8. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/disclaimer.html
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9. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#contact
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10. http://www.realvnc.com/
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11. http://www.tightvnc.com/
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12. http://www.ultravnc.com/
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13. http://www.redstonesoftware.com/vnc.html
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14. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#downloading
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15. http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html
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16. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-auth
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17. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-xperms
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18. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-xperms
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19. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-viewer-download
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20. http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/freeware/
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21. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-forever
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22. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-forever
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23. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-service
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24. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-passwd
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25. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#vnc_password_file
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26. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-connect
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27. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#vnc_password_file
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28. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-inetd
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29. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#tightvnc_via
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30. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#gateway_double_ssh
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31. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-bg
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32. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-connect
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33. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-inetd
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34. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-rfbauth
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35. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-passwd
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36. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-passwdfile
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37. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-passwdfile
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38. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-allow-opt
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39. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-tcp_wrappers
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40. http://www.stunnel.org/
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41. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-ssl-tunnel
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42. http://sourceforge.net/projects/libvncserver/
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43. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=32584&package_id=119006&release_id=393257
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44. http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=393257&group_id=32584
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45. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc-0.8.1.tar.gz
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46. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-binaries
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47. http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html
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48. http://www.realvnc.com/download-free.html
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49. http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/
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50. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/rx11vnc
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51. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/rx11vnc.pl
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52. http://www.sunfreeware.com/
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53. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/bins
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54. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#solarisbuilding
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55. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-build
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56. ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/
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57. http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
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58. http://www.sunfreeware.com/
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59. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-solaris251build
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60. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc-0.8.1.tar.gz
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61. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/bins
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62. mailto:x11vnc-beta@karlrunge.com
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63. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-unixpw
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64. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-unixpw_nis
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65. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-localhost
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66. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-stunnel
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67. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-stunnel
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68. http://www.stunnel.org/
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69. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-usepw
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70. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-noclipboard
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71. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-nosetclipboard
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72. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-nofilexfer
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73. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-passwdfile
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74. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-8to24
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75. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-overlay
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76. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-loop
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77. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-afteraccept
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78. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-accept
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79. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-slow_fb
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80. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-blackout
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81. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-xdamage
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82. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-wireframe
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83. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#wirecopyrect
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84. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-scrollcopyrect
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85. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-solid
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86. http://www.tightvnc.com/
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87. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-rfbport
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88. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html
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89. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-passwd
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90. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/recurse_x11vnc.jpg
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91. http://wwws.sun.com/sunray/index.html
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92. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-wait
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93. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-sb
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94. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-solid
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306. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#auto-stunnel
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307. http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1677
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308. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-stunnel
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309. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-inetd
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310. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-stunnel
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311. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/ssl_vncviewer
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312. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-accept
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313. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-viewonly
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314. ftp://ftp.x.org/
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315. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/dtVncPopup
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316. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-gone
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317. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-unixpw
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318. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-unixpw_nis
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319. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-localhost
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320. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-stunnel
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321. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-localhost
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322. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#tunnelling
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323. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-ssl-tunnel
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324. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-accept
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325. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-users
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326. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/blockdpy.c
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327. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-accept
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328. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-gone
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329. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-gone
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330. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-afteraccept
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331. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#display-manager-continuously
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332. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-inetd
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333. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#x11vnc_loop
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334. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-auth
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335. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#dtlogin_solaris
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336. http://www.jirka.org/gdm-documentation/x241.html
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337. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_loop
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338. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-xterminal-xauth
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339. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-inetd
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340. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-q
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341. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-auth
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342. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-loop
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343. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-httpdir
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344. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-http
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345. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-connect
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346. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-remote
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347. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-vncconnect
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348. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-add_keysyms
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349. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-linuxvc
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350. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/Xdummy
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351. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#display-manager-continuously
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352. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/shm_clear
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353. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-onetile
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354. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-noshm
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355. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-noshm
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356. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-nap
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357. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-wait
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358. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-onetile
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359. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-fs
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360. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-threads
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361. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-defer
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362. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-id
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363. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-solid
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364. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-scrollcopyrect
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365. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-wireframe
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366. http://www.tightvnc.com/
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367. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-nodragging
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368. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-wireframe
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369. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-scrollcopyrect
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370. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-fs
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371. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-wait
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372. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-defer
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373. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-progressive
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374. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-id
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375. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-nosel
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376. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-nocursor
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377. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-nocursorpos
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378. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-readtimeout
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379. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#fb_read_slow
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380. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-xd_area
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381. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-xd_mem
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382. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-noxdamage
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383. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#fb_read_slow
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384. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-pointer_mode
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385. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-pointer_mode
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386. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-nodragging
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387. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-pointer_mode
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388. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-threads
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389. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-wireframe
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390. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-scrollcopyrect
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391. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-pointer-mode
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392. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#fb_read_slow
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393. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-wireframe
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394. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-wireframe
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395. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-wireframe
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396. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#fb_read_slow
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397. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-scrollcopyrect
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398. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-wireframe
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399. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-wirecopyrect
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400. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-wireframe
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401. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-fixscreen
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402. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-scr_skip
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403. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-scale
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404. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-scrollcopyrect
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405. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-cursor
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406. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-cursor
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407. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-overlay
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408. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#the-overlay-mode
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409. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#solaris10-build
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410. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-xfixes-alpha-hacks
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411. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-alphacut
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412. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-alphafrac
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413. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-alpharemove
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414. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-nocursorshape
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415. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-noalphablend
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416. http://www.tightvnc.com/
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417. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-nocursor
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418. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-cursorpos
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419. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-nocursorpos
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420. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-nocursorshape
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421. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-buttonmap
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422. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-debug_pointer
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423. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-buttonmap
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424. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-modtweak
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425. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-greaterless
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426. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-xkbmodtweak
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427. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-debug_keyboard
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428. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-xkb
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429. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-sloppy_keys
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430. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-modtweak
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431. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-modtweak
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432. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-remap
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433. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-xkbmodtweak
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434. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-debug_keyboard
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435. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-greaterless
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436. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-xkb
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437. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-sloppy_keys
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438. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-modtweak
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439. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-xkb
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440. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-xkb
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441. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-skip_keycodes
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442. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-remap
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443. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-add_keysyms
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444. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-remap
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445. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-remap
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446. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-add_keysyms
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447. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-norepeat
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448. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-norepeat
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449. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-display-manager
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450. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-remap
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451. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-remap
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452. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-remap
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453. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-remap
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454. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-scaling
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455. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-scale
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456. http://www.cus.cam.ac.uk/~ssb22/source/vnc-magnification.html
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457. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-rfbport
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458. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-gui
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459. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-connect
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460. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-scale_cursor
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461. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-blackout
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462. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-xinerama
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463. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-xwarppointer
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464. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-solshm
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465. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-onetile
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466. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-noshm
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467. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-clip
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468. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-xinerama
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469. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-id
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470. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-id
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471. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-xrandr
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472. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-padgeom
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473. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-linuxvc
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474. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-rawfb
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475. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-linuxvc
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476. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-id
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477. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-xvfb
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478. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-linuxvc
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479. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/index.html#faq-vmware
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480. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-nosel
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481. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-noprimary
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482. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-seldir
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483. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-nofilexfer
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484. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-nobell
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x11vnc: a VNC server for real X displays
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Here are all of x11vnc command line options:
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% x11vnc -opts (see below for -help long descriptions)
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x11vnc: allow VNC connections to real X11 displays. 0.8.1 lastmod: 2006-03-11
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x11vnc options:
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-display disp -auth file
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-id windowid -sid windowid
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-clip WxH+X+Y -flashcmap
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-shiftcmap n -notruecolor
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-visual n -overlay
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-overlay_nocursor -8to24 [opts]
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-scale fraction -scale_cursor frac
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-viewonly -shared
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-once -forever
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-loop -timeout n
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-inetd -nofilexfer
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-http -connect string
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-vncconnect -novncconnect
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-allow host1[,host2..] -localhost
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-nolookup -input string
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-viewpasswd string -passwdfile filename
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-unixpw [list] -unixpw_nis [list]
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-ssl [pem] -sslverify [path]
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-stunnel [pem] -stunnel3 [pem]
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-usepw -storepasswd pass file
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-nopw -accept string
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-afteraccept string -gone string
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-users list -noshm
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-flipbyteorder -onetile
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-solid [color] -blackout string
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-xinerama -xtrap
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-xrandr [mode] -padgeom WxH
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-o logfile -flag file
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-rc filename -norc
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-h, -help -?, -opts
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-V, -version -dbg
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-q -bg
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-modtweak -nomodtweak
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-xkb -noxkb
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-skip_keycodes string -sloppy_keys
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-skip_dups -noskip_dups
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-add_keysyms -noadd_keysyms
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-clear_mods -clear_keys
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-remap string -norepeat
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-repeat -nofb
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-nobell -nosel
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-noprimary -nosetprimary
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-noclipboard -nosetclipboard
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-seldir string -cursor [mode]
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-nocursor -arrow n
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-noxfixes -alphacut n
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-alphafrac fraction -alpharemove
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-noalphablend -nocursorshape
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-cursorpos -nocursorpos
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-xwarppointer -buttonmap string
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-nodragging -wireframe [str]
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-nowireframe -wirecopyrect mode
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-nowirecopyrect -debug_wireframe
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-scrollcopyrect mode -noscrollcopyrect
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-scr_area n -scr_skip list
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-scr_inc list -scr_keys list
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-scr_term list -scr_keyrepeat lo-hi
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-scr_parms string -fixscreen string
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-debug_scroll -noxrecord
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-grab_buster -nograb_buster
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-debug_grabs -debug_sel
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-pointer_mode n -input_skip n
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-speeds rd,bw,lat -wmdt string
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-debug_pointer -debug_keyboard
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-defer time -wait time
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-wait_ui factor -nowait_bog
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-slow_fb time -readtimeout n
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-nap -nonap
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-sb time -noxdamage
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-xd_area A -xd_mem f
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-sigpipe string -threads
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-nothreads -fs f
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-gaps n -grow n
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-fuzz n -debug_tiles
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-snapfb -rawfb string
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-pipeinput cmd -gui [gui-opts]
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-remote command -query variable
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-QD variable -sync
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-noremote -yesremote
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-unsafe -safer
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-privremote -nocmds
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-deny_all
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libvncserver options:
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-rfbport port TCP port for RFB protocol
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-rfbwait time max time in ms to wait for RFB client
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-rfbauth passwd-file use authentication on RFB protocol
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(use 'storepasswd' to create a password file)
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-passwd plain-password use authentication
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(use plain-password as password, USE AT YOUR RISK)
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-deferupdate time time in ms to defer updates (default 40)
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-deferptrupdate time time in ms to defer pointer updates (default none)
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-desktop name VNC desktop name (default "LibVNCServer")
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-alwaysshared always treat new clients as shared
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-nevershared never treat new clients as shared
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-dontdisconnect don't disconnect existing clients when a new non-shared
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connection comes in (refuse new connection instead)
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-httpdir dir-path enable http server using dir-path home
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-httpport portnum use portnum for http connection
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-enablehttpproxy enable http proxy support
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-progressive height enable progressive updating for slow links
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-listen ipaddr listen for connections only on network interface with
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addr ipaddr. '-listen localhost' and hostname work too.
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libvncserver-tight-extension options:
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-disablefiletransfer disable file transfer
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-ftproot string set ftp root
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% x11vnc -help
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x11vnc: allow VNC connections to real X11 displays. 0.8.1 lastmod: 2006-03-11
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Typical usage is:
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Run this command in a shell on the remote machine "far-host"
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with X session you wish to view:
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x11vnc -display :0
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Then run this in another window on the machine you are sitting at:
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vncviewer far-host:0
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Once x11vnc establishes connections with the X11 server and starts listening
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as a VNC server it will print out a string: PORT=XXXX where XXXX is typically
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5900 (the default VNC server port). One would next run something like
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this on the local machine: "vncviewer hostname:N" where "hostname" is
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the name of the machine running x11vnc and N is XXXX - 5900, i.e. usually
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"vncviewer hostname:0".
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By default x11vnc will not allow the screen to be shared and it will exit
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as soon as the client disconnects. See -shared and -forever below to override
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these protections. See the FAQ for details how to tunnel the VNC connection
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|
through an encrypted channel such as ssh(1). In brief:
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ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 far-host 'x11vnc -localhost -display :0'
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vncviewer -encodings 'copyrect tight zrle hextile' localhost:0
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Also, use of a VNC password (-rfbauth or -passwdfile) is strongly recommend.
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For additional info see: http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/
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and http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/#faq
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Rudimentary config file support: if the file $HOME/.x11vncrc exists then each
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line in it is treated as a single command line option. Disable with -norc.
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For each option name, the leading character "-" is not required. E.g. a
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line that is either "forever" or "-forever" may be used and are equivalent.
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Likewise "wait 100" or "-wait 100" are acceptable and equivalent lines.
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|
The "#" character comments out to the end of the line in the usual way
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(backslash it for a literal). Leading and trailing whitespace is trimmed off.
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Lines may be continued with a "\" as the last character of a line (it
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becomes a space character).
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Options:
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-display disp X11 server display to connect to, usually :0. The X
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server process must be running on same machine and
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support MIT-SHM. Equivalent to setting the DISPLAY
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environment variable to "disp".
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-auth file Set the X authority file to be "file", equivalent to
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setting the XAUTHORITY environment variable to "file"
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|
before startup. Same as -xauth file. See Xsecurity(7),
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|
xauth(1) man pages for more info.
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|
-id windowid Show the window corresponding to "windowid" not
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|
the entire display. New windows like popup menus,
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|
transient toplevels, etc, may not be seen or may be
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|
clipped. Disabling SaveUnders or BackingStore in the
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|
X server may help show them. x11vnc may crash if the
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|
window is initially partially obscured, changes size,
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|
is iconified, etc. Some steps are taken to avoid this
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|
|
and the -xrandr mechanism is used to track resizes. Use
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|
|
xwininfo(1) to get the window id, or use "-id pick"
|
|
|
to have x11vnc run xwininfo(1) for you and extract
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|
|
the id. The -id option is useful for exporting very
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|
|
simple applications (e.g. the current view on a webcam).
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|
-sid windowid As -id, but instead of using the window directly it
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|
shifts a root view to it: this shows SaveUnders menus,
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|
etc, although they will be clipped if they extend beyond
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|
|
the window.
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|
-clip WxH+X+Y Only show the sub-region of the full display that
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|
|
corresponds to the rectangle with size WxH and offset
|
|
|
+X+Y. The VNC display has size WxH (i.e. smaller than
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|
|
the full display). This also works for -id/-sid mode
|
|
|
where the offset is relative to the upper left corner
|
|
|
of the selected window.
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|
-flashcmap In 8bpp indexed color, let the installed colormap flash
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|
|
as the pointer moves from window to window (slow).
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|
Also try the -8to24 option to avoid flash altogether.
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|
-shiftcmap n Rare problem, but some 8bpp displays use less than 256
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|
|
colorcells (e.g. 16-color grayscale, perhaps the other
|
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|
bits are used for double buffering) *and* also need to
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|
|
shift the pixels values away from 0, .., ncells. "n"
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|
|
indicates the shift to be applied to the pixel values.
|
|
|
To see the pixel values set DEBUG_CMAP=1 to print out
|
|
|
a colormap histogram. Example: -shiftcmap 240
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|
|
-notruecolor For 8bpp displays, force indexed color (i.e. a colormap)
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|
|
even if it looks like 8bpp TrueColor (rare problem).
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|
-visual n Experimental option: probably does not do what you
|
|
|
think. It simply *forces* the visual used for the
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|
|
framebuffer; this may be a bad thing... (e.g. messes
|
|
|
up colors or cause a crash). It is useful for testing
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|
|
and for some workarounds. n may be a decimal number,
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|
|
or 0x hex. Run xdpyinfo(1) for the values. One may
|
|
|
also use "TrueColor", etc. see <X11/X.h> for a list.
|
|
|
If the string ends in ":m" then for better or for
|
|
|
worse the visual depth is forced to be m.
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|
|
-overlay Handle multiple depth visuals on one screen, e.g. 8+24
|
|
|
and 24+8 overlay visuals (the 32 bits per pixel are
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|
|
packed with 8 for PseudoColor and 24 for TrueColor).
|
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|
|
Currently -overlay only works on Solaris via
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|
|
XReadScreen(3X11) and IRIX using XReadDisplay(3).
|
|
|
On Solaris there is a problem with image "bleeding"
|
|
|
around transient popup menus (but not for the menu
|
|
|
itself): a workaround is to disable SaveUnders
|
|
|
by passing the "-su" argument to Xsun (in
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|
|
/etc/dt/config/Xservers).
|
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|
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|
|
Use -overlay as a workaround for situations like these:
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|
|
Some legacy applications require the default visual to
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|
|
be 8bpp (8+24), or they will use 8bpp PseudoColor even
|
|
|
when the default visual is depth 24 TrueColor (24+8).
|
|
|
In these cases colors in some windows will be incorrect
|
|
|
in x11vnc unless -overlay is used. Another use of
|
|
|
-overlay is to enable showing the exact mouse cursor
|
|
|
shape (details below).
|
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|
|
|
|
Under -overlay, performance will be somewhat slower
|
|
|
due to the extra image transformations required.
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|
|
For optimal performance do not use -overlay, but rather
|
|
|
configure the X server so that the default visual is
|
|
|
depth 24 TrueColor and try to have all apps use that
|
|
|
visual (e.g. some apps have -use24 or -visual options).
|
|
|
-overlay_nocursor Sets -overlay, but does not try to draw the exact mouse
|
|
|
cursor shape using the overlay mechanism.
|
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|
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|
|
-8to24 [opts] Try this option if -overlay is not supported on your
|
|
|
OS, and you have a legacy 8bpp app that you want to
|
|
|
view on a multi-depth display with default depth 24
|
|
|
(and is 32 bpp) OR have a default depth 8 display with
|
|
|
depth 24 overlay windows for some apps. This option
|
|
|
may not work on all X servers and hardware (tested
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|
|
on XFree86/Xorg mga driver and Xsun). The "opts"
|
|
|
string is not required and is described below.
|
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|
|
|
|
This mode enables a hack where x11vnc monitors windows
|
|
|
within 3 levels from the root window. If it finds
|
|
|
any that are 8bpp it extracts the indexed color
|
|
|
pixel values using XGetImage() and then applies a
|
|
|
transformation using the colormap(s) to create TrueColor
|
|
|
RGB values that it in turn inserts into bits 1-24 of
|
|
|
the framebuffer. This creates a depth 24 "view"
|
|
|
of the display that is then exported via VNC.
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|
|
|
|
Conversely, for default depth 8 displays, the depth
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|
|
24 regions are read by XGetImage() and everything is
|
|
|
transformed and inserted into a depth 24 TrueColor
|
|
|
framebuffer.
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|
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|
|
Note that even if there are *no* depth 24 visuals or
|
|
|
windows (i.e. pure 8bpp), this mode is potentially
|
|
|
an improvement over -flashcmap because it avoids the
|
|
|
flashing and shows each window in the correct color.
|
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|
|
|
|
This method appear to work, but may still have bugs
|
|
|
and it does hog resources. If there are multiple 8bpp
|
|
|
windows using different colormaps, one may have to
|
|
|
iconify all but one for the colors to be correct.
|
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|
|
|
|
There may be painting errors for clipping and switching
|
|
|
between windows of depths 8 and 24. Heuristics are
|
|
|
applied to try to minimize the painting errors. One can
|
|
|
also press 3 Alt_L's in a row to refresh the screen
|
|
|
if the error does not repair itself. Also the option
|
|
|
-fixscreen 8=3.0 or -fixscreen V=3.0 may be used to
|
|
|
periodically refresh the screen at the cost of bandwidth
|
|
|
(every 3 sec for this example).
|
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|
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|
|
The [opts] string can contain the following settings.
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|
|
Multiple settings are separated by commas.
|
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|
|
For for some X servers with default depth 24 a
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|
|
speedup may be achieved via the option "nogetimage".
|
|
|
This enables a scheme were XGetImage() is not used
|
|
|
to retrieve the 8bpp data. Instead, it assumes that
|
|
|
the 8bpp data is in bits 25-32 of the 32bit X pixels.
|
|
|
There is no reason the X server should put the data
|
|
|
there for our poll requests, but some do and so the
|
|
|
extra steps to retrieve it can be skipped. Tested with
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|
|
mga driver with XFree86/Xorg. For the default depth
|
|
|
8 case this option is ignored.
|
|
|
|
|
|
To adjust how often XGetImage() is used to poll the
|
|
|
non-default visual regions for changes, use the option
|
|
|
"poll=t" where "t" is a floating point time.
|
|
|
(default: 0.05)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Setting the option "level2" will limit the search
|
|
|
for non-default visual windows to two levels from the
|
|
|
root window. Do this on slow machines where you know
|
|
|
the window manager only imposes one extra window between
|
|
|
the app window and the root window.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Also for very slow machines use "cachewin=t"
|
|
|
where t is a floating point amount of time to cache
|
|
|
XGetWindowAttributes results. E.g. cachewin=5.0.
|
|
|
This may lead to the windows being unnoticed for this
|
|
|
amount of time when deiconifying, painting errors, etc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
While testing on a very old SS20 these options gave
|
|
|
tolerable response: -8to24 poll=0.2,cachewin=5.0. For
|
|
|
this machine -overlay is supported and gives better
|
|
|
response.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debugging for this mode can be enabled by setting
|
|
|
"dbg=1", "dbg=2", or "dbg=3".
|
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|
|
|
|
-scale fraction Scale the framebuffer by factor "fraction". Values
|
|
|
less than 1 shrink the fb, larger ones expand it. Note:
|
|
|
image may not be sharp and response may be slower.
|
|
|
If "fraction" contains a decimal point "." it
|
|
|
is taken as a floating point number, alternatively
|
|
|
the notation "m/n" may be used to denote fractions
|
|
|
exactly, e.g. -scale 2/3
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scaling Options: can be added after "fraction" via
|
|
|
":", to supply multiple ":" options use commas.
|
|
|
If you just want a quick, rough scaling without
|
|
|
blending, append ":nb" to "fraction" (e.g. -scale
|
|
|
1/3:nb). No blending is the default for 8bpp indexed
|
|
|
color, to force blending for this case use ":fb".
|
|
|
|
|
|
To disable -scrollcopyrect and -wirecopyrect under
|
|
|
-scale use ":nocr". If you need to to enable them use
|
|
|
":cr" or specify them explicitly on the command line.
|
|
|
If a slow link is detected, ":nocr" may be applied
|
|
|
automatically. Default: :cr
|
|
|
|
|
|
More esoteric options: for compatibility with vncviewers
|
|
|
the scaled width is adjusted to be a multiple of 4:
|
|
|
to disable this use ":n4". ":in" use interpolation
|
|
|
scheme even when shrinking, ":pad" pad scaled width
|
|
|
and height to be multiples of scaling denominator
|
|
|
(e.g. 3 for 2/3).
|
|
|
|
|
|
-scale_cursor frac By default if -scale is supplied the cursor shape is
|
|
|
scaled by the same factor. Depending on your usage,
|
|
|
you may want to scale the cursor independently of the
|
|
|
screen or not at all. If you specify -scale_cursor
|
|
|
the cursor will be scaled by that factor. When using
|
|
|
-scale mode to keep the cursor at its "natural" size
|
|
|
use "-scale_cursor 1". Most of the ":" scaling
|
|
|
options apply here as well.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-viewonly All VNC clients can only watch (default off).
|
|
|
-shared VNC display is shared, i.e. more than one viewer can
|
|
|
connect at the same time (default off).
|
|
|
-once Exit after the first successfully connected viewer
|
|
|
disconnects, opposite of -forever. This is the Default.
|
|
|
-forever Keep listening for more connections rather than exiting
|
|
|
as soon as the first client(s) disconnect. Same as -many
|
|
|
-loop Create an outer loop restarting the x11vnc process
|
|
|
whenever it terminates. -bg and -inetd are ignored in
|
|
|
this mode. Useful for continuing even if the X server
|
|
|
terminates and restarts (you will need permission to
|
|
|
reconnect of course). Use, e.g., -loop100 to sleep
|
|
|
100 millisecs between restarts, etc. Default is 2000ms
|
|
|
(i.e. 2 secs) Use, e.g. -loop300,5 to sleep 300 ms
|
|
|
and only loop 5 times.
|
|
|
-timeout n Exit unless a client connects within the first n seconds
|
|
|
after startup.
|
|
|
-inetd Launched by inetd(1): stdio instead of listening socket.
|
|
|
Note: if you are not redirecting stderr to a log file
|
|
|
(via shell 2> or -o option) you MUST also specify the -q
|
|
|
option, otherwise the stderr goes to the viewer which
|
|
|
will cause it to abort. Specifying both -inetd and -q
|
|
|
and no -o will automatically close the stderr.
|
|
|
-nofilexfer Disable the TightVNC file transfer extension. (same as
|
|
|
-disablefiletransfer). Note that when the -viewonly
|
|
|
option is supplied all file transfers are disabled.
|
|
|
Also clients that log in viewonly cannot transfer files.
|
|
|
However, if the remote control mechanism is used to
|
|
|
change the global or per-client viewonly state the
|
|
|
filetransfer permissions will NOT change.
|
|
|
-http Instead of using -httpdir (see below) to specify
|
|
|
where the Java vncviewer applet is, have x11vnc try
|
|
|
to *guess* where the directory is by looking relative
|
|
|
to the program location and in standard locations
|
|
|
(/usr/local/share/x11vnc/classes, etc).
|
|
|
-connect string For use with "vncviewer -listen" reverse connections.
|
|
|
If "string" has the form "host" or "host:port"
|
|
|
the connection is made once at startup. Use commas
|
|
|
for a list of host's and host:port's.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note that unlike most vnc servers, x11vnc will require a
|
|
|
password for reverse as well as for forward connections.
|
|
|
(provided password auth has been enabled, -rfbauth, etc)
|
|
|
If you do not want to require a password for reverse
|
|
|
connections set X11VNC_REVERSE_CONNECTION_NO_AUTH=1 in
|
|
|
your environment before starting x11vnc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
If "string" contains "/" it is instead interpreted
|
|
|
as a file to periodically check for new hosts.
|
|
|
The first line is read and then the file is truncated.
|
|
|
Be careful for this usage mode if x11vnc is running as
|
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root (e.g. via gdm(1), etc).
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-vncconnect Monitor the VNC_CONNECT X property set by the standard
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-novncconnect VNC program vncconnect(1). When the property is
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set to "host" or "host:port" establish a reverse
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|
connection. Using xprop(1) instead of vncconnect may
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|
work (see the FAQ). The -remote control mechanism uses
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X11VNC_REMOTE channel, and this option disables/enables
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it as well. Default: -vncconnect
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-allow host1[,host2..] Only allow client connections from hosts matching
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the comma separated list of hostnames or IP addresses.
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Can also be a numerical IP prefix, e.g. "192.168.100."
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|
to match a simple subnet, for more control build
|
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|
libvncserver with libwrap support (See the FAQ). If the
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list contains a "/" it instead is a interpreted as a
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|
file containing addresses or prefixes that is re-read
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|
each time a new client connects. Lines can be commented
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|
out with the "#" character in the usual way.
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-localhost Same as "-allow 127.0.0.1".
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Note: if you want to restrict which network interface
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|
x11vnc listens on, see the -listen option below.
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E.g. "-listen localhost" or "-listen 192.168.3.21".
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As a special case, the option "-localhost" implies
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"-listen localhost".
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For non-localhost -listen usage, if you use the remote
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control mechanism (-R) to change the -listen interface
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you may need to manually adjust the -allow list (and
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vice versa) to avoid situations where no connections
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(or too many) are allowed.
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-nolookup Do not use gethostbyname() or gethostbyaddr() to look up
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host names or IP numbers. Use this if name resolution
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is incorrectly set up and leads to long pauses as name
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lookups time out, etc.
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-input string Fine tuning of allowed user input. If "string" does
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not contain a comma "," the tuning applies only to
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|
normal clients. Otherwise the part before "," is for
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|
normal clients and the part after for view-only clients.
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"K" is for Keystroke input, "M" for Mouse-motion
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|
input, "B" for Button-click input, and "C" is for
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|
Clipboard input. Their presence in the string enables
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|
that type of input. E.g. "-input M" means normal
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|
users can only move the mouse and "-input KMBC,M"
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|
lets normal users do anything and enables view-only
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|
users to move the mouse. This option is ignored when
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|
a global -viewonly is in effect (all input is discarded
|
|
|
in that case).
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-viewpasswd string Supply a 2nd password for view-only logins. The -passwd
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|
|
(full-access) password must also be supplied.
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|
-passwdfile filename Specify the libvncserver password via the first line
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|
|
of the file "filename" (instead of via -passwd on
|
|
|
the command line where others might see it via ps(1)).
|
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|
See below for how to supply multiple passwords.
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|
If the filename is prefixed with "rm:" it will be
|
|
|
removed after being read. Perhaps this is useful in
|
|
|
limiting the readability of the file. In general,
|
|
|
the password file should not be readable by untrusted
|
|
|
users (BTW: neither should the VNC -rfbauth file:
|
|
|
it is NOT encrypted).
|
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|
If the filename is prefixed with "read:" it will
|
|
|
periodically be checked for changes and reread.
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|
Note that only the first 8 characters of a password
|
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|
are used.
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|
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|
If multiple non-blank lines exist in the file they are
|
|
|
all taken as valid passwords. Blank lines are ignored.
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|
Password lines may be "commented out" (ignored) if
|
|
|
they begin with the charactor "#" or the line contains
|
|
|
the string "__SKIP__". Lines may be annotated by use
|
|
|
of the "__COMM__" string: from it to the end of the
|
|
|
line is ignored. An empty password may be specified
|
|
|
via the "__EMPTY__" string on a line by itself (note
|
|
|
your viewer might not accept empty passwords).
|
|
|
|
|
|
If the string "__BEGIN_VIEWONLY__" appears on a
|
|
|
line by itself, the remaining passwords are used for
|
|
|
viewonly access. For compatibility, as a special case
|
|
|
if the file contains only two password lines the 2nd
|
|
|
one is automatically taken as the viewonly password.
|
|
|
Otherwise the "__BEGIN_VIEWONLY__" token must be
|
|
|
used to have viewonly passwords. (tip: make the 3rd
|
|
|
and last line be "__BEGIN_VIEWONLY__" to have 2
|
|
|
full-access passwords)
|
|
|
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|
|
-unixpw [list] Use Unix username and password authentication. x11vnc
|
|
|
uses the su(1) program to verify the user's password.
|
|
|
[list] is an optional comma separated list of allowed
|
|
|
Unix usernames. See below for per-user options that
|
|
|
can be applied.
|
|
|
|
|
|
A familiar "login:" and "Password:" dialog is
|
|
|
presented to the user on a black screen inside the
|
|
|
vncviewer. The connection is dropped if the user fails
|
|
|
to supply the correct password in 3 tries or does not
|
|
|
send one before a 25 second timeout. Existing clients
|
|
|
are view-only during this period.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Since the detailed behavior of su(1) can vary from OS
|
|
|
to OS and for local configurations, please test the mode
|
|
|
carefully on your systems before using it in production.
|
|
|
E.g. try different combinations of valid/invalid
|
|
|
usernames and valid/invalid passwords to see if it
|
|
|
behaves correctly. x11vnc will be conservative and
|
|
|
reject a user if anything abnormal occurs.
|
|
|
|
|
|
For example, on FreeBSD and the other BSD's by default
|
|
|
it is impossible for the user running x11vnc to validate
|
|
|
his *own* password via su(1) (evidently commenting
|
|
|
out the pam_self.so entry in /etc/pam.d/su eliminates
|
|
|
the problem). So the x11vnc login will always fail for
|
|
|
this case. A possible workaround would be to start
|
|
|
x11vnc as root with the "-users +nobody" option to
|
|
|
immediately switch to user nobody. Another source of
|
|
|
problems are PAM modules that prompt for extra info,
|
|
|
e.g. password aging modules. These logins will fail
|
|
|
as well even when the correct password is supplied.
|
|
|
|
|
|
**IMPORTANT**: to prevent the Unix password being sent
|
|
|
in *clear text* over the network, one of two schemes
|
|
|
will be enforced: 1) the -ssl builtin SSL mode, or 2)
|
|
|
require both -localhost and -stunnel be enabled.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Method 1) ensures the traffic is encrypted between
|
|
|
viewer and server. A PEM file will be required, see the
|
|
|
discussion under -ssl below (under some circumstances
|
|
|
a temporary one can be automatically generated).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Method 2) requires the viewer connection to appear
|
|
|
to come from the same machine x11vnc is running on
|
|
|
(e.g. from a ssh -L port redirection). And that the
|
|
|
-stunnel SSL mode be used for encryption over the
|
|
|
network.(see the description of -stunnel below).
|
|
|
|
|
|
As a convenience, if you ssh(1) in and start x11vnc it
|
|
|
will check if the environment variable SSH_CONNECTION
|
|
|
is set and appears reasonable. If it does, then the
|
|
|
-ssl or -stunnel requirement will be dropped since it is
|
|
|
assumed you are using ssh for the encrypted tunnelling.
|
|
|
-localhost is still enforced. Use -ssl or -stunnel to
|
|
|
force SSL usage for this case.
|
|
|
|
|
|
To override these restrictions you can set environment
|
|
|
variables before starting x11vnc:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Set UNIXPW_DISABLE_SSL=1 to disable requiring either
|
|
|
-ssl or -stunnel. Evidently you will be using a
|
|
|
different method to encrypt the data between the
|
|
|
vncviewer and x11vnc: e.g. ssh(1) or a VPN. Note that
|
|
|
use of -localhost with ssh(1) is roughly the same as
|
|
|
requiring a Unix user login (since a Unix password or
|
|
|
the user's public key authentication is used by sshd on
|
|
|
the machine where x11vnc runs and only local connections
|
|
|
are accepted)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Set UNIXPW_DISABLE_LOCALHOST=1 to disable the -localhost
|
|
|
requirement in Method 2). One should never do this
|
|
|
(i.e. allow the Unix passwords to be sniffed on the
|
|
|
network).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Regarding reverse connections (e.g. -R connect:host),
|
|
|
if the -localhost constraint is in effect then reverse
|
|
|
connections can only be used to connect to the same
|
|
|
machine x11vnc is running on (default port 5500).
|
|
|
Please use a ssh or stunnel port redirection to the
|
|
|
viewer machine to tunnel the reverse connection over
|
|
|
an encrypted channel. Note that in -ssl mode reverse
|
|
|
connection are disabled.
|
|
|
|
|
|
XXX -inetd + -ssl
|
|
|
In -inetd mode the two settings are attempted to be
|
|
|
enforced for reverse connections. Be sure to also
|
|
|
use encryption from the viewer to inetd since x11vnc
|
|
|
cannot guess easily if it is encrpyted. Tip: you can
|
|
|
also have your own stunnel spawn x11vnc in -inetd mode
|
|
|
(i.e. bypassing inetd). See the FAQ for details.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The user names in the comma separated [list] can have
|
|
|
per-user options after a ":", e.g. "fred:opts"
|
|
|
where "opts" is a "+" separated list of
|
|
|
"viewonly", "fullaccess", "input=XXXX", or
|
|
|
"deny", e.g. "karl,fred:viewonly,boss:input=M".
|
|
|
For "input=" it is the K,M,B,C described under -input.
|
|
|
|
|
|
If a user in the list is "*" that means those
|
|
|
options apply to all users. It also means all users
|
|
|
are allowed to log in after supplying a valid password.
|
|
|
Use "deny" to explicitly deny some users if you use
|
|
|
"*" to set a global option.
|
|
|
|
|
|
There are also some tools for testing password if [list]
|
|
|
starts with the "%" character. See the quick_pw()
|
|
|
function for details.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-unixpw_nis [list] As -unixpw above, however do not use su(1) but rather
|
|
|
use the traditional getpwnam(3) + crypt(3) method
|
|
|
instead. This requires that the encrpyted passwords
|
|
|
be readable. Passwords stored in /etc/shadow will
|
|
|
be inaccessible unless run as root. This is called
|
|
|
"NIS" mode simply because in most NIS setups the
|
|
|
user encrypted passwords are accessible (e.g. "ypcat
|
|
|
passwd"). NIS is not required for this mode to work
|
|
|
(only that getpwnam(3) return the encrpyted password
|
|
|
is required), but it is unlikely it will work for any
|
|
|
other environment. All of the -unixpw options and
|
|
|
contraints apply.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-ssl [pem] Use the openssl library (www.openssl.org) to provide a
|
|
|
built-in encrypted SSL tunnel between VNC viewers and
|
|
|
x11vnc. This requires libssl support to be compiled
|
|
|
into x11vnc at build time. If x11vnc is not built
|
|
|
with libssl support it will exit immediately when -ssl
|
|
|
is prescribed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
[pem] is optional, use "-ssl /path/to/mycert.pem" to
|
|
|
specify a PEM certificate file to use to identify and
|
|
|
provide a key for this server.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Connecting VNC viewer SSL tunnels can authenticate
|
|
|
this server if they have the public key part of the
|
|
|
certificate (or a common certificate authority, CA,
|
|
|
verifies this server's cert). This is used to prevent
|
|
|
man-in-the-middle attacks. Otherwise, if the VNC viewer
|
|
|
accepts this server's key without verification, at
|
|
|
least the traffic is protected from passive sniffing
|
|
|
on the network.
|
|
|
|
|
|
If [pem] is not supplied and the openssl(1) utility
|
|
|
command exists in PATH, then a temporary, self-signed
|
|
|
certificate will be generated for this session (this
|
|
|
may take 5-20 seconds on slow machines). If openssl(1)
|
|
|
cannot be used to generate a temporary certificate
|
|
|
x11vnc exits immediately.
|
|
|
|
|
|
If successful in using openssl(1) to generate a
|
|
|
certificate, the public part of it will be displayed
|
|
|
to stdout (e.g. one could copy it to the client-side
|
|
|
to provide authentication of the server to VNC viewers.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Set the env. var. X11VNC_SHOW_TMP_PEM=1 to have x11vnc
|
|
|
print out the entire certificate, including the PRIVATE
|
|
|
KEY part, to stderr. One could reuse this cert if saved
|
|
|
in a [pem] file. Similarly, set X11VNC_KEEP_TMP_PEM=1
|
|
|
to not delete the temporary PEM file: the file name
|
|
|
will be printed to stderr (so one could move it to a
|
|
|
safe place for reuse).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reverse connections are disabled in -ssl
|
|
|
mode because the data cannot be encrypted.
|
|
|
Set X11VNC_SSL_ALLOW_REVERSE=1 to override this.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Your VNC viewer will also need to be able to connect
|
|
|
via SSL. See the discussion below under -stunnel and
|
|
|
the FAQ for how this might be achieved. E.g. on Unix it
|
|
|
is easy to write a shell script that starts up stunnel
|
|
|
and then vncviewer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-sslverify [path] For either of the -ssl or -stunnel modes, use [path]
|
|
|
to provide certificates to authenticate incoming VNC
|
|
|
client connections. This can be used as a method to
|
|
|
replace standard password authentication.
|
|
|
|
|
|
If [path] is a directory it contains the client (or CA)
|
|
|
certificates in separate files. If [path] is a file, it
|
|
|
contains multiple certificates. These correspond to the
|
|
|
"CApath = dir" and "CAfile = file" stunnel options.
|
|
|
See the stunnel(8) manpage for details.
|
|
|
|
|
|
To create certificates for all sorts of authentications
|
|
|
(clients, servers, via CA, etc) see the openssl(1)
|
|
|
command. Of particular usefulness is the x509
|
|
|
subcommand of openssl(1).
|
|
|
|
|
|
-stunnel [pem] Use the stunnel(8) (www.stunnel.org) to provide
|
|
|
an encrypted SSL tunnel between viewers and x11vnc.
|
|
|
This requires stunnel to be installed on the system and
|
|
|
available via PATH (n.b. stunnel is often installed in
|
|
|
sbin directories). Version 4.x of stunnel is assumed
|
|
|
(but see -stunnel3 below.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
[pem] is optional, use "-stunnel /path/to/stunnel.pem"
|
|
|
to specify a PEM certificate file to pass to stunnel.
|
|
|
Whether one is needed or not depends on your stunnel
|
|
|
configuration. stunnel often generates one at install
|
|
|
time.
|
|
|
|
|
|
stunnel is started up as a child process of x11vnc and
|
|
|
any SSL connections stunnel receives are decrypted and
|
|
|
sent to x11vnc over a local socket. The strings
|
|
|
"The SSL VNC desktop is ..." and "SSLPORT=..."
|
|
|
are printed out at startup.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The -localhost option is enforced by default to
|
|
|
avoid people routing around the SSL channel. Set
|
|
|
STUNNEL_DISABLE_LOCALHOST=1 to disable the requirement.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Your VNC viewer will also need to be able to connect
|
|
|
via SSL. Unfortunately not too many do this. UltraVNC
|
|
|
seems to have an encryption plugin. It is not too
|
|
|
difficult to set up an stunnel or other SSL tunnel on
|
|
|
the viewer side.
|
|
|
|
|
|
A simple example on Unix using stunnel 3.x is:
|
|
|
|
|
|
% stunnel -c -d localhost:5901 -r remotehost:5900
|
|
|
% vncviewer localhost:1
|
|
|
|
|
|
For Windows, stunnel has been ported to it and there
|
|
|
are probably other such tools available. See the FAQ
|
|
|
for more examples.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-stunnel3 [pem] Use version 3.x stunnel command line syntax instead of
|
|
|
version 4.x
|
|
|
|
|
|
-usepw If no other password method was supplied on the command
|
|
|
line, first look for ~/.vnc/passwd and if found use it
|
|
|
with -rfbauth; next, look for ~/.vnc/passwdfile and
|
|
|
use it with -passwdfile; otherwise, prompt the user
|
|
|
for a password to create ~/.vnc/passwd and use it with
|
|
|
the -rfbauth option. If none of these succeed x11vnc
|
|
|
exits immediately.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: -unixpw currently does not count as a password
|
|
|
method by this option.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-storepasswd pass file Store password "pass" as the VNC password in the
|
|
|
file "file". Once the password is stored the
|
|
|
program exits. Use the password via "-rfbauth file"
|
|
|
|
|
|
If called with no arguments, i.e., "-storepasswd",
|
|
|
the user is prompted for a password and it is stored
|
|
|
in the file ~/.vnc/passwd
|
|
|
|
|
|
-nopw Disable the big warning message when you use x11vnc
|
|
|
without some sort of password.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-accept string Run a command (possibly to prompt the user at the
|
|
|
X11 display) to decide whether an incoming client
|
|
|
should be allowed to connect or not. "string" is
|
|
|
an external command run via system(3) or some special
|
|
|
cases described below. Be sure to quote "string"
|
|
|
if it contains spaces, shell characters, etc. If the
|
|
|
external command returns 0 the client is accepted,
|
|
|
otherwise the client is rejected. See below for an
|
|
|
extension to accept a client view-only.
|
|
|
|
|
|
If x11vnc is running as root (say from inetd(1) or from
|
|
|
display managers xdm(1), gdm(1), etc), think about the
|
|
|
security implications carefully before supplying this
|
|
|
option (likewise for the -gone option).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Environment: The RFB_CLIENT_IP environment variable will
|
|
|
be set to the incoming client IP number and the port
|
|
|
in RFB_CLIENT_PORT (or -1 if unavailable). Similarly,
|
|
|
RFB_SERVER_IP and RFB_SERVER_PORT (the x11vnc side
|
|
|
of the connection), are set to allow identification
|
|
|
of the tcp virtual circuit. The x11vnc process
|
|
|
id will be in RFB_X11VNC_PID, a client id number in
|
|
|
RFB_CLIENT_ID, and the number of other connected clients
|
|
|
in RFB_CLIENT_COUNT. RFB_MODE will be "accept".
|
|
|
RFB_STATE will be PROTOCOL_VERSION, SECURITY_TYPE,
|
|
|
AUTHENTICATION, INITIALISATION, NORMAL, or UNKNOWN
|
|
|
indicating up to which state the client has acheived.
|
|
|
RFB_LOGIN_VIEWONLY will be 0, 1, or -1 (unknown).
|
|
|
RFB_USERNAME, RFB_LOGIN_TIME, and RFB_CURRENT_TIME may
|
|
|
also be set.
|
|
|
|
|
|
If "string" is "popup" then a builtin popup window
|
|
|
is used. The popup will time out after 120 seconds,
|
|
|
use "popup:N" to modify the timeout to N seconds
|
|
|
(use 0 for no timeout).
|
|
|
|
|
|
If "string" is "xmessage" then an xmessage(1)
|
|
|
invocation is used for the command. xmessage must be
|
|
|
installed on the machine for this to work.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Both "popup" and "xmessage" will present an option
|
|
|
for accepting the client "View-Only" (the client
|
|
|
can only watch). This option will not be presented if
|
|
|
-viewonly has been specified, in which case the entire
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display is view only.
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If the user supplied command is prefixed with something
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like "yes:0,no:*,view:3 mycommand ..." then this
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associates the numerical command return code with
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the actions: accept, reject, and accept-view-only,
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respectively. Use "*" instead of a number to indicate
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the default action (in case the command returns an
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unexpected value). E.g. "no:*" is a good choice.
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Note that x11vnc blocks while the external command
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or popup is running (other clients may see no updates
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during this period). So a person sitting a the physical
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display is needed to respond to an popup prompt. (use
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a 2nd x11vnc if you lock yourself out).
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More -accept tricks: use "popupmouse" to only allow
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mouse clicks in the builtin popup to be recognized.
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Similarly use "popupkey" to only recognize
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keystroke responses. These are to help avoid the
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user accidentally accepting a client by typing or
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clicking. All 3 of the popup keywords can be followed
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by +N+M to supply a position for the popup window.
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The default is to center the popup window.
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-afteraccept string As -accept, except to run a user supplied command after
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a client has been accepted and authenticated. RFB_MODE
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will be set to "afteraccept" and the other RFB_*
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variables are as in -accept. Unlike -accept, the
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command return code is not interpreted by x11vnc.
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Example: -afteraccept 'killall xlock &'
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-gone string As -accept, except to run a user supplied command when
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a client goes away (disconnects). RFB_MODE will be
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set to "gone" and the other RFB_* variables are as
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in -accept. The "popup" actions apply as well.
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Unlike -accept, the command return code is not
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interpreted by x11vnc. Example: -gone 'xlock &'
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-users list If x11vnc is started as root (say from inetd(1) or from
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display managers xdm(1), gdm(1), etc), then as soon
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as possible after connections to the X display are
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established try to switch to one of the users in the
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comma separated "list". If x11vnc is not running as
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root this option is ignored.
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Why use this option? In general it is not needed since
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x11vnc is already connected to the X display and can
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perform its primary functions. The option was added
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to make some of the *external* utility commands x11vnc
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occasionally runs work properly. In particular under
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GNOME and KDE to implement the "-solid color" feature
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external commands (gconftool-2 and dcop) must be run
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as the user owning the desktop session. Since this
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option switches userid it also affects the userid used
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to run the processes for the -accept and -gone options.
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It also affects the ability to read files for options
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such as -connect, -allow, and -remap. Note that the
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-connect file is also sometimes written to.
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So be careful with this option since in many situations
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its use can decrease security.
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The switch to a user will only take place if the
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display can still be successfully opened as that user
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(this is primarily to try to guess the actual owner
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of the session). Example: "-users fred,wilma,betty".
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Note that a malicious user "barney" by quickly using
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"xhost +" when logging in may get x11vnc to switch
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to user "fred". What happens next?
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Under display managers it may be a long time before
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the switch succeeds (i.e. a user logs in). To make
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it switch immediately regardless if the display
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can be reopened prefix the username with the "+"
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character. E.g. "-users +bob" or "-users +nobody".
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The latter (i.e. switching immediately to user
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"nobody") is probably the only use of this option
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that increases security.
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To immediately switch to a user *before* connections
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to the X display are made or any files opened use the
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"=" character: "-users =bob". That user needs to
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be able to open the X display of course.
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The special user "guess=" means to examine the utmpx
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database (see who(1)) looking for a user attached to
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the display number (from DISPLAY or -display option)
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and try him/her. To limit the list of guesses, use:
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"-users guess=bob,betty".
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Even more sinister is the special user "lurk=" that
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means to try to guess the DISPLAY from the utmpx login
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database as well. So it "lurks" waiting for anyone
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to log into an X session and then connects to it.
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Specify a list of users after the = to limit which
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users will be tried. To enable a different searching
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mode, if the first user in the list is something like
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":0" or ":0-2" that indicates a range of DISPLAY
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numbers that will be tried (regardless of whether
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they are in the utmpx database) for all users that
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are logged in. Examples: "-users lurk=" and also
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"-users lurk=:0-1,bob,mary"
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Be especially careful using the "guess=" and "lurk="
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modes. They are not recommended for use on machines
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with untrustworthy local users.
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-noshm Do not use the MIT-SHM extension for the polling.
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Remote displays can be polled this way: be careful this
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|
can use large amounts of network bandwidth. This is
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also of use if the local machine has a limited number
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|
of shm segments and -onetile is not sufficient.
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-flipbyteorder Sometimes needed if remotely polled host has different
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endianness. Ignored unless -noshm is set.
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-onetile Do not use the new copy_tiles() framebuffer mechanism,
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|
just use 1 shm tile for polling. Limits shm segments
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|
used to 3.
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-solid [color] To improve performance, when VNC clients are connected
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|
try to change the desktop background to a solid color.
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|
The [color] is optional: the default color is "cyan4".
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|
For a different one specify the X color (rgb.txt name,
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|
e.g. "darkblue" or numerical "#RRGGBB").
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Currently this option only works on GNOME, KDE, CDE,
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|
and classic X (i.e. with the background image on the
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|
root window). The "gconftool-2" and "dcop" external
|
|
|
commands are run for GNOME and KDE respectively.
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|
Other desktops won't work, e.g. Xfce (send us the
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|
|
corresponding commands if you find them). If x11vnc is
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|
running as root (inetd(1) or gdm(1)), the -users option
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|
|
may be needed for GNOME and KDE. If x11vnc guesses
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|
|
your desktop incorrectly, you can force it by prefixing
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|
color with "gnome:", "kde:", "cde:" or "root:".
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|
-blackout string Black out rectangles on the screen. "string" is a
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|
comma separated list of WxH+X+Y type geometries for
|
|
|
each rectangle. If one of the items on the list is the
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|
string "noptr" the mouse pointer will not be allowed
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|
|
to go into a blacked out region.
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|
-xinerama If your screen is composed of multiple monitors
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|
glued together via XINERAMA, and that screen is
|
|
|
not a rectangle this option will try to guess the
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|
areas to black out (if your system has libXinerama).
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|
In general, we have noticed on XINERAMA displays you
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|
|
may need to use the "-xwarppointer" option if the mouse
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|
|
pointer misbehaves.
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|
-xtrap Use the DEC-XTRAP extension for keystroke and mouse
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|
|
input insertion. For use on legacy systems, e.g. X11R5,
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|
|
running an incomplete or missing XTEST extension.
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|
By default DEC-XTRAP will be used if XTEST server grab
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|
control is missing, use -xtrap to do the keystroke and
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|
|
mouse insertion via DEC-XTRAP as well.
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-xrandr [mode] If the display supports the XRANDR (X Resize, Rotate
|
|
|
and Reflection) extension, and you expect XRANDR events
|
|
|
to occur to the display while x11vnc is running, this
|
|
|
options indicates x11vnc should try to respond to
|
|
|
them (as opposed to simply crashing by assuming the
|
|
|
old screen size). See the xrandr(1) manpage and run
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|
'xrandr -q' for more info. [mode] is optional and
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|
|
described below.
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|
Since watching for XRANDR events and trapping errors
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|
|
increases polling overhead, only use this option if
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|
|
XRANDR changes are expected. For example on a rotatable
|
|
|
screen PDA or laptop, or using a XRANDR-aware Desktop
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|
|
where you resize often. It is best to be viewing with a
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|
|
vncviewer that supports the NewFBSize encoding, since it
|
|
|
knows how to react to screen size changes. Otherwise,
|
|
|
libvncserver tries to do so something reasonable for
|
|
|
viewers that cannot do this (portions of the screen
|
|
|
may be clipped, unused, etc).
|
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|
|
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|
"mode" defaults to "resize", which means create a
|
|
|
new, resized, framebuffer and hope all viewers can cope
|
|
|
with the change. "newfbsize" means first disconnect
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|
|
all viewers that do not support the NewFBSize VNC
|
|
|
encoding, and then resize the framebuffer. "exit"
|
|
|
means disconnect all viewer clients, and then terminate
|
|
|
x11vnc.
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|
-padgeom WxH Whenever a new vncviewer connects, the framebuffer is
|
|
|
replaced with a fake, solid black one of geometry WxH.
|
|
|
Shortly afterwards the framebuffer is replaced with the
|
|
|
real one. This is intended for use with vncviewers
|
|
|
that do not support NewFBSize and one wants to make
|
|
|
sure the initial viewer geometry will be big enough
|
|
|
to handle all subsequent resizes (e.g. under -xrandr,
|
|
|
-remote id:windowid, rescaling, etc.)
|
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|
-o logfile Write stderr messages to file "logfile" instead of
|
|
|
to the terminal. Same as "-logfile file". To append
|
|
|
to the file use "-oa file" or "-logappend file".
|
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|
-flag file Write the "PORT=NNNN" (e.g. PORT=5900) string to
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|
|
"file" in addition to stdout. This option could be
|
|
|
useful by wrapper script to detect when x11vnc is ready.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-rc filename Use "filename" instead of $HOME/.x11vncrc for rc file.
|
|
|
-norc Do not process any .x11vncrc file for options.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-h, -help Print this help text.
|
|
|
-?, -opts Only list the x11vnc options.
|
|
|
-V, -version Print program version and last modification date.
|
|
|
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|
|
-dbg Instead of exiting after cleaning up, run a simple
|
|
|
"debug crash shell" when fatal errors are trapped.
|
|
|
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|
|
-q Be quiet by printing less informational output to
|
|
|
stderr. Same as -quiet.
|
|
|
-bg Go into the background after screen setup. Messages to
|
|
|
stderr are lost unless -o logfile is used. Something
|
|
|
like this could be useful in a script:
|
|
|
port=`ssh $host "x11vnc -display :0 -bg" | grep PORT`
|
|
|
port=`echo "$port" | sed -e 's/PORT=//'`
|
|
|
port=`expr $port - 5900`
|
|
|
vncviewer $host:$port
|
|
|
|
|
|
-modtweak Option -modtweak automatically tries to adjust the AltGr
|
|
|
-nomodtweak and Shift modifiers for differing language keyboards
|
|
|
between client and host. Otherwise, only a single key
|
|
|
press/release of a Keycode is simulated (i.e. ignoring
|
|
|
the state of the modifiers: this usually works for
|
|
|
identical keyboards). Also useful in resolving cases
|
|
|
where a Keysym is bound to multiple keys (e.g. "<" + ">"
|
|
|
and "," + "<" keys). Default: -modtweak
|
|
|
-xkb When in modtweak mode, use the XKEYBOARD extension (if
|
|
|
-noxkb the X display supports it) to do the modifier tweaking.
|
|
|
This is powerful and should be tried if there are still
|
|
|
keymapping problems when using -modtweak by itself.
|
|
|
The default is to check whether some common keysyms,
|
|
|
e.g. !, @, [, are only accessible via -xkb mode and if
|
|
|
so then automatically enable the mode. To disable this
|
|
|
automatic detection use -noxkb.
|
|
|
-skip_keycodes string Ignore the comma separated list of decimal keycodes.
|
|
|
Perhaps these are keycodes not on your keyboard but
|
|
|
your X server thinks exist. Currently only applies
|
|
|
to -xkb mode. Use this option to help x11vnc in the
|
|
|
reverse problem it tries to solve: Keysym -> Keycode(s)
|
|
|
when ambiguities exist (more than one Keycode per
|
|
|
Keysym). Run 'xmodmap -pk' to see your keymapping.
|
|
|
Example: "-skip_keycodes 94,114"
|
|
|
-sloppy_keys Experimental option that tries to correct some
|
|
|
"sloppy" key behavior. E.g. if at the viewer you
|
|
|
press Shift+Key but then release the Shift before
|
|
|
Key that could give rise to extra unwanted characters
|
|
|
(usually only between keyboards of different languages).
|
|
|
Only use this option if you observe problems with
|
|
|
some keystrokes.
|
|
|
-skip_dups Some VNC viewers send impossible repeated key events,
|
|
|
-noskip_dups e.g. key-down, key-down, key-up, key-up all for the same
|
|
|
key, or 20 downs in a row for the same modifier key!
|
|
|
Setting -skip_dups means to skip these duplicates and
|
|
|
just process the first event. Note: some VNC viewers
|
|
|
assume they can send down's without the corresponding
|
|
|
up's and so you should not set this option for
|
|
|
these viewers (symptom: some keys do not autorepeat)
|
|
|
Default: -noskip_dups
|
|
|
-add_keysyms If a Keysym is received from a VNC viewer and that
|
|
|
-noadd_keysyms Keysym does not exist in the X server, then add the
|
|
|
Keysym to the X server's keyboard mapping on an unused
|
|
|
key. Added Keysyms will be removed periodically and
|
|
|
also when x11vnc exits. Default: -add_keysyms
|
|
|
-clear_mods At startup and exit clear the modifier keys by sending
|
|
|
KeyRelease for each one. The Lock modifiers are skipped.
|
|
|
Used to clear the state if the display was accidentally
|
|
|
left with any pressed down.
|
|
|
-clear_keys As -clear_mods, except try to release any pressed key.
|
|
|
Note that this option and -clear_mods can interfere
|
|
|
with a person typing at the physical keyboard.
|
|
|
-remap string Read Keysym remappings from file named "string".
|
|
|
Format is one pair of Keysyms per line (can be name
|
|
|
or hex value) separated by a space. If no file named
|
|
|
"string" exists, it is instead interpreted as this
|
|
|
form: key1-key2,key3-key4,... See <X11/keysymdef.h>
|
|
|
header file for a list of Keysym names, or use xev(1).
|
|
|
To map a key to a button click, use the fake Keysyms
|
|
|
"Button1", ..., etc. E.g: "-remap Super_R-Button2"
|
|
|
(useful for pasting on a laptop)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dead keys: "dead" (or silent, mute) keys are keys that
|
|
|
do not produce a character but must be followed by a 2nd
|
|
|
keystroke. This is often used for accenting characters,
|
|
|
e.g. to put "`" on top of "a" by pressing the dead
|
|
|
key and then "a". Note that this interpretation
|
|
|
is not part of core X11, it is up to the toolkit or
|
|
|
application to decide how to react to the sequence.
|
|
|
The X11 names for these keysyms are "dead_grave",
|
|
|
"dead_acute", etc. However some VNC viewers send the
|
|
|
keysyms "grave", "acute" instead thereby disabling
|
|
|
the accenting. To work around this -remap can be used.
|
|
|
For example "-remap grave-dead_grave,acute-dead_acute"
|
|
|
As a convenience, "-remap DEAD" applies these remaps:
|
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|
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|
|
g grave-dead_grave
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|
a acute-dead_acute
|
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|
c asciicircum-dead_circumflex
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|
t asciitilde-dead_tilde
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|
|
m macron-dead_macron
|
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|
b breve-dead_breve
|
|
|
D abovedot-dead_abovedot
|
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|
d diaeresis-dead_diaeresis
|
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|
o degree-dead_abovering
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|
|
A doubleacute-dead_doubleacute
|
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|
r caron-dead_caron
|
|
|
e cedilla-dead_cedilla
|
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|
|
|
If you just want a subset use the first letter
|
|
|
label, e.g. "-remap DEAD=ga" to get the first two.
|
|
|
Additional remaps may also be supplied via commas,
|
|
|
e.g. "-remap DEAD=ga,Super_R-Button2". Finally,
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|
|
"DEAD=missing" means to apply all of the above as
|
|
|
long as the left hand member is not already in the
|
|
|
X11 keymap.
|
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|
|
|
|
-norepeat Option -norepeat disables X server key auto repeat when
|
|
|
-repeat VNC clients are connected and VNC keyboard input is
|
|
|
not idle for more than 5 minutes. This works around a
|
|
|
repeating keystrokes bug (triggered by long processing
|
|
|
delays between key down and key up client events: either
|
|
|
from large screen changes or high latency).
|
|
|
Default: -norepeat
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: your VNC viewer side will likely do autorepeating,
|
|
|
so this is no loss unless someone is simultaneously at
|
|
|
the real X display.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Use "-norepeat N" to set how many times norepeat will
|
|
|
be reset if something else (e.g. X session manager)
|
|
|
undoes it. The default is 2. Use a negative value
|
|
|
for unlimited resets.
|
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|
-nofb Ignore video framebuffer: only process keyboard and
|
|
|
pointer. Intended for use with Win2VNC and x2vnc
|
|
|
dual-monitor setups.
|
|
|
-nobell Do not watch for XBell events. (no beeps will be heard)
|
|
|
Note: XBell monitoring requires the XKEYBOARD extension.
|
|
|
-nosel Do not manage exchange of X selection/cutbuffer between
|
|
|
VNC viewers and the X server at all.
|
|
|
-noprimary Do not poll the PRIMARY selection for changes to send
|
|
|
back to clients. (PRIMARY is still set on received
|
|
|
changes, however).
|
|
|
-nosetprimary Do not set the PRIMARY selection for changes received
|
|
|
from VNC clients.
|
|
|
-noclipboard Do not poll the CLIPBOARD selection for changes to send
|
|
|
back to clients. (CLIPBOARD is still set on received
|
|
|
changes, however).
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|
|
-nosetclipboard Do not set the CLIPBOARD selection for changes
|
|
|
received from VNC clients.
|
|
|
-seldir string If direction string is "send", only send the selection
|
|
|
to viewers, and if it is "recv" only receive it from
|
|
|
viewers. To work around apps setting the selection
|
|
|
too frequently and messing up the other end. You can
|
|
|
actually supply a comma separated list of directions,
|
|
|
including "debug" to turn on debugging output.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-cursor [mode] Sets how the pointer cursor shape (little icon at the
|
|
|
-nocursor mouse pointer) should be handled. The "mode" string
|
|
|
is optional and is described below. The default
|
|
|
is to show some sort of cursor shape(s). How this
|
|
|
is done depends on the VNC viewer and the X server.
|
|
|
Use -nocursor to disable cursor shapes completely.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Some VNC viewers support the TightVNC CursorPosUpdates
|
|
|
and CursorShapeUpdates extensions (cuts down on
|
|
|
network traffic by not having to send the cursor image
|
|
|
every time the pointer is moved), in which case these
|
|
|
extensions are used (see -nocursorshape and -nocursorpos
|
|
|
below to disable). For other viewers the cursor shape
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is written directly to the framebuffer every time the
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pointer is moved or changed and gets sent along with
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the other framebuffer updates. In this case, there
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will be some lag between the vnc viewer pointer and
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the remote cursor position.
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If the X display supports retrieving the cursor shape
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information from the X server, then the default is
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to use that mode. On Solaris this can be done with
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the SUN_OVL extension using -overlay (see also the
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-overlay_nocursor option). A similar overlay scheme
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is used on IRIX. Xorg (e.g. Linux) and recent Solaris
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Xsun servers support the XFIXES extension to retrieve
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the exact cursor shape from the X server. If XFIXES
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is present it is preferred over Overlay and is used by
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default (see -noxfixes below). This can be disabled
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with -nocursor, and also some values of the "mode"
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option below.
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Note that under XFIXES cursors with transparency (alpha
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channel) will usually not be exactly represented and one
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may find Overlay preferable. See also the -alphacut
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and -alphafrac options below as fudge factors to try
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to improve the situation for cursors with transparency
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for a given theme.
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The "mode" string can be used to fine-tune the
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displaying of cursor shapes. It can be used the
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following ways:
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"-cursor arrow" - just show the standard arrow
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nothing more or nothing less.
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"-cursor none" - same as "-nocursor"
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"-cursor X" - when the cursor appears to be on the
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root window, draw the familiar X shape. Some desktops
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such as GNOME cover up the root window completely,
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and so this will not work, try "X1", etc, to try to
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shift the tree depth. On high latency links or slow
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machines there will be a time lag between expected and
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the actual cursor shape.
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"-cursor some" - like "X" but use additional
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heuristics to try to guess if the window should have
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a windowmanager-like resizer cursor or a text input
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I-beam cursor. This is a complete hack, but may be
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useful in some situations because it provides a little
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more feedback about the cursor shape.
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"-cursor most" - try to show as many cursors as
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possible. Often this will only be the same as "some"
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unless the display has overlay visuals or XFIXES
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extensions available. On Solaris and IRIX if XFIXES
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is not available, -overlay mode will be attempted.
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-arrow n Choose an alternate "arrow" cursor from a set of
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some common ones. n can be 1 to 6. Default is: 1
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Ignored when in XFIXES cursor-grabbing mode.
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-noxfixes Do not use the XFIXES extension to draw the exact cursor
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shape even if it is available.
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-alphacut n When using the XFIXES extension for the cursor shape,
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cursors with transparency will not usually be displayed
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exactly (but opaque ones will). This option sets n as
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a cutoff for cursors that have transparency ("alpha
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channel" with values ranging from 0 to 255) Any cursor
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pixel with alpha value less than n becomes completely
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transparent. Otherwise the pixel is completely opaque.
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Default 240
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-alphafrac fraction With the threshold in -alphacut some cursors will become
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almost completely transparent because their alpha values
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are not high enough. For those cursors adjust the
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alpha threshold until fraction of the non-zero alpha
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|
channel pixels become opaque. Default 0.33
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-alpharemove By default, XFIXES cursors pixels with transparency have
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the alpha factor multiplied into the RGB color values
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(i.e. that corresponding to blending the cursor with a
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black background). Specify this option to remove the
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alpha factor. (useful for light colored semi-transparent
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cursors).
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-noalphablend In XFIXES mode do not send cursor alpha channel data
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|
to libvncserver. The default is to send it. The
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|
alphablend effect will only be visible in -nocursorshape
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|
mode or for clients with cursorshapeupdates turned
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|
off. (However there is a hack for 32bpp with depth 24,
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|
it uses the extra 8 bits to store cursor transparency
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|
for use with a hacked vncviewer that applies the
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|
|
transparency locally. See the FAQ for more info).
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-nocursorshape Do not use the TightVNC CursorShapeUpdates extension
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|
even if clients support it. See -cursor above.
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|
-cursorpos Option -cursorpos enables sending the X cursor position
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|
-nocursorpos back to all vnc clients that support the TightVNC
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|
CursorPosUpdates extension. Other clients will be able
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|
to see the pointer motions. Default: -cursorpos
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|
-xwarppointer Move the pointer with XWarpPointer(3X) instead of
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|
the XTEST extension. Use this as a workaround
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|
if the pointer motion behaves incorrectly, e.g.
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|
on touchscreens or other non-standard setups.
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|
Also sometimes needed on XINERAMA displays.
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|
-buttonmap string String to remap mouse buttons. Format: IJK-LMN, this
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|
maps buttons I -> L, etc., e.g. -buttonmap 13-31
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|
Button presses can also be mapped to keystrokes: replace
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|
a button digit on the right of the dash with :<sym>:
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|
or :<sym1>+<sym2>: etc. for multiple keys. For example,
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|
|
if the viewing machine has a mouse-wheel (buttons 4 5)
|
|
|
but the x11vnc side does not, these will do scrolls:
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|
-buttonmap 12345-123:Prior::Next:
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|
-buttonmap 12345-123:Up+Up+Up::Down+Down+Down:
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|
See <X11/keysymdef.h> header file for a list of Keysyms,
|
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|
or use the xev(1) program. Note: mapping of button
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|
clicks to Keysyms may not work if -modtweak or -xkb is
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|
needed for the Keysym.
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|
If you include a modifier like "Shift_L" the
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|
modifier's up/down state is toggled, e.g. to send
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|
"The" use :Shift_L+t+Shift_L+h+e: (the 1st one is
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|
shift down and the 2nd one is shift up). (note: the
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|
initial state of the modifier is ignored and not reset)
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|
To include button events use "Button1", ... etc.
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|
-nodragging Do not update the display during mouse dragging events
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|
(mouse button held down). Greatly improves response on
|
|
|
slow setups, but you lose all visual feedback for drags,
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|
text selection, and some menu traversals. It overrides
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|
any -pointer_mode setting.
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|
-wireframe [str] Try to detect window moves or resizes when a mouse
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|
-nowireframe button is held down and show a wireframe instead of
|
|
|
the full opaque window. This is based completely on
|
|
|
heuristics and may not always work: it depends on your
|
|
|
window manager and even how you move things around.
|
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|
See -pointer_mode below for discussion of the "bogging
|
|
|
down" problem this tries to avoid.
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|
Default: -wireframe
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|
Shorter aliases: -wf [str] and -nowf
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|
The value "str" is optional and, of course, is
|
|
|
packed with many tunable parameters for this scheme:
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|
Format: shade,linewidth,percent,T+B+L+R,mod,t1+t2+t3+t4
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|
Default: 0xff,3,0,32+8+8+8,all,0.15+0.30+5.0+0.125
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|
If you leave nothing between commas: ",," the default
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|
|
value is used. If you don't specify enough commas,
|
|
|
the trailing parameters are set to their defaults.
|
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|
"shade" indicate the "color" for the wireframe,
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|
|
usually a greyscale: 0-255, however for 16 and 32bpp you
|
|
|
can specify an rgb.txt X color (e.g. "dodgerblue") or
|
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|
a value > 255 is treated as RGB (e.g. red is 0xff0000).
|
|
|
"linewidth" sets the width of the wireframe in pixels.
|
|
|
"percent" indicates to not apply the wireframe scheme
|
|
|
to windows with area less than this percent of the
|
|
|
full screen.
|
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|
|
|
|
"T+B+L+R" indicates four integers for how close in
|
|
|
pixels the pointer has to be from the Top, Bottom, Left,
|
|
|
or Right edges of the window to consider wireframing.
|
|
|
This is a speedup to quickly exclude a window from being
|
|
|
wireframed: set them all to zero to not try the speedup
|
|
|
(scrolling and selecting text will likely be slower).
|
|
|
|
|
|
"mod" specifies if a button down event in the
|
|
|
interior of the window with a modifier key (Alt, Shift,
|
|
|
etc.) down should indicate a wireframe opportunity.
|
|
|
It can be "0" or "none" to skip it, "1" or "all"
|
|
|
to apply it to any modifier, or "Shift", "Alt",
|
|
|
"Control", "Meta", "Super", or "Hyper" to only
|
|
|
apply for that type of modifier key.
|
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|
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|
|
"t1+t2+t3+t4" specify four floating point times in
|
|
|
seconds: t1 is how long to wait for the pointer to move,
|
|
|
t2 is how long to wait for the window to start moving
|
|
|
or being resized (for some window managers this can be
|
|
|
rather long), t3 is how long to keep a wireframe moving
|
|
|
before repainting the window. t4 is the minimum time
|
|
|
between sending wireframe "animations". If a slow
|
|
|
link is detected, these values may be automatically
|
|
|
changed to something better for a slow link.
|
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|
|
|
-wirecopyrect mode Since the -wireframe mechanism evidently tracks moving
|
|
|
-nowirecopyrect windows accurately, a speedup can be obtained by
|
|
|
telling the VNC viewers to locally copy the translated
|
|
|
window region. This is the VNC CopyRect encoding:
|
|
|
the framebuffer update doesn't need to send the actual
|
|
|
new image data.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shorter aliases: -wcr [mode] and -nowcr
|
|
|
|
|
|
"mode" can be "never" (same as -nowirecopyrect)
|
|
|
to never try the copyrect, "top" means only do it if
|
|
|
the window was not covered by any other windows, and
|
|
|
"always" means to translate the orginally unobscured
|
|
|
region (this may look odd as the remaining pieces come
|
|
|
in, but helps on a slow link). Default: "always"
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: there can be painting errors or slow response
|
|
|
when using -scale so you may want to disable CopyRect
|
|
|
in this case "-wirecopyrect never" on the command
|
|
|
line or by remote-control. Or you can also use the
|
|
|
"-scale xxx:nocr" scale option.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-debug_wireframe Turn on debugging info printout for the wireframe
|
|
|
heuristics. "-dwf" is an alias. Specify multiple
|
|
|
times for more output.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-scrollcopyrect mode Like -wirecopyrect, but use heuristics to try to guess
|
|
|
-noscrollcopyrect if a window has scrolled its contents (either vertically
|
|
|
or horizontally). This requires the RECORD X extension
|
|
|
to "snoop" on X applications (currently for certain
|
|
|
XCopyArea and XConfigureWindow X protocol requests).
|
|
|
Examples: Hitting <Return> in a terminal window when the
|
|
|
cursor was at the bottom, the text scrolls up one line.
|
|
|
Hitting <Down> arrow in a web browser window, the web
|
|
|
page scrolls up a small amount. Or scrolling with a
|
|
|
scrollbar or mouse wheel.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shorter aliases: -scr [mode] and -noscr
|
|
|
|
|
|
This scheme will not always detect scrolls, but when
|
|
|
it does there is a nice speedup from using the VNC
|
|
|
CopyRect encoding (see -wirecopyrect). The speedup
|
|
|
is both in reduced network traffic and reduced X
|
|
|
framebuffer polling/copying. On the other hand, it may
|
|
|
induce undesired transients (e.g. a terminal cursor
|
|
|
being scrolled up when it should not be) or other
|
|
|
painting errors (window tearing, bunching-up, etc).
|
|
|
These are automatically repaired in a short period
|
|
|
of time. If this is unacceptable disable the feature
|
|
|
with -noscrollcopyrect.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Screen clearing kludges: for testing at least, there
|
|
|
are some "magic key sequences" (must be done in less
|
|
|
than 1 second) to aid repairing painting errors that
|
|
|
may be seen when using this mode:
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 Alt_L's in a row: resend whole screen,
|
|
|
4 Alt_L's in a row: reread and resend whole screen,
|
|
|
3 Super_L's in a row: mark whole screen for polling,
|
|
|
4 Super_L's in a row: reset RECORD context,
|
|
|
5 Super_L's in a row: try to push a black screen
|
|
|
|
|
|
note: Alt_L is the Left "Alt" key (a single key)
|
|
|
Super_L is the Left "Super" key (Windows flag).
|
|
|
Both of these are modifier keys, and so should not
|
|
|
generate characters when pressed by themselves. Also,
|
|
|
your VNC viewer may have its own refresh hot-key
|
|
|
or button.
|
|
|
|
|
|
"mode" can be "never" (same as -noscrollcopyrect)
|
|
|
to never try the copyrect, "keys" means to try it
|
|
|
in response to keystrokes only, "mouse" means to
|
|
|
try it in response to mouse events only, "always"
|
|
|
means to do both. Default: "always"
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: there can be painting errors or slow response
|
|
|
when using -scale so you may want to disable CopyRect
|
|
|
in this case "-scrollcopyrect never" on the command
|
|
|
line or by remote-control. Or you can also use the
|
|
|
"-scale xxx:nocr" scale option.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-scr_area n Set the minimum area in pixels for a rectangle
|
|
|
to be considered for the -scrollcopyrect detection
|
|
|
scheme. This is to avoid wasting the effort on small
|
|
|
rectangles that would be quickly updated the normal way.
|
|
|
E.g. suppose an app updated the position of its skinny
|
|
|
scrollbar first and then shifted the large panel
|
|
|
it controlled. We want to be sure to skip the small
|
|
|
scrollbar and get the large panel. Default: 60000
|
|
|
|
|
|
-scr_skip list Skip scroll detection for applications matching
|
|
|
the comma separated list of strings in "list".
|
|
|
Some applications implement their scrolling in
|
|
|
strange ways where the XCopyArea, etc, also applies
|
|
|
to invisible portions of the window: if we CopyRect
|
|
|
those areas it looks awful during the scroll and
|
|
|
there may be painting errors left after the scroll.
|
|
|
Soffice.bin is the worst known offender.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Use "##" to denote the start of the application class
|
|
|
(e.g. "##XTerm") and "++" to denote the start
|
|
|
of the application instance name (e.g. "++xterm").
|
|
|
The string your list is matched against is of the form
|
|
|
"^^WM_NAME##Class++Instance<same-for-any-subwindows>"
|
|
|
The "xlsclients -la" command will provide this info.
|
|
|
|
|
|
If a pattern is prefixed with "KEY:" it only applies
|
|
|
to Keystroke generated scrolls (e.g. Up arrow). If it
|
|
|
is prefixed with "MOUSE:" it only applies to Mouse
|
|
|
induced scrolls (e.g. dragging on a scrollbar).
|
|
|
Default: ##Soffice.bin,##StarOffice
|
|
|
|
|
|
-scr_inc list Opposite of -scr_skip: this list is consulted first
|
|
|
and if there is a match the window will be monitored
|
|
|
via RECORD for scrolls irrespective of -scr_skip.
|
|
|
Use -scr_skip '*' to skip anything that does not match
|
|
|
your -scr_inc. Use -scr_inc '*' to include everything.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-scr_keys list For keystroke scroll detection, only apply the RECORD
|
|
|
heuristics to the comma separated list of keysyms in
|
|
|
"list". You may find the RECORD overhead for every
|
|
|
one of your keystrokes disrupts typing too much, but you
|
|
|
don't want to turn it off completely with "-scr mouse"
|
|
|
and -scr_parms does not work or is too confusing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The listed keysyms can be numeric or the keysym
|
|
|
names in the <X11/keysymdef.h> header file or from the
|
|
|
xev(1) program. Example: "-scr_keys Up,Down,Return".
|
|
|
One probably wants to have application specific lists
|
|
|
(e.g. for terminals, etc) but that is too icky to think
|
|
|
about for now...
|
|
|
|
|
|
If "list" begins with the "-" character the list
|
|
|
is taken as an exclude list: all keysyms except those
|
|
|
list will be considered. The special string "builtin"
|
|
|
expands to an internal list of keysyms that are likely
|
|
|
to cause scrolls. BTW, by default modifier keys,
|
|
|
Shift_L, Control_R, etc, are skipped since they almost
|
|
|
never induce scrolling by themselves.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-scr_term list Yet another cosmetic kludge. Apply shell/terminal
|
|
|
heuristics to applications matching comma separated
|
|
|
list (same as for -scr_skip/-scr_inc). For example an
|
|
|
annoying transient under scroll detection is if you
|
|
|
hit Enter in a terminal shell with full text window,
|
|
|
the solid text cursor block will be scrolled up.
|
|
|
So for a short time there are two (or more) block
|
|
|
cursors on the screen. There are similar scenarios,
|
|
|
(e.g. an output line is duplicated).
|
|
|
|
|
|
These transients are induced by the approximation of
|
|
|
scroll detection (e.g. it detects the scroll, but not
|
|
|
the fact that the block cursor was cleared just before
|
|
|
the scroll). In nearly all cases these transient errors
|
|
|
are repaired when the true X framebuffer is consulted
|
|
|
by the normal polling. But they are distracting, so
|
|
|
what this option provides is extra "padding" near the
|
|
|
bottom of the terminal window: a few extra lines near
|
|
|
the bottom will not be scrolled, but rather updated
|
|
|
from the actual X framebuffer. This usually reduces
|
|
|
the annoying artifacts. Use "none" to disable.
|
|
|
Default: "term"
|
|
|
|
|
|
-scr_keyrepeat lo-hi If a key is held down (or otherwise repeats rapidly) and
|
|
|
this induces a rapid sequence of scrolls (e.g. holding
|
|
|
down an Arrow key) the "scrollcopyrect" detection
|
|
|
and overhead may not be able to keep up. A time per
|
|
|
single scroll estimate is performed and if that estimate
|
|
|
predicts a sustainable scrollrate of keys per second
|
|
|
between "lo" and "hi" then repeated keys will be
|
|
|
DISCARDED to maintain the scrollrate. For example your
|
|
|
key autorepeat may be 25 keys/sec, but for a large
|
|
|
window or slow link only 8 scrolls per second can be
|
|
|
sustained, then roughly 2 out of every 3 repeated keys
|
|
|
will be discarded during this period. Default: "4-20"
|
|
|
|
|
|
-scr_parms string Set various parameters for the scrollcopyrect mode.
|
|
|
The format is similar to that for -wireframe and packed
|
|
|
with lots of parameters:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Format: T+B+L+R,t1+t2+t3,s1+s2+s3+s4+s5
|
|
|
Default: 0+64+32+32,0.02+0.10+0.9,0.03+0.06+0.5+0.1+5.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
If you leave nothing between commas: ",," the default
|
|
|
value is used. If you don't specify enough commas,
|
|
|
the trailing parameters are set to their defaults.
|
|
|
|
|
|
"T+B+L+R" indicates four integers for how close in
|
|
|
pixels the pointer has to be from the Top, Bottom, Left,
|
|
|
or Right edges of the window to consider scrollcopyrect.
|
|
|
If -wireframe overlaps it takes precedence. This is a
|
|
|
speedup to quickly exclude a window from being watched
|
|
|
for scrollcopyrect: set them all to zero to not try
|
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the speedup (things like selecting text will likely
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be slower).
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"t1+t2+t3" specify three floating point times in
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seconds that apply to scrollcopyrect detection with
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*Keystroke* input: t1 is how long to wait after a key
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is pressed for the first scroll, t2 is how long to keep
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looking after a Keystroke scroll for more scrolls.
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t3 is how frequently to try to update surrounding
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scrollbars outside of the scrolling area (0.0 to
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disable)
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"s1+s2+s3+s4+s5" specify five floating point times
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in seconds that apply to scrollcopyrect detection with
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*Mouse* input: s1 is how long to wait after a mouse
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button is pressed for the first scroll, s2 is how long
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to keep waiting for additional scrolls after the first
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Mouse scroll was detected. s3 is how frequently to
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try to update surrounding scrollbars outside of the
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scrolling area (0.0 to disable). s4 is how long to
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buffer pointer motion (to try to get fewer, bigger
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mouse scrolls). s5 is the maximum time to spend just
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updating the scroll window without updating the rest
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of the screen.
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-fixscreen string Periodically "repair" the screen based on settings
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in "string". Hopefully you won't need this option,
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it is intended for cases when the -scrollcopyrect or
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|
-wirecopyrect features leave too many painting errors,
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but it can be used for any scenario. This option
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periodically performs costly operations and so
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interactive response may be reduced when it is on.
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|
You can use 3 Alt_L's (the Left "Alt" key) taps in
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|
a row (as described under -scrollcopyrect) instead to
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manually request a screen repaint when it is needed.
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"string" is a comma separated list of one or more of
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the following: "V=t", "C=t", "X=t", and "8=t".
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In these "t" stands for a time in seconds (it is
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a floating point even though one should usually use
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values > 2 to avoid wasting resources). V sets how
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frequently the entire screen should be sent to viewers
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(it is like the 3 Alt_L's). C sets how long to wait
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after a CopyRect to repaint the full screen. X sets
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|
how frequently to reread the full X11 framebuffer from
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the X server and push it out to connected viewers.
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Use of X should be rare, please report a bug if you
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find you need it. 8= applies only for -8to24 mode: it
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sets how often the non-default visual regions of the
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screen (e.g. 8bpp windows) are refreshed. Examples:
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-fixscreen V=10 -fixscreen C=10
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-debug_scroll Turn on debugging info printout for the scroll
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|
heuristics. "-ds" is an alias. Specify it multiple
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|
times for more output.
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-noxrecord Disable any use of the RECORD extension. This is
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|
currently used by the -scrollcopyrect scheme and to
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|
monitor X server grabs.
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|
-grab_buster Some of the use of the RECORD extension can leave a
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|
-nograb_buster tiny window for XGrabServer deadlock. This is only if
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|
the whole-server grabbing application expects mouse or
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|
|
keyboard input before releasing the grab. It is usually
|
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|
a window manager that does this. x11vnc takes care to
|
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|
avoid the the problem, but if caught x11vnc will freeze.
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|
Without -grab_buster, the only solution is to go the
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|
physical display and give it some input to satisfy the
|
|
|
grabbing app. Or manually kill and restart the window
|
|
|
manager if that is feasible. With -grab_buster, x11vnc
|
|
|
will fork a helper thread and if x11vnc appears to be
|
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|
stuck in a grab after a period of time (20-30 sec) then
|
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|
it will inject some user input: button clicks, Escape,
|
|
|
mouse motion, etc to try to break the grab. If you
|
|
|
experience a lot of grab deadlock, please report a bug.
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|
-debug_grabs Turn on debugging info printout with respect to
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|
XGrabServer() deadlock for -scrollcopyrect mode.
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|
-debug_sel Turn on debugging info printout with respect to
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|
PRIMARY, CLIPBOARD, and CUTBUFFER0 selections.
|
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|
|
-pointer_mode n Various pointer motion update schemes. "-pm" is
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|
an alias. The problem is pointer motion can cause
|
|
|
rapid changes on the screen: consider the rapid
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|
|
changes when you drag a large window around opaquely.
|
|
|
Neither x11vnc's screen polling and vnc compression
|
|
|
routines nor the bandwidth to the vncviewers can keep
|
|
|
up these rapid screen changes: everything will bog down
|
|
|
when dragging or scrolling. So a scheme has to be used
|
|
|
to "eat" much of that pointer input before re-polling
|
|
|
the screen and sending out framebuffer updates. The
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|
mode number "n" can be 0 to 4 and selects one of
|
|
|
the schemes desribed below.
|
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|
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|
Note that the -wireframe and -scrollcopyrect modes
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|
|
complement -pointer_mode by detecting (and improving)
|
|
|
certain periods of "rapid screen change".
|
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|
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|
n=0: does the same as -nodragging. (all screen polling
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|
|
is suspended if a mouse button is pressed.)
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|
n=1: was the original scheme used to about Jan 2004:
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|
it basically just skips -input_skip keyboard or pointer
|
|
|
events before repolling the screen.
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|
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|
n=2 is an improved scheme: by watching the current rate
|
|
|
of input events it tries to detect if it should try to
|
|
|
"eat" additional pointer events before continuing.
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|
n=3 is basically a dynamic -nodragging mode: it detects
|
|
|
when the mouse motion has paused and then refreshes
|
|
|
the display.
|
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|
|
n=4 attempts to measures network rates and latency,
|
|
|
the video card read rate, and how many tiles have been
|
|
|
changed on the screen. From this, it aggressively tries
|
|
|
to push screen "frames" when it decides it has enough
|
|
|
resources to do so. NOT FINISHED.
|
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|
|
|
|
The default n is 2. Note that modes 2, 3, 4 will skip
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|
|
-input_skip keyboard events (but it will not count
|
|
|
pointer events). Also note that these modes are not
|
|
|
available in -threads mode which has its own pointer
|
|
|
event handling mechanism.
|
|
|
|
|
|
To try out the different pointer modes to see which
|
|
|
one gives the best response for your usage, it is
|
|
|
convenient to use the remote control function, for
|
|
|
example "x11vnc -R pm:4" or the tcl/tk gui (Tuning ->
|
|
|
pointer_mode -> n).
|
|
|
|
|
|
-input_skip n For the pointer handling when non-threaded: try to
|
|
|
read n user input events before scanning display. n < 0
|
|
|
means to act as though there is always user input.
|
|
|
Default: 10
|
|
|
|
|
|
-speeds rd,bw,lat x11vnc tries to estimate some speed parameters that
|
|
|
are used to optimize scheduling (e.g. -pointer_mode
|
|
|
4, -wireframe, -scrollcopyrect) and other things.
|
|
|
Use the -speeds option to set these manually.
|
|
|
The triple "rd,bw,lat" corresponds to video h/w
|
|
|
read rate in MB/sec, network bandwidth to clients in
|
|
|
KB/sec, and network latency to clients in milliseconds,
|
|
|
respectively. If a value is left blank, e.g. "-speeds
|
|
|
,100,15", then the internal scheme is used to estimate
|
|
|
the empty value(s).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Typical PC video cards have read rates of 5-10 MB/sec.
|
|
|
If the framebuffer is in main memory instead of video
|
|
|
h/w (e.g. SunRay, shadowfb, dummy driver, Xvfb), the
|
|
|
read rate may be much faster. "x11perf -getimage500"
|
|
|
can be used to get a lower bound (remember to factor
|
|
|
in the bytes per pixel). It is up to you to estimate
|
|
|
the network bandwith and latency to clients. For the
|
|
|
latency the ping(1) command can be used.
|
|
|
|
|
|
For convenience there are some aliases provided,
|
|
|
e.g. "-speeds modem". The aliases are: "modem" for
|
|
|
6,4,200; "dsl" for 6,100,50; and "lan" for 6,5000,1
|
|
|
|
|
|
-wmdt string For some features, e.g. -wireframe and -scrollcopyrect,
|
|
|
x11vnc has to work around issues for certain window
|
|
|
managers or desktops (currently kde and xfce).
|
|
|
By default it tries to guess which one, but it can
|
|
|
guess incorrectly. Use this option to indicate which
|
|
|
wm/dt. "string" can be "gnome", "kde", "cde",
|
|
|
"xfce", or "root" (classic X wm). Anything else
|
|
|
is interpreted as "root".
|
|
|
|
|
|
-debug_pointer Print debugging output for every pointer event.
|
|
|
-debug_keyboard Print debugging output for every keyboard event.
|
|
|
Same as -dp and -dk, respectively. Use multiple
|
|
|
times for more output.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-defer time Time in ms to wait for updates before sending to client
|
|
|
(deferUpdateTime) Default: 30
|
|
|
-wait time Time in ms to pause between screen polls. Used to cut
|
|
|
down on load. Default: 30
|
|
|
-wait_ui factor Factor by which to cut the -wait time if there
|
|
|
has been recent user input (pointer or keyboard).
|
|
|
Improves response, but increases the load whenever you
|
|
|
are moving the mouse or typing. Default: 2.00
|
|
|
-nowait_bog Do not detect if the screen polling is "bogging down"
|
|
|
and sleep more. Some activities with no user input can
|
|
|
slow things down a lot: consider a large terminal window
|
|
|
with a long build running in it continously streaming
|
|
|
text output. By default x11vnc will try to detect this
|
|
|
(3 screen polls in a row each longer than 0.25 sec with
|
|
|
no user input), and sleep up to 1.5 secs to let things
|
|
|
"catch up". Use this option to disable that detection.
|
|
|
-slow_fb time Floating point time in seconds delay all screen polling.
|
|
|
For special purpose usage where a low frame rate is
|
|
|
acceptable and desirable, but you want the user input
|
|
|
processed at the normal rate so you cannot use -wait.
|
|
|
-readtimeout n Set libvncserver rfbMaxClientWait to n seconds. On
|
|
|
slow links that take a long time to paint the first
|
|
|
screen libvncserver may hit the timeout and drop the
|
|
|
connection. Default: 20 seconds.
|
|
|
-nap Monitor activity and if it is low take longer naps
|
|
|
-nonap between screen polls to really cut down load when idle.
|
|
|
Default: take naps
|
|
|
-sb time Time in seconds after NO activity (e.g. screen blank)
|
|
|
to really throttle down the screen polls (i.e. sleep
|
|
|
for about 1.5 secs). Use 0 to disable. Default: 60
|
|
|
|
|
|
-noxdamage Do not use the X DAMAGE extension to detect framebuffer
|
|
|
changes even if it is available. Use -xdamage if your
|
|
|
default is to have it off.
|
|
|
|
|
|
x11vnc's use of the DAMAGE extension: 1) significantly
|
|
|
reduces the load when the screen is not changing much,
|
|
|
and 2) detects changed areas (small ones by default)
|
|
|
more quickly.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currently the DAMAGE extension is overly conservative
|
|
|
and often reports large areas (e.g. a whole terminal
|
|
|
or browser window) as damaged even though the actual
|
|
|
changed region is much smaller (sometimes just a few
|
|
|
pixels). So heuristics were introduced to skip large
|
|
|
areas and use the damage rectangles only as "hints"
|
|
|
for the traditional scanline polling. The following
|
|
|
tuning parameters are introduced to adjust this
|
|
|
behavior:
|
|
|
|
|
|
-xd_area A Set the largest DAMAGE rectangle area "A" (in
|
|
|
pixels: width * height) to trust as truly damaged:
|
|
|
the rectangle will be copied from the framebuffer
|
|
|
(slow) no matter what. Set to zero to trust *all*
|
|
|
rectangles. Default: 20000
|
|
|
-xd_mem f Set how long DAMAGE rectangles should be "remembered",
|
|
|
"f" is a floating point number and is in units of the
|
|
|
scanline repeat cycle time (32 iterations). The default
|
|
|
(1.0) should give no painting problems. Increase it if
|
|
|
there are problems or decrease it to live on the edge
|
|
|
(perhaps useful on a slow machine).
|
|
|
|
|
|
-sigpipe string Broken pipe (SIGPIPE) handling. "string" can be
|
|
|
"ignore" or "exit". For "ignore" libvncserver
|
|
|
will handle the abrupt loss of a client and continue,
|
|
|
for "exit" x11vnc will cleanup and exit at the 1st
|
|
|
broken connection. Default: "ignore". This option
|
|
|
is obsolete.
|
|
|
-threads Whether or not to use the threaded libvncserver
|
|
|
-nothreads algorithm [rfbRunEventLoop] if libpthread is available
|
|
|
Default: -nothreads
|
|
|
|
|
|
-fs f If the fraction of changed tiles in a poll is greater
|
|
|
than f, the whole screen is updated. Default: 0.75
|
|
|
-gaps n Heuristic to fill in gaps in rows or cols of n or
|
|
|
less tiles. Used to improve text paging. Default: 4
|
|
|
-grow n Heuristic to grow islands of changed tiles n or wider
|
|
|
by checking the tile near the boundary. Default: 3
|
|
|
-fuzz n Tolerance in pixels to mark a tiles edges as changed.
|
|
|
Default: 2
|
|
|
-debug_tiles Print debugging output for tiles, fb updates, etc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-snapfb Instead of polling the X display framebuffer (fb) for
|
|
|
changes, periodically copy all of X display fb into main
|
|
|
memory and examine that copy for changes. Under some
|
|
|
circumstances this will improve interactive response,
|
|
|
or at least make things look smoother, but in others
|
|
|
(most!) it will make the response worse. If the video
|
|
|
h/w fb is such that reading small tiles is very slow
|
|
|
this mode could help. To keep the "framerate" up
|
|
|
the screen size x bpp cannot be too large. Note that
|
|
|
this mode is very wasteful of memory I/O resources
|
|
|
(it makes full screen copies even if nothing changes).
|
|
|
It may be of use in video capture-like applications,
|
|
|
or where window tearing is a problem.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-rawfb string Experimental option, instead of polling X, poll the
|
|
|
memory object specified in "string". For shared
|
|
|
memory segments it is of the form: "shm:N@WxHxB"
|
|
|
which specifies a shmid N and framebuffer Width, Height,
|
|
|
and Bits per pixel. To memory map mmap(2) a file use:
|
|
|
"map:/path/to/a/file@WxHxB". If there is trouble
|
|
|
with mmap, use "file:/..." for slower lseek(2)
|
|
|
based reading. If you do not supply a type "map"
|
|
|
is assumed if the file exists.
|
|
|
|
|
|
If string is "setup:cmd", then the command "cmd"
|
|
|
is run and the first line from it is read and used
|
|
|
as "string". This allows initializing the device,
|
|
|
determining WxHxB, etc. These are often done as root
|
|
|
so take care.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Optional suffixes are ":R/G/B" and "+O" to specify
|
|
|
red, green, and blue masks and an offset into the
|
|
|
memory object. If the masks are not provided x11vnc
|
|
|
guesses them based on the bpp.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Examples:
|
|
|
-rawfb shm:210337933@800x600x32:ff/ff00/ff0000
|
|
|
-rawfb map:/dev/fb0@1024x768x32
|
|
|
-rawfb map:/tmp/Xvfb_screen0@640x480x8+3232
|
|
|
-rawfb file:/tmp/my.pnm@250x200x24+37
|
|
|
|
|
|
(see ipcs(1) and fbset(1) for the first two examples)
|
|
|
|
|
|
All user input is discarded by default (but see the
|
|
|
-pipeinput option). Most of the X11 (screen, keyboard,
|
|
|
mouse) options do not make sense and many will cause
|
|
|
this mode to crash, so please think twice before
|
|
|
setting/changing them.
|
|
|
|
|
|
If you don't want x11vnc to close the X DISPLAY in
|
|
|
rawfb mode, then capitalize the prefix, SHM:, MAP:,
|
|
|
FILE: Keeping the display open enables the default
|
|
|
remote-control channel, which could be useful. Also,
|
|
|
if you also specify -noviewonly, then the mouse and
|
|
|
keyboard input are STILL sent to the X display, this
|
|
|
usage should be very rare, i.e. doing something strange
|
|
|
with /dev/fb0.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-pipeinput cmd Another experimental option: it lets you supply an
|
|
|
external command in "cmd" that x11vnc will pipe
|
|
|
all of the user input events to in a simple format.
|
|
|
In -pipeinput mode by default x11vnc will not process
|
|
|
any of the user input events. If you prefix "cmd"
|
|
|
with "tee:" it will both send them to the pipe
|
|
|
command and process them. For a description of the
|
|
|
format run "-pipeinput tee:/bin/cat". Another prefix
|
|
|
is "reopen" which means to reopen pipe if it exits.
|
|
|
Separate multiple prefixes with commas.
|
|
|
|
|
|
In combination with -rawfb one might be able to
|
|
|
do amusing things (e.g. control non-X devices).
|
|
|
To facilitate this, if -rawfb is in effect then the
|
|
|
value is stored in X11VNC_RAWFB_STR for the pipe command
|
|
|
to use if it wants. Do 'env | grep X11VNC' for more.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-gui [gui-opts] Start up a simple tcl/tk gui based on the the remote
|
|
|
control options -remote/-query described below.
|
|
|
Requires the "wish" program to be installed on the
|
|
|
machine. "gui-opts" is not required: the default
|
|
|
is to start up both the full gui and x11vnc with the
|
|
|
gui showing up on the X display in the environment
|
|
|
variable DISPLAY.
|
|
|
|
|
|
"gui-opts" can be a comma separated list of items.
|
|
|
Currently there are these types of items: 1) a gui
|
|
|
mode, a 2) gui "simplicity", 3) the X display the
|
|
|
gui should display on, 4) a "tray" or "icon" mode,
|
|
|
and 5) a gui geometry.
|
|
|
|
|
|
1) The gui mode can be "start", "conn", or "wait"
|
|
|
"start" is the default mode above and is not required.
|
|
|
"conn" means do not automatically start up x11vnc,
|
|
|
but instead just try to connect to an existing x11vnc
|
|
|
process. "wait" means just start the gui and nothing
|
|
|
else (you will later instruct the gui to start x11vnc
|
|
|
or connect to an existing one.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
2) The gui simplicity is off by default (a power-user
|
|
|
gui with all options is presented) To start with
|
|
|
something less daunting supply the string "simple"
|
|
|
("ez" is an alias for this). Once the gui is
|
|
|
started you can toggle between the two with "Misc ->
|
|
|
simple_gui".
|
|
|
|
|
|
3) Note the possible confusion regarding the potentially
|
|
|
two different X displays: x11vnc polls one, but you
|
|
|
may want the gui to appear on another. For example, if
|
|
|
you ssh in and x11vnc is not running yet you may want
|
|
|
the gui to come back to you via your ssh redirected X
|
|
|
display (e.g. localhost:10).
|
|
|
|
|
|
If you do not specify a gui X display in "gui-opts"
|
|
|
then the DISPLAY environment variable and -display
|
|
|
option are tried (in that order). Regarding the x11vnc
|
|
|
X display the gui will try to communication with, it
|
|
|
first tries -display and then DISPLAY. For example,
|
|
|
"x11vnc -display :0 -gui otherhost:0", will remote
|
|
|
control an x11vnc polling :0 and display the gui on
|
|
|
otherhost:0 The "tray/icon" mode below reverses this
|
|
|
preference, preferring to display on the x11vnc display.
|
|
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4) When "tray" or "icon" is specified, the gui
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presents itself as a small icon with behavior typical
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of a "system tray" or "dock applet". The color
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of the icon indicates status (connected clients) and
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there is also a balloon status. Clicking on the icon
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gives a menu from which properties, etc, can be set and
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the full gui is available under "Advanced". To be
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fully functional, the gui mode should be "start"
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(the default).
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For "icon" the gui just a small standalone window.
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For "tray" it will attempt to embed itself in the
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"system tray" if possible. If "=setpass" is appended the
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n
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at startup the X11 user will be prompted to set the
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VNC session password. If =<hexnumber> is appended
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that icon will attempt to embed itself in the window
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given by hexnumber. Use =noadvanced to disable the
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full gui. (To supply more than one, use "+" sign).
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E.g. -gui tray=setpass and -gui icon=0x3600028
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Other modes: "full", the default and need not be
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specified. "-gui none", do not show a gui, useful
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to override a ~/.x11vncrc setting, etc.
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5) When "geom=+X+Y" is specified, that geometry
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is passed to the gui toplevel. This is the icon in
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icon/tray mode, or the full gui otherwise. You can
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also specify width and height, i.e. WxH+X+Y, but it
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is not recommended. In "tray" mode the geometry is
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ignored unless the system tray manager does not seem
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to be running. One could imagine using something like
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"-gui tray,geom=+4000+4000" with a display manager
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to keep the gui invisible until someone logs in...
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More icon tricks, "icon=minimal" gives an icon just
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with the VNC display number. You can also set the font
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with "iconfont=...". The following could be useful:
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"-gui icon=minimal,iconfont=5x8,geom=24x10+0-0"
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General examples of the -gui option: "x11vnc -gui",
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"x11vnc -gui ez" "x11vnc -gui localhost:10",
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"x11vnc -gui conn,host:0", "x11vnc -gui tray,ez"
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"x11vnc -gui tray=setpass"
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If you do not intend to start x11vnc from the gui
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(i.e. just remote control an existing one), then the
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gui process can run on a different machine from the
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x11vnc server as long as X permissions, etc. permit
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communication between the two.
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-remote command Remotely control some aspects of an already running
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x11vnc server. "-R" and "-r" are aliases for
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"-remote". After the remote control command is
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sent to the running server the 'x11vnc -remote ...'
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command exits. You can often use the -query command
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|
(see below) to see if the x11vnc server processed your
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-remote command.
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The default communication channel is that of X
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|
properties (specifically X11VNC_REMOTE), and so this
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command must be run with correct settings for DISPLAY
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and possibly XAUTHORITY to connect to the X server
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and set the property. Alternatively, use the -display
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and -auth options to set them to the correct values.
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The running server cannot use the -novncconnect option
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because that disables the communication channel.
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See below for alternate channels.
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For example: 'x11vnc -remote stop' (which is the same as
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'x11vnc -R stop') will close down the x11vnc server.
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'x11vnc -R shared' will enable shared connections, and
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'x11vnc -R scale:3/4' will rescale the desktop.
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The following -remote/-R commands are supported:
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stop terminate the server, same as "quit"
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"exit" or "shutdown".
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ping see if the x11vnc server responds.
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Return is: ans=ping:<xdisplay>
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blacken try to push a black fb update to all
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|
clients (due to timings a client
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|
could miss it). Same as "zero", also
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"zero:x1,y1,x2,y2" for a rectangle.
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refresh send the entire fb to all clients.
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reset recreate the fb, polling memory, etc.
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id:windowid set -id window to "windowid". empty
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or "root" to go back to root window
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sid:windowid set -sid window to "windowid"
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waitmapped wait until subwin is mapped.
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nowaitmapped do not wait until subwin is mapped.
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clip:WxH+X+Y set -clip mode to "WxH+X+Y"
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flashcmap enable -flashcmap mode.
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noflashcmap disable -flashcmap mode.
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shiftcmap:n set -shiftcmap to n.
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notruecolor enable -notruecolor mode.
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truecolor disable -notruecolor mode.
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overlay enable -overlay mode (if applicable).
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nooverlay disable -overlay mode.
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overlay_cursor in -overlay mode, enable cursor drawing.
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overlay_nocursor disable cursor drawing. same as
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nooverlay_cursor.
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|
8to24 enable -8to24 mode (if applicable).
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no8to24 disable -8to24 mode.
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8to24_opts:str set the -8to24 opts to "str".
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visual:vis set -visual to "vis"
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scale:frac set -scale to "frac"
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scale_cursor:f set -scale_cursor to "f"
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viewonly enable -viewonly mode.
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noviewonly disable -viewonly mode.
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shared enable -shared mode.
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noshared disable -shared mode.
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forever enable -forever mode.
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noforever disable -forever mode.
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timeout:n reset -timeout to n, if there are
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|
|
currently no clients, exit unless one
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|
connects in the next n secs.
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|
filexfer enable filetransfer for new clients.
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nofilexfer disable filetransfer for new clients.
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|
http enable http client connections.
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nohttp disable http client connections.
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|
deny deny any new connections, same as "lock"
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nodeny allow new connections, same as "unlock"
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connect:host do reverse connection to host, "host"
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|
may be a comma separated list of hosts
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|
or host:ports. See -connect. Passwords
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|
|
required as with fwd connections.
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|
See X11VNC_REVERSE_CONNECTION_NO_AUTH=1
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|
disconnect:host disconnect any clients from "host"
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|
same as "close:host". Use host
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|
|
"all" to close all current clients.
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|
If you know the client internal hex ID,
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|
e.g. 0x3 (returned by "-query clients"
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|
and RFB_CLIENT_ID) you can use that too.
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|
allowonce:host For the next connection only, allow
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|
|
connection from "host".
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|
allow:hostlist set -allow list to (comma separated)
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|
|
"hostlist". See -allow and -localhost.
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|
|
Do not use with -allow /path/to/file
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|
|
Use "+host" to add a single host, and
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|
|
use "-host" to delete a single host
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|
|
localhost enable -localhost mode
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|
|
nolocalhost disable -localhost mode
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|
listen:str set -listen to str, empty to disable.
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|
nolookup enable -nolookup mode.
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|
lookup disable -nolookup mode.
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|
input:str set -input to "str", empty to disable.
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|
client_input:str set the K, M, B -input on a per-client
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|
|
basis. select which client as for
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|
disconnect, e.g. client_input:host:MB
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|
or client_input:0x2:K
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accept:cmd set -accept "cmd" (empty to disable).
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|
afteraccept:cmd set -afteraccept (empty to disable).
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|
gone:cmd set -gone "cmd" (empty to disable).
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|
noshm enable -noshm mode.
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|
shm disable -noshm mode (i.e. use shm).
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|
|
flipbyteorder enable -flipbyteorder mode, you may need
|
|
|
to set noshm for this to do something.
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|
|
noflipbyteorder disable -flipbyteorder mode.
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|
|
onetile enable -onetile mode. (you may need to
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|
|
set shm for this to do something)
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|
noonetile disable -onetile mode.
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|
solid enable -solid mode
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|
nosolid disable -solid mode.
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|
solid_color:color set -solid color (and apply it).
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|
|
blackout:str set -blackout "str" (empty to disable).
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|
See -blackout for the form of "str"
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|
(basically: WxH+X+Y,...)
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|
Use "+WxH+X+Y" to append a single
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|
|
rectangle use "-WxH+X+Y" to delete one
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|
|
xinerama enable -xinerama mode. (if applicable)
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|
|
noxinerama disable -xinerama mode.
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|
xtrap enable -xtrap input mode(if applicable)
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|
noxtrap disable -xtrap input mode.
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|
xrandr enable -xrandr mode. (if applicable)
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|
noxrandr disable -xrandr mode.
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|
xrandr_mode:mode set the -xrandr mode to "mode".
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|
padgeom:WxH set -padgeom to WxH (empty to disable)
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|
If WxH is "force" or "do" the padded
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|
|
geometry fb is immediately applied.
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|
|
quiet enable -quiet mode.
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|
noquiet disable -quiet mode.
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|
modtweak enable -modtweak mode.
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|
nomodtweak enable -nomodtweak mode.
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|
xkb enable -xkb modtweak mode.
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|
noxkb disable -xkb modtweak mode.
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|
skip_keycodes:str enable -xkb -skip_keycodes "str".
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|
sloppy_keys enable -sloppy_keys mode.
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nosloppy_keys disable -sloppy_keys mode.
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|
skip_dups enable -skip_dups mode.
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|
noskip_dups disable -skip_dups mode.
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|
add_keysyms enable -add_keysyms mode.
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|
noadd_keysyms stop adding keysyms. those added will
|
|
|
still be removed at exit.
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|
clear_mods enable -clear_mods mode and clear them.
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|
noclear_mods disable -clear_mods mode.
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|
clear_keys enable -clear_keys mode and clear them.
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|
noclear_keys disable -clear_keys mode.
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|
|
remap:str set -remap "str" (empty to disable).
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|
See -remap for the form of "str"
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|
|
(basically: key1-key2,key3-key4,...)
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|
|
Use "+key1-key2" to append a single
|
|
|
keymapping, use "-key1-key2" to delete.
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|
|
norepeat enable -norepeat mode.
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|
|
repeat disable -norepeat mode.
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|
nofb enable -nofb mode.
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|
fb disable -nofb mode.
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|
bell enable bell (if supported).
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|
nobell disable bell.
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|
nosel enable -nosel mode.
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|
sel disable -nosel mode.
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|
noprimary enable -noprimary mode.
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|
primary disable -noprimary mode.
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|
nosetprimary enable -nosetprimary mode.
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|
setprimary disable -nosetprimary mode.
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|
noclipboard enable -noclipboard mode.
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|
clipboard disable -noclipboard mode.
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|
nosetclipboard enable -nosetclipboard mode.
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|
setclipboard disable -nosetclipboard mode.
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|
|
seldir:str set -seldir to "str"
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|
|
cursor:mode enable -cursor "mode".
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|
show_cursor enable showing a cursor.
|
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|
noshow_cursor disable showing a cursor. (same as
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|
|
"nocursor")
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|
arrow:n set -arrow to alternate n.
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|
|
xfixes enable xfixes cursor shape mode.
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|
noxfixes disable xfixes cursor shape mode.
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|
alphacut:n set -alphacut to n.
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|
|
alphafrac:f set -alphafrac to f.
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|
alpharemove enable -alpharemove mode.
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|
noalpharemove disable -alpharemove mode.
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|
alphablend disable -noalphablend mode.
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|
noalphablend enable -noalphablend mode.
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|
cursorshape disable -nocursorshape mode.
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|
|
nocursorshape enable -nocursorshape mode.
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|
cursorpos disable -nocursorpos mode.
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|
nocursorpos enable -nocursorpos mode.
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|
xwarp enable -xwarppointer mode.
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|
noxwarp disable -xwarppointer mode.
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|
buttonmap:str set -buttonmap "str", empty to disable
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|
dragging disable -nodragging mode.
|
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|
nodragging enable -nodragging mode.
|
|
|
wireframe enable -wireframe mode. same as "wf"
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|
|
nowireframe disable -wireframe mode. same as "nowf"
|
|
|
wireframe:str enable -wireframe mode string.
|
|
|
wireframe_mode:str enable -wireframe mode string.
|
|
|
wirecopyrect:str set -wirecopyrect string. same as "wcr:
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|
"
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|
scrollcopyrect:str set -scrollcopyrect string. same "scr
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|
|
"
|
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|
noscrollcopyrect disable -scrollcopyrect mode. "noscr"
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|
scr_area:n set -scr_area to n
|
|
|
scr_skip:list set -scr_skip to "list"
|
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|
scr_inc:list set -scr_inc to "list"
|
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|
scr_keys:list set -scr_keys to "list"
|
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|
scr_term:list set -scr_term to "list"
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scr_keyrepeat:str set -scr_keyrepeat to "str"
|
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|
scr_parms:str set -scr_parms parameters.
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|
fixscreen:str set -fixscreen to "str".
|
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|
noxrecord disable all use of RECORD extension.
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|
xrecord enable use of RECORD extension.
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|
reset_record reset RECORD extension (if avail.)
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pointer_mode:n set -pointer_mode to n. same as "pm"
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|
input_skip:n set -input_skip to n.
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|
speeds:str set -speeds to str.
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|
wmdt:str set -wmdt to str.
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|
debug_pointer enable -debug_pointer, same as "dp"
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|
nodebug_pointer disable -debug_pointer, same as "nodp"
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|
debug_keyboard enable -debug_keyboard, same as "dk"
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nodebug_keyboard disable -debug_keyboard, same as "nodk"
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|
defer:n set -defer to n ms,same as deferupdate:n
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wait:n set -wait to n ms.
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|
wait_ui:f set -wait_ui factor to f.
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|
wait_bog disable -nowait_bog mode.
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|
nowait_bog enable -nowait_bog mode.
|
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|
slow_fb:f set -slow_fb to f seconds.
|
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readtimeout:n set read timeout to n seconds.
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|
nap enable -nap mode.
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|
nonap disable -nap mode.
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|
sb:n set -sb to n s, same as screen_blank:n
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|
xdamage enable xdamage polling hints.
|
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|
noxdamage disable xdamage polling hints.
|
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|
xd_area:A set -xd_area max pixel area to "A"
|
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|
xd_mem:f set -xd_mem remembrance to "f"
|
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|
fs:frac set -fs fraction to "frac", e.g. 0.5
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|
gaps:n set -gaps to n.
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|
grow:n set -grow to n.
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|
fuzz:n set -fuzz to n.
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|
snapfb enable -snapfb mode.
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|
nosnapfb disable -snapfb mode.
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|
rawfb:str set -rawfb mode to "str".
|
|
|
progressive:n set libvncserver -progressive slice
|
|
|
height parameter to n.
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|
desktop:str set -desktop name to str for new clients
|
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|
.
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rfbport:n set -rfbport to n.
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|
httpport:n set -httpport to n.
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httpdir:dir set -httpdir to dir (and enable http).
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enablehttpproxy enable -enablehttpproxy mode.
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|
noenablehttpproxy disable -enablehttpproxy mode.
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alwaysshared enable -alwaysshared mode.
|
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|
noalwaysshared disable -alwaysshared mode.
|
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|
(may interfere with other options)
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|
nevershared enable -nevershared mode.
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|
nonevershared disable -nevershared mode.
|
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|
(may interfere with other options)
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|
dontdisconnect enable -dontdisconnect mode.
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|
nodontdisconnect disable -dontdisconnect mode.
|
|
|
(may interfere with other options)
|
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|
debug_xevents enable debugging X events.
|
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|
nodebug_xevents disable debugging X events.
|
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|
debug_xdamage enable debugging X DAMAGE mechanism.
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|
nodebug_xdamage disable debugging X DAMAGE mechanism.
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|
debug_wireframe enable debugging wireframe mechanism.
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|
nodebug_wireframe disable debugging wireframe mechanism.
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debug_scroll enable debugging scrollcopy mechanism.
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nodebug_scroll disable debugging scrollcopy mechanism.
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debug_tiles enable -debug_tiles
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|
nodebug_tiles disable -debug_tiles
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|
debug_grabs enable -debug_grabs
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|
nodebug_grabs disable -debug_grabs
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|
debug_sel enable -debug_sel
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|
nodebug_sel disable -debug_sel
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|
dbg enable -dbg crash shell
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|
nodbg disable -dbg crash shell
|
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|
|
|
noremote disable the -remote command processing,
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|
|
it cannot be turned back on.
|
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|
|
|
|
The vncconnect(1) command from standard VNC
|
|
|
distributions may also be used if string is prefixed
|
|
|
with "cmd=" E.g. 'vncconnect cmd=stop'. Under some
|
|
|
circumstances xprop(1) can used if it supports -set
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|
|
(see the FAQ).
|
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|
|
|
|
If "-connect /path/to/file" has been supplied to the
|
|
|
running x11vnc server then that file can be used as a
|
|
|
communication channel (this is the only way to remote
|
|
|
control one of many x11vnc's polling the same X display)
|
|
|
Simply run: 'x11vnc -connect /path/to/file -remote ...'
|
|
|
or you can directly write to the file via something
|
|
|
like: "echo cmd=stop > /path/to/file", etc.
|
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|
-query variable Like -remote, except just query the value of
|
|
|
"variable". "-Q" is an alias for "-query".
|
|
|
Multiple queries can be done by separating variables
|
|
|
by commas, e.g. -query var1,var2. The results come
|
|
|
back in the form ans=var1:value1,ans=var2:value2,...
|
|
|
to the standard output. If a variable is read-only,
|
|
|
it comes back with prefix "aro=" instead of "ans=".
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|
|
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|
Some -remote commands are pure actions that do not make
|
|
|
sense as variables, e.g. "stop" or "disconnect", in
|
|
|
these cases the value returned is "N/A". To direct a
|
|
|
query straight to the X11VNC_REMOTE property or connect
|
|
|
file use "qry=..." instead of "cmd=..."
|
|
|
|
|
|
Here is the current list of "variables" that can
|
|
|
be supplied to the -query command. This includes the
|
|
|
"N/A" ones that return no useful info. For variables
|
|
|
names that do not correspond to an x11vnc option or
|
|
|
remote command, we hope the name makes it obvious what
|
|
|
the returned value corresponds to (hint: the ext_*
|
|
|
variables correspond to the presence of X extensions):
|
|
|
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|
|
ans= stop quit exit shutdown ping blacken zero
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|
|
refresh reset close disconnect id sid waitmapped
|
|
|
nowaitmapped clip flashcmap noflashcmap shiftcmap
|
|
|
truecolor notruecolor overlay nooverlay overlay_cursor
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|
|
overlay_yescursor nooverlay_nocursor nooverlay_cursor
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nooverlay_yescursor overlay_nocursor 8to24 no8to24
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8to24_opts visual scale scale_cursor viewonly noviewonly
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shared noshared forever noforever once timeout filexfer
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nofilexfer deny lock nodeny unlock connect allowonce
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allow localhost nolocalhost listen lookup nolookup
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accept afteraccept gone shm noshm flipbyteorder
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noflipbyteorder onetile noonetile solid_color
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solid nosolid blackout xinerama noxinerama xtrap
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noxtrap xrandr noxrandr xrandr_mode padgeom quiet q
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noquiet modtweak nomodtweak xkb noxkb skip_keycodes
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sloppy_keys nosloppy_keys skip_dups noskip_dups
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add_keysyms noadd_keysyms clear_mods noclear_mods
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clear_keys noclear_keys remap repeat norepeat fb nofb
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bell nobell sel nosel primary noprimary setprimary
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nosetprimary clipboard noclipboard setclipboard
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nosetclipboard seldir cursorshape nocursorshape
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cursorpos nocursorpos cursor show_cursor noshow_cursor
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nocursor arrow xfixes noxfixes xdamage noxdamage
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xd_area xd_mem alphacut alphafrac alpharemove
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noalpharemove alphablend noalphablend xwarppointer
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xwarp noxwarppointer noxwarp buttonmap dragging
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nodragging wireframe_mode wireframe wf nowireframe
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nowf wirecopyrect wcr nowirecopyrect nowcr scr_area
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scr_skip scr_inc scr_keys scr_term scr_keyrepeat
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scr_parms scrollcopyrect scr noscrollcopyrect noscr
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fixscreen noxrecord xrecord reset_record pointer_mode
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pm input_skip input client_input speeds wmdt
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debug_pointer dp nodebug_pointer nodp debug_keyboard
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dk nodebug_keyboard nodk deferupdate defer wait_ui
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wait_bog nowait_bog slow_fb wait readtimeout nap nonap
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sb screen_blank fs gaps grow fuzz snapfb nosnapfb
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rawfb progressive rfbport http nohttp httpport
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httpdir enablehttpproxy noenablehttpproxy alwaysshared
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noalwaysshared nevershared noalwaysshared dontdisconnect
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nodontdisconnect desktop debug_xevents nodebug_xevents
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debug_xevents debug_xdamage nodebug_xdamage
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debug_xdamage debug_wireframe nodebug_wireframe
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debug_wireframe debug_scroll nodebug_scroll debug_scroll
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debug_tiles dbt nodebug_tiles nodbt debug_tiles
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debug_grabs nodebug_grabs debug_sel nodebug_sel dbg
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nodbg noremote
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aro= noop display vncdisplay desktopname guess_desktop
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http_url auth xauth users rootshift clipshift
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scale_str scaled_x scaled_y scale_numer scale_denom
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scale_fac scaling_blend scaling_nomult4 scaling_pad
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scaling_interpolate inetd privremote unsafe safer
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nocmds passwdfile unixpw unixpw_nis unixpw_list ssl
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ssl_pem sslverify stunnel stunnel_pem usepw using_shm
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logfile o flag rc norc h help V version lastmod bg
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sigpipe threads readrate netrate netlatency pipeinput
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clients client_count pid ext_xtest ext_xtrap ext_xrecord
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ext_xkb ext_xshm ext_xinerama ext_overlay ext_xfixes
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ext_xdamage ext_xrandr rootwin num_buttons button_mask
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mouse_x mouse_y bpp depth indexed_color dpy_x dpy_y
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wdpy_x wdpy_y off_x off_y cdpy_x cdpy_y coff_x coff_y
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rfbauth passwd viewpasswd
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-QD variable Just like -query variable, but returns the default
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value for that parameter (no running x11vnc server
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is consulted)
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-sync By default -remote commands are run asynchronously, that
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is, the request is posted and the program immediately
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exits. Use -sync to have the program wait for an
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acknowledgement from the x11vnc server that command was
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processed (somehow). On the other hand -query requests
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are always processed synchronously because they have
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to wait for the answer.
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Also note that if both -remote and -query requests are
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supplied on the command line, the -remote is processed
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first (synchronously: no need for -sync), and then
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the -query request is processed in the normal way.
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This allows for a reliable way to see if the -remote
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command was processed by querying for any new settings.
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Note however that there is timeout of a few seconds so
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if the x11vnc takes longer than that to process the
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requests the requestor will think that a failure has
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taken place.
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-noremote Do not process any remote control commands or queries.
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-yesremote Do process remote control commands or queries.
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Default: -yesremote
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A note about security wrt remote control commands.
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If someone can connect to the X display and change
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the property X11VNC_REMOTE, then they can remotely
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control x11vnc. Normally access to the X display is
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protected. Note that if they can modify X11VNC_REMOTE
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on the X server, they have enough permissions to also
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run their own x11vnc and thus have complete control
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of the desktop. If the "-connect /path/to/file"
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channel is being used, obviously anyone who can write
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to /path/to/file can remotely control x11vnc. So be
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sure to protect the X display and that file's write
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permissions. See -privremote below.
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If you are paranoid and do not think -noremote is
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enough, to disable the X11VNC_REMOTE property channel
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completely use -novncconnect, or use the -safer option
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that shuts many things off.
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-unsafe A few remote commands are disabled by default
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(currently: id:pick, accept:<cmd>, gone:<cmd>, and
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rawfb:setup:<cmd>) because they are associated with
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running external programs. If you specify -unsafe, then
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these remote-control commands are allowed. Note that
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you can still specify these parameters on the command
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line, they just cannot be invoked via remote-control.
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-safer Equivalent to: -novncconnect -noremote and prohibiting
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-gui and the -connect file. Shuts off communcation
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channels.
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-privremote Perform some sanity checks and disable remote-control
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commands if it appears that the X DISPLAY and/or
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connectfile can be accessed by other users. Once
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remote-control is disabled it cannot be turned back on.
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-nocmds No external commands (e.g. system(3), popen(3), exec(3))
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will be run.
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-deny_all For use with -remote nodeny: start out denying all
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incoming clients until "-remote nodeny" is used to
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let them in.
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These options are passed to libvncserver:
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-rfbport port TCP port for RFB protocol
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-rfbwait time max time in ms to wait for RFB client
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-rfbauth passwd-file use authentication on RFB protocol
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(use 'storepasswd' to create a password file)
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-passwd plain-password use authentication
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(use plain-password as password, USE AT YOUR RISK)
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-deferupdate time time in ms to defer updates (default 40)
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-deferptrupdate time time in ms to defer pointer updates (default none)
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-desktop name VNC desktop name (default "LibVNCServer")
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-alwaysshared always treat new clients as shared
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-nevershared never treat new clients as shared
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-dontdisconnect don't disconnect existing clients when a new non-shared
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connection comes in (refuse new connection instead)
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-httpdir dir-path enable http server using dir-path home
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-httpport portnum use portnum for http connection
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-enablehttpproxy enable http proxy support
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-progressive height enable progressive updating for slow links
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|
-listen ipaddr listen for connections only on network interface with
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addr ipaddr. '-listen localhost' and hostname work too.
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libvncserver-tight-extension options:
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-disablefiletransfer disable file transfer
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-ftproot string set ftp root
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Pretty wild huh? [1]Contact me if you have any questions or problems.
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Personally, I use:
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x11vnc -rfbauth $HOME/.vnc/passwd -solid
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References
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1. mailto:xvml@karlrunge.com
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