vncserver
Section: TightVNC (1)
Updated: August 2006
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NAME
vncserver - a wrapper to launch an X server for VNC.
SYNOPSIS
vncserver
[:
display] [-geometry
widthx
height] [-depth
depth]
[-pixelformat rgb
NNN|bgr
NNN] [-name
desktop-name]
[ -httpport int ] [ -basehttpport int ] [ -alwaysshared ]
[ -nevershared ] [
Xvnc-options...]
- vncserver [ -clean ] -kill :display
-
- vncserver -help
-
DESCRIPTION
vncserver is a wrapper script for
Xvnc, the free X server
for VNC (Virtual Network Computing). It provides all capabilities of a
standard X server, but does not connect to a display for itself.
Instead,
Xvnc creates a virtual desktop you can view or control
remotely using a VNC viewer.
OPTIONS
You can add
Xvnc options at the command line. They will be added
to the invocation of Xvnc without changes. The options provided by the
vncserver itself are as follows:
- :display
-
The display number to use. If omitted, the next free display number
is used.
- -geometry widthxheight
-
Set desktop width and height.
- -depth depth
-
Set the colour depth of the visual to provide, in bits per pixel. Must
be a value between 8 and 32.
- -pixelformat rgbNNN|bgrNNN
-
Set colour format for pixels representation. The viewer can do the
conversion to any other pixel format, but it is faster if the depth
and pixel format of the server is the same as the equivalent values on
the viewer display.
- -name string
-
This specifies the name of the desktop.
- -clean
-
This option can be used in conjunction with
- -kill :display
-
Stops the session running on the specified display.
- -nevershared
-
Never allow shared desktops.
- -alwaysshared
-
Always allow shared desktops.
- -basehttpport int
-
The base http port to use for the java client applet (you have to install
the tightvnc-java package to make this work). The real port number will be
port = base + display num.
- -httpport int
-
The http port to use for the java client applet (you have to install
the tightvnc-java package to make this work).
- -help
-
Prints a short usage notice to stderr.
EXAMPLES
- vncserver
-
Invokes Xvnc on the next available display and with suitable
defaults.
- vncserver :1
-
Invokes Xvnc on display :1.
- vncserver -geometry 800x600 -depth 16 :1
-
Invokes Xvnc on display :1 with desktop size of 800x600 pixels
and color depth of 16 bits per pixel.
- vncserver -kill :1
-
Shuts down Xvnc server on display :1.
SEE ALSO
Xvnc(1),
vncviewer(1),
vncpasswd(1),
vncconnect(1)
AUTHORS
Original VNC was developed in AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. TightVNC
additions were implemented by Constantin Kaplinsky. Many other people
participated in development, testing and support.
Man page authors:
Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>,
Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>,
Constantin Kaplinsky <const@tightvnc.com>
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- EXAMPLES
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- SEE ALSO
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- AUTHORS
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