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authorrunge <runge@karlrunge.com>2009-12-18 23:38:28 -0500
committerrunge <runge@karlrunge.com>2009-12-18 23:38:28 -0500
commit95f709fa60acbf900bddc4284682e9dfcf314697 (patch)
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Add tag=... to unixpw opts to set FD_TAG. Prefer Xvfb over Xdummy.
Reduce wait time for https. Add 'Login succeeded' output to unixpw panel.
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diff --git a/x11vnc/x11vnc.1 b/x11vnc/x11vnc.1
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+++ b/x11vnc/x11vnc.1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
.TH X11VNC "1" "December 2009" "x11vnc " "User Commands"
.SH NAME
x11vnc - allow VNC connections to real X11 displays
- version: 0.9.9, lastmod: 2009-12-17
+ version: 0.9.9, lastmod: 2009-12-18
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B x11vnc
[OPTION]...
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ XDM/GDM/KDM: if you are running x11vnc as root and want
to find the XAUTHORITY before anyone has logged into an
X session yet, use: x11vnc \fB-env\fR FD_XDM=1 \fB-auth\fR guess ...
(This will also find the XAUTHORITY if a user is already
-logged into the X session.)
+logged into the X session.) When running as root,
+FD_XDM=1 will be tried if the initial \fB-auth\fR guess fails.
.PP
\fB-N\fR
.IP
@@ -1221,7 +1222,8 @@ XDM/GDM/KDM: if you are running x11vnc as root and want
to find the XAUTHORITY before anyone has logged into an
X session yet, use: x11vnc \fB-env\fR FD_XDM=1 \fB-findauth\fR ...
(This will also find the XAUTHORITY if a user is already
-logged into the X session.)
+logged into the X session.) When running as root,
+FD_XDM=1 will be tried if the initial \fB-findauth\fR fails.
.PP
\fB-create\fR
.IP
@@ -1448,6 +1450,12 @@ well. You can also supply "gnome", "kde", "twm",
(same as "xterm") to have the created display use
that mode for the user session.
.IP
+Specify "tag=..." to set the unique FD_TAG desktop
+session tag described below. Note: this option will
+be ignored if the FD_TAG env. var. is already set or
+if the viewer-side supplied value is not completely
+composed of alphanumeric or '_' or '-' characters.
+.IP
To disable the option setting set the environment
variable X11VNC_NO_UNIXPW_OPTS=1 before starting x11vnc.
To set any other options, the user can use the gui
@@ -1540,8 +1548,8 @@ The option "\fB-create\fR" is an alias for this mode.
It will start looking for an open display number at :20
Override via X11VNC_CREATE_STARTING_DISPLAY_NUMBER=n
.IP
-By default FINDCREATEDISPLAY will try Xdummy and then
-Xvfb:
+By default FINDCREATEDISPLAY will try Xvfb and then
+Xdummy:
.IP
The Xdummy wrapper is part of the x11vnc source code
(x11vnc/misc/Xdummy) It should be available in PATH and
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