svncviewer1

Usage

Overview

svncviewer is a SVGAlib viewer client for Xvnc, the free X server for Virtual Network Computing (VNC). It can connect to a running Xvnc server and display it on a graphics capable console. Further it can transmit mouse and keyevents to the server.

There are viewers for a variety of other plattforms, e.g. X and Windows95/NT. For Linux and Windows also a server exists. With the built-in Java classes, you can even use a Java capable Internet browser to connect to Xvnc.

Examples

svncviewer localhost:1

Connects to a running Xvnc session on the local workstation and displays its content in a X window.

svncviewer flora:1

Connects to a running Xvnc on host flora and displays its on the current console.

Options

-help

Prints a short usage notice to stderr.

-shared

When you make a connection to a VNC server, all other existing connections are normally closed. This option requests that they be left open, allowing you to share the desktop with someone already using it.

-passwd file

If you are on a filesystem which gives you access to the password file used by the server, you can specify it here to avoid typing it in.

-owncmap

This makes the viewer to install a private colormap on displays with a color depth of 8 bits.

-raw

-copyrect

-rre

-hextile

-nocopyrect

-norre

-nohextile

You can enable or disbale certain graphic encodings with these options.

Other Options

Feel free to submit entries for the other options available.

Files

/usr/X11R6/bin/vncpasswd

Command to create and change password files to be used by the RFB protocol (can be specified with the -passwd option).

/usr/X11R6/bin/vncserver

A wrapper script around Xvnc to start the server with appropriate defaults.

/usr/X11R6/bin/Xvnc

The real server. Will be invoked by vncserver.