commandline startup options
Lonnie Cumberland
lonnie "at" outstep.com
Tue, 29 Jan 2002 18:12:19 +0000
My mistake!!!
didn't check the man pages...
sorry,
Lonnie
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 12:20:33PM -0500, Lonnie Cumberland
> wrote:
>
>> Could someone please tell me where I can get information on the
>> Linux vncviewer commandline options?
>
> Did you try the man page?
>
> VNCVIEWER(1) VNCVIEWER(1)
>
>
>
> NAME
> vncviewer - VNC client application
>
> SYNOPSIS
> vncviewer [options] host:display#
> vncviewer [options] -listen [display#]
>
> DESCRIPTION
> View a VNC session. This is an Xt-based client applica-
> tion for the VNC (Virtual Network Computing) system. You
> can use vncviewer to use a computing desktop
environment
> that is running on a different machine.
>
> You can use F8 to display a pop-up utility menu.
>
> OPTIONS
> The options are standard Xt options, or:
>
> -shared
> When connecting, specify that a shared connection
> is allowed. This is the default.
>
> -noshared
> When connecting, specify that the session may not
> be shared.
>
> -viewonly
> Block mouse and keyboard events.
>
> -fullscreen
> Occupy the entire screen.
>
> -passwd passwd-file
> File from which to get the password (as generated
> by the vncpasswd(1) program).
>
> -encodings encoding-list
> A list of encodings to use in order of preference,
> separated by spaces. The default is "copyrect
> tight hextile zlib corre rre", or "raw copyrect
> tight hextile zlib corre rre" for a VNC server on
> the same machine.
>
> -bgr233
> Always use the BGR233 (8-bit) pixel format on the
> wire, regardless of the visual.
>
> -owncmap
> Try to use a PseudoColor visual and a private col-
> ormap - this allows the VNC server to control the
> colormap.
>
> -truecolour
> Try to use a TrueColor visual.
>
> -depth depth
> Try to use a visual of this depth (bits per pixel).
>
> -compresslevel level
> Use specified compression level (0-9) for tight
> encoding.
>
> -quality level
> Use the specified image quality level (0-9) for
> tight encoding.
>
> -nocursorshape
> Disable the local cursor shape extension.
>
> -via gateway [host]:display
> Tunnel via the gateway to the specified VNC host's
> display. By default this uses ssh(1).
>
> -noraiseonbeep
> By default the viewer window is raised when a beep
> (bell) is received from the VNC session. This
> option disables that.
>
> RESOURCES
> X resources that vncviewer knows about, aside from
the
> normal Xt resources, are as follows:
>
> shareDesktop (class ShareDesktop)
> Equivalent of -noshared/-shared options. Default
> true.
>
>
> viewOnly (class ViewOnly)
> Equivalent of -viewonly option. Default false.
>
>
> fullScreen (class FullScreen)
> Equivalent of -fullscreen option. Default false.
>
>
> raiseOnBeep (class RaiseOnBeep)
> Equivalent of -noraiseonbeep option. Default
> true.
>
>
> passwordFile (class PasswordFile)
> Equivalent of -passwd option.
>
>
> serverDialog (class ServerDialog)
> Settings for dialog widget.
>
>
> passwordDialog (class PasswordDialog)
> Settings for dialog widget.
>
>
> encodings (class Encodings)
> Equivalent of -encodings option.
>
>
> useBGR233 (class UseBGR233)
> Equivalent of -bgr233 option. Default false.
>
>
> nColours (class NColours)
> Try to allocate this many exact colours from the
> BGR233 colour cube (when using BGR233).
>
>
> useSharedColours (class UseSharedColours)
> Try to use shared colours. Default true.
>
>
> forceOwnCmap (class ForceOwnCmap)
> Equivalent of -owncmap option. Default false.
>
>
> forceTrueColour (class ForceTrueColour)
> Equivalent of -truecolour option. Default false.
>
>
> requestedDepth (class RequestedDepth)
> Equivalent of -depth option.
>
>
> useSharedMemory (class UseSharedMemory)
> Use MIT shared memory extension if available.
> Default true.
>
>
> wmDecorationWidth (class WmDecorationWidth)
> For calculating maximum VNC window size. Default
> 4.
>
>
> wmDecorationHeight (class WmDecorationHeight)
> For calculating maximum VNC window size. Default
> 24.
>
>
> popupButtonCount (class PopupButtonCount)
> Custom buttons. See the README file for more
> information on how to customize buttons.
>
>
> debug (class Debug)
> For debugging. Default false.
>
>
> rawDelay (class RawDelay)
> For debugging. Default 0 (off).
>
>
> copyRectDelay (class CopyRectDelay)
> For debugging. Default 0 (off).
>
>
> compressLevel (class CompressionLevel)
> Equivalent of -compresslevel option.
>
>
> qualityLevel (class QualityLevel)
> Equivalent of -quality option.
>
>
> useRemoteCursor (class UseRemoteCursor)
> Equivalent of -nocursorshape option. Default
> true.
>
>
> SEE ALSO
> vncserver(1), Xvnc(1), vncpasswd(1), vncconnect(1)
>
> AUTHOR
> AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
> Man page by Tim Waugh <twaugh "at" redhat.com>
>
>
>
> 4 May 2001 VNCVIEWER(1)
>
> Tim.
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