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tigervncserver(1)

NAME

   tigervncserver - start or stop a VNC server

SYNOPSIS

   tigervncserver     [:display#]    [-name    desktop-name]    [-geometry
   widthxheight]  [-depth   depth]   [-pixelformat   format]   [Xtigervnc-
   options...]
   tigervncserver -kill :display#

DESCRIPTION

   tigervncserver  is  used  to  start  a  VNC (Virtual Network Computing)
   desktop.  tigervncserver is a Perl script which simplifies the  process
   of  starting  an  Xtigervnc server.  It runs Xtigervnc with appropriate
   options and starts some X applications  to  be  displayed  in  the  VNC
   desktop.

   tigervncserver  can be run with no options at all. In this case it will
   choose the first available display number (usually :1), start Xtigervnc
   as  that  display,  and  run  a couple of basic applications to get you
   started. You can also specify the display number, in which case it will
   use that number if it is available and exit if not, eg:

          tigervncserver :13

   Editing  the file $HOME/.vnc/Xtigervnc-session allows you to change the
   applications run at startup (but note that  this  will  not  affect  an
   existing desktop).

OPTIONS

   You  can  get  a  list  of  options  by  giving  -h  as  an  option  to
   tigervncserver.   In  addition  to  the  options  listed   below,   any
   unrecognised  options  will  be passed to Xtigervnc - see the Xtigervnc
   man page, or "Xtigervnc -help" for details.

   -name desktop-name
          Each desktop has a name which may be displayed by the viewer. It
          defaults  to  "host:display#  (username)"  but you can change it
          with this option. It  is  passed  in  to  the  Xtigervnc-session
          script via the $VNCDESKTOP environment variable, allowing you to
          run a different set of applications according to the name of the
          desktop.

   -geometry widthxheight
          Specify  the  size  of  the  desktop  to  be created. Default is
          1024x768.

   -depth depth
          Specify the pixel depth in bits of the desktop  to  be  created.
          Default is 16, other possible values are 8, 15 and 24 - anything
          else is likely to cause strange behaviour by applications.

   -pixelformat format
          Specify pixel format for server to use (BGRnnn or RGBnnn).   The
          default  for depth 8 is BGR233 (meaning the most significant two
          bits represent  blue,  the  next  three  green,  and  the  least
          significant  three  represent  red), the default for depth 16 is
          RGB565 and for depth 24 is RGB888.

   -cc 3  As an alternative to the default TrueColor visual,  this  allows
          you  to  run an Xtigervnc server with a PseudoColor visual (i.e.
          one which uses a colour map or palette), which can be useful for
          running  some  old  X  applications  which  only  work on such a
          display.  Values other than 3 (PseudoColor)  and  4  (TrueColor)
          for  the  -cc  option  may  result  in  strange  behaviour,  and
          PseudoColor desktops must be 8 bits deep.

   -kill :display#
          This kills a VNC desktop previously started with tigervncserver.
          It  does this by killing the Xtigervnc process, whose process ID
          is  stored  in  the  file  "$HOME/.vnc/host:display#.pid".    It
          actually ignores anything preceding a ":" in its argument.  This
          can be useful so you can write "tigervncserver -kill  $DISPLAY",
          for  example  at  the end of your Xtigervnc-session file after a
          particular application exits.

FILES

   Several VNC-related files are found in the directory $HOME/.vnc:

   $HOME/.vnc/vnc.conf
          The user configuration file for tigervncserver.

   $HOME/.vnc/Xtigervnc-session
          A shell script specifying X applications to be run  when  a  VNC
          desktop  is  started.   If it doesn't exist, tigervncserver will
          create a new one which runs a couple of basic applications.

   $HOME/.vnc/passwd
          The VNC password file.

   $HOME/.vnc/host:display#.log
          The log file for Xtigervnc and applications started in xstartup.

   $HOME/.vnc/host:display#.pid
          Identifies the Xtigervnc process ID, used by the -kill option.

   Furthermore there is a global configutation file for tigervncserver:

   /etc/vnc.conf
          The global configuration file for tigervncserver.

SEE ALSO

   vnc.conf(1), xtigervncviewer(1), tigervncpasswd(1),  tigervncconfig(1),
   Xtigervnc(1)
   http://www.realvnc.com

AUTHOR

   Tristan Richardson, RealVNC Ltd.

   VNC  was  originally  developed  by  the RealVNC team while at Olivetti
   Research Ltd / AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.  It is now being maintained
   by RealVNC Ltd.  See http://www.realvnc.com for details.



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