vncserver(1) TightVNC vncserver(1)NAMEvncserver - a wrapper to launch an X server for VNC.
SYNOPSISvncserver [:display] [-geometry widthxheight] [-depth
depth] [-pixelformat rgbNNN|bgrNNN] [-name desktop-name]
[Xvnc-options...]
vncserver-kill :display
vncserver-help
DESCRIPTIONvncserver is a wrapper script for Xvnc, the free X server
for VNC (Virtual Network Computing). It provides all capa-
bilities of a standard X server, but does not connect to a
display for itself. Instead, Xvnc creates a virtual desk-
top 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.
-kill :display
Stops the session running on the specified display.
-help Prints a short usage notice to stderr.
EXAMPLESvncserver
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 ALSOXvnc(1), vncviewer(1), vncpasswd(1), vncconnect(1)AUTHORS
Original VNC was developed in AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
TightVNC additions was implemented by Constantin Kaplin-
sky. Many other people participated in development, test-
ing and support.
Man page authors:
Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>,
Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>,
Constantin Kaplinsky <const@ce.cctpu.edu.ru>
August 2002 vncserver(1)
