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authorrunge <runge>2009-01-12 20:14:44 +0000
committerrunge <runge>2009-01-12 20:14:44 +0000
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SSVNC 1.0.22 release (+ a little bit more). crl lists, ssh pid finding improvements, and more.
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
.\" License as specified in the file LICENCE.TXT that comes with the
.\" TightVNC distribution.
.\"
-.TH ssvncviewer 1 "October 2008" "" "SSVNC"
+.TH ssvncviewer 1 "December 2008" "" "SSVNC"
.SH NAME
ssvncviewer \- an X viewer client for VNC
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -258,11 +258,27 @@ must be 32bpp and same endianness.
Scale the desktop locally. The string "str" can
a floating point ratio, e.g. "0.9", or a fraction,
e.g. "3/4", or WxH, e.g. 1280x1024. Use "fit"
-to fit in the current screen size.
-Use "auto" to fit in the window size.
-Note that scaling is done in software and can be slow
-and requires more memory. "str" can also be set by
+to fit in the current screen size. Use "auto" to
+fit in the window size. "str" can also be set by
the env. var. SSVNC_SCALE.
+
+If you observe mouse trail painting errors, enable
+X11 Cursor mode (either via Popup or \fB\-x11cursor\fR.)
+
+Note that scaling is done in software and so can be
+slow and requires more memory. Some speedup Tips:
+
+ZRLE is faster than Tight in this mode. When
+scaling is first detected, the encoding will
+be automatically switched to ZRLE. Use the
+Popup menu if you want to go back to Tight.
+Set SSVNC_PRESERVE_ENCODING=1 to disable this.
+
+Use a solid background on the remote side.
+(e.g. manually or via x11vnc \fB\-solid\fR ...)
+
+If the remote server is x11vnc, try client
+side caching: x11vnc \fB\-ncache\fR 10 ...
.TP
\fB\-ycrop\fR n
Only show the top n rows of the framebuffer. For
@@ -302,11 +318,14 @@ Whether or not to use X server Backingstore for the
main viewer window. The default is to not, mainly
because most Linux, etc, systems X servers disable
*all* Backingstore by default. To re\fB\-enable\fR it put
+
Option "Backingstore"
+
in the Device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
In \fB\-bs\fR mode with no X server backingstore, whenever an
area of the screen is re\fB\-exposed\fR it must go out to the
VNC server to retrieve the pixels. This is too slow.
+
In \fB\-nobs\fR mode, memory is allocated by the viewer to
provide its own backing of the main viewer window. This
actually makes some activities faster (changes in large
@@ -327,11 +346,14 @@ password, newline are sent to the VNC server after any VNC
authentication has taken place. Under x11vnc they are
used for the \fB\-unixpw\fR login. Other VNC servers could do
something similar.
+
You can also indicate "str" via the environment
variable SSVNC_UNIXPW.
+
Note that the Escape key is actually sent first to tell
x11vnc to not echo the Unix Username back to the VNC
viewer. Set SSVNC_UNIXPW_NOESC=1 to override this.
+
If str is ".", then you are prompted at the command line
for the username and password in the normal way. If str is
"-" the stdin is read via getpass(3) for username@password.