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NAME

       vncserver - start or stop a VNC server

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

       vncserver can be run with no options at all.  In  this  case  it  will  choose  the  first
       available  display  number  (usually  :1), start Xvnc 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:

              vncserver :13

       Editing  the file $HOME/.vnc/xstartup 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 vncserver.  In addition to  the
       options  listed  below, any unrecognised options will be passed to Xvnc - see the Xvnc man
       page, or "Xvnc -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 xstartup 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.  Can be
              specified as an array or scalar for geometry.

       -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 Xvnc
              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 vncserver.  It does this by
              killing  the  Xvnc  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 "vncserver -kill $DISPLAY",  for
              example at the end of your xstartup file after a particular application exits.

FILES

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

       $HOME/.vnc/xstartup
              A  shell  script specifying X applications to be run when a VNC desktop is started.
              If it doesn't exist, vncserver 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 Xvnc and applications started in xstartup.

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

SEE ALSO

       vncviewer(1), vncpasswd(1), vncconfig(1), Xvnc(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.