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2007-10-11	Update x11vnc to 0.9.3.	obache	2	-6/+6
	New in the 0.9.3 x11vnc release: This release provides client-side caching to improve interactive response. Almost no VNC viewers implement caching which is why VNC is slow compared to other remote graphics protocols. The x11vnc caching will work with any VNC viewer, but they will not hide the pixmap cache region that is below the main desktop (one must adjust the window manually). The SSVNC Unix VNC viewer, however, automatically detects and hides the region. To enable caching, supply "-ncache n" to x11vnc, where the number n, e.g. 10, indicates how much memory to devote to the caching scheme. See http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/#faq-client-caching
2007-07-11	Update x11vnc to 0.9.2.	obache	2	-8/+21
	New in the 0.9.2 x11vnc release: A compile-time bug is fixed for when the OpenSSL library is not available or --without-ssl is supplied; previously the build would fail. One can configure x11vnc via "configure --with-system-libvncserver" to use a system installed libvncserver library instead of the one bundled in the release tarball. If UltraVNC file transfer or chat is detected, then VNC clients are "pinged" more often to prevent these side channels from becoming serviced too infrequently. In -unixpw mode in the username and password dialog no text will be echoed if the first character sent is "Escape". This enables a convenience feature in SSVNC to send the username and password automatically. miscellaneous new features and changes: When building from the CVS tree --with-x11vnc must be supplied if you want x11vnc to be built. The LibVNCServer release tarball no longer contains the x11vnc source.
2007-05-24	Update x11vnc to 0.9.1.	obache	3	-7/+11
	New in the 0.9.1 x11vnc release: A new Unix username identification scheme is provided when SSL client certificates are used to authenticate VNC viewers. The username is extracted from the 'Subject' section of the cert. The option is "-users sslpeer=" which, like "-users unixpw=" already does, will cause a switch to the Unix user. This is useful for the -find and -create options that try to find an existing X session associated with the user or create a new one. The UltraVNC Java Viewer has been modified to support SSL connections. Some bugs were also fixed and some improvements added. A patch file and a compiled jar file (UltraViewerSSL.jar and SignedUltraViewerSSL.jar in the classes/ssl directory) are provided in the x11vnc package. For the -user option groups are now handled better by using initgroups(3), or if finer control is needed one can use: "-users user1.group1,..." When SSL client certification is being used and external login programs are being used the env. var. RFB_SSL_CLIENT_CERT is set to the clients certificate. Set X11VNC_SSLPEER_CN to use the Common Name instead of the certificate email address to find the unix username. miscellaneous new features and changes: The -wait and -defer defaults were lowered from 30 to 20 milliseconds, set the values explicitly if this increases the load too much for your liking. In -create mode where a Xvfb session is started, mwm was added as a session type. setpgrp(2) is used for the spawned process if available. The XKEYBOARD extension is enabled (+kb, but it doesn't seem to always work). TrueColor is forced to be the default visual (recent Xvfb seem to choose DirectColor, this is likely a bug) One can also force creating a new Xvfb by setting the env. var. X11VNC_FINDDISPLAY_ALWAYS_FAILS (not exactly clear what this would be used for). The WAITBG env. var. enables -display WAIT:... to take place in the background. One can specify the X11VNC_SKIP_DISPLAY env. var. for a list of displays to exclude in the FINDDISPLAY action. This can also be specified via nd=... as a -unixpw login option. setsid() or setpgrp() is called for the external command spawned by the -gone option (since it may be long lived, e.g. a screen locker). The script "onetimekey" utility is provided in the classes/ssl subdirectory that allows a (very long) string representing a Client SSL certificate to be provided by the authenticating client, or via https cgi script (e.g. after a web login). Some bugs were fixed in the libvncserver implementation of UltraVNC file transfer.
2007-04-29	Update x11vnc to 0.9.	obache	2	-6/+6
	New in the 0.9 x11vnc release: VNC Service advertising via mDNS / ZeroConf / BonJour with the Avahi client library. Enable via "-avahi". Implementations of UltraVNC's TextChat, SingleWindow, and ServerInput extensions (requires ultravnc viewer or ssvnc Unix viewer). They toggle the selection of a single window (-id), and disable (friendly) user input and viewing (monitor blank) at the VNC server. Short aliases "-find", "-create", "-svc", and "-xdmsvc" for commonly used FINDCREATEDISPLAY usage modes (to find the user's display or create one with Xvfb, etc). Reverse VNC connections (viewer listening) now work in SSL (-ssl) mode. miscellaneous new features and changes: New options to control the Monitor power state and keyboard/mouse grabbing: -forcedpms, -clientdpms, -noserverdpms, and -grabalways. A simple way to emulate inetd(8) to some degree via the "-loopbg" option. Monitor the accuracy of XDAMAGE and apply "-noxdamage" if it is not working well. OpenGL applications like like beryl and MythTv have been shown to make XDAMAGE not work properly. For Java SSL connections involving a router/firewall port redirection, an option -httpsredir to spare the user from needing to include PORT=NNN in the browser URL. A -sleepin n option to delay startup by n seconds to let redirs and listening clients to get started. TightVNC file transfer is now off by default; enable via -tightfilexfer
2007-04-01	Change my mail address to @NetBSD.org.	obache	1	-2/+2

2007-02-22	Whitespace cleanup, courtesy of pkglint.	wiz	1	-2/+2
	Patch provided by Sergey Svishchev in private mail.
2007-02-04	Modular Xorg support.	joerg	1	-2/+11

2007-02-02	Update x11vnc to 0.8.4.	obache	3	-9/+9
	New in the 0.8.4 x11vnc release: Native Mac OS X Aqua/Quartz support. It exports the full display (no X11 server). This provides an alternative to OSXvnc; some activities are faster (and see the client-side caching feature -ncache in the 0.8.5 development version for more speedups). http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/#faq-macosx x11vnc can act as a VNC reflector/repeater using the "-reflect host:N" option. This is useful for large classroom broadcasting or demos. You set up a number of reflectors to spread the network and CPU load around for better response. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/#faq-reflect A new login mode: "-display WAIT:cmd=FINDCREATEDISPLAY -unixpw ..." that will Create a new X session (Xvfb, Xdummy, or Xorg) for the user if it cannot find the user's X session display via the FINDDISPLAY method. It will be re-found upon reconnection. This enables a simple "terminal services" mode based on Unix username and password and where the user does not have to memorize their VNC display number, etc. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/#faq-userlogin miscellaneous new features and changes: Option "-nodpms" to avoid problems with programs like KDE's kdesktop_lock that keep restarting the screen saver every few seconds even with active VNC clients connected. The "-N" option couples the VNC Display number to the X Display number. E.g. if your X DISPLAY is :2 then the VNC display will be :2 (i.e. using port 5902). If that port is taken x11vnc will exit. Wireframe copyrect detection for local user activity (e.g. someone sitting at the physical display moving windows). You can disable this with the "-nowireframelocal" option. To automatically fix the common mouse motion problem on XINERAMA (multi-headed) displays, the "-xwarppointer" option is enabled by default when XINERAMA is active. You can disable this with the "-noxwarppointer" option. By default in -reflect mode "-shared" is implied (it makes sense), use "-noshared" after the -reflect option to disable this. The "-prog" option lets you specify the full path (argv[0]) to the program, in case it is spawned by inetd/tcpd and cannot determine its path. The path is needed for the "-http" option to guess the http classes directory. Usually not needed, but there are many options for tuning the native Mac OS X mode: -macnodim -macnosleep -macnosaver -macnowait -macwheel -macnoswap -macnoresize -maciconanim -macmenu. An option "-debug_xdamage" has been added for debugging and profiling.
2006-11-14	Update x11vnc to 0.8.3.	obache	2	-6/+6
	New in the 0.8.3 x11vnc release: The -ssl option provides SSL encryption and authentication natively via the www.openssl.org library. One can use from a simple self-signed certificate server certificate up to full CA and client certificate authentication schemes. The -sslverify option allows for authenticating VNC clients via their certificates in either -ssl or -stunnel modes. Certificate creation and management tools are provide in the -sslGenCert, -sslGenCA, and related options. An SSL enabled Java applet VNC Viewer applet is provided in classes/ssl/VncViewer.jar. The applet may also be loaded into the web browser via HTTPS, i.e one can use the VNC port, e.g. https://host:5900/ See our "Enhanced TightVNC Viewer" project, for native SSL enabled viewers. The -unixpw option supports Unix username and password authentication. The -ssl or -localhost and -stunnel options (or detection of an SSH tunnel) are enforced in this mode to prevent password sniffing. Coupling -unixpw with -display WAIT:cmd=FINDDISPLAY provides a way to allow a user to login with their UNIX password and have their display connected to automatically. Hooks are provided in the -unixpw_cmd and "-passwdfile cmd:,custom:..." options to allow you to supply your own authentication and password lookup programs (e.g. LDAP). The "-ultrafilexfer" alias is provided and improved UltraVNC filetransfer rates have been achieved. The -rotate option enables you to rotate or reflect the screen before exporting via VNC. This is intended for use on handhelds and other devices where the rotation orientation is not "natural". miscellaneous new features and changes: Similar to -ssl, the -stunnel option starts up a SSL tunnel server stunnel (that must be installed separately on the system) to allow only encrypted SSL connections from the network. Option -sslnofail to exit immediately if there are any SSL connection failures. A simpler variant of -unixpw is the -unixpw_nis option that works in environments where the encrypted passwords are readable, e.g. NIS. x11vnc can be configured and built to not depend on X11 libraries "./configure --without-x" for -rawfb only operation (e.g. embedded linux console devices). Add -cursor_drag to change the mouse cursor during Drag and Drop, etc. Under the "-connect_or_exit host" option x11vnc will exit immediately unless the reverse connection to host succeeds. The "-rfbport 0" option disables TCP listening for connections (useful for this mode). The "-rawfb rand" and "-rawfb none" options are useful for testing automation scripts, etc., without requiring a full desktop. Reduced spewing of information at startup, use "-verbose" (also "-v") to turn it back on for debugging. For more information: http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/ http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html x11vnc -help \| less
2006-07-22	Security update to version 0.8.2	salo	3	-8/+16
	Changes: Security fix for CVE-2006-2450, remote authentication bypass in libvncserver. Notified by the upstream maintainer, Karl Runge via PR pkg/34050 New in the 0.8.2 x11vnc release: ================================ Support for full mouse and keyboard input into the Linux console framebuffer /dev/fb0 in -rawfb mode (i.e. non-X11) by using the Linux "uinput" driver. This enables, for example, viewing and interacting with Qt-embedded/Qtopia-Core apps on Linux-based handhelds, etc. Options: -rawfb cons, -pipeinput UINPUT More info: http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/#faq-qt-embedded Extension of the display option: -display WAIT:<disp-or-cmd> to delay x11vnc's opening of the X display until a VNC client connects (useful built-in: -display WAIT:cmd=FINDDISPLAY, to find a user's display and Xauthority data). Options -grabkbd and -grabptr have x11vnc try to grab the X display when VNC clients are connected to prevent a (non-malicious) user at the physical X display from performing keyboard or mouse input. E.g. remote help-desk support. miscellaneous new features and changes: -allowedcmds option to fine-tune which external commands may be run by x11vnc, rather than shutting them all off with -nocmds. -env VAR=VALUE convenience option to avoid the need of setting environment variables before starting x11vnc. -allinput option to enable libvncserver handleEventsEagerly parameter (not clear it yields an improvement). -rawfb rand fun/testing option using /dev/urandom as a fb. -license, -copying, -warranty option. New in the 0.8.1 x11vnc release: ================================ Improved support for webcams and TV tuners with video4linux /dev/video: see the "-rawfb video" and "-pipeinput VID" options. (the latter gives a simple keyboard control of a TV tuner; see also the -freqtab option for stations). FBPM support for hardware that provides framebuffer power management (it needs to be disabled when vnc clients are connected). The -usepw option will require x11vnc to use a password of some sort or otherwise exit immediately. Put it in your ~/.x11vncrc so you don't forget. The command "x11vnc -storepasswd" will prompt for a password without echoing and save it in ~/.vnc/passwd The X CLIPBOARD selection is managed in addition to the X PRIMARY selection. miscellaneous new features and changes: Convenience option for accessing the Linux console: -rawfb cons etc. (requires /dev/fb0 to be working). clipboard/cut-text input can now be managed on a per-client basis. -capslock and -skip_lockkeys options can help make CapsLock work better. The Xdummy wrapper script is included in the source tree. A mode "-gone popup" as been added. -24to32 option to avoid 24bpp problems. -xinerama is on by default.
2006-03-15	Update to 0.8, provided by OBATA Akio in PR 33068.	wiz	2	-8/+7
	New in the 0.8 x11vnc release: TightVNC file transfer support is enabled via the extension to LibVNCServer added by Rohit Kumar. The -passwdfile option has been enhanced to handle any number of full-access and view only passwords in an easy to maintain format, and additional features. The -8to24 option enables multi-depth viewing on systems that do not support -overlay. The 8bpp regions are transformed to depth 24 TrueColor before exporting via VNC. The x11vnc source code has gone through a major reorganization. The build has been enhanced and many bugs fixed. miscellaneous new features and changes: -afteraccept option is like -accept however it enables running a user supplied command after client authentication has taken place. The RFB_* environment variables have been extended. -loop option will run x11vnc in an outer loop restarting each time (useful for situations where the X server restarts often). -slow_fb allows for slow polling for special purpose applications (e.g. video). -blackout noptr,WxH+X+Y,... will prevent the pointer from going into a blacked out region.
2006-02-05	Recursive revision bump / recommended bump for gettext ABI change.	joerg	1	-1/+2

2005-08-05	Initial import of x11vnc-0.7.2 from pkgsrc-wip, packaged by	xtraeme	4	-0/+34
	<obata at lins dot jp>. x11vnc allows one to remotely view and interact with real X displays (i.e. a display corresponding to a physical monitor, keyboard, and mouse) with any VNC viewer. In this way it plays the role for Unix/X11 that WinVNC plays for Windows.

New in the 0.9.3 x11vnc release: This release provides client-side caching to improve interactive response. Almost no VNC viewers implement caching which is why VNC is slow compared to other remote graphics protocols. The x11vnc caching will work with any VNC viewer, but they will not hide the pixmap cache region that is below the main desktop (one must adjust the window manually). The SSVNC Unix VNC viewer, however, automatically detects and hides the region. To enable caching, supply "-ncache n" to x11vnc, where the number n, e.g. 10, indicates how much memory to devote to the caching scheme. See http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/#faq-client-caching

New in the 0.9.2 x11vnc release: A compile-time bug is fixed for when the OpenSSL library is not available or --without-ssl is supplied; previously the build would fail. One can configure x11vnc via "configure --with-system-libvncserver" to use a system installed libvncserver library instead of the one bundled in the release tarball. If UltraVNC file transfer or chat is detected, then VNC clients are "pinged" more often to prevent these side channels from becoming serviced too infrequently. In -unixpw mode in the username and password dialog no text will be echoed if the first character sent is "Escape". This enables a convenience feature in SSVNC to send the username and password automatically. miscellaneous new features and changes: When building from the CVS tree --with-x11vnc must be supplied if you want x11vnc to be built. The LibVNCServer release tarball no longer contains the x11vnc source.

New in the 0.9.1 x11vnc release: A new Unix username identification scheme is provided when SSL client certificates are used to authenticate VNC viewers. The username is extracted from the 'Subject' section of the cert. The option is "-users sslpeer=" which, like "-users unixpw=" already does, will cause a switch to the Unix user. This is useful for the -find and -create options that try to find an existing X session associated with the user or create a new one. The UltraVNC Java Viewer has been modified to support SSL connections. Some bugs were also fixed and some improvements added. A patch file and a compiled jar file (UltraViewerSSL.jar and SignedUltraViewerSSL.jar in the classes/ssl directory) are provided in the x11vnc package. For the -user option groups are now handled better by using initgroups(3), or if finer control is needed one can use: "-users user1.group1,..." When SSL client certification is being used and external login programs are being used the env. var. RFB_SSL_CLIENT_CERT is set to the clients certificate. Set X11VNC_SSLPEER_CN to use the Common Name instead of the certificate email address to find the unix username. miscellaneous new features and changes: The -wait and -defer defaults were lowered from 30 to 20 milliseconds, set the values explicitly if this increases the load too much for your liking. In -create mode where a Xvfb session is started, mwm was added as a session type. setpgrp(2) is used for the spawned process if available. The XKEYBOARD extension is enabled (+kb, but it doesn't seem to always work). TrueColor is forced to be the default visual (recent Xvfb seem to choose DirectColor, this is likely a bug) One can also force creating a new Xvfb by setting the env. var. X11VNC_FINDDISPLAY_ALWAYS_FAILS (not exactly clear what this would be used for). The WAITBG env. var. enables -display WAIT:... to take place in the background. One can specify the X11VNC_SKIP_DISPLAY env. var. for a list of displays to exclude in the FINDDISPLAY action. This can also be specified via nd=... as a -unixpw login option. setsid() or setpgrp() is called for the external command spawned by the -gone option (since it may be long lived, e.g. a screen locker). The script "onetimekey" utility is provided in the classes/ssl subdirectory that allows a (very long) string representing a Client SSL certificate to be provided by the authenticating client, or via https cgi script (e.g. after a web login). Some bugs were fixed in the libvncserver implementation of UltraVNC file transfer.

New in the 0.9 x11vnc release: VNC Service advertising via mDNS / ZeroConf / BonJour with the Avahi client library. Enable via "-avahi". Implementations of UltraVNC's TextChat, SingleWindow, and ServerInput extensions (requires ultravnc viewer or ssvnc Unix viewer). They toggle the selection of a single window (-id), and disable (friendly) user input and viewing (monitor blank) at the VNC server. Short aliases "-find", "-create", "-svc", and "-xdmsvc" for commonly used FINDCREATEDISPLAY usage modes (to find the user's display or create one with Xvfb, etc). Reverse VNC connections (viewer listening) now work in SSL (-ssl) mode. miscellaneous new features and changes: New options to control the Monitor power state and keyboard/mouse grabbing: -forcedpms, -clientdpms, -noserverdpms, and -grabalways. A simple way to emulate inetd(8) to some degree via the "-loopbg" option. Monitor the accuracy of XDAMAGE and apply "-noxdamage" if it is not working well. OpenGL applications like like beryl and MythTv have been shown to make XDAMAGE not work properly. For Java SSL connections involving a router/firewall port redirection, an option -httpsredir to spare the user from needing to include PORT=NNN in the browser URL. A -sleepin n option to delay startup by n seconds to let redirs and listening clients to get started. TightVNC file transfer is now off by default; enable via -tightfilexfer

Patch provided by Sergey Svishchev in private mail.

New in the 0.8.4 x11vnc release: Native Mac OS X Aqua/Quartz support. It exports the full display (no X11 server). This provides an alternative to OSXvnc; some activities are faster (and see the client-side caching feature -ncache in the 0.8.5 development version for more speedups). http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/#faq-macosx x11vnc can act as a VNC reflector/repeater using the "-reflect host:N" option. This is useful for large classroom broadcasting or demos. You set up a number of reflectors to spread the network and CPU load around for better response. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/#faq-reflect A new login mode: "-display WAIT:cmd=FINDCREATEDISPLAY -unixpw ..." that will Create a new X session (Xvfb, Xdummy, or Xorg) for the user if it cannot find the user's X session display via the FINDDISPLAY method. It will be re-found upon reconnection. This enables a simple "terminal services" mode based on Unix username and password and where the user does not have to memorize their VNC display number, etc. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/#faq-userlogin miscellaneous new features and changes: Option "-nodpms" to avoid problems with programs like KDE's kdesktop_lock that keep restarting the screen saver every few seconds even with active VNC clients connected. The "-N" option couples the VNC Display number to the X Display number. E.g. if your X DISPLAY is :2 then the VNC display will be :2 (i.e. using port 5902). If that port is taken x11vnc will exit. Wireframe copyrect detection for local user activity (e.g. someone sitting at the physical display moving windows). You can disable this with the "-nowireframelocal" option. To automatically fix the common mouse motion problem on XINERAMA (multi-headed) displays, the "-xwarppointer" option is enabled by default when XINERAMA is active. You can disable this with the "-noxwarppointer" option. By default in -reflect mode "-shared" is implied (it makes sense), use "-noshared" after the -reflect option to disable this. The "-prog" option lets you specify the full path (argv[0]) to the program, in case it is spawned by inetd/tcpd and cannot determine its path. The path is needed for the "-http" option to guess the http classes directory. Usually not needed, but there are many options for tuning the native Mac OS X mode: -macnodim -macnosleep -macnosaver -macnowait -macwheel -macnoswap -macnoresize -maciconanim -macmenu. An option "-debug_xdamage" has been added for debugging and profiling.

New in the 0.8.3 x11vnc release: The -ssl option provides SSL encryption and authentication natively via the www.openssl.org library. One can use from a simple self-signed certificate server certificate up to full CA and client certificate authentication schemes. The -sslverify option allows for authenticating VNC clients via their certificates in either -ssl or -stunnel modes. Certificate creation and management tools are provide in the -sslGenCert, -sslGenCA, and related options. An SSL enabled Java applet VNC Viewer applet is provided in classes/ssl/VncViewer.jar. The applet may also be loaded into the web browser via HTTPS, i.e one can use the VNC port, e.g. https://host:5900/ See our "Enhanced TightVNC Viewer" project, for native SSL enabled viewers. The -unixpw option supports Unix username and password authentication. The -ssl or -localhost and -stunnel options (or detection of an SSH tunnel) are enforced in this mode to prevent password sniffing. Coupling -unixpw with -display WAIT:cmd=FINDDISPLAY provides a way to allow a user to login with their UNIX password and have their display connected to automatically. Hooks are provided in the -unixpw_cmd and "-passwdfile cmd:,custom:..." options to allow you to supply your own authentication and password lookup programs (e.g. LDAP). The "-ultrafilexfer" alias is provided and improved UltraVNC filetransfer rates have been achieved. The -rotate option enables you to rotate or reflect the screen before exporting via VNC. This is intended for use on handhelds and other devices where the rotation orientation is not "natural". miscellaneous new features and changes: Similar to -ssl, the -stunnel option starts up a SSL tunnel server stunnel (that must be installed separately on the system) to allow only encrypted SSL connections from the network. Option -sslnofail to exit immediately if there are any SSL connection failures. A simpler variant of -unixpw is the -unixpw_nis option that works in environments where the encrypted passwords are readable, e.g. NIS. x11vnc can be configured and built to not depend on X11 libraries "./configure --without-x" for -rawfb only operation (e.g. embedded linux console devices). Add -cursor_drag to change the mouse cursor during Drag and Drop, etc. Under the "-connect_or_exit host" option x11vnc will exit immediately unless the reverse connection to host succeeds. The "-rfbport 0" option disables TCP listening for connections (useful for this mode). The "-rawfb rand" and "-rawfb none" options are useful for testing automation scripts, etc., without requiring a full desktop. Reduced spewing of information at startup, use "-verbose" (also "-v") to turn it back on for debugging. For more information: http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/ http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html x11vnc -help | less

Changes: Security fix for CVE-2006-2450, remote authentication bypass in libvncserver. Notified by the upstream maintainer, Karl Runge via PR pkg/34050 New in the 0.8.2 x11vnc release: ================================ Support for full mouse and keyboard input into the Linux console framebuffer /dev/fb0 in -rawfb mode (i.e. non-X11) by using the Linux "uinput" driver. This enables, for example, viewing and interacting with Qt-embedded/Qtopia-Core apps on Linux-based handhelds, etc. Options: -rawfb cons, -pipeinput UINPUT More info: http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/#faq-qt-embedded Extension of the display option: -display WAIT:<disp-or-cmd> to delay x11vnc's opening of the X display until a VNC client connects (useful built-in: -display WAIT:cmd=FINDDISPLAY, to find a user's display and Xauthority data). Options -grabkbd and -grabptr have x11vnc try to grab the X display when VNC clients are connected to prevent a (non-malicious) user at the physical X display from performing keyboard or mouse input. E.g. remote help-desk support. miscellaneous new features and changes: -allowedcmds option to fine-tune which external commands may be run by x11vnc, rather than shutting them all off with -nocmds. -env VAR=VALUE convenience option to avoid the need of setting environment variables before starting x11vnc. -allinput option to enable libvncserver handleEventsEagerly parameter (not clear it yields an improvement). -rawfb rand fun/testing option using /dev/urandom as a fb. -license, -copying, -warranty option. New in the 0.8.1 x11vnc release: ================================ Improved support for webcams and TV tuners with video4linux /dev/video: see the "-rawfb video" and "-pipeinput VID" options. (the latter gives a simple keyboard control of a TV tuner; see also the -freqtab option for stations). FBPM support for hardware that provides framebuffer power management (it needs to be disabled when vnc clients are connected). The -usepw option will require x11vnc to use a password of some sort or otherwise exit immediately. Put it in your ~/.x11vncrc so you don't forget. The command "x11vnc -storepasswd" will prompt for a password without echoing and save it in ~/.vnc/passwd The X CLIPBOARD selection is managed in addition to the X PRIMARY selection. miscellaneous new features and changes: Convenience option for accessing the Linux console: -rawfb cons etc. (requires /dev/fb0 to be working). clipboard/cut-text input can now be managed on a per-client basis. -capslock and -skip_lockkeys options can help make CapsLock work better. The Xdummy wrapper script is included in the source tree. A mode "-gone popup" as been added. -24to32 option to avoid 24bpp problems. -xinerama is on by default.

New in the 0.8 x11vnc release: TightVNC file transfer support is enabled via the extension to LibVNCServer added by Rohit Kumar. The -passwdfile option has been enhanced to handle any number of full-access and view only passwords in an easy to maintain format, and additional features. The -8to24 option enables multi-depth viewing on systems that do not support -overlay. The 8bpp regions are transformed to depth 24 TrueColor before exporting via VNC. The x11vnc source code has gone through a major reorganization. The build has been enhanced and many bugs fixed. miscellaneous new features and changes: -afteraccept option is like -accept however it enables running a user supplied command after client authentication has taken place. The RFB_* environment variables have been extended. -loop option will run x11vnc in an outer loop restarting each time (useful for situations where the X server restarts often). -slow_fb allows for slow polling for special purpose applications (e.g. video). -blackout noptr,WxH+X+Y,... will prevent the pointer from going into a blacked out region.

<obata at lins dot jp>. x11vnc allows one to remotely view and interact with real X displays (i.e. a display corresponding to a physical monitor, keyboard, and mouse) with any VNC viewer. In this way it plays the role for Unix/X11 that WinVNC plays for Windows.