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vncserver(1)			    TightVNC			    vncserver(1)

NAME
     vncserver - a wrapper to launch an X server for VNC.

SYNOPSIS
     vncserver	[:display] [-geometry widthxheight] [-depth depth] [-pixelformat
     rgbNNN|bgrNNN] [-name desktop-name] [Xvnc-options...]

     vncserver -kill :display

     vncserver -help

DESCRIPTION
     vncserver is a wrapper script for Xvnc, the free X server for VNC	(Virtual
     Network  Computing).  It  provides all capabilities of a standard X server,
     but does not connect to a display for itself.  Instead, Xvnc creates a vir-
     tual desktop 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 in-
     vocation of Xvnc without changes. The options provided by the vncserver it-
     self 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.

EXAMPLES
     vncserver
	    Invokes  Xvnc  on  the  next available display and with suitable de-
	    faults.

     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.

FILES
     /etc/tightvncserver.conf
	    System-wide configuration file of TightVNC Server.

     $HOME/.vnc/tightvncserver.conf
	    User  configuration  file  of  TightVNC Server. Its setting override
	    system-wide configuration.

SEE ALSO
     Xvnc(1), vncviewer(1), vncpasswd(1), vncconnect(1)

AUTHORS
     Original VNC was developed in AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.  TightVNC  addi-
     tions  were implemented by Constantin Kaplinsky. Many other people partici-
     pated in development, testing and support.

     Man page authors:
     Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>,
     Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>,
     Constantin Kaplinsky <const@tightvnc.com>

				   August 2006			    vncserver(1)

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