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Name

x2vnc - a dual-screen hack

Synopsis

x2vnc [ -display display ] [ -shared ] [ -resurface ]
[ -north ] [ -south ] [ -east ] [ -west ]
[ -passwdfile passwd-file ] [ -edgewidth width ]
[ -nowheel ] [ -reversewheel ] host:0

Description

x2vnc will let you use two screens on two different computers as if they were connected to the same computer. The computer with the 'main' keboard must be running X-window, and the second computer should have a VNC server running which will update the contents on the actual screen. This means Xvnc is not suitable, but WinVNC is.

For up-to-date information on x2vnc, see the x2vnc home page:

http://fredrik.hubbe.net/x2vnc.html

-display display
The X windows display to connect from.
-shared
Allow multiple connections to the same VNC server.
-north, -south, -east, -west,
Determine which edge leads to the other screen.
-passwdfile password-file
With this option you can start x2vnc without entering a password. The file is created by vncpasswd which comes with the X-windows VNC software. If the file does not exist, x2vnc will ask for a password and create the file.
-resurface
This option will cause the trigger window to re-surface automatically if it is covered up by another window.
-edgewidth
This is a workaround for some X servers which do not allow the mouse to go all the way to the edge of the screen. By setting this to 2 or greater, the mouse will be able to reach the x2vnc window and thus warp to the windows machine. The default value is 1.
-nowheel
Disable mouse wheel emulation. Without this option your wheel will work like arrow up/down, with this option x2vnc will send them as mouse-button 4/5.
-reversewheel
Invert the up/down direction of the mouse wheel emulation.

Bugs

Alt-Gr does not work.

Author

Fredrik Hübinette, hubbe@hubbe.net


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