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NAME

       vncserver - start a VNC server application

SYNOPSIS

       vncserver
	      [:number] [-geometry widthxheight] [-depth depth] [-pixelformat rgbNNNbgrNNN] [-name desktop-name] [Xvnc-options...]

       vncserver -kill :number

DESCRIPTION

       Start  (or  stop) a VNC session.  This is a VNC (Virtual Network Computing) server.  With vncserver you can start a computing desktop envi-
       ronment that you wish to be able to use from a different machine.

OPTIONS

       :number
	      The display number to use.  If omitted, the next free display number is used.

       -geometry widthxheight
	      The session is to be of the specified size.

       -depth depth
	      The colour depth of the visual to provide (bits per pixel).

       -pixelformat rgbNNNbgrNNN
	      The colour representation bit allocations to use.

       -name desktop-name
	      The name to give the desktop.

       -kill :number
	      Stop the session running on display number.

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHOR

       AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
       Man page by Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>

								    6 Nov 2000							      VNCSERVER(1)