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:
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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:
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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.
