x11vnc -loop and -bg exclusive?
I'm running x11vnc 0.9.13 on Ubuntu 14.04 and tightVNC viewer 2.7.10 on Windows 7.
the x11vnc option -loop says, "Create an outer loop restarting the x11vnc process whenever it terminates. -bg and -inetd are ignored in this mode (however see -loopbg below)." However, -loopbg -bg doesn't actually put x11vnc into the background and it appears to restart the connection every 500ms. On screen Code:
PORT=5900 Has anyone figured out how to get xllvnc to loop (permit viewer reconnections) in the background without the sleep/waiting every 500ms? |
I haven't used those options, but I do use x11vnc on my LAN. Basically I ssh to the remote machine and start x11vnc as root, which then can show me the xfce login greeter remotely and the connection survives over login/logout.
Maybe this kind of alternative will help your situation. |
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I can probably start it from rc.local with '&': `x11vnc --loop --otheroptions &`, but I'm looking for something a bit cleaner. There must be some combination that works; surely the developer(s) tested the -loopbg and -bg options? btw, the --forever option appears to do nothing. Your experience? Perhaps most importantly: is there a listserver or website for support for x11vnc? I haven't found one. The author appears to be Karl Runge and his various websites (e.g. http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/) ask for debugging reports and comments, but I find nowhere to submit such things. |
more testing: using -loopbg -forever -bg -ssl options restart the connection every 500ms *and* create a new certificate each time! That's crazy; can't be right.
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