org server, 212
Java applet on-demand VNC servers, 204
options in X environment, 193
starting on demand using inetd, 204
starting on demand using
xinetd, 202??“204
using KDE and Gnome remote desktop
access tools, 210
using standing VNC servers, 198
using to share a presentation, 213
using viewers, 197
versions, 194
vncserver script, 196
Xvnc basics, 195
vnc.conf file, 197
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vncconfig command, 215
vncconnect command, 215
vncpasswd script, 196, 198, 213
vncpasswd.d directory, 198
vncserver script, 196
command-line options, 197
-kill option, 197
modifying default configuration
values, 197
running, 197
vncviewer script, 197
-listen argument, 215
-via argument, 205
X version, 198
volume, pitch and duration (bell), 101
VTs (see virtual terminals)
W
web browsers, 8
clipboard data, 89
fullscreen, for kiosk application, 224
Java-enabled, connecting to Xvnc web
server, 198
middle-mouse button, using, 88
web page, embedding X application
in, 206??“210
web page for this book, xii
wget command, 225
network status monitoring script for a
kiosk, 226
widget sets, 11
WiFi antennas, positioning, 102
wildcards (DevName and DevPhys), 83
window decorations, 8
window managers, 8, 118
differences in multi-screen and Xinerama
modes, 69??“71
differing implementation of virtual
desktops, 100
drawing of title bar, border, and window
controls, 10
GNOME, 123
KDE, defining with KDEWM
environment variable, 126
KDE (kwin), 126
managing multiple screens, 20
started by display manager, 27
using without desktop
environment, 129??“132
listing of common window
managers, 130
startup script, 130
virtual desktops, 120??“122
Xfce, changing default, 129
window positioning, creating virtual desktop
illusion, 122
windows
basic information about
(xwininfo), 97??“100
events, translation to ASCII
sequences, 116
focus, 90
geometry, clients and, 113??“115
nonrectangular, 23
why they look and act differently, 9
Windows systems
Microsoft fonts, 157
mouse, 87
VNC server, 193
X System product line, 6
word processors, 8
workspace capability, 120
workspace switcher, 120
X
X Color Management System (Xcms), 140
X command
-ac (access control) option, 183
-allowMouseOpenFail option, 81
-config argument, 32
-config argument, starting X with kiosk
configuration, 221
-configure option, 43
-scanpci option, 48
-terminate option, 39
The X Consortium, 4
X Display Manager Control Protocol (see
XDMCP)
X Display Manager (Xt), 27
X Intrinsics Toolkit (Xt), 11
X Keyboard Extension, 222
X Logical Font Description (XLFD), 146
X Security Extension (see SECURITY
extension)
X Server layer, 7
X Session Management Protocol
(XSMP), 119
X tunneling, 189
X Window System, ix
history, 4
layers of an X-based GUI, 6
name variations, 6
new versus old X, 4
server, 9
Index 253
X Windows, 6
X11 forwarding, 189
X386, 4
Xaccess file, 177
xauth utility, 183??“185
creating an extract file, 184
generate command, 186
list command, 184
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