alevtd(1) alevtd(1)
NAME
alevtd - webserver for videotext pages
SYNOPSIS
alevtd [ options ]
DESCRIPTION
alevtd is http daemon which serves videotext pages as HTML. Tune in
some station with a utility like v4lctl or some TV application. Then
start it and point your browser to http://localhost:5654/
Pages may be requested either in HTML format (http://local-
host:5654/<page>/ or http://localhost:5654/<page>/<subpage>.html) or in
ASCII text format (http://localhost:5654/<page>/<subpage>.txt). Sub-
page "00" can be used for pages without subpages.
OPTIONS
-h print a short help text and the default values for all options.
-v dev set vbi device (default: /dev/vbi).
-d enable debug output.
-s Write a start/stop notice and serious errors to the syslog.
Specify this option twice to get a verbose log (additional log
events like dropped connections).
-t sec set network timeout to >sec< seconds.
-c n set the number of allowed parallel connections to >n<. This is
a per-thread limit.
-p port
listen on port >port< for incoming connections. Default 5654.
-n hostname
set the hostname which the server should use (required for redi-
rects).
-i ip bind to IP-address >ip<.
-l log log all requests to the logfile >log< (common log format).
Using "-" as filename makes alevtd print the access log to std-
out, which is only useful together with the -F switch (see
below).
-L log same as above, but additional flush every line. Useful if you
want monitor the logfile with tail -f.
-u user
set uid to >user< (after binding to the tcp port). This option
is allowed for root only.
-g group
set gid to >group< (after binding to the tcp port). This option
is allowed for root only.
-F don't run as daemon. alevtd will not fork into background, not
detach from terminal and report errors to stderr.
-r poll tv frequency, clear vtx page cache if a frequency change
was detected.
SEE ALSO
alevt(1), xawtv(1), v4lctl(1)
AUTHOR
Gerd Knorr <kraxel@goldbach.in-berlin.de>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2000 Gerd Knorr <kraxel@goldbach.in-berlin.de>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER-
CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
(c) 2000 Gerd Knorr alevtd(1)
