---
name: "alevtd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "alevtd"
version: "3.107-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/alevtd"
---

# alevtd(1)

webserver for videotext pages

## 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://localhost:5654/\<page\>/ or http://localhost:5654/\<page\>/\<subpage\>.html) or in ASCII text format (http://localhost:5654/\<page\>/\<subpage\>.txt).  Subpage "00" can be used for pages without subpages.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  print a short **h**elp text and the default values for all options.

- **-v dev**

  set **v**bi device (default: /dev/vbi0).

- **-d**

  enable **d**ebug output.

- **-s**

  Write a start/stop notice and serious errors to the **s**yslog. Specify this option twice to get a verbose log (additional log events like dropped connections).

- **-t sec**

  set network **t**imeout to \>sec\< seconds.

- **-c n**

  set the number of allowed parallel **c**onnections to \>n\<.  This is a per-thread limit.

- **-p port**

  listen on **p**ort \>port\< for incoming connections.  Default 5654.

- **-n hostname**

  set the host**n**ame which the server should use (required for redirects).

- **-i ip**

  bind to **I**P-address \>ip\<.

- **-l log**

  **l**og all requests to the logfile \>log\< (common log format). Using "-" as filename makes alevtd print the access log to stdout, 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 **u**id to \>user\< (after binding to the tcp port).  This option is allowed for root only.

- **-g group**

  set **g**id 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)](/alevt/1.md), [xawtv(1)](/xawtv/1.md), [v4lctl(1)](/v4lctl/1.md)

## 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 MERCHANTABILITY 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.