[mythtv-users] dual use box, MythTV & parents PC

Matt Welland matt at essentialgoods.com
Sun Sep 21 21:02:13 EDT 2003


Did you folks consider using this stuff (maybe I missed it in the mails).

http://bh.udev.org/filez/projects/dual.html


On Saturday 06 September 2003 02:21 am, Matt White wrote:
> On September 5, 2003 11:14 pm, Matt White wrote:
> > What I'm thinking of doing is running a VNC server on the machine, and
> > then putting a button on the Myth menu to EXEC vncviewer pointed at the
> > local VNC server.  The only thing would be to hack up vncviewer a little
> > bit so that your remote could shut it down, though if you're using a
> > mouse and keyboard anyways for the actual desktop stuff, you can always
> > click the close button.
>
> Well, I just gave it a try, and it actually seems to work pretty well. 
> Here is what I did:
>
> * install VNC (I'm using TightVNC, but there are other flavors)
>
> * edit the vncserver script after you've installed it:
>   - set the geometry to your Myth desktop size
>   - set the proper colour depth (less than or equal to your
> 	Myth desktop)
>   - change the defaultXStartup variable to start your favorite
> 	window manager, etc.
>
> * Start up a VNC server session, using an unused display
> 	number (ie. vncserver :2) and give it a password
> 	(if it's the first time you've run it)
>
> * Create a password file using the same password you used
> 	for your vnc server in your mythfrontend home directory
> 	readable by the user running MythFrontend:
>
> % vncpasswd /path/vncpass
>
> * Edit the mainmenu.xml file and add an entry:
> ---snip---
>    <button>
>       <type>VNC</type>
>       <text>VNC Desktop</text>
>       <action>EXEC vncviewer -passwd /path/vncpass localhost:2</action>
>    </button>
> ---snip---
>
> I'm using an ATI Remote wonder as a remote right now, so I could even mouse
> around and click the close button on the window.  If you do have a keyboard
> hooked up, you can add -fullscreen to the command.  Use F8 to bring up a
> popup menu that you can use to exit...
>
> Now to figure out what I want to do with it :-)

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