[mythtv-users] Attempting to Debug Crash

[Paul Andreassen]

On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 16:11, Lachlan McIntosh wrote:
>  Hi
> 
> I'm trying to run a debug on a front-end crash from an SSH session (I
> only have a TV set connected to my myth box)
> 
> I type in "export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0" from my SSH session and then
> try and run Myth from GDB.
> 
> However I receive the message "mythfrontend: cannot connect to X server
> localhost:0.0"
> 
> Am I missing something?
> Thanks
> Lachlan McIntosh

To use X windows through a SSH session use "ssh -X hostname", and a
DISPLAY string will be automatically setup.

Paul