[mythtv-users] mythtv-setup woes

Alan Chandler alan at chandlerfamily.org.uk
Wed Sep 6 06:08:42 UTC 2006


On Wednesday 06 September 2006 00:21, Yan Seiner wrote:
> Alan Chandler wrote:
> > I am trying to setup a mythtv backend on a box without a display.  Of
> > consquence, I can only SSH into it.
> >
> > by doing an ssh -X, I can get an X channel through, which then allows me
> > to run mythtv-setup onto my local x display.
> >
> > But this causes some problems/questions
> >
> > a) is there anyway to prevent it running full screen
>
> use the -geometry 640x480 option at startup (or whatever size you want).

Thanks that is just what I need.  With the full screen it was just two slow 
sending the enourmous bitmap backgrounds over the link between the machines.  
This speeds it up wonderfully

-- 
Alan Chandler
http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk


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