[mythtv-users] VNC

Robin Hill myth at robinhill.me.uk
Fri Jan 5 00:39:41 UTC 2007


On Fri Jan 05, 2007 at 01:19:47PM +1300, Steve Hodge wrote:

> On 1/5/07, Robin Hill <myth at robinhill.me.uk> wrote:
> >
> >On Fri Jan 05, 2007 at 10:34:23AM +1100, Phill Edwards wrote:
> >
> >> > > Try running
> >> > > NO_XV=1 mythfrontend -O ThemePainter=qt
> >> >
> >> > So do i run that via ssh from the linux box?
> >>
> >> No - you'll need to run that from an xterm session or something
> >> similar. If you run it from SSH  you won't be able to get an X window
> >> up.
> >>
> >Sure you can - you just need to set the DISPLAY environment variable
> >first.
> 
> Under Windows? That's what the original poster is using...
> 
No, via ssh on the linux box, which is what the OP was asking.  You set
DISPLAY to the VNC session (:0 if you're exporting the main desktop, or
:1 if you're running Xvnc as a separate process) then run the
mythfrontend command as given above.

Cheers,
        Robin

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