[mythtv-users] mythtv-setup wont export to a different xserver display (over ssh)

[Yan Seiner]

ryan patterson wrote:
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> _____________
> Ryan Patterson
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> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com 
> <mailto:yan at seiner.com>> wrote:
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>     ryan patterson wrote:
>     > I need to reconfigure my backend.  The backend machine only has
>     a VGA
>     > monitor output and I only have DVI cables right now.  I thought it
>     > would be easy to ssh from an other computer and run mythtv-setup by
>     > exporting the display.  But mythtv-setup generates a segmentation
>     > fault no matter what I do.  I am running ubuntu 7.04 on all the
>     > machines.
>     >
>     >
>     > Any ideas?
>
>     Set up gdm to allow connections and then from a remote machine,
>     connect
>     using XDMCP.
>
>     --Yan
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> That sounds like an excellent solution.  But I can't figure out how to 
> configure XDMCP on my backend without having a monitor on the backend.

Damn, I used to have an old laptop that I had this set up on...

Read up on the GDM docs.  There is a setting in gdm.conf that tells it 
to only act as an XDMCP server and not start a local X session at all.

Then you can use any other gdm login to remotely connect.  Again, you 
may have to enable the menu option in that machine's gdm.conf

It's really simple if you find the settings - one or two lines on each 
machine IIRC.

--Yan