[mythtv-users] Disk Space Way Wrong

[jedi]

On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:39:31AM +0100, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 21/04/12 23:14, Don Lewis wrote:
> >On 21 Apr, Simon Hobson wrote:
> >>Ronald Frazier wrote:
> >
> >>>So I have to go downstairs, drag a monitor over to it and hook it
> >>>up, do what I need, and then put everything away after I'm sure I've
> >>>done. Now, when I need to do something in mythtv-setup, that's fine.
> >>>But when I can do something in 5 seconds instead of several minutes,
> >>>I'm gonna spend the 5 seconds.
> >>
> >>Why do you waste all that time and effort ? I run mythtv-setup from
> >>my desk - just "ssh -X<user at backend address>" and fire up
> >>mythtv-setup. It fires up in an X session right here on my laptop.
> >>OK, many many years ago you needed to "know incantations" to get
> >>remote X displays working, but the "-X" (or "-Y") option in SSH does
> >>it all automagically.
> >
> >Same here.  I've got a combined FE/BE, but I still run mythtv-setup more
> >frequently from my desktop using ssh than I do from the living room
> >where the FE/BE and TV are located since my desktop has a much more
> >ergonomic configuration for using a keyboard than what I've got in the
> >living room.
> >
> >My only complaints are that mythtv-setup paints the screen very slowly
> >over ssh, and it takes over the entire screen.  I'm looking forward to
> >the upcoming switch to web based configuration.

   This is very easy to avoid with the -geometry flag.

   The same thing goes for the frontend as well as many other X apps.

> >
> I do the same (mythtv-setup over SSH) and I've never seen slow
> painting of screens. I suggest you look for other reasons for the
> slowdown.
> 
> Why complain that it takes over the entire screen? When I'm doing

   It's just not how some people are used to dealing with apps in 2012.

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