[mythtv-users] Running mythtv-setup over X as mythtv user

[jedi]

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:33:30AM -0500, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 01/28/2014 11:24 AM, Ian Evans wrote:
> >When I VNC, I'm logged in as 'ian' not 'mythtv'. Mythfrontend is
> >already running on combined fe/be and Setup/General shows the
> >mythtv user running it.
> 
> FWIW, it may be a lot quicker--since you're just trying to run
> mythtv-setup--to just download a live DVD (like
> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop ), then boot it up, start a
> terminal, then:
> 
> ssh -l mythtv -Y backendserver
> 
> The problems you're having are due to the complexity of making an X
> server work on Windows.  Since mythtv-setup is generally a "once and

    If you don't want to have Linux take over your Windows box, you 
could even run a copy of Linux in a VM instead. Get VirtualBox and
run a copy of Linux in a VM to act as your X server.

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