[mythtv-users] modernizing mythtv

[Mike Perkins]

On 11/05/14 01:46, jedi wrote:
> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 01:30:49PM -0400, Will Dormann wrote:
>> On 5/10/14, 12:58 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
>>>> I have completely headless BE, I upgrade the kernels and run setup
>>>> remotely no problem. No X installed.
>>>
>>> You're sure you don't have a 'hidden' X-server running on your
>>> backend to facilitate?
>>
>>
>> I'm also curious about this.   mythbackend has several X library
>> dependencies, and therefore I would think that somewhere along the way
>> you'd run into trouble if they were not present.
>
>      The X libraries connect to whatever graphics display server you are
> using wherever you happen to be sitting. You don't even need ANY display
> hardware to be present for a machine to be running an X app so long as
> the X server is remote.
>
True, but try getting any modern distro to boot without /any/ display hardware! 
Server-optimised software might but that likely involves other complications I 
don't need.

The only problem I have found is that some motherboards have hardware that the 
driver expects something to be plugged into before it will boot (hello, Intel!). 
A simple xorg.conf selecting the VESA driver fixes this. You don't need anything 
more for basic configuration, all the rest is done via ssh -X.

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Mike Perkins