[mythtv-users] mythtv-setup headless backend

Stephen Baker stephen at wildwood.baker.org
Mon Sep 18 01:26:00 UTC 2017


Using putty/Xming requires turning on X11 forwarding in putty before starting the session. I think that it is in the session properties. That is the equivalent to the -Y option in ssh. It has been a long time since I have used putty.

On September 17, 2017 7:03:10 PM CDT, Anthony Giggins <seven at seven.dorksville.net> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Does anyone have a current working solution to run mythtv-setup on a
>headless backend? currently having nvidia display issues on backend
>
>From https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Backend_migration it suggests
>
>*Users with headless backends, type: ssh -l mythtv -Y <BackendHost>
>mythtv-setup
>
>
>however this causes errors
>
>I've tried running from a frontend and via putty using Xming server
>from
>windows however I'm getting errors from both
>
>mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be
>insecure.
>ERROR 1046 (3D000) at line 1: No database selected
>xprop:  unable to open display ''
>status: Name "com.ubuntu.Upstart" does not exist
>xterm: Xt error: Can't open display:
>xterm: DISPLAY is not set
>Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such
>file
>or directory
>Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
>
>(zenity:27074): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
>Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such
>file
>or directory
>Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
>
>(zenity:27079): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
>
>I've tried exporting DISPLAY to both 0.0 and 127.0.0.1:0 (which should
>work
>via putty) but nothing is working
>
>Cheers,
>
>Anthony

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