[mythtv-users] running mythtv-setup remotely via ssh -X

[Mark Wedel]

On 01/06/2018 09:14 AM, Greg Oliver wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 10:28 AM, Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com 
> <mailto:digitalaudiorock at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 11:10 AM, Jim Abernathy <jfabernathy at outlook.com
>     <mailto:jfabernathy at outlook.com>> wrote:
>     > So I’ve done the bit about installing a server based Ubuntu and mythtv and then running mythtv-setup via ssh -X to configure the backend so that I don’t have to have a GUI on the ubuntu server with mythtv backend running.
>     >
>     > The problem is that I could only do the ssh -X from a Linux PC.  Is there a way to do this from a Mac or windows PC?
>     >
>     > Also if I install XFCE on top of Ubuntu Server that would allow me to do the mythtv-setup via a monitor/keyboard/mouse and unplug them when done.  I would think that is minimal and stable if not using the GUI after setup, Right??
>     >
>     > Jim A
>     >
>     Others may have better suggestions, but this is one option:
> 
>     While I haven't done so in many years and can't recall the details,
>     I've done this from Windows using by installing cygwin. When I did
>     this, as I recall, I didn't run any sort of full desktop in cygwin,
>     but was able to configure it to run a terminal program within X. I
>     believe I used urxvt. With that running within X I was able to use ssh
>     -X no problem.
> 
>     Another nice aspect of cygwin is that it uses all standard 'nix sort
>     of stuff, for example ~/.ssh and normal ssh keys, unlike those Godless
>     putty format ssh keys etc.
> 
>     Tom
> 
> I have successfully used cygwin in windows to do it, and for OSX, it does it 
> natively.  I returned my MBPro shortly after I ordered it the one time I briefly 
> used one, but with the X extension that can be installed (not sure what it was 
> called exactly, but it is in the OS settings somewhere), you can run X11 apps 
> over ssh just fine (exactly like linux).
> 
> I have not used Wayland on my frontends yet, but I can still display apps over 
> ssh using wayland on my laptop and connecting to my X11 frontends.

  Other possibility I can think of would be to use vnc - start a vnc server on 
the linux host, with the mythtv-setup running inside of that. Then get a vnc 
client for windows and connect to it.