On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Brad DerManouelian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:myth@dermanouelian.com">myth@dermanouelian.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Nov 12, 2008, at 2:38 PM, <a href="mailto:jarpublic@gmail.com">jarpublic@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
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> I have an SD FE/BE. I keep the default screen resolution at 640x480<br>
> (ie the resolution of the TV). However when I connect via VNC to do<br>
> various management tasks the low resolution makes many dialog boxes<br>
> difficult and occasionally impossible to work with. I know one<br>
> option is to increase the resolution on the BE. However, it is my<br>
> understanding that the best picture will result if the resolution is<br>
> set at the resolution of the TV. Also I occasionally do small task<br>
> like updates, etc locally with TV as my monitor. If the resolution<br>
> is higher than 640x480 it is very difficult to read anything on the<br>
> TV. A while back on another machine I had setup NX server and had it<br>
> create a separate session when I logged in that ran at the<br>
> resolution that I wanted. I don't need the performance improvements<br>
> that NX provides and I don't really want to deal with maintaining it<br>
> and its security settings etc just for my local network.<br>
><br>
> Is there a good way to make my remote VNC screen run at a higher<br>
> resolution? I have tried looking around the VNC documentation but<br>
> there are several different VNC servers and so many different<br>
> settings that it is difficult to track down the best way to<br>
> accomplish this (I suspect there several ways). Or is there some<br>
> other way you guys use for remote connections that gives you a<br>
> higher resolution screen rather than the low resolution used for the<br>
> TV?<br>
<br>
</div></div>Instead of using VNC, use X-Forwarding.<br>
<br>
ssh -Y user@mythbox.ip.address.here<br>
<br>
Once you're logged in, you can do something like this:<br>
<br>
$ mythfrontend -O ThemePainter QT<br>
<br>
That will run a new mythfrontend process using the QT painters instead<br>
of OpenGL and the GUI will appear on the machine from which you logged<br>
in, not the host machine. There is another command-line option for<br>
changing the resolution, but for some reason I can't find it right<br>
now. I'm sure someone else will chime in with that info. Something<br>
like -geometry 800x600?<br>
<br>
-Brad<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>I forgot about X forwarding. That is a good suggestion. I am usually logging in from a windows machine so I would need to set up an x server on my machine. When I connect remotely I am not usually messing with the frontend. Ideally I would like to just have the whole desktop available. <br>
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