[mythtv-users] Re:OT: Launch Mythfrontend remotely via ssh

[Chris Strom]

After logging into the desktop, you should be able to do the following:

DISPLAY=:0.0 nohup mythfrontend &

The nohup so that you don't need to worry about mythfrontend going away
when you disconnect from the desktop.  If you don't specify a host
before the `:', then localhost is assumed.


On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 08:04:23AM -0800, John DeLuca wrote:
> Let me clarify.....I don't want to run the myth display on my
> laptop....only want to run it on the display attached to my desktop.
> But since I don't want to have a keyboard attached to it, i'd like to
> be able to launch x programs from my laptop via ssh.  The reason is
> because from time to time the ivtv driver crashes (it's still beta I
> think and hence occasionally acts up).  I can kill, and relaunch the
> driver remotely, but then I usually need to restart mythfrontend.
>  
> I tried the following command but it returned an error when I try to
> launch mythfrontend.(mythfrontend: cannot connect to X server
> mythtv.johnfdeluca.com:0.0)
>  
> export DISPLAY=mythtv.johnfdeluca.com:0.0