[mythtv-users] Re: mythtv backend on a headless fileserver

[Jarod Wilson]

On Wednesday 09 March 2005 19:49, James Armstrong wrote:
> On Mar 9, 2005, at 9:41 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> > On Wednesday 09 March 2005 18:21, Bryan Halter wrote:
> >>>>> How else are you going to run the setup utility? Until someone
> >>>>> writes
> >>>>> something like an ncurses-based setup utility, I think folks are
> >>>>> SOL.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >> Would a ncurses based mythsetup be out of the question?
> >
> > That was my suggestion for a no-X, no-Qt setup util.
>
> I run the setup program on my headless backend all the time. I just ssh
> into it from my frontend and run setup. The setup program is displayed
> on the frontend using X but is actually run from the backend and
> modifies the backend's settings.

I know, I do the same. The question was why X and Qt even have to be on the 
backend though.

> If you have a headless backend then 
> you must have a frontend running on X, unless it is on OSX then I don't
> know.

Run X11 on the Mac and do the exact same thing.

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