[mythtv-users] Running mythsetup from a Windows PC running Cygwin

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Feb 8 00:22:53 UTC 2006


Raphael Pooser wrote:

>cygwin is all you need.  just export display before ssh and it's even 
>easier, you can export DISPLAY=localhost:0, then
>when you "ssh -X" it'll use your local display environment variable on 
>the remote machine.
>  
>
Unless you're using an extremely old (and insecure) version of OpenSSH, 
it should be "ssh -Y".  The "-X" option enables X11 forwardig, but the 
"-Y" option enables "trusted" X11 forwarding.  Myth requires a "trusted" 
connection or you'll get all sorts of "BadMatch" errors.

Mike


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