[mythtv-users] Installation of the backend without X

[Kai Kuehne]

Hi,

On 3/1/06, David Watkins <watkinshome at gmail.com> wrote:
I think greg was it:
> > > Mythtv-setup is for the frontend, so you run that on whatever box has
> > > the frontend and that's going to have to have X anyway.
>
> I don't think that's right.  mythtv-setup is primarily for the
> backend: you set up your capture cards, channels and listing sources
> which are all backend functions.  The frontends have their setup
> within their own menus.

Ok, that confused me. Than I was right. Thanks.


> That's true - however you DO need X to configure it because the
> mythtv-setup programme is an X programme.  But once you're setup, then
> you don't need X running anymore.
>
> You can of course run vncserver on the backend and run a remote vnc
> client on a remote machine (or other remote X configuration) to do the
> setup - that works too.

Thanks David, Greg and Graham.
I know exactly what to do now. :-)

Kai