[mythtv-users] how do I run mythtv-setup in VNC

mat mat at lessermatters.co.uk
Tue Aug 26 09:42:52 UTC 2008


> My frontend is running at 1080i and when I use VNC I run the
> mythtv-setup runs very slow and also as I'm running a virtual screen it
> is not correct for my VNC session.
>
> Q.1 So can I run the mythtv-setup with different screen-size than the TV
> out size? or "windowed" format independantly than the frontend window.
> Q2. why is it so slow from virtual desktop?
>

I setup my (headless) frontend using X over ssh, which is incredibly
simple to do and it appeared to size myth to fit my client machine:

ssh -X name at boxIP

then just run mythtv-setup!

awesome.





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