[mythtv-users] command line mythtv-setup

mythtv at blandford.net mythtv at blandford.net
Tue Mar 11 01:01:50 UTC 2008


Yan Seiner wrote:
> Michael T. Dean
> 
>> I'd say, "Fortunately no one has added..." because, had they done so,
>> the devs would be the ones stuck maintaining 2 settings UI's.  (Though
>> if done right, the settings stuff could be refactored so only the UI
>> stuff was redundant, but that would be one very large patch.)
>>
>> To the OP:  Note that you can do:
>>
>> ssh -l mythtv -Y <hostname>
>>
>> where -l specifies the user and -Y specifies that X forwarding should be
>> allowed.  Then run mythtv-setup or mythfrontend (for the settings part)
>> from there.  Note that you will need to ensure you're using the QT
>> painter (i.e. if you use the OpenGL painter when displaying locally, use
>> the command-line argument "-O ThemePainter=qt").
> 
> Alas, I am X-less; text only and/or non-intel architecture.

Can you run the setup in a vnc session?

There are vnc viewers for most platforms.

Michael



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