[mythtv-users] [OT] Running a VNC server on :1 on Mythbuntu

[jansenj]

A.  do you have the same problem when you remove the export XDG lines? They
aren't required.
B.  If so, you're probably best logging in as a different user and executing
vncserver.  I'm not a linux expert so I couldn't tell you how to get two
different font configurations for the same user.  I'm sure there is a way
though.

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Patrick Doyle <wpdster at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:59 PM, jansenj <jansenj+myth at gmail.com<jansenj%2Bmyth at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Patrick Doyle <wpdster at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> This is slightly off topic, but I would like to start up a VNC server
> >> on :1 on my mythbuntu box.  I've installed vnc4server and edited
> >> ~/.vnc/xstartup so that it runs xinitrc, but when I do that, I get a
> >> 2nd instance of mythfrontend running on my :1 server.
> >>
> >
> > This is all I use for my ~/.vnc/xstartup:
> > #!/bin/sh
> > xsetroot -solid black
> > export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-mythbuntu
> > export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-mythbuntu
> > exec startxfce4
> >
> > does that do what you're looking for?  Then you just have to get your
> It works -- in that I can start up a VNC session without starting up a
> mythfrontend.
>
> It doesn't work in that I have changed my default font size to 40
> points so I can read stuff on my television screen when I'm sitting on
> my couch.  I get the same 40 point font size in my VNC window, which
> is much to large for the little screen on my laptop :-)  (Actually, 40
> points is too large for many of the applications that I try to run
> when using the TV as a console -- that's part of the reason I wanted a
> VNC setup in the first place -- so I could configure stuff and run
> some applications occasionally w/o having to tie up the TV.)
>
> Thanks again for the tip and the help.
>
> --wpd
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