[mythtv-users] Anyone using VNC on CentOS 6?

Kirk Bocek t004 at kbocek.com
Wed Sep 5 00:57:56 UTC 2012



On 9/4/2012 2:29 PM, Ben Kamen wrote:
> On 2012-09-04 3:59 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Kirk Bocek" <t004 at kbocek.com>
>>
>>> The issue here is that all my workstations are Windows. I've tried to
>>> setup X on Windows and it's always been a tremendous hassle. I've
>>> always ended up using a Windows-based vnc viewer instead.
>
> I have Xwindows working on my XP-SP3 32bit workstation as well as my
> laptop (same Windows) via Cygwin/X
>
> You can gimme a shout off list and maybe I can help.
>
>> FWIW, I have set up Xming on several windows workstations -- mostly
>> XP, but at
>> least one 7 -- and never had a problem with it.
>
> I use VNC to get to the Unix system once in a login on the local
> terminal. I've also set up the Xvncserver sessions that allow for a
> fully running session at all times out in virtual land (not via local
> console).
>
> Both have worked fine for me as well.

So Jay, Jerry, Ben, how do you get access to mythfrontend and not 
mythtv-setup? What happens when you want to access the screens on the 
frontend so you can type in some values? That's the main point of my setup.


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