[mythtv-users] modernizing mythtv

[Saul A. Peebsen]

On Thu, 8 May 2014 05:24:33 +0100
Sam Jacobs <samlists at ijacobs.co.uk> wrote:

> On 8 May 2014 at 04:32:24, Saul A. Peebsen (jaglover at gmail.com) wrote:
> > No need for SSH, X has native feature to be accessed remotely, SSH
> > is needed only if accessed over untrusted network. You can have an
> > X app installed in a remote box - no X needed in this box - and you
> > can run this app from any box that has X installed. It is amazing
> > how people do not remember basics.
> 
> You need some way to run mythtv-setup in the first place though :P
> Also, SSH is convenient even over a trusted network in that it will
> manage X’s security stuff for you. Not to mention that some X
> servers, AFAIK, aren’t set up to accept connections from remote
> clients.

Yes, you can run setup no problem remotely. No need to install X on
remote BE. Allowing incoming X connections is easy, too. Create
~/.xserverrc with options you want, plain 'exec /usr/bin/X' will
override system settings.

-- 
Cheers, Saul