[mythtv-users] MythTV Raspberry Pi 2+ MythFrontend Setup Tutorial

[Mike Bibbings]

On 25/03/16 04:40, Andrew Potter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Have followed the tutorial to get the myth-tv frontend onto a RPI3.
>
> All seems to go well until I run
>
> QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb\
>   LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/mythtv-rpi/lib\
>   QT_PLUGIN_PATH=$HOME/mythtv-rpi/plugins\
>   ~/mythtv-rpi/bin/mythfrontend -w -geometry 1920x1080 -p
>
> In response I get
> QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display
> Aborted
>
> I am using mythtv-v0.27.6-69-g41a2a8d-RPI2-jessie.tar.bz2
>
> And 2016-02-26-raspbian-jessie.zip
>
> I can see the command line on the screen. I get the same results whether
> issued via ssh or directly with a keyboard on the pi itself.
>
>
> Thanks for any help given and thanks for creating the tutorial.
>
> Andrew Potter
>
> _______________________________________________
You need to have X running i.e. boot to GUI when using xcb (XCB ("X C 
Binding") is an low-level API for the X window server).

 From the console prompt you can type startx (this will start the X GUI) 
and then run the mythfrontend command from a terminal within the GUI.


Mike