[mythtv-users] mythtv-setup headless backend

[Mark Perkins]

On 18 September 2017 9:33:36 am Anthony Giggins <seven at seven.dorksville.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone have a current working solution to run mythtv-setup on a
> headless backend? currently having nvidia display issues on backend
>
> From https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Backend_migration it suggests
>
> *Users with headless backends, type: ssh -l mythtv -Y <BackendHost> mythtv-setup
>
>
> however this causes errors
>
> I've tried running from a frontend and via putty using Xming server from
> windows however I'm getting errors from both
>
> mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be
> insecure.
> ERROR 1046 (3D000) at line 1: No database selected
> xprop:  unable to open display ''
> status: Name "com.ubuntu.Upstart" does not exist
> xterm: Xt error: Can't open display:
> xterm: DISPLAY is not set
> Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such file
> or directory
> Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
>
> (zenity:27074): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
> Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such file
> or directory
> Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
>
> (zenity:27079): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
>
> I've tried exporting DISPLAY to both 0.0 and 127.0.0.1:0 (which should work
> via putty) but nothing is working
>
> Cheers,
>
> Anthony
>
>
>
> ----------

I often use putty and xming from a Windows machine to a headless BE. I had to enable X11 forwarding in putty at the start of the session. I also had to add some IP address details to a putty config file somewhere so that it would accept connections. I will check later when I am home what the details were.
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