[mythtv-users] mythtv-setup headless backend

[T L]

Depends on exactly what you mean by headless, but I usually put VNC on the
backend box and then open a connection to that. (No monitor = headless, but
it does have a larger software load than a server with no GUI capability. )

Thomas


On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 10:35 AM Peter Bennett <cats22 at comcast.net> wrote:

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> On 09/17/2017 10:26 PM, Anthony Giggins wrote:
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> On 18 September 2017 at 11:26, Stephen Baker <stephen at wildwood.baker.org>
> wrote:
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>> Using putty/Xming requires turning on X11 forwarding in putty before
>> starting the session. I think that it is in the session properties. That is
>> the equivalent to the -Y option in ssh. It has been a long time since I
>> have used putty.
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> Yeah I've done that but I still get the errors :(
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> and I get the same issues when logging in via SSH from a frontend
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> however looks like it should work from
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> https://forum.mythtv.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=683
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> so perhaps the issue is with the X server on the backend?
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> Cheers,
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> Anthony
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> _______________________________________________
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> Instructions are in the wiki (for the case of connecting from a Linux
> machine to your backend on another Linux machine) If you are trying from
> Windows that will be a different story.
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> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Ssh_Forwarding
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> Let me know if this does not work.
>
> Peter
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