[mythtv-users] running mythtv-setup remotely via ssh -X

Tim Draper veehexx at zoho.com
Mon Jan 8 09:41:52 UTC 2018




 ---- On Mon, 08 Jan 2018 00:00:39 +0000 James Linder <jam at tigger.ws> wrote ---- 
 > 
 > 
 > > On 7 Jan 2018, at 7:54 pm, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
 > > 
 > >>> 
 > >>> So I?ve done the bit about installing a server based Ubuntu and mythtv and then running mythtv-setup via ssh -X to configure the backend so that I don?t have to have a GUI on the ubuntu server with mythtv backend running.
 > >>> 
 > >>> The problem is that I could only do the ssh -X from a Linux PC.  Is there a way to do this from a Mac or windows PC?
 > >>> 
 > >>> Also if I install XFCE on top of Ubuntu Server that would allow me to do the mythtv-setup via a monitor/keyboard/mouse and unplug them when done.  I would think that is minimal and stable if not using the GUI after setup, Right??
 > >> 
 > >> Jim another answer that works well
 > >> 
 > >> I installed x11vnc on my server
 > >> I installed this file in /etc/systemd/system/x11vnc.service
 > >> 
 > >> [Unit]
 > >> Description=x11vnc VNC Server for X11
 > >> After=multi-user.target
 > >> 
 > >> [Service]
 > >> Type=simple
 > >> ExecStart=/usr/bin/x11vnc -ncache 10 -auth guess -forever -loop -noxdamage -repeat -nopw -rfbport 5900 -o /tmp/x11vnc.log -xkb -norc -noxrecord -nomodtweak
 > >> 
 > >> [Install]
 > >> WantedBy=multi-user.target
 > >> 
 > >> enabled it at boot time
 > >> # systemctl enable x11vnc.service
 > >> 
 > >> Then using any vnc viewer (I use chickenvnc) you can connect, get a desktop, do all you be admin (then you can use start in place of enable or just reboot)
 > >> 
 > >> James
 > > 
 > > Doesn't installing x11vnc require you to also have x11?? Or is x11 not 
 > > the problem, it's installing the whole Xubuntu desktop environment the 
 > > problem?
 > 
 > Indeed and sorry I did not read your question well enough. 
 > ssh -X (with or without a desktop) has irritating lags (that vnc does not) caused I believe by the GL stuff.
 > It was irratating enough for me to go the vnc route. but not often or intrusive enough to for me tp spelunk.
 > 
 > I really don’t think wasting a couple of Gs on xfce is worth the pain of not having a desktop :-)
 > 
 > James
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did you try it with the -C switch aswell (enables compression)... so 'ssh -XC hostname'?
i did find X laggy when i first started using it ( when my BE was mythbuntu i think it was) but recently (since my move to fedora/centos distros) i've not seen any issues with X11 performance. could be a distro thing, could be the fact i always use '-XC' now.



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