I currently run mythbackend and mythfrontend on the same box. It works great. To change channels I use a wireless keyboard. However, the range of the wireless keyboard seems to be quite limited (about 5 feet). I'm looking into alternate ways to change channels.
What I would like to be able to do is control mythfrontend from my laptop. This would be analogous to controlling the frontend from a wireless keyboard, but with my laptop I wouldn't have to worry about the 5 feet limitation of my keyboard since I'll be communicating with the frontend over 802.11b.
Has anyone tried to do this before? If not, any ideas on how this may be accomplished?
If you decide to go the VNC route, then you'll probably want to use xf4vnc (http://xf4vnc.sourceforge.net). This runs as a module in the X11 server and allows remote mirroring of the screen. This is handy because (a) the TV doesn't need to be on (b) if your TV is the CRT kind it's often easier to the read the text of non-Myth apps on the laptop screen, and (c) you can do it from anywhere in the house and freak people out ;)
If you'd like some advice on how to set it up, feel free to email.
Cheers,
Matthew.
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