You do not need X best as I can tell. I simply tunnel the program to a box with X using ssh.
(ssh -X hostname) then mythtvsetup should do it. So long as the system has the libraries required to run X programs your are in great shape. X doesn't need to be running on the headless server. Forget VNC as it is complicated compared to just sshing the connection =) I found the setup to actually be easier to work with than an all in one solution. It just broke down some of the issues I was having with performance. On 10/8/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 10:04:13PM -0700, Frank Simorjay wrote: > > The deal is that the backend is also a racked server I > > plan on leaving in my server room (currently running a fresh install of > > Fedora3). So with this in mind do I still have to equip this box with a > > decoder > > (video card)? Can I do a very basic install of X on this system. Use a > > frontend with my HDtv? > > You need some minimal X functionality in order to run the mythtv-setup > program on the backend as it only exists as an X client. The easy > solution is to install vncserver on the backend and connect using a > remote machine. You will need to configure the backend to either allow > a root-owned X session or else use suid/sudo wrappers so your non-root > user can run mythtv-setup. > > Pay careful attention to the "remote front-end" portions of the > documentation. You will need to configure the mysql server to allow > access from the frontend machine, and will need to tell mythtv the > actual IP address of the backend instead of using localhost. > > -- > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
