[mythtv-users] Ever use VNC? I find it really useful.

Rick Smith rick_t_smith at yahoo.co.uk
Mon Feb 20 21:35:57 UTC 2006


That's x11vnc surely?

Rick

Steve Dorsey wrote:

> I'd like to find a way to use VNC on the actual session (it's called a 
> session, right?) that my PC is using when I am running mythtv. I used 
> VNC on an old myth install a few years back, and it seemed to open 
> a separate X session, and not relay the one that was on the screen of 
> the PC.
>
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> On Feb 20, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Nick Gomez wrote:
>
>> I've used VNC for a number of years and really have found it to be 
>> quite useful. More recently, for my linux platforms, I've switched to 
>> freenx ( http://freenx.berlios.de/ ) . It's also a remote desktop, 
>> and it's fast and secure (over ssh).
>>
>> */rlewis <rbonafied at yahoo.com <mailto:rbonafied at yahoo.com>>/* wrote:
>>
>>     I think you missunderstood why/how we use VNC. We don't use it to
>>     watch the
>>     video on another PC. We use it to "control" the pc attached to
>>     the TV in the
>>     other room. For example, my wife wants to change what the kids
>>     are watching or
>>     select a different music playlist. She connects by VNC to the
>>     mythfrondend,
>>     interacts with the menus and moves on.
>>
>>     Sorry if I painted a difference picture.
>>
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