[mythtv-users] command line mythtv-setup

[Matt S.]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 03/10/2008 06:14 PM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> > On Mar 10, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Yan Seiner wrote:
> >> Is there any way to configure myth from the command line?
> >>
> >> I'd like to be able to do things like set up tuners, etc.
> > Yes.
> >
> > mysql>
> >
> > NOT recommended. ;) Unfortunately no one has added any sort of cli for
> > mythtv-setup. You've got to use the GUI for now.
>
> I'd say, "Fortunately no one has added..." because, had they done so,
> the devs would be the ones stuck maintaining 2 settings UI's.  (Though
> if done right, the settings stuff could be refactored so only the UI
> stuff was redundant, but that would be one very large patch.)
>
> To the OP:  Note that you can do:
>
> ssh -l mythtv -Y <hostname>
>
> where -l specifies the user and -Y specifies that X forwarding should be
> allowed.  Then run mythtv-setup or mythfrontend (for the settings part)
> from there.  Note that you will need to ensure you're using the QT
> painter (i.e. if you use the OpenGL painter when displaying locally, use
> the command-line argument "-O ThemePainter=qt").
>
> Mike
>


This is what I do... from Cygwin on Windows non-the-less.

Thanks!
Matt