[mythtv-users] Configure backend in command line

Josu Lazkano josu.lazkano at gmail.com
Thu May 20 19:46:52 UTC 2010


So, how can I setup the backend from SSH?

I don't understand the reason to configure the backen with a GUI.

Thanks and regards.

2010/5/20 Travis Tabbal <travis at tabbal.net>:
>
>
> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Paul Bender <pebender at san.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 5/20/2010 11:34 AM, Josu Lazkano wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello everybody!
>>>
>>> I want to try MythTV on a Linux system without any desktop. Is
>>> possible to configure the backend from command-line?
>>>
>>> On the laptop I configure with "mythtv-setup" and it is a desktop
>>> environment system.
>>>
>>> Thanks and regards.
>>
>> mythtv-setup requires a GUI but does not require the GUI to be local. I
>> run it over an ssh connection from a computer with X installed (including
>> Windows boxes with cygwin/x).
>
>
> VNC works as well, that's how I set up my last backend only machine. I
> already have the client installed on the Windows box I was using at the time
> and the server was faster to install than it would be to install cygwin/x.
> :)
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