[olug] Launching x-based programs on a remote machine's display?

[Jay Swackhamer]

You would basically want to

#killprocs mythfrontend
#export DISPLAY=0.0
#mythfrontend

There are a couple of ways that I setup mythtv machines, using a login
manager(so that you can stop/start the frontend with /etc/init.d/xdm
stop/start or just launching the window manager/mythfrontend from a script
for faster startup/shutdown......

It's also a good Idea to setup vnc on the host display,
putting
  Option "passwordFile" "/opt/mythtv/.vnc/passwd"
in the screen section, and
  Load  "vnc"
in the module section of /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and the module under /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/vnc.so

then you could
#vncviewer mythbox:0

using a login manager, i.e. gdm/kdm, with autologin enabled,
and a session of
--------------/etc/X11/Sessions/Mythtv

#!/bin/sh
(sleep 2; /opt/mythtv/scripts/run_mythtv.sh &)
#exec /usr/bin/waimea
#exec /usr/bin/blackbox
exec /usr/bin/fluxbox
#exec /usr/bin/openbox
#EOF
------------------------------------------

---/opt/mythtv/scripts/run_mythtv.sh

cd /opt/mythtv/logs
/usr/X11R6/bin/xset s noblank
/usr/X11R6/bin/xset s off
/usr/X11R6/bin/xset dpms off

export DISPLAY=:0.0
  nohup /usr/bin/mythfrontend & > mythfrontend.log
---------------------------------------------------


-------------/usr/local/bin/killprocs
#!/bin/bash

PROC=$1

kill `ps -ef | grep ${PROC} | awk ' { print $2 } '`



> I am running MythTV on a machine with no keyboard or mouse.
>
> Mythfrontend has a few stability issues, but other than the frontend
> dying, the machine continued to record just fine on the backend.  I can
> verify this by going in via a remote frontend (this machine).
>
>
> Is there a way for me to lauch mythfrontend on the remote machine's
> display via SSH?  Note, I don't want mythfrontend to launch here, but
> over there.
>
>
> Anyone?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Terry
>
>
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