From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 00373138334 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2018 19:17:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 71371E0AF3; Sun, 2 Dec 2018 19:17:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blaine.gmane.org (unknown [195.159.176.226]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CC5FBE0AE7 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2018 19:17:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gTXCZ-0005Bh-Bh for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2018 20:14:47 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Small (as in footprint) window manager Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 19:14:40 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply X-Archives-Salt: 29c8e3a0-bdb4-4d98-af1c-77950307337b X-Archives-Hash: 05cd622ae08f9c230cf3d9e0ffc1616e On 2018-12-02, Jack wrote: > On 2018.12.01 23:21, Daniel Frey wrote: >> I ran into one issue, that being on my server (mythtv, file, etc) I >> am normally in text/ssh mode but occasionally I need X for something. >> >> [...] >> >> This all stems from occasionally needing a gui for configuring >> mythtv or the ability to have two shells open side by side. > What about not installing xorg at all on that box, and just ssh'ing in > from a different PC with full desktop setup when you need a gui? That's mostly what I used to do when I ran a headless MythTV server. You have to have all the X11 _client_ stuff installed on the MythTV server, but you don't actually have to have an X11 server on the MythTV server. You can run the MythTV GUI configuration program remotely via the normal command line magic "DISPLAY= mythtv-setup", or you can let ssh -X/-Y options handle it for you with somethi8ng like "ssh -X mythtv-setup@my-mythv-server". MythTV's requirement to use a GUI setup program on a "headless" server, always seemed like a massively stupid design decision. That said, it's been many years since I've run MythTV. I switched to SageTV because of the brilliantly small and silent set-top-boxes. But Google bought SageTV and pulled the plug on that, so a year or two back I switched to Plex (which you configure via a web UI). The Plex plugin for OSMC/Kodi has a clumsy UI, but works pretty well. However, the Plex app for Roku seems to be useless... -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! ... I want a COLOR at T.V. and a VIBRATING BED!!! gmail.com