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bob:
--- Quote from: mwillems on November 07, 2014, 05:37:58 pm ---And if the -X argument doesn't work, you may need to pass the -Y argument instead (I did, as I recall).
FYI, I had pretty poor luck doing remote admin of an MC instance via normal X-forwarding; I had much better luck using a VNC client over ssh as described in step-by-step detail here: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=91227.0
I especially recommend it if you need to use the MC GUI on the server instance (I found it very hard to use the GUI w/ X-forwarding due to lag). The VNC over SSH method has the added advantage of making your linux MC instance easier to log into from non-linux boxes and android devices.
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For some reason, X forwarding over ssh seems pretty slow.
If you are on the same lan though and just export the DISPLAY variable to your client machine with xhost + to enable display you can get pretty good performance.
mwillems:
--- Quote from: bob on November 07, 2014, 05:52:36 pm ---For some reason, X forwarding over ssh seems pretty slow.
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Yeah, I don't know what the story is, but it definitely does.
--- Quote ---If you are on the same lan though and just export the DISPLAY variable to your client machine with xhost + to enable display you can get pretty good performance.
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My server is wired to a gigabit switch, and I did manage to get acceptable performance with X-forwarding when accessing it from a client box wired to the same switch, but trying to connect within the same LAN from a wireless client was pretty rough, much less from outside the LAN. The VNC connection works pretty well over wireless, even from outside the LAN.
astromo:
Thanks to you both.
Looks like mwillems has done some extensive research with blow by blow descriptions. I'll give that a crack and see how I fare and let you know how I went.
Cheers
posixx:
running mediacenter as mwillems described works very good; my preferred way of going this as we often need config access. thanks mwillems!
outis:
BTW and a little bit OT. ;)
If you wont change MC's configuration on the fly (and not only once at the beginning with ssh -X or e.g. with vnc) you can start mediacenter with xpra.
http://xpra.org/
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xpra
Then you can manage MC from a remote machine whenever you want.
HTH
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