Re: [mythtv-users] Network control?
I tried with loading the vnc module in xorg.conf and receive the message (II) IVTVDEV_TST(0)VNC disabled. Afterwards I tried using Option VNC on in the sections, without any positive result. What is wrong ? Pascal - (II) LoadModule: vnc (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/vnc.so (II) Module vnc: vendor=xf4vnc Project, see http://xf4vnc.sf.net (4.3.0.999) compiled for 4.3.99.902, module version = 1.1.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2 (II) Loading extension VNC .. .. (==) IVTVDEV_TST(0)Backing store disabled Init Video (II) IVTVDEV_TST(0)Enabling Xv support for PVR350 (==) RandR enabled (II) Setting vga for screen 0. (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD (II) Initializing built-in extension LBX (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES (II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE (II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE (II) IVTVDEV_TST(0)VNC disabled (**) Option CoreKeyboard (**) fake Keyboard driver: Core Keyboard (**) Option CorePointer (**) fake Mouse driver: Core Pointer - Original Message - From: Robert Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion about mythtv mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 6:46 AM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Network control? On 25/08/05, Mickey Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:25 PM 8/25/2005, Andrew Ziobro wrote: I use VNC to connect to the machine from my laptop. Right. I have VNC as well, but will that send output to the TV or does it ultimately act as an independent XWindows session. Perhaps that's my answer and I'm just unclear on what VNC actually does. Frankly, I'd love to be wrong this once and have the answer sitting at my fingertips. What VNC does depends on how you have it setup. If you are running VNCServer, every VNC client that logs in will get a new X session. If you are using X11VNC (Or the VNC module in XFree86-Config-4), the VNC client gets a copy of the current display (In this case, the display on the TV). VNC then sends all keypresses and mouse movements to that display, and mirrors the result in a window on your monitor. Therefore, if you have X11VNC (Or the VNC Module) set up, you can remotely control the TV. -- Robert Anaerin Johnston ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Network control?
Hi. Interesting tip! Do you know if this is in FC3 or just in FC4? Thanks. -Pete On Aug 25, 2005, at 10:08 PM, Phill Edwards wrote: Actually, for Fedora Core (and likely other distros with recent VNC versions) you don't even need x11vnc to attach to the current screen/session. Just add: Load vnc to your xorg.conf file Modules section and Option passwordFile /home/david/.vnc/passwd to your Screen section (change the passwd file location as necessary). Create the password file using vncpasswd. VNC passwords are not tied to user accounts, so you can use any VNC passwd no matter the user account logged in. Then disable the vncserver process from init.d -- you won't need it anymore. This way you use the stock VNC distro. It's very slick, and performance and resource utilization is much better since you're not starting a whole new X session for VNC like you do with vncserver. Hey - thanks for that. I've been using x11vnc - I didn't know it was built into the distro already. I've now got rid of x11vnc and I've noticed that this is quicker on the client end. Thanks, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Network control?
Hi. Interesting tip! Do you know if this is in FC3 or just in FC4? Thanks. Works for me and I'm FC3. Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Network control?
On 8/26/05, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. Interesting tip! Do you know if this is in FC3 or just in FC4? Thanks. Works for me and I'm FC3. Works for me and I am FC2! I just added the Load vnc line to Xorg.conf and it pretty much worked. And it is GREAT :P -- -- I have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Network control?
I just joined the list so I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned or not, but for my frontends I control them via synergy( http://sourceforge.net/projects/synergy2 ). It just allows you scroll your mouse over in either direction and it becomes part of the next screen. Allow it doesn't forward video, so you'd have to have it connected to a tv already. Vic Chad wrote: On 8/25/05, Mickey Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:25 PM 8/25/2005, Andrew Ziobro wrote: I use VNC to connect to the machine from my laptop. Right. I have VNC as well, but will that send output to the TV or does it ultimately act as an independent XWindows session. Perhaps that's my answer and I'm just unclear on what VNC actually does. Frankly, I'd love to be wrong this once and have the answer sitting at my fingertips. -- Mickey Chandler Chief Operating Whizard Whizardries, Inc.: http://www.whizardries.com Our new site: http://www.my-debt-reduction-plan.com/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users To connect to the currently running X session, I use x11vnc Very easy to use, very cool. Cool ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Network control?
On Friday 26 August 2005 3:19, David Whyte wrote: On 8/26/05, Phill Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. Interesting tip! Do you know if this is in FC3 or just in FC4? Thanks. Works for me and I'm FC3. Works for me and I am FC2! I just added the Load vnc line to Xorg.conf and it pretty much worked. And it is GREAT :P It's a module that's part of X.org. Any distro with a relatively recent version of X.org should have the capability; XFree86-based distros won't have it. -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Network control?
I had a brainstorm the other day, and didn't notice any mention of it in the archives. Has anyone thought of controlling a tv over the network, like through Mythweb? My wife and I have 3 kids and we both work at home. The Myth box is in our bedroom. The kids are constantly interrupting us asking us to let them watch some show or another. While we don't mind them watching Dora the Explorer or Tom Jerry, it's a bit of a pain getting up and going to the bedroom to start the show. (They aren't allowed access to the keyboard or the [currently non-working] remote control after almost breaking them about a month ago.) So I got to wondering if there was some way for us to start the show from our desks, or if we're kind of stuck getting up and running to the bedroom every couple of hours or so. -- Mickey Chandler Chief Operating Whizard Whizardries, Inc.: http://www.whizardries.com Our new site: http://www.my-debt-reduction-plan.com/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Network control?
I use VNC to connect to the machine from my laptop. On 8/25/05, Mickey Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a brainstorm the other day, and didn't notice any mention of it in the archives. Has anyone thought of controlling a tv over the network, like through Mythweb? My wife and I have 3 kids and we both work at home. The Myth box is in our bedroom. The kids are constantly interrupting us asking us to let them watch some show or another. While we don't mind them watching Dora the Explorer or Tom Jerry, it's a bit of a pain getting up and going to the bedroom to start the show. (They aren't allowed access to the keyboard or the [currently non-working] remote control after almost breaking them about a month ago.) So I got to wondering if there was some way for us to start the show from our desks, or if we're kind of stuck getting up and running to the bedroom every couple of hours or so. -- Mickey Chandler Chief Operating Whizard Whizardries, Inc.: http://www.whizardries.com Our new site: http://www.my-debt-reduction-plan.com/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Network control?
I had a brainstorm the other day, and didn't notice any mention of it in the archives. Has anyone thought of controlling a tv over the network, like through Mythweb? My wife and I have 3 kids and we both work at home. The Myth box is in our bedroom. The kids are constantly interrupting us asking us to let them watch some show or another. While we don't mind them watching Dora the Explorer or Tom Jerry, it's a bit of a pain getting up and going to the bedroom to start the show. (They aren't allowed access to the keyboard or the [currently non-working] remote control after almost breaking them about a month ago.) So I got to wondering if there was some way for us to start the show from our desks, or if we're kind of stuck getting up and running to the bedroom every couple of hours or so. Could take a look at MythWiFi. Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Network control?
At 09:25 PM 8/25/2005, Andrew Ziobro wrote: I use VNC to connect to the machine from my laptop. Right. I have VNC as well, but will that send output to the TV or does it ultimately act as an independent XWindows session. Perhaps that's my answer and I'm just unclear on what VNC actually does. Frankly, I'd love to be wrong this once and have the answer sitting at my fingertips. -- Mickey Chandler Chief Operating Whizard Whizardries, Inc.: http://www.whizardries.com Our new site: http://www.my-debt-reduction-plan.com/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Network control?
At 09:27 PM 8/25/2005, Phill Edwards wrote: Could take a look at MythWiFi. I think that looks perfect for what I'm wanting. I don't think I ever would have gotten to it without someone pointing it out. Thanks! -- Mickey Chandler Chief Operating Whizard Whizardries, Inc.: http://www.whizardries.com Our new site: http://www.my-debt-reduction-plan.com/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Network control?
On 8/25/05, Mickey Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:25 PM 8/25/2005, Andrew Ziobro wrote: I use VNC to connect to the machine from my laptop. Right. I have VNC as well, but will that send output to the TV or does it ultimately act as an independent XWindows session. Perhaps that's my answer and I'm just unclear on what VNC actually does. Frankly, I'd love to be wrong this once and have the answer sitting at my fingertips. -- Mickey Chandler Chief Operating Whizard Whizardries, Inc.: http://www.whizardries.com Our new site: http://www.my-debt-reduction-plan.com/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users To connect to the currently running X session, I use x11vnc Very easy to use, very cool. Cool ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Network control?
Actually, for Fedora Core (and likely other distros with recent VNC versions) you don't even need x11vnc to attach to the current screen/session. Just add: Load vnc to your xorg.conf file Modules section and Option passwordFile /home/david/.vnc/passwd to your Screen section (change the passwd file location as necessary). Create the password file using vncpasswd. VNC passwords are not tied to user accounts, so you can use any VNC passwd no matter the user account logged in. Then disable the vncserver process from init.d -- you won't need it anymore. This way you use the stock VNC distro. It's very slick, and performance and resource utilization is much better since you're not starting a whole new X session for VNC like you do with vncserver. David Chad wrote: On 8/25/05, Mickey Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:25 PM 8/25/2005, Andrew Ziobro wrote: I use VNC to connect to the machine from my laptop. Right. I have VNC as well, but will that send output to the TV or does it ultimately act as an independent XWindows session. Perhaps that's my answer and I'm just unclear on what VNC actually does. Frankly, I'd love to be wrong this once and have the answer sitting at my fingertips. -- Mickey Chandler Chief Operating Whizard Whizardries, Inc.: http://www.whizardries.com Our new site: http://www.my-debt-reduction-plan.com/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users To connect to the currently running X session, I use x11vnc Very easy to use, very cool. Cool ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Network control?
On 25/08/05, Mickey Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:25 PM 8/25/2005, Andrew Ziobro wrote: I use VNC to connect to the machine from my laptop. Right. I have VNC as well, but will that send output to the TV or does it ultimately act as an independent XWindows session. Perhaps that's my answer and I'm just unclear on what VNC actually does. Frankly, I'd love to be wrong this once and have the answer sitting at my fingertips. What VNC does depends on how you have it setup. If you are running VNCServer, every VNC client that logs in will get a new X session. If you are using X11VNC (Or the VNC module in XFree86-Config-4), the VNC client gets a copy of the current display (In this case, the display on the TV). VNC then sends all keypresses and mouse movements to that display, and mirrors the result in a window on your monitor. Therefore, if you have X11VNC (Or the VNC Module) set up, you can remotely control the TV. -- Robert Anaerin Johnston ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Network control?
Actually, for Fedora Core (and likely other distros with recent VNC versions) you don't even need x11vnc to attach to the current screen/session. Just add: Load vnc to your xorg.conf file Modules section and Option passwordFile /home/david/.vnc/passwd to your Screen section (change the passwd file location as necessary). Create the password file using vncpasswd. VNC passwords are not tied to user accounts, so you can use any VNC passwd no matter the user account logged in. Then disable the vncserver process from init.d -- you won't need it anymore. This way you use the stock VNC distro. It's very slick, and performance and resource utilization is much better since you're not starting a whole new X session for VNC like you do with vncserver. Hey - thanks for that. I've been using x11vnc - I didn't know it was built into the distro already. I've now got rid of x11vnc and I've noticed that this is quicker on the client end. Thanks, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
