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On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:47:13 -0700 |
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Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > I currently have an HDTV hooked up to a desktop computer running |
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> > > Gentoo and xfce4, all controlled by a wireless keyboard/mouse |
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> > > from the couch. It's awesome. However, I think the next step is |
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> > > to control everything from a laptop on the couch. |
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> > > How would you set this up? |
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> > > - Grant |
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> > The easy way is to use a big cursor theme and just use your laptop |
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> > as a remote keyboard/mouse for your TV. (in addition to stuff like |
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> > mythweb and the like) |
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> > |
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> > Do like so: (assuming tv runs on display ":0", which it most likely |
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> > does ) Get mythtv or whatever running by auto-login and startup |
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> > script. Assume that your tv is running as user "tv", hostname "tv". |
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> > From your laptop: "ssh -Y tv@tv", then "x2x -to :0 -north". This |
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> > makes the tv-screen look like an extension of your laptop screen, |
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> > situated above (north) of your laptop. Now whenever you move your |
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> > mouse up, out of the laptop screen, your laptop keyboard and mouse |
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> > controls the tv... |
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That sounds like a wonderful way to do this, but it certainly doesn't |
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count as the easiest way, easy as it is. I think that prize goes to |
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simply logging into the tv box remotely ("ssh -Y |
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tv@tv", just like above) as the same user that has logged into X on the |
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tv box. Then set the DISPLAY environment variable to point to the tv |
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screen (most likely ":0") and your ssh-session screen will be the TV. |
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It isn't as nice as the x2x solution, but it requires nothing special |
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to do. That's how I usually do it. |
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-- Dan. |
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