VNC to Mythbuntu Back End
September 24, 2013
I have a mythbuntu back end server running on my network, and it doesn't have a monitor or keyboard. I wanted to connect to it via vnc so I can retune the channels.
I did this using x11vnc.
I had to run the following command to run up the vnc server:
$ sudo x11vnc -safer -forever -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -display :0
In order to work out what to place after the -auth parameter, I ran the following command:
$ tjs@mythbackend:/etc/init.d$ ps wwwwaux | grep auth root 909 0.0 0.3 16908 7132 tty7 Ss+ 18:00 0:12 /usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch -background none tjs 2443 0.0 0.0 3740 768 pts/0 S+ 21:24 0:00 grep --color=auto auth
Once this was running, I could then connect via KRDC from another machine on the network.
