[vdr] AW: Re: Controlling vdr via ssh (maybe a bit OT)

["Benkesch, Harry-Roy" <H.Benkesch@de1.vdogrp.de>]

Hi Achim,
thank you for this advice 
- but i'm afraid i am not yet deep enough in linux (or vdr? ) :-(
I did ssh into the vdr-machine and then "telnet localhost 2001" as you
wrote,
but the vdr just said:

Trying::1...
telnet: connect to adress::1: connection timed out
Trying 127.0.0.1
telnet: connect to adress 127.0.0.1: Network is unreachable
Trying localhost
telnet: connect to adress localhost: No such file or directory

what is wrong?
do i have to change the network adress of my vdr-machine to 127.0.0.1 ?

I hope theese are not to silly questions!

Harry



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Von: Achim_Lange@t-online.de [mailto:Achim_Lange@t-online.de]
Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 13. Februar 2002 18:49
An: vdr@linuxtv.org
Betreff: [vdr] Re: Controlling vdr via ssh (maybe a bit OT)

Hi Harry,

> If i am working on the vdr i use terminal #8 to control the vdr program.

This is a virtual terminal "connected" to "Alt-F8" on the console (your
monitor, keyboard, mouse)
Try to login on e.g. "Alt-F3" and look with "tty" on what terminal you are.
you see? Theses are "directly connected, virtual terminals" :)

> But now i'd like to control vdr from an other pc using ssh.
> I got a connection to the vdr-machine, but how to log in on terminal #8?
> I used the example line from Klaus to set terminal #8 for vdr-control.
> If i change the line to terminal = 1 it doesn't work, too. :-(

This is just not possible. Try "tty", when you login via ssh and you
probably get something like "/dev/pts/0", because you are on a "pseudo-tty".
You can also try "who am i" and you see from which machine on the network
you came in (This always happens, when you login via network). You cannot
make Terminal 8 your current terminal, if you are not physically connected
to your machine.

Just ssh into the machine and then do "telnet localhost 2001"

Then you can type "help" or e.g. "hitk menu" (all the other possibilities
are in the documentation included in the source).

Hope this helps,

Ciao,


    Achim