haha very true!! I had a working Ubuntu File server, air-video server etc and thought...hmm how hard would it be to get mytv running... I need to try and get a dev machine as my production one has so much stuff on it now after much failed attemps to get things working. I will post back if i ever end...

So now i can connect Via VNC, but don't fully understand what is going on.... It brings up a GUI, which is fine, but then when i go to log out it doesn't actually log out properly, but seems to close the window manager..? then the only way to get it back up is to reboot the server or kill the vnc se...

Hi Steve, I am in the same boat, kinda a newbe when it comes to linux (more of a hobby than anything) Yep that seemed to do the trick. Although (once again i don't fully understand this stuff) the desktop is different to the one that loads when I login physically at the machine. I assume it is loadi...

Hello, First of all very nice website, it has helped me a lot. Just have a little issue with getting the VNC Server to work though. Firstly I am using Ubuntu Server 11.10 fully updated. After following the guide on this website I issues the following commands. sudo apt-get install gnome-core sudo ap...