2010-10-21, 01:21
I'm using XBMC on my HTPC running Ubuntu 10.10 and I'd like to be able to start XBMC remotely over SSH. The following command works but starts it in a window:
I'd really like it to start fullscreen. If I start it locally from a terminal the following starts it fullscreen:
...but I don't seem to be able to do this remotely. Anyone got any ideas? This is entirely so that I can start XBMC from my phone and use the Android remote app to control it, and keep the keyboard and mouse hidden away. XBMC is set to start fullscreen on boot but I sometimes VNC into the machine from work/ my laptop to set up torrents and forget to leave XBMC fullscreen and focused afterwards.
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DISPLAY=:0 xbmc &I'd really like it to start fullscreen. If I start it locally from a terminal the following starts it fullscreen:
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xbmc -fs...but I don't seem to be able to do this remotely. Anyone got any ideas? This is entirely so that I can start XBMC from my phone and use the Android remote app to control it, and keep the keyboard and mouse hidden away. XBMC is set to start fullscreen on boot but I sometimes VNC into the machine from work/ my laptop to set up torrents and forget to leave XBMC fullscreen and focused afterwards.
