Barry Samuels bjsamuels@beenthere-donethat.org.uk wrote:
Perhaps I should mention that the mythtv user does not have a home directory. Would that make a difference?
Probably will upset xauth-based solutions (all of them?):-
By default, xauth will use the file specified by the XAUTHORITY environment variable or .Xauthority in the user’s home directory.
Source: man xauth
Hope that helps,