Bug#571614: vdr: Configuration should allow easy "headless" control

[Didier Raboud]

Package: vdr
Version: 1.6.0-14
Severity: wishlist

Hi, 

I installed vdr on a headless (but with speakers) server and I would like to be able
to control it over ssh (change channel, volume, etc).

I saw some guys over the internet doing things in that regard, e.g. http://error.de/vdr

So I'd really appreciate a "SCREEN" option in /etc/default/vdr that would automagically
do this for me. I began something, but it doesn't work :-). If I get to something, I'll
push my eventual patches here.

Best regards, 

OdyX

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages vdr depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.112      add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.28     Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                         2.10.2-2   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcap2                       1:2.17-2   support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libfontconfig1                2.8.0-2    generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6                  2.3.11-1   FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.4.2-9  GCC support library
ii  libjpeg62                     6b-15      The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libstdc++6                    4.4.2-9    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  psmisc                        22.10-1    utilities that use the proc file s

Versions of packages vdr recommends:
ii  lirc                          0.8.3-5    infra-red remote control support
ii  ttf-bitstream-vera            1.10-8     The Bitstream Vera family of free 

vdr suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
* vdr/select_dvb_card: Terrestrial
* vdr/create_video_dir: false