Hey Timo, > in my LAN i have running a gateway, a workstation and a laptop. The > workstation is equipped with a TV card (BT878) and works just fine. > Is there a way to view TV on my laptop by using the PC and the LAN? > [...] > Any ideas what ways exist? Maybe simple X forwarding, but are there > other ways (what about xhost/xauth settings)?
X forwarding should do it. You might have to add the workstation to your laptop's xhost list (xhost +hostname_of_workstation) - depends on your X server configuration. Afterwards just ssh to your workstation and run the TV program. Greets, Thomas