[PVE-User] VNC Console from Ubuntu 9.04 Firefox Problems

[Martin Maurer]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Theron T. Trout [mailto:ttcom at mellonway.com]
> Sent: Dienstag, 26. Mai 2009 17:31
> To: Martin Maurer
> Cc: pve-user at pve.proxmox.com; ano-639d60e3 at enterto.com
> Subject: Re: [PVE-User] VNC Console from Ubuntu 9.04 Firefox Problems
> 
> Hi Martin,
> 
> Both machines are 9.04 upgrades, and I was wondering if that could be a
> factor.  That gives me hope that there is a potential fix.
> 
> From about:plugins:
> 
> {{{
> 	Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_13-b03
> 
> 	File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so
> 	Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_13
> }}}
> 

Hi,
Did you use the 32-bit or 64-bit edition of Ubuntu 8.10? On 64-bit, no 64-bit sun-java was available so how do you worked around this?
martin


> I purged sun-java6-plugin, sun-java6-jre, and sun-java6-bin then
> confirmed Java was gone and then reinstalled.  No luck there, so perhaps
> it's not with JRE; maybe Firefox upgraded from 8.10 has some issues.
> 
> Tried gecko browser, same problem.
> 
> Fortunately, nc -l -p 9000 -c "qm vncproxy VMID PASSWORD" works very
> well.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Theron
> 
> 
> Martin Maurer wrote:
> >> Subject: Re: [PVE-User] VNC Console from Ubuntu 9.04 Firefox Problems
> >>
> >> Thanks for the links.
> >>
> >> My installation seems good.  Other applets work in Firefox and
> console
> >> Java applications also work as expected.  The only exception that I
> have
> >> encountered is the Java VNC viewer in Proxmox.
> >>
> >> I just confirmed the same problem on a second Ubuntu 9.04 install on
> >> significantly different hardware.
> >>
> >> If anyone is planning an upgrade/switch to Ubuntu 9.04, make sure you
> >> have an alternate means of accessing your vnc consoles before you do
> so.
> >>
> >> If I make any headway I'll post back.
> >>
> >> -Theron
> >
> > I got 9.04 on my ThinkPad, no issues. (it is a fresh install, not an
> update)
> > Br, Martin
> 
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