How To Open VMware Server Remote Console with Firefox 3.0.1
VMWare remote console plugin allows to control VMWare server 2.0RC1. However, when you upgrade Firefox to 3.0.1 it will not work or get disabled by Firefox 3.0.1 due to plug-in compatibility issue. To fix this issue shutdown your Firefox, locate a directory called VMwareVMRC@vmware.com. This hack tested on:
=> Linux running Firefox 3.0.1
=> VMware Remote Console Plug-in version 2.5.0.100265
Open a shell prompt and type the following commands:
$ cd ~/.mozilla/
$ find . -type d -iname "VMwareVMRC@vmware.com"
Sample output:
./firefox/szvrcz3m.default/extensions/VMwareVMRC@vmware.com
Change the directory, enter:
$ cd ./firefox/szvrcz3m.default/extensions/VMwareVMRC@vmware.com
Open install.rdf
$ cp install.rdf ~/install.rdf.bak
$ vi install.rdf
Find line that read as follows:
<em:maxVersion>3.0.0.*</em:maxVersion>
Replace it with:
<em:maxVersion>3.0.1.*</em:maxVersion>
Save and close the file. Open Firefox and plug-in should work without a problem.
(Fig.01: Running VMWare Server Remote Console Plugin under Updated Firefox v3.0.1)
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Contents
- Download of the day: Vmware 2.0 Virtualization Solutions Beta Software
- How To Open VMware Server Remote Console with Firefox 3.0.1
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You can also run the plugin as a standalone app. I posted this on a vmware board.
Run ~/.mozilla/firefox/we7cdezi.default/extensions/VMwareVMRC@vmware.com/plugins/vmware-vmrc and then point it to the tomcat instance. Mine is localhost. Login and you get a list running virtual machines. Click one and login. Create a shortcut to the plugin and you can just double-click it like a normal app. Change we7cdezi.default in ~/.mozilla/firefox/we7cdezi.default/extensions/VMwareVMRC@vmware.com/plugins/vmware-vmrc to what ever your profile is.
I found that the display in the console would not update properly on occasion. I’m not certain if this something that is unique to my configuration or not. For my Windows vm I’ve started using rdesktop instead once its running. I can’t dynamically resize the resolution by resizing the window like I can with the console
, but I just run rdesktop with a custom resolution and clipboard integration. “rdesktop -g 1270×993 -N -a 16 -x b -P -5 -r clipboard:PRIMARYCLIPBOARD -r sound:remote”. Create a shortcut and just double click. Obviously the console is still needed at times.
Miker,
Nice find. I appreciate your post.
Works fine for me too.
However if you didn’t have Firefox v3.0.0 installed and vmware plugin first, then Firefox v3.0.1 won’t even let you install the plugin (and the install.rdf doesn’t exist).
To get around this install Mr Tech’s toolkit plugin for Mozilla at:
http://www.mrtech.com/extensions/
(for some reason I found I had to do a save as, then drag and drop the toolkit.xpi into my addon page)
The above plugin allows the vmware plugin in be installed, then use the tweak described above. I modified install.rdf:
3.0.*
which also works (and hopefully will still work for 3.0.2 etc)
Finally I can test centos appliance (which starts without any connectivity).