Public bug reported:
I guess this is a fairly common situation: on my network every machine
has a hostname but they are not in the DNS (or /etc/hosts). When I try
to connect to a VNC server using service-discovery-applet, VNC complains
"Couldn't convert [name of computer] to host address".
service-discovery-applet should invoke VNC using the IP address, like
this:
--- xvncviewer.py.orig 2006-09-16 03:27:08.000000000 +0000
+++ xvncviewer.py 2006-09-16 03:26:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
def connect(self, use_host_names, name, stype, hostname, address, port, txt
s):
print "connecting using xvncviewer"
- cmdline = ["/usr/share/service-discovery-applet/tools//exec_wrapper", "x
vncviewer", "-xrm", "*passwordDialog:true", hostname ]
+ cmdline = ["/usr/share/service-discovery-applet/tools//exec_wrapper", "x
vncviewer", "-xrm", "*passwordDialog:true", address ]
print cmdline
pid = subprocess.Popen(cmdline, close_fds=True).pid
** Affects: service-discovery-applet (Ubuntu)
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
** Description changed:
I guess this is a fairly common situation: on my network every machine
has a hostname but they are not in the DNS (or /etc/hosts). When I try
- to connect to a VNC viewer using service-discovery-applet, VNC complains
+ to connect to a VNC server using service-discovery-applet, VNC complains
"Couldn't convert [name of computer] to host address".
service-discovery-applet should invoke VNC using the IP address, like
this:
--- xvncviewer.py.orig 2006-09-16 03:27:08.000000000 +0000
+++ xvncviewer.py 2006-09-16 03:26:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
def connect(self, use_host_names, name, stype, hostname, address, port,
txt
s):
print "connecting using xvncviewer"
- cmdline = ["/usr/share/service-discovery-applet/tools//exec_wrapper",
"x
vncviewer", "-xrm", "*passwordDialog:true", hostname ]
+ cmdline = ["/usr/share/service-discovery-applet/tools//exec_wrapper",
"x
vncviewer", "-xrm", "*passwordDialog:true", address ]
print cmdline
pid = subprocess.Popen(cmdline, close_fds=True).pid
--
VNC remote access tries to connect using hostname which fails if it's
unresolvable
https://launchpad.net/bugs/60664
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