Yes, that is what I am guessing is happening.....do you know of any way to change what Firefox passes in this situation? I have tried on a couple Firefox forums, and noone seems to have an answer...so I thought I would try this list again.
Thanks for the help! Andy White New Lenox School District 122 District Technician 815.462.7035 (desk) 815.791.6811 (cell) <james.weather...@realvnc.com> writes: >Andrew, > >It sounds like Firefox is passing the entire URI to vncviewer.exe, so that it >will then try to connect to a host called "vnc://<whatever>", rather >than just to "<whatever>". > >Regards, > >-- >Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list- >> boun...@realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Andrew White >> Sent: 14 May 2009 19:03 >> To: vnc-list@realvnc.com >> Subject: Firefox + VNC links >> >> Hi RealVNC list, >> >> Hopefully you can help me understand what is happening with my VNC >> issue: >> >> I have a website with a link to a VNC protocol ( "vnc://<arguments, >> computer name, ip, etc>") that I want to use with RealVNC. >> I can tell Firefox to associate the protocol with vncviewer.exe, and >> open up RealVNC when the link is clicked, however, no matter what >> arguments I >> pass after 'vnc://', RealVNC runs through 'Attempting to connect to >> host...' and then tells me that it is 'unable to resolve hose by name: >> no such >> host is known. (11001)' >> >> My question is what arguments (computer name, IP, etc) should I have >> and how should the syntax be so that I can get RealVNC to connect to >> the remote >> computer's VNC server. Or how can I see what is being passed (or not >> being passed) to RealVNC from Firefox? For example, how can I tell >> whether >> Firefox is even sending the correct hostname to RealVNC? >> >> RealVNC is working great for me every other way possible - config >> files, command line, and quick launch icons - but I want to make links >> from a >> webpage using the vnc:// tag work for me and I cannot. >> >> Any suggestions? Is this even possible? >> >> Thanks for your help! >> >> Andy White >> New Lenox School District 122 >> District Technician >> 815.462.7035 (desk) >> 815.791.6811 (cell) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> VNC-List mailing list >> VNC-List@realvnc.com >> To remove yourself from the list visit: >> http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
