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Unable to use console in VMware VI from firefox

Asked by john-horne in VMware, Firefox Web Browser

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Hello,

I am trying to access a Linux guest virtual machine via the VMware web access Infrastructure client (vmware virtualcenter 2).  For the most part this is fine, except that I cannot access the guest O/S console at all. I am using a 64-bit Fedora 9 workstation, with Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1. When I connect to the web interface it says my browser is not supported, but I can log in. From there I can select the VM I want, and the events/Alarms etc tabs all appear. However, if I click on the 'console' tab it just goes black, and says 'Your browser is not supported' at the top.

From the login page it says that the supported browsers include "Mozilla Firefox 1.5 or later for Linux". Well I'm using 3.0.1 so it certainly is beyond 1.5!

I have tried modifying the browser User-agent string, and that allowed me past the login page with no 'unsupported browser' message. However, the console still did not work - saying unsupported browser.

I have also tried this from a 32-bit openSuSE 10.2 system which uses Firefox 2.0.0.14. Same problem! Surely a version 2 of Firefox should be supported?

The mks plug-in is installed, and is version 2.1.0.0. The ESX server is (I think) version 3.5, but I have no access to the ESX server itself.

Does anyone have any idea how I can get the console working? Obviously without it I am somewhat limited in controlling the guest server.


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