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Time to put things together. Xen orchestra has now got a ‘vnc‘ link (like http://localhost/xo/htdocs/vnc.php?url=127.0.0.1:5901&name=w7b) which opens gtk vnc plugin (amd64 binary here). – This link is placed in section Misc of xen orchestra’s virtual machine detail window.

The configuration file of xen orchestra, xen-orchestra.conf, has got a section to control gtk vnc plugin. If a windows vm needs mouse grabbing, it can be set in this file. The handling of these settings is done in htdocs/vnc.php. If virtual machine w7b needs even more specific settings an additional file vnc_w7b.php can be used.

Compared to the description in this post vnc gtk plugin does now automatically grab the focus (keyboard immediately active after loading of html page; no need to click into vnc viewer window first) and a send keys menu has been added (0103-add_autofocus_and_sendkeys.diff).

(Build instructions remain the same except that after (updated) colortoolbar.patch.gz a second patch colortoolbar2.patch.gz has to be applied; updated amd64 debian archive: mozilla-gtk-vnc_0.3.10-6_amd64.deb).

There is one little additional patch to xen orchestra (03-add_vm_name_to_vnc_link.diff). The main changes are in vnc.php (compare previous post about xen orchestra). An updated zip archive with patched xen orchestra is here.

This entry was posted by spblinux on May 31, 2010 at 00:16 under Xen. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

4 Comments

  1. Blog of spblinux » Blog Archive » Gtk vnc plugin with mini toolbar says:

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    May 31, 2010, 00:22

  2. td says:

    Hey, I tried your patched zip, but I have no VNC-Line. What am I doing wrong?
    Is it, because Xen-Orchestra is on another machine than localhost?

    August 30, 2010, 16:32

  3. td says:

    Oh well, now it works. Sorry.
    But can you tell me, if there is any development at XenOrchestra atm? Can’t even reach the repositories…

    August 30, 2010, 17:34

  4. spblinux says:

    XenOrchestra development:
    – the maintainer is busy with other things
    – he did welcome my patches
    – so it might take some time until XenOrchestra gets updated.

    Somehow like SPBLinux – publishing of updates mainly if someone asks.

    August 30, 2010, 18:04

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