On 22/05/12 12:32, Stroller wrote: > On 22 May 2012, at 01:46, Davide Varvello wrote: >> … >> My client xpra is a max osx lion, it seems the "a" key is not recognized. >> Every other key is ok but clicking on "a" > Known issue. > > http://xpra.org/trac/ticket/92 > > http://lists.devloop.org.uk/pipermail/shifter-users/2012-March/000166.html > > Very frustrating, isn't it? > > I have been using plain old `ssh -X firefox` the last few days, and it is > very refreshing in its simplicity. > > My primary need for WinSwitch / xpra is to use Firefox on a Linux box to > access the DRAC4 interface of Dell PowerEdge servers. The Java applets are > supported on Windows and Linux, but not OS X. The DRAC's default password is > "calvin" and I was getting increasingly frustrated by repeated logins when > setting up a new system - I was thinking what a pain it was going to be to > haul out this machine to connect it to a monitor. I would have probably had > to spend a deal of time searching for a suitable liveCD (some are maintained > which carry Dell's proprietary utilities). How much more aggravating it would > have been to have gone to all this trouble to find it did not solve the > problem! > > Obviously it's impossible to access any website with "a" in its name when > using Firefox over WinSwitch / xpra, or to log into any site if the password > contains an "a". > > I appreciate you are very busy, Antoine, but this really is a major stopper > on OS X. Yes, I realize that and I intend to fix this as soon as I can, but unfortunately my laptop is too old and it is not capable of running OS X (in a VM or otherwise) so I am unable to test this until I get back to the office in about 10 days... I've seen some sweet looking laptops, so feel free to start an "upgrade my laptop" fund... ;)
Cheers Antoine > > Stroller. > > _______________________________________________ > shifter-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users _______________________________________________ shifter-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users
