VMware Server 2.0 RC1 browser plug in not compatible with Firefox 3.0.1
July 29th, 2008 | 
Author: VMware Communities: Vmware-Server, RC1, Firefox 3.0.1, … is a popular thread right now. Here’s the scenario. If you are running VMware Server 2.0 RC1 and using Firefox to administer guest VMs, when you upgrade to Firefox version 3.0.1 the VMware Remote Console plug in is no longer compatible and is disabled. You get a message very similar to “VMware Remote Console Plug-in 2.5.0.100265 could not be installed because it is not compatible with Firefox 3.0.1“.
After reviewing the forum thread linked above and several other sources I have settled on what I think is the easiest work around – Add the Nightly Tester Tools Firefox plug in and force the incompatible Remote Console plug in to run.
I am running Ubuntu 8.0.4 and upgraded Firefox when I was prompted to install the latest distribution updates. Of course, hold off on the Firefox upgrade if you can and wait for the next release of VMware Server 2.0. Let’s assume (and hope) that the Server 2.0 team anticipates the frequent update cycle of Firefox moving forward and designs the plug in to survive upgrades if possible.
You can review the thread for a few other work arounds, but here’s the info on the Nightly Tester Tools plug in from the Firefox Addons web page:
“This extension adds a few extras useful to those that regularly test nightly builds of Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird and Toolkit Seamonkey (Suiterunner).
The following is a brief list of the extension’s features, for the full set of features please visit the extension home page.
* Extension compatibility fixing
* Titlebar customisation
* Build ID retrieval
* Screenshots
* Breakpad information
* Restoring tabs from previous session
* Leak log analysisHomepage
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