https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814402

Try using the network name of the displayed IP address rather than the
hostname.

---
pyanaconda/vnc.py | 11 ++++++++++-
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyanaconda/vnc.py b/pyanaconda/vnc.py
index 784d5f7..83e2f2f 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/vnc.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/vnc.py
@@ -98,9 +98,18 @@ class VncServer:
ips))
self.ip = ips[0]

- self.name = network.getDefaultHostname(self.anaconda)
ipstr = self.ip

+ try:
+ hinfo = socket.gethostbyaddr(ipstr)
+ except Exception as e:
+ log.debug("Exception caught trying to get host name of %s: %s" %
+ (ipstr, e))
+ self.name = network.getDefaultHostname(self.anaconda)
+ else:
+ if len(hinfo) == 3:
+ self.name = hinfo[0]
+
if self.ip.find(':') != -1:
ipstr = "[%s]" % (self.ip,)

--
1.7.7.6

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On Mon, 2012-04-23 at 10:39 -0500, Mark Hamzy wrote:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814402
>
> Try using the network name of the displayed IP address rather than the
> hostname.

Looks totally reasonable to me - and I'm told this has been tested and
confirmed working, so ACK. I'll commit and push.

-w

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