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I have a Remmina connection, setup like so: (either js-cc-10, or js-cc-10.local) enter image description here

When I try and connect, I get:

Couldn't convert 'js-cc-10' to host address

But, I can do:

dig js-cc-10.local

Which gives me the IP 192.168.x.x, and I CAN connect using Remmina by the IP address.

Can I make Remmina work via hostname, rather than IP address?

Martin Thornton
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  • Did you actually try with js-cc-10.local rather than just js-cc-10? The .local suffix is significant (implies avahi/zeroconf lookup) – steeldriver Mar 15 '18 at 12:51
  • Does the command host hostname resolve correctly? Also, what is the output of the line starting with hosts: in /etc/nsswitch.conf? – ElderFuthark Mar 15 '18 at 12:56
  • Yeah, I tried with and without the .local suffix. host js-cc-10 says not found, host js-cc-10.local returns the correct IP address. The hosts line is hosts: files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] – TMH Mar 15 '18 at 13:04
  • Can you ping the hostname, and does it show the correct IP when you do so? – user8292439 Mar 15 '18 at 14:23
  • Yep, shows everything correctly. – TMH Mar 15 '18 at 14:41
  • Same. It seems it doesn't resolve .local addresses. I can ping the address but host doesn't work. The host command uses DNS and .local are mDNS / Avahi / Bonjour but Remmina doesn't seem to resolve them. – jetole May 20 '20 at 13:53
  • FWIW, I had this working on Lubuntu last week. No problems. Now I've got the same problem on Linux Mint. The host responds to pings at .local, but Remmina fails to resolve the address. Works OK with the IP address (not very useful since it's a DHCP address and changes). Only difference is that on Lubuntu I installed Remmina via a SNAP package; via a flatpak on Mint. – nerdfever.com Jan 28 '23 at 00:32

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