Tips for installing Netmeeting on Vista

http://joshuamaher.com/2007/02/21/netmeeting-on-vista/

Thanks Josh.

Why the heck would anyone want to use Netmeeting on Vista? The Windows Meeting Space is built in and is far superior and has a feature set that is much more useful…but if your corporate masters are WAY behind the times (despite the millions of Microsoft investments)…..here’s how to get it working…

Thanks to BlackDiamond’s post at TechRepublic, here is how to do it:

1. Download NM30.EXE from Microsoft.com
2. Save the executable to your computer somewhere
3. Right click on the file and select “Properties”.
4. Click the “Compatibility” tab.
5. Put a check in “Run This Program In Compatibility Mode For:”.
6. Select Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 5).
7. Click “OK”.
8. Double click the shortcut and install normally.Yeah….NetMeeting now works in Vista.

When you run NetMeeting you will be able to enter all the information as normal and will have to unblock netmeeting in the firewall.

The only thing that does not appear to be working is the Remote Desktop Sharing option, if anyone knows how to make it work, let us know!

fedora installation options - can be used in most redhat based li

Fedora Installation Options

Boot time command args:
-----------------------

expert          Turns on special features:
                   - allows partitioning of removable media
                   - prompts for driver disk

noshell         Do not put a shell on tty2 during install.

lowres          Force GUI installer to run at 640x480.

resolution=<mode> Run installer in mode specified, '1024x768' for example.

nousb           Do not load USB support (helps if install hangs
               early sometimes).

nofb            Do not load the VGA16 framebuffer required for doing
               text-mode installation in some languages

nofirewire      Do not load support for firewire devices

askmethod       Do not automatically use the CD-ROM as the install
               source if we detect a Red Hat Linux CD in your CD-ROM drive.

nousbstorage    Do not load usbstorage module in loader.  May help with
               device ordering on SCSI systems.

noparport       Do not attempt to load support for parallel ports

noprobe         Do not attempt to detect hw, prompts user instead.

nopcmcia        Ignore PCMCIA controller in system.

skipddc         Skips DDC probe of monitor, may help if its handing system.

graphical       Force graphical install. Required to have ftp/http use GUI.

text            Force text mode install.

vnc             Enable vnc-based installation. You will need to connect
               to the machine using a vnc client application.

vncpassword=<password>  Enable a password for the vnc connection. This will
               prevent someone from inadvertantly connecting to the
               vnc-based installation.

               Requires 'vnc' option to be specified as well.

vncconnect=<host>[:<port>]   Once installation is up and running, connect to
               the vnc client named <host>, and optionally use port <port>.

               Requires 'vnc' option to be specified as well.

updates         Prompt for floppy containing updates (bug fixes).

isa             Prompt user for ISA devices configuration.

dd              Use a driver disk.

driverdisk      Same as 'dd'.

mediacheck      Activates loader code to give user option of testing integrity
               of install source (if an ISO-based method).

rescue          Run rescue environment.

nomount         Don't automatically mount any installed Linux partitions
               in rescue mode.

nopass          Don't pass keyboard/mouse info to stage 2 installer, good for
               testing keyboard and mouse config screens in stage2 installer
               during network installs.


serial          Turns on serial console support.

ksdevice        Takes an argument like 'eth0', tells install what network
               device to use for kickstart from network.

ks              Kickstart over NFS.

ks=cdrom:       Kickstart from CDROM

ks=nfs:<path>   Kickstart from NFS.

ks=<url>        Kickstart via HTTP.

ks=hd:<dev>     Kickstart via harddrive (dev = 'hda1', for example)

ks=file:<path>  Kickstart from a file (path = 'fd0/ks.cfg')

ks=ftp://<path> Kickstart from FTP.

ks=http://<path> Kickstart from HTTP.

kssendmac       Adds HTTP headers to ks=http:// request that can be helpful
               for provisioning systems.  Includes MAC address of all nics in
               a CGI environment variable of the form
               HTTP_X_RHN_PROVISIONING_0, HTTP_X_RHN_PROVISIONING_1, etc, for
               all nics.

dhcpclass=<class> Sends a custom DHCP vendor class identifier. ISC's dhcpcd can
               inspect this value using "option vendor-class-identifier".

upgradeany      Don't require an /etc/redhat-release that matches the
               expected syntax to upgrade.

lang=<lang>     Language to use for the installation.  This should be a
               language which is valid to be used with the 'lang' kickstart
               command.

keymap=<keymap> Keyboard layout to use.  Valid values are those which can be
               used for the 'keyboard' kickstart command.

ip=<ip>         IP to use for a network installation, use 'dhcp' for DHCP.

netmask=<nm>    Netmask to use for a network installation.

gateway=<gw>    Gateway to use for a network installation.

dns=<dns>       Comma separated list of nameservers to use for a network
               installation.

method=nfs:<path> Use <path> for an NFS installation.

method=http://<path> Use <path> for an HTTP installation

method=ftp://<path> Use <path> for an FTP installation

method=hd://<dev>/<path> Use <path> on <dev> for a hard drive installation

method=cdrom    Do a CDROM based installation.

vnc             Do graphical installation via VNC.  Instead of
               starting a normal X server, vncserver will be started
               and you can then connect remotely to do the
               installation.

vncpassword=<password>  Set a password for the vnc session.

vncconnect=<host>[:<port>]   Once installation is up and running, connect to
               the vnc client named <host>, and optionally, on port <port>.
                Requires 'vnc' option to be specified as well.

Something else:

test
debug           Start up pdb immediately
nofallback      If GUI fails exit
rootpath=       Where to install packages (default /mnt/sysimage)
pcic=           Specify pcmcia controller
overhead=       Override LVM overhead calculation
testpath=
mountfs
traceonly       Don't run, just list modules we use
kickstart=      Set serial install and kickstart file
kbdtype=        Set the type of keyboard
module=         Load additional kernel modules
class=          Choose install class to use
autostep        Make kickstart non-interactive
noselinux       Disable Security Enhanced Linux
selinux         Enable Security Enhanced Linux
vnc=
cmdline         Use command line installer
headless        Automate install for machines with no display
virtpconsole=
xfs             Allows the creation of a xfs filesystem
reiserfs        Allows the creation of a reiserfs filesystem
jfs             Allows the creation of a jfs filesystem
syslogd

GWTAE first try

I just try the Google AppEngine with GWT. The eclipse plugin is pretty cool and simple to use.

But it's not perfect in:

1. i want to use servlet context listener, but it doesn't support --> use filter to do it instead
2. i want to share my data with other applications but seems it's hard to do that, except I use external database service like Amazon S3
3. i want to add some big file but it has a memory restriction for big files < 1M ....

or i need more tries

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Fedora 11 Issues

I met a lot of installation issues while trying fedora 11 preview release on ProLiant server, it spent me a half day to find out why the default installation failed:

1. can not find enough free space error
2. can not cancel bug report dialog issue
3. cannot find a certain package issue
4. failed to create partition
   
5. hang while installing
6. hang while finding storages
7. cannot reboot system after finished the installation post operations

something we can use to skip these issues:

1. make sure your disk is clean or with enough free space
2. make sure no lvm or other fancy stuffs
3. use expert and text installation option while install
4. don't install all packages
5. select ssh installation for further debugging

just some tips