Enable SSH server on QNX 6.5

This is quick start guide how to run ssh server on QNX. Tested on QNX 6.5 (650SP1-VM.tar).

# ssh-keygen -t dsa -b 1024 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -N ''
# ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 1024 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key -N ''

This is not security best practice but this is only a test machine. Enable direct root ssh login to the machine.

# sed -i 's/#PermitRootLogin no/PermitRootLogin yes/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config

To start ssh service interactively, do:

# /usr/sbin/sshd

Use /usr/sbin/sshd -ddd to view debug output

To run sshd on start, add the following to /etc/rc.d/rc.local:

/usr/sbin/sshd &

Reference:
http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/660/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.qnx.doc.neutrino.utilities%2Ftopic%2Fs%2Fsshd.html

Using INTEL PRO/1000 Gigabit driver in QNX 6.6 running on VMware ESXi

When installing QNX 6.6 using VM-QNXSDP660-201402230339.iso on VMware ESXi (8.0 update 2) the default network apapter used is AMD Lance PCNet 32. The PCNet 32 driver reports to only support 10Mbps, for cases where higher network bandwidth is needed Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit is a good choice. To load Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit, edit /etc/rc.d/startup_aps.sh and comment out pcnet.so driver and add dirver for e1000, like:

#io-pkt-v4-hc -d /lib/dll/devn-pcnet.so &
io-pkt-v4-hc -d /lib/dll/devnp-e1000.so &

Installing Vim 7.2 in QNX 6.5 using pkgsrc

QNX 6.5 self-hosted Neutrino host ships with vi but Vim 7.2 is a big imporovement over the default application. Below are the steps to install Vim 7.2 using pkgsrc.

• Download the bootstrap package
  http://archive.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc-archive/packages/QNX/i386/6.5.0_head_20110826/bootstrap.tar.gz
• Download Vim package and dependencies from the link below
  http://archive.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc-archive/packages/QNX/i386/6.5.0_head_20110826/All

  vim-share-7.2.446.tgz
  libiconv-1.14.tgz
  gettext-lib-0.18.1.1.tgz
  vim-7.2.446nb1.tgz
      

• Copy the files into /tmp using ftp, Momentics IDE, sftp, etc

  #: ls /tmp
  bootstrap.tar.gz
  vim-share-7.2.446.tgz
  libiconv-1.14.tgz
  gettext-lib-0.18.1.1.tgz
  vim-7.2.446nb1.tgz
  

• Install bootstrap package into the root folder

  #: tar -xvzf bootstrap.tar.gz -C /
  

• Add pkgsrc utilities into the path

  #: echo 'export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/pkg/sbin' >> ~/.profile
  

• Modify /etc/rc.d/rc.local to update CS_LIBPATH system variable

  setconf CS_LIBPATH $(getconf CS_LIBPATH):/usr/pkg/lib
  

• Logout and then log back in
• Install dependencies and Vim

  #: pkg_add -v /tmp/libiconv-1.14.tgz
  #: pkg_add -v /tmp/gettext-lib-0.18.1.1.tgz
  #: pkg_add -v /tmp/vim-share-7.2.446.tgz
  #: pkg_add -v /tmp/vim-7.2.446nb1.tgz
  

• Fix backspace not deleting the character by adding the following to ~/.vimrc

  set backspace=indent,eol,start
  

• Run Vim!

  #: export TERM=ansi
  #: vim
  

Refs:
https://community.qnx.com/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.pkgsrc/wiki/BinaryPackages

How to apply QNX 6.5 SP1 into an existing QNX self hosted installation

This was tested on VirtualBox with QNX 6.5.0 self-hosted Neutrino host.
Below are the quick steps

• Mount the QNX 6.5 SP1 iso (qnxsdp-6.5.0SP1.iso)
• Run the following command in QNX terminal
  Load CD/DVD-ROM driver

  devb-eide cdrom
  

  Mount the cd/dvd-rom

  mount -t cd /dev/cd0 /cd
  

  Install the update

  cd /cd
  sh ./qnxsdp-6.5.0SP1-201206270843-nto.sh
  

Building in QNX Momentics 6.5 SP1 throws "Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 0"

Buiding barebones QNX C++ program throws "Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 0". See sample output below

C:\QNX650\host\win32\x86\usr\bin\make.exe -k CPULIST=x86 all --file=C:/Users/u1/AppData/Local/Temp/QMakefile169726255947317724.tmp 
      0 [main] us 0 init_cheap: VirtualAlloc pointer is null, Win32 error 487
AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x71690000, RegionSize 0x330000, State 0x10000
C:\QNX650\host\win32\x86\usr\bin\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 0
C:/QNX650/host/win32/x86/usr/bin/make.exe -j 1 -Cx86 -fMakefile all
make.exe[1]: Entering directory `C:/ide-4.7-workspace/test1/x86'
C:/QNX650/host/win32/x86/usr/bin/make.exe -j 1 -Co -fMakefile all 
make.exe[2]: Entering directory `C:/ide-4.7-workspace/test1/x86/o'
make.exe[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make.exe[2]: Leaving directory `C:/ide-4.7-workspace/test1/x86/o'
C:/QNX650/host/win32/x86/usr/bin/make.exe -j 1 -Co-g -fMakefile all
make.exe[2]: Entering directory `C:/ide-4.7-workspace/test1/x86/o-g'
make.exe[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make.exe[2]: Leaving directory `C:/ide-4.7-workspace/test1/x86/o-g'
make.exe[1]: Leaving directory `C:/ide-4.7-workspace/test1/x86'

It seems like "C:\QNX650\host\win32\x86\usr\bin\msys-1.0.dll" needs to be loaded at specific address, to fix do the following: 

• Install 32-bit version of Git for Windows - it ships with rebase.exe
• Then run the following commands:
  
  Create a backup, just incase we need to revert back.

  cp "C:\QNX650\host\win32\x86\usr\bin\msys-1.0.dll" "C:\QNX650\host\win32\x86\usr\bin\msys-1.0.dll.bak"
  

  
  Change directory to the rebase.exe executable

  cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin"
  

  
  Perform rebase

  rebase.exe -b 0x50000000 C:\QNX650\host\win32\x86\usr\bin\msys-1.0.dll
  

Refs:
https://www.qnx.com/support/knowledgebase.html?id=5011O000001OLXD

InstallScript: How to use Kernel32 MoveFile

MoveFile Kernel32 API function moves an existing file or a directory, including its children.
Below shows an example code how to use it in InstallScript

Eclipse shortcut keys

This are some of the shortcut keys that I find useful while working with Eclipse.

Key	Action
Ctrl+/	Comment out the current line
Ctrl+\	Uncomment the current line
Ctrl+D	Delete the current line
Ctrl+M	Maximize editor view
Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Up	Duplicate current line, maintain caret location
Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Down	Duplicate current line, move caret location down
Ctrl+Shift+p	Find matching bracket
Window Navigation
Ctrl+F7	Move to different views.
Ctrl+F6	Move to different editor windows
Alt+Shift+Q+C	Focus Console View
Alt+F7	Switch between different consoles
Misc
Ctrl+O	Quick Outline