Installing QNX 6.5 on Hyper-V 2022

Create a VM in Hyper-V

Remove all NICs and add a legacy network adapater

Power up and install QNX 6.5

This assumes that the ISO was already mounted. It is important that DMA is disabled by pressing d and then press ENTER key.

After few seconds it should show something like below. Press F3 to install QNX into the HDD. Hereafter, default (F1) selection should be OK.

Once installation is complete, remove the ISO. Remember to disable DMA every time the VM is restarted.

Install Winget on Windows 2022 or Windows 10 LSTC

Install Winget on Windows 2022 or Windows 10 LTSC

Install Pre-reqs

Install Microsoft.UI.Xaml/2.8.6

Navigate to https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.UI.Xaml/2.8.6, on the left side look for Download Package button to download microsoft.ui.xaml.2.8.6.nupkg.

Using 7-zip, extract microsoft.ui.xaml.2.8.6.nupkg\tools\AppX\x64\Release\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.appx

Install

PS C:\>Add-AppxPackage .\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.appx

Install Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00.UWPDesktop

Download https://aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx

Install

PS C:\>Add-AppxPackage .\Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx

Install Winget

Download Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle or any recent versions (tested using 1.8.1911) from Github

Download license file 76fba573f02545629706ab99170237bc_License1.xml (should be one of the artifacts) from Github, the same URL from above.

Install (on elevated cmd/shell)

PS C:\cd ~/Downloads
PS C:\Users\u1\Downloads>Add-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -PackagePath .\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle -LicensePath .\76fba573f02545629706ab99170237bc_License1.xml -Verbose

Refs: https://8thstring.blogspot.com/2023/04/install-winget-on-windows-2022.html

Install TigerVNC server on Linux Mint 22 Wilma

Install TigerVNC package

$: sudo apt install tigervnc-standalone-server

Configure/create ~/.vnc/xstartup file

$: mkdir -p ~/.vnc
touch ~/.vnc/xstartup
chmod +x ~/.vnc/xstartup

Check what is the exec command to start the Cinamon session

$: ls /usr/share/xsessions/

It should show somethig like:

u1@m0:~/.vnc$ ls /usr/share/xsessions/
cinnamon2d.desktop  cinnamon.desktop

Let's use cinnamon.desktop and check the contents

$:  /usr/share/xsessions/cinnamon.desktop

It should show somethig like:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Cinnamon
Comment=This session logs you into Cinnamon
Exec=cinnamon-session-cinnamon
TryExec=/usr/bin/cinnamon
Icon=
Type=Application

The Exec command is cinnamon-session-cinnamon. Edit ~/.vnc/xstartup, and add contents below. Note we are using cinnamon-session--cinnamon:

#!/bin/bash
unset SESSION_MANAGER
unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
exec cinnamon-session-cinnamon

Now run vncserver. On the first time you run it, it will ask to define the server password.

$: vncserver -localhost no :1 -geometry 1024x768

This runs the server and listens on all interfaces on port :1 (or 5901) with a screen dimension of 1024x768.

Installing TightVNC from the command line on Windows

Download TightVNC and then run the command below. In the example, it is assumed that the file is located in C:\ and that the file was unblocked after downloading.

c:\> "tightvnc-2.8.27-gpl-setup-64bit.msi" /quiet /norestart ADDLOCAL="Server,Viewer" VIEWER_ASSOCIATE_VNC_EXTENSION=1 SERVER_REGISTER_AS_SERVICE=1 SERVER_ADD_FIREWALL_EXCEPTION=1 VIEWER_ADD_FIREWALL_EXCEPTION=1 SERVER_ALLOW_SAS=1 SET_USEVNCAUTHENTICATION=1 VALUE_OF_USEVNCAUTHENTICATION=1 SET_PASSWORD=1 VALUE_OF_PASSWORD=p@$$w0rd SET_USECONTROLAUTHENTICATION=1 VALUE_OF_USECONTROLAUTHENTICATION=1 SET_CONTROLPASSWORD=1 VALUE_OF_CONTROLPASSWORD=p@$$w0rd

Change p@$$w0rd to the desired password

Reference:
https://www.tightvnc.com/

Failed when searching source: winget

I tried to run the command below on Windows 11 23H2 (en-us_windows_11_business_editions_version_23h2_updated_april_2024_x64_dvd_349cd577) but hit a snag.

PS C:\prj> winget install Microsoft.PowerShell

Failed in attempting to update the source: winget Failed when searching source: winget An unexpected error occurred while executing the command: 0x8a15000f : Data required by the source is missing No packages were found among the working sources.

The fix is fairly simple, just do an update of Windows Store, yes update Windows Store
References:
winget

Get IP address, subnet, gateway and DNS server of the NICs using PowerShell

Refs:
PowerShell/IP/Address/gateway/DNS

How to call ReadConsoleInputW using Zig in Windows

ReadConsoleInputW can be used to mimic kbhit() C function found in Borland C/C++.
OS: Windows 10 22H2
Zig: 0.12
Compile ReadConsoleInputW.zig:

PS C:\prj> zig build-exe -lc .\ReadConsoleInputW.zig