While testing out my new local cf development virtual machine I came across a strange error while running the NewsWebservice Sample application for ColdBox. This all worked in in Ubuntu 7.10 but it would seem some thing switched up after the Hardy update.

The error I was getting looked like this:

coldfusion.jsp.CompilationFailedException: Errors reported by Java compiler: jikes: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory .

The fix is super simple, Just run this in a terminal:

sudo apt-get install libstdc++5

I had an issue where the default plugin was not being recognized by Firefox 2. The first thing I did was upgrade the JRE to version 6 by running an apt-get in terminal:

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts

Next I checked to make sure the upgrade went as planned by checking the installed Java version using the following terminal command:

java -version

However, it would seem the root of the problem was the Mozilla plugin directory did not exist. In the end I was able to fix the plugin for Firefox by recreating the plugins directory in my Home folder and creating a link to the Java 6 JRE libjavaplugin_oji.so using the following steps (again in terminal):

mkdir .mozilla/plugins
cd .mozilla/plugins
ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so

This was all it took to get the Java plugin functioning again in Firefox 2.

Adobe has just made the Cumulative Hot Fix 1 (CHF1) available for ColdFusion 8.0.1. See the CHF1 Technote for the fix details and the download link.

After the reboot of a VMware server host machine you may receive the error message “No permission to perform this operation” when attempting to start a guest in your console inventory.

Here are the steps to solve the problem:

1. Right click on the target virtual machine in the VMware console and select “Remove from Inventory.” This will remove the virtual machine from the Inventory list in the console without deleting the guest image.
2. In the VMware server console select File -> Open -> Browse to the folder that contains the relevant *.vmx virtual machine configuration file.
3. Select Ok. The problem virtual machine will now be listed VMware Server Console Inventory.
4. You should now be able to power on (start) the guest image.

Note: If your still experiencing the same error message, navigate to the folder that contains the VMware guest images configuration files and verify that the relevant user has full NTFS permission on the folder.

By default, if you try to modify your hosts file in Vista, it will not let you save it. Thanks to Vistas new UAC feature, it tells you that you don’t have permission. To successfully modify the hosts file you will need to run notepad.exe as Administrator and then open the file using notepad.

1. Browse to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
2. Right click “Notepad” and select “Run as administrator”
3. Click “Continue” on the UAC prompt
4. Click File -> Open
5. Browse to “C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc”
6. Change the file filter drop down box from “Text Documents (*.txt)” to “All Files (*.*)”
7. Select “hosts” and click “Open”
8. Make the needed changes and close Notepad. Save when prompted.

Note: I have tried using other text editors to make my Host file edits but notepad.exe is the only one I have been successful with.

Sun xVM VirtualBox, originally developed by German based innotek, has just released version 1.6 with a major list of enhacements! This is the first major release since being acquired by Sun Microsystems and brings the introduction of VirtualBox into the xVM Product Line.

Version 1.6 (Download) has new Mac and Solaris host platform support, support for seamless windowing for Linux and Solaris guests, new high performance virtual devices, improved scalability and Web Services API, SATA hard disk (AHCI) controller, and Experimental Physical Address Extension (PAE) support was also introduced.

Check out the VirtualBox Changelog to see the full list of updates.