Fernando Meyer

Special tips building and debugging GWT based UI on Fedora Core 6

Friday, May 4th, 2007 | Java, Uncategorized, debug, google, gwt, linux, opensource, web | No Comments

When launching Google web toolkit you get this error, org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: No more handles (java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError?: mozilla-1.7.12/libxpcom.so: Can’t load IA 32-bit .so on a IA 32-bit platform)

FC6 has libstdc++.so.6.0.8 out of the box. Many times yum is smart enough to get the “compat” version of a lib when a newer one is installed, so I rolled the dice and tried:

yum install libstdc++.so.5

When launching the Eclipse debugger you get this error,
ERROR: transport error 202: gethostbyname: unknown host “transport.c”,L41?
ERROR: JDWP Transport dt_socket failed to initialize, TRANSPORT_INIT(510) “debugInit.c”,L500?

To correct the problem, just add the following line to /etc/hosts :

127.0.0.1 localhost

Probably it will be useful for you, as was for me.

Would you like to learn a second language?

Sunday, January 14th, 2007 | language, podcast, web | No Comments

The English language has been at the forefront of globalization. English is celebrated as the language of global corporate management, the Internet, youth culture and science. At the same time, there appears to be a crisis in foreign language learning amongst native English speakers - it seems that there is no need any more to learn foreign languages if everyone now speaks English. But if you want to learn another language like Spanish, German or even Brazilian Portuguese, you can access these podcasts.
Note: You must have ITunes installed in your computer.
Learn Arabic Learn Chinese Learn Chinese Learn Chinese Learn Chinese English As a Second Language ESL English For Business Beginner French Learn French Learn French Learn French Learn French Verbs Learn German I II III IV Learn German Grammar Learn German Learn Greek Learn Hindi Learn Italian Learn Italian Learn Japanese With Video Japanese for Beginners Learn Japanese Symbols Learn Korean Learn Portuguese Learn Brazillian Portuguese in Spanish Learn Russian Learn Russian For Businesses Russian Literature Learn Spanish Learn Spanish Learn Spanish

Good bye bloglines, hello Vienna.

Thursday, January 11th, 2007 | Mac, OSX, opensource, rss, web | 2 Comments

I’m changing my default RSS reader from the web-based bloglines to Vienna, a rss reader for Mac OS X, Vienna keeps following RSS feeds simple and functional with smart folders, groups, an integrated browser and item flagging. It’s the perfect tool for offline readers like me.

ps: Yeap, I’m having some problems to get an internet connection here in Colombia; (sic)