Re: no working ISA on RHEL3?
Problem: on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, the ISA (Informix Server Administrator) shipped with IDS 9.40.UC4 J/Foundation wouldn't work — the bundled JRE 1.2.2 failed to load (missing library function), and the installer rejected RHEL3's IBM 1.4.2 JRE because it hard-codes acceptable Java versions. The poster found UC5 listed on Passport Advantage but not actually downloadable. He solved it himself: unpack isa.1.50.UC2.cpio, patch sbin/configure to also accept 'version "1.4"' (and update the message string in strings.pm), repack, then install IDS and answer the JRE prompt with /etc/alternatives/jre_ibm/bin after installing the java-1.4.2-ibm RPM from the Extras disc. No vendor fix was reported; the rest of the thread is grumbling about IBM.
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Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> writes: > Can someone in the know tell me when IBM expects to have a working ISA > in their IDS 9.40.UC4 J/Foundation? The jre1.2.2 included still > doesn't run under RHEL3 (loader complains about a missing function in > a library) and it refuses to install with the IBM 1.4.2 JVM that comes > on the RHEL3 extras CD. > > I'm really not looking forward to calling it in and having to wait > seven months for someone to get around to fixing it. Please tell me > someone has some hack to get it to work with java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.0-1jpp_8rh. Well, it looks like UC5 is finally up on Passport Advantage, but after clicking through the "I Agree", it's isn't to be found amongst the 24 9.40's there to download!! So, just how many cretinous chimps has IBM hired to manage and run Passport Advantage, anyway? -- Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B
Ronald Cole wrote: > Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> writes: >> Can someone in the know tell me when IBM expects to have a working ISA >> in their IDS 9.40.UC4 J/Foundation? The jre1.2.2 included still >> doesn't run under RHEL3 (loader complains about a missing function in >> a library) and it refuses to install with the IBM 1.4.2 JVM that comes >> on the RHEL3 extras CD. >> >> I'm really not looking forward to calling it in and having to wait >> seven months for someone to get around to fixing it. Please tell me >> someone has some hack to get it to work with >> java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.0-1jpp_8rh. > > Well, it looks like UC5 is finally up on Passport Advantage, but after > clicking through the "I Agree", it's isn't to be found amongst the > 24 9.40's there to download!! > > So, just how many cretinous chimps has IBM hired to manage and run > Passport Advantage, anyway? All of them, digger deviant! -- Strewth! Stick a sock in it, Sheila!
Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> writes: > Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> writes: >> Can someone in the know tell me when IBM expects to have a working ISA >> in their IDS 9.40.UC4 J/Foundation? The jre1.2.2 included still >> doesn't run under RHEL3 (loader complains about a missing function in >> a library) and it refuses to install with the IBM 1.4.2 JVM that comes >> on the RHEL3 extras CD. >> >> I'm really not looking forward to calling it in and having to wait >> seven months for someone to get around to fixing it. Please tell me >> someone has some hack to get it to work with java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.0-1jpp_8rh. > > Well, it looks like UC5 is finally up on Passport Advantage, but after > clicking through the "I Agree", it's isn't to be found amongst the > 24 9.40's there to download!! > > So, just how many cretinous chimps has IBM hired to manage and run > Passport Advantage, anyway? Ok, while waiting for IBM to really make UC5 available (and not having any hope that they've fixed the ISA jserv install problem), I managed to get ISA's jserv to install with a patch. When installing IDS J/Foundation, you have to unpack isa.1.50.UC2.cpio, apply the following patch, and pack it back up before running ids_install. On RHEL3, you'll have to answer the JRE question with the path "/etc/alternatives/jre_ibm/bin", so make sure you've installed the java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.0-1jpp_8rh rpm from the Extras disc before installing IDS. diff -Naur isa.1.50.UC2/sbin/configure isa.1.50.UC2x/sbin/configure --- isa.1.50.UC2/sbin/configure 2003-10-10 08:33:10.000000000 -0700 +++ isa.1.50.UC2x/sbin/configure 2004-10-01 00:59:51.000000000 -0700 @@ -1561,6 +1561,7 @@ return 1 if $line =~ m/version "1\\.3/; return 1 if $line =~ m/version "JavaVM-1\\.3/; # HP & SGI JDK 1.3 return 1 if $line =~ m/version "JavaVM-Beta-1\\.3/; # SGI JDK 1.3 Beta + return 1 if $line =~ m/version "1\\.4/; chomp $line; print sprintf $strings::BAD_JAVA, $java, $strings::GOOD_JAVA_VERS; diff -Naur isa.1.50.UC2/sbin/strings.pm isa.1.50.UC2x/sbin/strings.pm --- isa.1.50.UC2/sbin/strings.pm 2003-10-10 08:33:10.000000000 -0700 +++ isa.1.50.UC2x/sbin/strings.pm 2004-10-01 00:59:51.000000000 -0700 @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ $PORT_CHOSEN = "That port is not available.\\n"; $BAD_JAVA = "\\n\\"%s\\" does not appear to be a compatible JRE or is not installed correctly. ISA requires %s.\\n"; $NO_JAVA_IN_PATH = "It doesn't look like you have java in your path, accept the default of \\"\\-\\" to skip java configuration for now\\n\\n"; -$GOOD_JAVA_VERS = "1.2.2 or 1.3"; +$GOOD_JAVA_VERS = "1.2.2, 1.3 or 1.4"; $CANT_RESTORE_OPT = "Unable to restore <isadir>/bin/opt/config/opt.conf from opt.conf.save. The installation cannot proceed without this file. Restore the file manually and rerun the installation.\\n"; $JAVA_RENAME_FAILED = "\\n\\nUnable to disable Server Setup. To remove the inactive Server Setup link, remove the <isadir>/bin/opt/config directory by hand. All other areas of ISA will work properly.\\n"; $INSTALL_JRE = "\\n\\nIf you install ISA without the JRE, the Server Setup and Remote \\nMonitoring features are not available. To access these features later, \\nyou must install the JRE, stop the ISA Apache HTTP server, and reinstall ISA.\\n"; -- Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B
"Ronald Cole" <ronald@forte-intl.com> wrote in message news:m31xgirfvb.fsf@yakisoba.forte-intl.com... > Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> writes: > > Ok, while waiting for IBM to really make UC5 available (and not having > any hope that they've fixed the ISA jserv install problem), I managed > to get ISA's jserv to install with a patch. When installing IDS > J/Foundation, you have to unpack isa.1.50.UC2.cpio, apply the > following patch, and pack it back up before running ids_install. On > RHEL3, you'll have to answer the JRE question with the path > "/etc/alternatives/jre_ibm/bin", so make sure you've installed the > java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.0-1jpp_8rh rpm from the Extras disc before > installing IDS. > > diff -Naur isa.1.50.UC2/sbin/configure isa.1.50.UC2x/sbin/configure > --- isa.1.50.UC2/sbin/configure 2003-10-10 08:33:10.000000000 -0700 > +++ isa.1.50.UC2x/sbin/configure 2004-10-01 00:59:51.000000000 -0700 > @@ -1561,6 +1561,7 @@ > return 1 if $line =~ m/version "1\\.3/; > return 1 if $line =~ m/version "JavaVM-1\\.3/; # HP & SGI JDK 1.3 > return 1 if $line =~ m/version "JavaVM-Beta-1\\.3/; # SGI JDK 1.3 Beta > + return 1 if $line =~ m/version "1\\.4/; > > chomp $line; > print sprintf $strings::BAD_JAVA, $java, $strings::GOOD_JAVA_VERS; > diff -Naur isa.1.50.UC2/sbin/strings.pm isa.1.50.UC2x/sbin/strings.pm > --- isa.1.50.UC2/sbin/strings.pm 2003-10-10 08:33:10.000000000 -0700 > +++ isa.1.50.UC2x/sbin/strings.pm 2004-10-01 00:59:51.000000000 -0700 > @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ > $PORT_CHOSEN = "That port is not available.\\n"; > $BAD_JAVA = "\\n\\"%s\\" does not appear to be a compatible JRE or > is not installed correctly. ISA requires %s.\\n"; > $NO_JAVA_IN_PATH = "It doesn't look like you have java in your path, > accept the default of \\"\\-\\" to skip java configuration for now\\n\\n"; > -$GOOD_JAVA_VERS = "1.2.2 or 1.3"; > +$GOOD_JAVA_VERS = "1.2.2, 1.3 or 1.4"; > $CANT_RESTORE_OPT = "Unable to restore <isadir>/bin/opt/config/opt.conf > from opt.conf.save. The installation cannot proceed without this file. > Restore the file manually and rerun the installation.\\n"; > $JAVA_RENAME_FAILED = "\\n\\nUnable to disable Server Setup. To remove the > inactive Server Setup link, remove the <isadir>/bin/opt/config directory > by hand. All other areas of ISA will work properly.\\n"; > $INSTALL_JRE = "\\n\\nIf you install ISA without the JRE, the Server > Setup and Remote \\nMonitoring features are not available. To access these > features later, \\nyou must install the JRE, stop the ISA Apache HTTP > server, and reinstall ISA.\\n"; You can see this Linux stuff really taking off on the home desktop pretty soon, can't you?
Neil Truby wrote: > "Ronald Cole" <ronald@forte-intl.com> wrote in message > news:m31xgirfvb.fsf@yakisoba.forte-intl.com... >> Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> writes: >> >> Ok, while waiting for IBM to really make UC5 available (and not having >> any hope that they've fixed the ISA jserv install problem), I managed >> to get ISA's jserv to install with a patch. When installing IDS >> J/Foundation, you have to unpack isa.1.50.UC2.cpio, apply the >> following patch, and pack it back up before running ids_install. On >> RHEL3, you'll have to answer the JRE question with the path >> "/etc/alternatives/jre_ibm/bin", so make sure you've installed the >> java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.0-1jpp_8rh rpm from the Extras disc before >> installing IDS. >> >> diff -Naur isa.1.50.UC2/sbin/configure isa.1.50.UC2x/sbin/configure >> --- isa.1.50.UC2/sbin/configure 2003-10-10 08:33:10.000000000 -0700 >> +++ isa.1.50.UC2x/sbin/configure 2004-10-01 00:59:51.000000000 -0700 >> @@ -1561,6 +1561,7 @@ >> return 1 if $line =~ m/version "1\\.3/; >> return 1 if $line =~ m/version "JavaVM-1\\.3/; # HP & SGI JDK 1.3 >> return 1 if $line =~ m/version "JavaVM-Beta-1\\.3/; # SGI JDK 1.3 Beta >> + return 1 if $line =~ m/version "1\\.4/; >> >> chomp $line; >> print sprintf $strings::BAD_JAVA, $java, $strings::GOOD_JAVA_VERS; >> diff -Naur isa.1.50.UC2/sbin/strings.pm isa.1.50.UC2x/sbin/strings.pm >> --- isa.1.50.UC2/sbin/strings.pm 2003-10-10 08:33:10.000000000 -0700 >> +++ isa.1.50.UC2x/sbin/strings.pm 2004-10-01 00:59:51.000000000 -0700 >> @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ >> $PORT_CHOSEN = "That port is not available.\\n"; >> $BAD_JAVA = "\\n\\"%s\\" does not appear to be a compatible JRE or >> is not installed correctly. ISA requires %s.\\n"; >> $NO_JAVA_IN_PATH = "It doesn't look like you have java in your path, >> accept the default of \\"\\-\\" to skip java configuration for now\\n\\n"; >> -$GOOD_JAVA_VERS = "1.2.2 or 1.3"; >> +$GOOD_JAVA_VERS = "1.2.2, 1.3 or 1.4"; >> $CANT_RESTORE_OPT = "Unable to restore <isadir>/bin/opt/config/opt.conf >> from opt.conf.save. The installation cannot proceed without this file. >> Restore the file manually and rerun the installation.\\n"; >> $JAVA_RENAME_FAILED = "\\n\\nUnable to disable Server Setup. To remove the >> inactive Server Setup link, remove the <isadir>/bin/opt/config directory >> by hand. All other areas of ISA will work properly.\\n"; >> $INSTALL_JRE = "\\n\\nIf you install ISA without the JRE, the Server >> Setup and Remote \\nMonitoring features are not available. To access >> these features later, \\nyou must install the JRE, stop the ISA Apache >> HTTP server, and reinstall ISA.\\n"; > > You can see this Linux stuff really taking off on the home desktop pretty > soon, can't you? Especially when IBM bring their considerable technical expertise to bear on making it more accessible. Er... -- Strewth! Stick a sock in it, Sheila!
"Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> writes: > You can see this Linux stuff really taking off on the home desktop pretty > soon, can't you? By hardcoding version numbers in install scripts and pissing off a lot of customers with Passport Advantage, it's fortunate for us that IBM!=Linux. But at least I could fix this problem myself. Want to wager how long it will take for IBM to fix it in their release? -- Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B