It's a machine I've taken on trips around the world and back in the day ran many sessions, workshops, and demos sharing all that developer goodness.
Last time we checked, this was installed using Fedora 37, so how about an update to Fedora 41?
Below are the steps and adjustments needed to get Fedora 41 working on this laptops in no time.
It's a machine I've taken on trips around the world and back in the day ran many a session, workshop, or demo on sharing all that developer goodness.
Last time we checked, this was installed using Fedora 36, so how about an update to Fedora 37?
It's a machine I've taken on trips around the world and back in the day ran many a session, workshop, or demo on sharing all that developer goodness.
Last time we checked, this was installed using Fedora 35, so how about an update to Fedora 36?
This weekend I decided to update my old Macbook Pro 13 inch from late 2011, with 125GB SSD and 8GB RAM. It's a machine I've taken on trips around the world and back in the day ran many a session, workshop, or demo on sharing all that AppDev goodness you know from JBoss technologies.
Last time we checked, this was installed using Fedora 33, so how about an update to Fedora 35?
This weekend I stumbled on an old Macbook Pro 13 inch from late 2014, with 125GB SSD and 8GB RAM. It's a machine I've taken on trips around the world and back in the day ran many a session, workshop, or demo on sharing all that AppDev goodness you know from JBoss technologies.
Well, after verifying that it's battery works, charging it up, reinstalling a new osX it turns out that the Safari browser version is limited to an old security specification that means you can't connect to a lot of HTTPS sites now. This renders that solution defunct.
What to do with this old thing?
I was having this problem after and update and first ran it from the console to find out what the problem was:# running google-chrome from the command line. # $ google-chrome /opt/google/chrome/chrome: error while loading shared libraries: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied # seems this is due to some permission errors, so you can run chrome # without the sandbox... # $ google-chrome --no-sandbox # ...or you can fix the permission problem by turning it off. # $ sudo setenforce 0
I wanted to run through how to push a simple PHP application that used a MySQL database into the new OpenShift Express environment. Follow along as we show you how to do it.# We need to create the domain for Express to start setting up
# our URL with the client tooling using
# rhc-create-domain -n domainname -l rhlogin
#
$ rhc-create-domain --help
Usage: /usr/bin/rhc-create-domain
Bind a registered rhcloud user to a domain in rhcloud.
NOTE: to change ssh key, please alter your ~/.ssh/libra_id_rsa and
~/.ssh/libra_id_rsa.pub key, then re-run with --alter
-n|--namespace namespace Namespace for your application(s) (alphanumeric - max 16 chars) (required)
-l|--rhlogin rhlogin Red Hat login (RHN or OpenShift login with OpenShift Express access) (required)
-p|--password password RHLogin password (optional, will prompt)
-a|--alter Alter namespace (will change urls) and/or ssh key
-d|--debug Print Debug info
-h|--help Show Usage info
# So we setup one for the Babygame. Note that I already have setup my ssh keys for OpenShift,
# if you have not yet done that, then it will walk you through it.
#
$ rhc-create-domain -n ishereon -l [registered-user] -p [your-password]
OpenShift Express key found at /home/[homedir]/.ssh/libra_id_rsa. Reusing...
Contacting https://openshift.redhat.com
Creation successful
You may now create an application. Please make note of your local config file
in /home/[homedir]/.openshift/express.conf which has been created and populated for you.
# Let's take a look at the options available before we setup a php stack for
# our babygame app.
#
$ rhc-create-app --help
Contacting https://openshift.redhat.com to obtain list of cartridges...
(please excuse the delay)
Usage: /usr/bin/rhc-create-app
Create an OpenShift Express app.
-a|--app application Application name (alphanumeric - max 16 chars) (required)
-t|--type type Type of app to create (perl-5.10, jbossas-7.0, wsgi-3.2, rack-1.1, php-5.3) (required)
-l|--rhlogin rhlogin Red Hat login (RHN or OpenShift login with OpenShift Express access) (Default: xxxxxxxxx)
-p|--password password RHLogin password (optional, will prompt)
-r|--repo path Git Repo path (defaults to ./$app_name)
-n|--nogit Only create remote space, don't pull it locally
-d|--debug Print Debug info
-h|--help Show Usage info
# It seems we can choose between several but we want the php-5.3
# stack (called a cartridge). I provide a user, password and location
# for the git repo to be created called 'babygame-express', see the
# documentation for the defaults. Let's watch the magic happen!
#
$ rhc-create-app -a babygame -t php-5.3 -l [registered-user] -p [password] -r /home/[homedir]/git-projects/babygame-express
Found a bug? Post to the forum and we'll get right on it.
IRC: #openshift on freenode
Forums: https://www.redhat.com/openshift/forums
Attempting to create remote application space: babygame
Contacting https://openshift.redhat.com
API version: 1.1.1
Broker version: 1.1.1
RESULT:
Successfully created application: babygame
Checking ~/.ssh/config
Contacting https://openshift.redhat.com
Found rhcloud.com in ~/.ssh/config... No need to adjust
Now your new domain name is being propagated worldwide (this might take a minute)...
retry # 1 - Waiting for DNS: babygame-ishereon.rhcloud.com
retry # 2 - Waiting for DNS: babygame-ishereon.rhcloud.com
retry # 3 - Waiting for DNS: babygame-ishereon.rhcloud.com
retry # 4 - Waiting for DNS: babygame-ishereon.rhcloud.com
Pulling new repo down
Warning: Permanently added 'babygame-ishereon.rhcloud.com,174.129.64.40' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
Confirming application babygame is available
Attempt # 1
Success! Your application is now published here:
http://babygame-ishereon.rhcloud.com/
The remote repository is located here:
ssh://14b02b5262ce41daba2a70ad4b01657b@babygame-ishereon.rhcloud.com/~/git/babygame.git/
To make changes to your application, commit to /home/[homedir]/git-projects/babygame-express/.
Then run 'git push' to update your OpenShift Express space
Repo layout
===========
php/ - Externally exposed php code goes here
libs/ - Additional libraries
misc/ - For not-externally exposed php code
../data - For persistent data (full path in environment
var: OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR)
deplist.txt - list of pears to install
.openshift/action_hooks/build - Script that gets run
every push, just prior to starting your app
# placing our application into our express git repo. # $ cp babygame/babygame.php git-projects/babygame-express/php/ $ cp babygame/const.inc.php git-projects/babygame-express/php/ $ cp babygame/introtext.php git-projects/babygame-express/php/ $ cp *.jpg git-projects/babygame-express/php/ # lets see what is going on in our project, for git commands please refer to git online help. # $ git st # On branch master # Untracked files: # (use "git add..." to include in what will be committed) # # php/babyblue.jpg # php/babygame.php # php/babypink.jpg nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track) # now we need to add, commit and push them to the master repo. # $ git add php/*.jpg php/*.php $ git st # On branch master # Changes to be committed: # (use "git reset HEAD ..." to unstage) # # new file: php/babyblue.jpg # new file: php/babygame.php # new file: php/babypink.jpg # new file: php/introtext.php # new file: php/const.inc.php # $ git commit -m "Added babygame and images." [master 8b73d1a] Added babygame and images. 3 files changed, 364 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 php/babyblue.jpg create mode 100644 php/babygame.php create mode 100644 php/babypink.jpg $ git push origin Counting objects: 8, done. Delta compression using up to 2 threads. Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done. Writing objects: 100% (6/6), 10.48 KiB, done. Total 6 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0) remote: Stopping application... remote: Waiting for stop to finish remote: Done remote: Running .openshift/action_hooks/build remote: Starting application... To ssh://14b02b5262ce41daba2a70ad4b01657b@babygame-ishereon.rhcloud.com/~/git/babygame.git/ ff8218d..8b73d1a master -> master
# clean out the default files. # $ git rm php/index.php rm 'php/index.php' $ git rm php/health_check.php rm 'php/health_check.php' $ git st # On branch master # Changes to be committed: # (use "git reset HEAD..." to unstage) # # deleted: php/health_check.php # deleted: php/index.php # $ git commit -m "Removed default files." [master 820db4f] Removed default files. 0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 php/health_check.php delete mode 100644 php/index.php (100%) $ git push origin Counting objects: 5, done. Delta compression using up to 2 threads. Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done. Writing objects: 100% (2/2), 384 bytes, done. Total 2 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0) remote: Stopping application... remote: Waiting for stop to finish remote: Done remote: Running .openshift/action_hooks/build remote: Starting application... To ssh://14b02b5262ce41daba2a70ad4b01657b@babygame-ishereon.rhcloud.com/~/git/babygame.git/ 8b73d1a..820db4f master -> master
 |
| Babygame without a database |
# First we need to add the mysql database instance to our Express instance, # by making use of the rhc-ctl-app client tool. # $ rhc-ctl-app --help Usage: /usr/bin/rhc-ctl-app Control an OpenShift express app -a|--app application Application name (alphanumeric) (required) -l|--rhlogin rhlogin Red Hat login (RHN or OpenShift login with OpenShift Express access) (Default: xxxxxx) -p|--password password RHLogin password (optional, will prompt) -c|--command command (start|stop|restart|reload|status|destroy) -L|--embedded-list List supported embedded cartridges -e|--embed (add-$cartridge|remove-$cartridge) eg: add-mysql-5.1 -b|--bypass Bypass warnings -d|--debug Print Debug info -h|--help Show Usage info # now lets add the mysql-5.1 embedded cartridge. # $ rhc-ctl-app -a babygame -l [registered-user] -p [password] -e add-mysql-5.1 Contacting https://openshift.redhat.com Contacting https://openshift.redhat.com API version: 1.1.1 Broker version: 1.1.1 RESULT: Mysql 5.1 database added. Please make note of these credentials: Root User: admin Root Password: XXXXXXXXX Database Name: babygame Connection URL: mysql://XXX.X.X.X:3306/
# edit our const.inc.php file to add mysql database info and set the initial birth dates. # $ cat const.inc.php [skip boring parts] // Database settings. // define( "DB_SERVER", $_ENV['OPENSHIFT_DB_HOST'] ); define( "DB_USER", $_ENV['OPENSHIFT_DB_USERNAME'] ); define( "DB_PASSWORD", $_ENV['OPENSHIFT_DB_PASSWORD'] ); define( "DB_DATABASE", "babygame" ); # Add the config file, push to repo. # $ git add php/const.inc.php; git commit -m "Added mysql config file."; git push origin [master b7f9973] Added mysql config file. 1 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 php/const.inc.php Counting objects: 6, done. Delta compression using up to 2 threads. Compressing objects: 100% (4/4), done. Writing objects: 100% (4/4), 778 bytes, done. Total 4 (delta 2), reused 0 (delta 0) remote: Stopping application... remote: Waiting for stop to finish remote: Done remote: Running .openshift/action_hooks/build remote: Starting application... To ssh://14b02b5262ce41daba2a70ad4b01657b@babygame-ishereon.rhcloud.com/~/git/babygame.git/ 820db4f..b7f9973 master -> master
# addded this to my .openshift/action_hooks/build file in
# the babygame project.
#
set -e
if [ -z $OPENSHIFT_DB_HOST ]
then
echo 1>&2
echo "Could not find mysql database. Please run:" 1>&2
echo "rhc-ctl-app -a $OPENSHIFT_APP_NAME -e add-mysql-5.1" 1>&2
echo "then make a sample commit (add whitespace somewhere) and re-push" 1>&2
echo 1>&2
exit 5
fi
# check for database.
if ! /usr/bin/mysql -u "$OPENSHIFT_DB_USERNAME" --password="$OPENSHIFT_DB_PASSWORD" -h "$OPENSHIFT_DB_HOST" -e "show tables;" $OPENSHIFT_APP_NAME > /dev/null
then
echo 1>&2
echo "Could not find mysql database. " 1>&2
echo "Creating database for application named: $OPENSHIFT_APP_NAME." 1 >&2
/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u "$OPENSHIFT_DB_USERNAME" --password="$OPENSHIFT_DB_PASSWORD" -h "$OPENSHIFT_DB_HOST" create "$OPENSHIFT_APP_NAME"
fi
# Confirm database exists, if not create it
if ! /usr/bin/mysql -u "$OPENSHIFT_DB_USERNAME" --password="$OPENSHIFT_DB_PASSWORD" -h "$OPENSHIFT_DB_HOST" -e "select * from guesses;;" "$OPENSHIFT_APP_NAME" > /dev/null
then
echo
echo "Schema not found! Importing schema from .openshift/action_hooks/baby.sql"
echo
/usr/bin/mysql -u "$OPENSHIFT_DB_USERNAME" --password="$OPENSHIFT_DB_PASSWORD" -h "$OPENSHIFT_DB_HOST" "$OPENSHIFT_APP_NAME" < "$OPENSHIFT_REPO_DIR/.openshift/action_hooks/baby.sql"
echo
echo "done."
else
echo "Database found, skipping import."
fi
 |
| Fully configured babygame! |
My new installation of Fedora 15 seems to have a problem finding the right application to start for all the OpenOffice or open document formatted files. She needs to be using Libreoffice, but starts Calibre app on my machine. The standard assignment of default applications via System Settings is only for a small set of applications, so you need to dive into the configuration files like this:# Fix system wide in /usr/share/applications/defaults.list # by changing all 'openoffice.org' entries into 'libreoffice' # with for example in VIM this cmd: # :%s:openoffice.org:libreoffice:g # Fix in local user settings with ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list # but you will most likely need to copy the above entries into # your local settings.
# install PAE kernel. # $ sudo yum install kernel-PAE kernel-PAE-devel
# memory shown for 8GB after PAE kernel installed.
#
$ free
total used free
Mem: 8154348 5368672 2785676
$ grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 8154348 kB
# I want to see the date on my desktop clock. # $ gsettings set org.gnome.shell.clock show-date true # If you want to modify your menu and create launchers # just install Alacare. For example, you can use this # to create Power Off and Reboot buttons in your menu. # $ sudo yum install alacarte # I want the right-hand top of app buttons back. Install # the 'gnome-tweak-tool' and you'll find the app under # 'Accessories > Tweak Advanced Settings.' # $ sudo yum install gnome-tweak-tool # Click on Shell, then select "Arrangement of buttons on # title bar" - All. Log out and on login your buttons are # back. # # Use the gnome-tweak-tool to get your Desktop icons back. # Click on 'File Manager' and turn on "have file manager # handle the desktop". Now the usual icons are back, plus # anything you want to add to Desktop. # # Alternative to the Power off button. # $ sudo yum install gnome-shell-extensions-alternative-status-menu # An alternative window manager Avant. Once installed try # opening a terminal and launch it: "avant-window-navigator" # Get it into the start-up: Click on the avant-window-navigator # icon and play with the many options. Down at the bottom, # under General, there's "start Awn automatically". Reboot # and test. # $ yum install avant-window-navigator awn-extras-applets # Add theme functionality to your Gnome Shell. # $ sudo yum install gnome-shell-extensions-user-theme
# As root you would like to have a clean start to the # upgrade, so get an update out of the way. # $ yum update rpm $ yum -y update $ yum clean all # Should a new kernel install/update require it, # reboot before continuing with the rest. # # Then install the preupgrade package. # $ yum install preupgrade # For console upgrade, use: # $ preupgrade-cli "Fedora 15 (Lovelock)" # If you like gui's to upgrade, use this. # $ preupgrade
# enter in a console as root the following to up the # allowed shared memory. # $ echo 88358912 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax # now we can start postgresql. # $ service postgresql start # to allow postgresql service to start automatically # on boot, you need to put this in the file # /etc/syscntl.conf # kernel.shmmax = 88358912
# in your database directory, mine being /var/lib/pgsql/data, # you will find a file called pg_hba.conf. This needs to be # modified to use 'md5.' # # TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only local all all md5 # IPv4 local connections: host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5
# As root you would like to have a clean start to the # upgrade, so get an update out of the way. # $ yum update rpm $ yum -y update $ yum clean all # Should a new kernel install/update require it, # reboot before continuing with the rest. # # Then install the preupgrade package. # $ yum install preupgrade # For console upgrade, use: # $ preupgrade-cli "Fedora 14 (Laughlin)" # If you like gui's to upgrade, use this. # $ preupgrade
# run preupgrade as normal, when it complains about not enough space just # continue, it will install the stage2 installer after the first reboot. # When it asks to reboot, do that. It should continue to finish the installation # when it restarts.
Starting udev: udevd[525]: BUS= will be removed in a future udev version, please use SUBSYSTEM= to match the event device, or SUBSYSTEMS= to match a parent device, in /etc/udev/rules.d/48-UMTS.rules:1
udevd[525]: SYSFS{}= will be removed in a future udev version, please use ATTR{}= to match the event device, or ATTRS{}= to match a parent device, in /etc/udev/rules.d/48-UMTS.rules:1
udevd[525]: BUS= will be removed in a future udev version, please use SUBSYSTEM= to match the event device, or SUBSYSTEMS= to match a parent device, in /etc/udev/rules.d/48-UMTS.rules:2
udevd[525]: SYSFS{}= will be removed in a future udev version, please use ATTR{}= to match the event device, or ATTRS{}= to match a parent device, in /etc/udev/rules.d/48-UMTS.rules:2
udevd[525]: NAME="%k" is superfluous and breaks kernel supplied names, please remove it from /etc/udev/rules.d/60-kqemu.rules:1
udevd[525]: BUS= will be removed in a future udev version, please use SUBSYSTEM= to match the event device, or SUBSYSTEMS= to match a parent device, in /etc/udev/rules.d/85-pcscd_egate.rules:3
udevd[525]: SYSFS{}= will be removed in a future udev version, please use ATTR{}= to match the event device, or ATTRS{}= to match a parent device, in /etc/udev/rules.d/85-pcscd_egate.rules:3
udevd[525]: BUS= will be removed in a future udev version, please use SUBSYSTEM= to match the event device, or SUBSYSTEMS= to match a parent device, in /etc/udev/rules.d/85-pcscd_egate.rules:5
udevd[525]: SYSFS{}= will be removed in a future udev version, please use ATTR{}= to match the event device, or ATTRS{}= to match a parent device, in /etc/udev/rules.d/99-huawei-e220.rules:2
udevd[525]: SYSFS{}= will be removed in a future udev version, please use ATTR{}= to match the event device, or ATTRS{}= to match a parent device, in /etc/udev/rules.d/99-novatel-ovation.rules:2
udevd[525]: SYSFS{}= will be removed in a future udev version, please use ATTR{}= to match the event device, or ATTRS{}= to match a parent device, in /etc/udev/rules.d/99-option-icon.rules:2
These are just warnings but if you want to clean them up just edit the offending files and replace the text as described (I used ATTRS{} and SUBSYSTEMS{} for all my changes) in the warning messages. It is not often that the solutions are provided right in the logs, eh! ;-)
# As root you would like to have a clean start to the # upgrade, so get an update out of the way. # $ yum update rpm $ yum -y update $ yum clean all # Should a new kernel install/update require it, # reboot before continuing with the rest. # # Then install the preupgrade package. # $ yum install preupgrade # For console upgrade, use: # $ preupgrade-cli "Fedora 13 (Goddard)" # If you like gui's to upgrade, use this. # $ preupgrade
# run preupgrade as normal, when it complains about not enough space just # continue, it will install the stage2 installer after the first reboot. # When it asks to reboot, do that. It should continue to finish the installation # when it restarts.
// adding the pointer to my javahl libs in eclipse.ini file // as follows to make use of the Fedora 12 native rpm javahl // package installed libs: // -Djava.library.path=/usr/lib64
6516 Mar 8 12:22:49 localhost NetworkManager:(hso0): device state change: 3 -> 4 (reason 0) 6517 Mar 8 12:22:49 localhost NetworkManager:Activation (hso0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... 6518 Mar 8 12:22:49 localhost NetworkManager:Activation (hso0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... 6519 Mar 8 12:22:49 localhost NetworkManager:(hso0): device state change: 4 -> 6 (reason 0) 6520 Mar 8 12:22:49 localhost NetworkManager:Activation (hso0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. 6521 Mar 8 12:22:49 localhost NetworkManager:Activation (hso0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... 6522 Mar 8 12:22:49 localhost NetworkManager:Activation (hso0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... 6523 Mar 8 12:22:49 localhost NetworkManager:(hso0): device state change: 6 -> 4 (reason 0) 6524 Mar 8 12:22:49 localhost NetworkManager:Activation (hso0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. 6525 Mar 8 12:22:49 localhost modem-manager: (ttyHS2) opening serial device... 6526 Mar 8 12:22:49 localhost modem-manager: Modem /org/freedesktop/ModemManager/Modems/0: state changed (disabled -> enabling) 6527 Mar 8 12:22:50 localhost modem-manager: Modem /org/freedesktop/ModemManager/Modems/0: state changed (enabling -> enabled) 6528 Mar 8 12:22:50 localhost modem-manager: Modem /org/freedesktop/ModemManager/Modems/0: state changed (enabled -> disabled) 6529 Mar 8 12:22:50 localhost NetworkManager:(hso0): device state change: 4 -> 3 (reason 0) 6530 Mar 8 12:22:50 localhost NetworkManager:(hso0): deactivating device (reason: 0). 6531 Mar 8 12:22:50 localhost NetworkManager:stage1_enable_done(): GSM modem enable failed: (32) SIM PIN required 6532 Mar 8 12:22:50 localhost NetworkManager:(hso0): device state change: 3 -> 9 (reason 0) 6533 Mar 8 12:22:50 localhost NetworkManager:Activation (hso0) failed. 6534 Mar 8 12:22:50 localhost NetworkManager:(hso0): device state change: 9 -> 3 (reason 0) 6535 Mar 8 12:22:50 localhost NetworkManager:(hso0): deactivating device (reason: 0).
stage1_enable_done(): GSM modem enable failed: (32) SIM PIN required
$ sudo yum downgrade NetworkManager
# As root you would like to have a clean start to the # upgrade, so get an update out of the way. # $ yum update rpm $ yum -y update $ yum clean all # Should a new kernel install/update require it, # reboot before continuing with the rest. # # Then install the preupgrade package. # $ yum install preupgrade # For console upgrade, use: # $ preupgrade-cli "Fedora 12 (Constantine)" # If you like gui's to upgrade, use this. # $ preupgrade
I got tired of waiting for the main Fedora 12 repositories to provide Firefox 3.6. I dug around a bit and the following will get you a Firefox 3.6 version installed on your Fedora 12, so what are you waiting for?$ sudo yum --enablerepo=rawhide update firefox