Re: Oracle 9i installation makes my system reboot

From: Vitalis <vitalis_at_numericable.fr>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 12:30:33 +0100
On Sun, 2003-10-26 at 02:16, Brian Ledbetter wrote:
> Hello there, Vitalis!
> 
> I'm sorry you're having problems - I typically don't use the graphical
> tools to configure the database, so I hadn't caught this problem.  I
> got a workaround from this problem from someone else which might work -
> give it a shot and let me know how it works!
> 
> (Sorry for the panic!  :-[ )
> 
> 
> --8<--
> Solution was to
> a) downlaod the Download Blackdown JRE 1.1.8 v3 from
> http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mirrors.html
>  (Must be the JRE version...)
> b) Install under /usr/local
> c) Remove the $ORACLE_HOME/JRE link
> d) Create a symbolic link under $ORACLE_HOME called
> JRE to the /usr/local/jre118_v3 dir (e.g. ln -s
> /usr/local/jre118_v3 JRE)
> -->8--
> 
> 
> If this works for you, I will append this information to the document
> for others who want to try this out.  :)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 03:43:58PM +0000, Vitalis wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I omitted your adress in my original post.
> > Since you are the expert, you have perhaps an idea? ;-)
> 
> Content-Description: Forwarded message - Oracle 9i installation makes my system reboot
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> > Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:39:51 +0200
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> > Hi,
> > 
> > I followed the meaningful instructions from
> > http://www.shadowcom.net/freebsd-oracle9i/
> > 
> > All worked well until the installer tried to launch netca. The netca GUI
> > never appeared.
> > Then OUI tried to launch dbca. A blank windows appeared, and a few
> > second later the system rebooted.
> > 
> > I uninstalled the whole thing and I tried again to no avail.
> > 
> > There are not many clues in the system or Oracle log files. Here is the
> > end of oraInventory/logs/installActions2003-10-25_04-32-02PM.log
> > 
> > =================================================================
> > Error :*** Alert: A configuration script needs to be run as root before
> > installation can proceed. Please leave this window up, go run
> > /usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/root.sh as root from another window,
> > then come back here and click OK to continue. ***
> > User selected: Yes/OK
> >                                                                                                                           
> > Initializing installer save inventory WCCE
> > Unable to read
> > /usr/local/oracle/oraInventory/Contents/OracleHomesList.ser. Some
> > inventory information may be lost.
> > Unable to read /usr/local/oracle/oraInventory/Contents/CompsList0.ser.
> > Some inventory information may be lost.
> > Unable to read /usr/local/oracle/oraInventory/Contents/PatchesList0.ser.
> > Some inventory information may be lost.
> > Unable to read /usr/local/oracle/oraInventory/Contents/LibsList.ser.
> > Some inventory information may be lost.
> > Current Inventory:
> >         Independent Products:
> >                 Java Runtime Environment 1.1.8.1.0
> >                 Java Runtime Environment 1.3.1.0.0
> >                 Oracle Universal Installer 2.2.0.12.0
> >         Oracle Home: OracleHome
> >                 Bali Share 1.1.17.0.0
> >                 SQL*Plus Required Support Files 9.2.0.1.0
> >                 DBJAVA Required Support Files 9.2.0.1.0
> > [...]
> >                 Oracle Spatial 9.2.0.1.0
> >                 Oracle Partitioning 9.2.0.1.0
> >                 Enterprise Edition Options 9.2.0.1.0
> >                 Oracle9i Database 9.2.0.1.0
> >                                                                                                                           
> > Starting to execute optional autolaunch configuration tools
> > Launched configuration tool Oracle Net Configuration Assistant
> > Command which is being spawned is
> > /usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/JRE/bin/jre -native 
> > -Duser.dir=/usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/network/jlib -classpath
> > /usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/JRE/lib/i18n.jar:/usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/JRE/lib/rt.jar:/usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/jlib/ewt3.jar:/usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/jlib/ewtcompat-3_3_15.jar:/usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/jlib/netcfg.jar:/usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/network/jlib/netcam.jar:/usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/network/jlib/netca.jar:/usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/jlib/help3.jar:/usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/jlib/oracle_ice5.jar:/usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/jlib/share.jar:/usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/jlib/swingall-1_1_1.jar:/usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/jlib/srvm.jar:/usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/network/tools  oracle.net.ca.NetCA /orahome /usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0 /instype typical /inscomp client,oraclenet,javavm,server,ano /insprtcl tcp,tcps /cfg local /authadp NO_VALUE /nodeinfo NO_VALUE /responseFile /usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/network/install/netca_typ.rsp
> > Configuration tool Oracle Net Configuration Assistant succeeded
> > Result code for launching of configuration tool is 0
> > Launched configuration tool Oracle Database Configuration Assistant
> > Command which is being spawned is
> > /usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/bin/dbca  -progress_only   
> > -createDatabase -templateName General_Purpose.dbc -gdbName
> > FADE.iceage.org -sid FADE  -datafileJarLocation
> > /usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/assistants/dbca/templates
> > -datafileDestination /usr/local/oracle/oradata -responseFile
> > NO_VALUE     -characterset WE8ISO8859P15 -passwordDialog true 
> > *Protected value, not to be logged*
> > =================================================================
> > 
> > 
> > The "Unable to read ..." lines look suspiscious. Did they appear in a
> > normal install log file? The file permissions seem to be all right.
> > 
> > bash-2.05b# ls -l /usr/local/oracle/oraInventory/Contents/
> > total 402
> > -rw-rw-r--  1 oracle  oracle    6866 Oct 25 17:04 CompsList0.ser
> > -rw-rw-r--  1 oracle  oracle  365763 Oct 25 17:04 CompsList1.ser
> > -rw-rw-r--  1 oracle  oracle     746 Oct 25 17:04 OracleHomesList.ser
> > -rw-rw-r--  1 oracle  oracle     470 Oct 25 17:04 PatchesList0.ser
> > -rw-rw-r--  1 oracle  oracle     470 Oct 25 17:04 PatchesList1.ser
> > -rw-rw-r--  1 oracle  oracle     195 Oct 25 17:04 oneoffs0.oo
> > -rw-rw-r--  1 oracle  oracle     195 Oct 25 17:04 oneoffs1.oo
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Since the Oracle engin is certainly installed correctly, I'd like to
> > launch dbca by myself. Here are the results:
> > 
> > =================================================================
> > bash-2.05b# su - oracle
> > oracle-bsd> export DISPLAY=:0
> > oracle-bsd> /compat/linux/bin/bash
> > oracle-bsd> dbca
> > expr: syntax error
> > jre was not found in
> > /usr/local/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/JRE/bin//usr/local/oracle/jre/1.1.8/bin/../bin/i686/green_threads/jre
> > oracle-bsd>
> > =================================================================
> > 
> > Here's my configuration:
> > FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT SMP enabled
> > Linux packages:
> > linux-sun-jdk-1.3.1.09 Sun Java Development Kit 1.3 for Linux
> > linux_base-7.1_2    The base set of packages needed in Linux mode
> > linux_devtools-7.1  Packages needed for doing development in Linux mode
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> > 
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Hello Brian!

Thanks for the tip. It works great.
If you update your very good doc. accordingly, you can suggest to use
the Blackdown JRE port (/usr/ports/java/linux-blackdown-jre11) instead
of a manual downloading.

Bye
Received on Sun Oct 26 2003 - 01:30:38 UTC

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