From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 25 08:39:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E98816A4B3 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 08:39:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from partridge.numericable.net (partridge.numericable.net [80.236.0.152]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3EBB43FCB for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 08:39:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vitalis@numericable.fr) Received: (qmail 1504 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2003 15:39:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO [81.220.77.69]) ([81.220.77.69]) (envelope-sender ) by partridge.numericable.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 25 Oct 2003 15:39:48 -0000 From: Vitalis To: freebsd-database@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1067096390.646.28.camel@sankukai.ice-age.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:39:51 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: current Subject: Oracle 9i installation makes my system reboot X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 15:39:53 -0000 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!