Re: Oracle problem on Red Hat Linux 6.1

The Solaris Binary release program allows you to run Solaris for free on computers with up to 8 CPUs.

Unless you are using more, isn't Solaris (Intel) just as cheap as Linux (Red Hat 6.1)???

David P.

ddf_dba_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>
> That is truly a nice thought, however the financial resources are not in
> place for such an ambitious undertaking; alas, I am saddled with Red Hat
> Linux 6.1 for the interim. The interesting thing about this is that the
> remote network connections work quite nicely; it is the local
> connections that fail to complete for Linux users other than 'oracle'.
> This truly has me baffled.
 

> In article <39511DBF.7F20_at_btinternet.com>,
> High.Flight_at_btinternet.com wrote:
> > Brings back !happy memories.
> >
> > I used to try to get Oracle to run on Redhat 6.1 but I stopped after I
> > remembered that there's more to life than ......(you get the drift).
> >
> > Go with Sun Solaris (Intel) instead is my advice.
> >
> > David N. Pomphrey OCP [DBA] MCP [TCP/IP] B.Tech.
> >
> > Glasgow, Scotland.
> >
> > The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) : http://www.ietf.org/
> >
> > 'Standards Track' RFCs : ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/std/std1.txt
> >
> > "The Internet Changes Everything"
> >
> > ======================================================================
> >
> > ddf_dba_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> > >
> > > In article <OpS35.1368$tz6.76621419_at_news1.van.metronet.ca>,
> > > "Dennis Edward" <temp061900_at_ipipeline.net> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > They are; if they weren't I would get an "ORACLE not available"
 error.
> > > > > I don't. This is an initial installation of Oracle on Linux.
> > > >
> > > > I think that it's a good working hypothesis that the problem is
> > > > permissions-related. Things that come to mind are:
> > > >
> > > > 1) Setgid problem (already dismissed)
> > > > 2) permissions on required files (libraries)
> > > > 3) permissions on directories (x vs r especially)
> > > >
> > > > I suppose there's also a possibility that the env vars (like
> > > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH) are set slightly differently for oracle and
 not-oracle; but
> > > > I seem to remember you dismissed that idea as well. Just for
 reference,
> > > > here's my permissions on the lib in question and the containing
 directory.
> > > > Maybe it'll help - or ring a bell.
> > > >
> > > > [oracle_at_snuffy lib]> ls -l libskg*
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 4847 Jun 14 1999
 libskgxp8.so
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 4847 Jun 10 1999
 libskgxpd.so
> > > > [oracle_at_snuffy lib]> ls -ld .
> > > > drwxr-x--x 2 oracle dba 2048 Aug 19 1999 .
> > > > [oracle_at_snuffy lib]>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > The directory and file permissions all match your listing. I am
 getting
> > > an 'unable to open transport' error -- any clues?
> > > --
> > > David Fitzjarrell
> > > Oracle Certified DBA
> > >
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> > > Before you buy.
> >
>
> --
> David Fitzjarrell
> Oracle Certified DBA
>
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  Received on Mon Jun 26 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT