Re: Oracle 8i EE install problem on Red Hat 6.1

Hello,

Have you purchased the product (Oracle 8.1.5) or did you get it for free (download or CD). Where to find this product ?

I'm sorry, this is not the reply you expected.

Cheers,
Max.

Wei Tian wrote:

> I am trying to install Oracle 8.1.5 on Red Hat 6.1. I did download and
> installed the blackdown jre 1.1.7 V3, as opposed to 1.1.6 v5 suggested by
> Oracle. Based on my experience with Red Hat 6.0 (I did half a dozen 8i
> installation on Red Hat 6.0), 1.1.7 is far better than 1.1.6.
>
> The problem is, the "runInstaller" gave:
>
> Initializing Java Virtual Machine from /usr/local/jre/bin/jre. Please
> wait...
> Error in CreateOUIProcess(): -1
> : Bad address
>
> I guess the installer did find the jre (which I can also run from OS
> prompt). However, it has some problem to start it correctly. Any idea?
>
> I don't know if the following problem with my Red Hat 6.1 installation is
> relevant or helpful:
> When I login as oracle to GNOME and try to start terminal, I get an error
> message saying that my "unix98 ptys" is not correctly setup and I could not
> get the OS prompt in the terminal window.
>
> Thanks in Advance.
Received on Fri Apr 14 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT