Re: 9iR2 on RH 7.2 - runInstaller segmentation fault

bards <bards1888_at_yahoo.com.au.au> wrote in message news:<SKvd9.420$0J2.38591_at_news.optus.net.au>...
> John Williamson wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to install an Oracle 9i Release 2 database on a PIII PC
> > with 512MB RAM running vanilla Redhat 7.2 professional. However I
> > cannot even get the runInstaller to start as it quits with a
> > segmentation fault.
> >
> > (I have already installed 9i R1 with no problems on the same machine)
> >
> > I suspect I may have an incompatibility with the glibc libraries that
> > come with RH7.2.
> >
> > Can anyone confirm this, and hopefully point me in the direction of a
> > fix or workaround. (Full details of my server config at the end....)
> >
> > Your input will be much appreciated.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > John
> >
> > Here comes the stuff!!
> >
> > checksegv runInstaller
> > ======================
> >
> > *** Segmentation fault
> > Register dump:
> >
> > EAX: 00000001 EBX: 4015dc90 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00000000
> > ESI: 40015a24 EDI: bffff844 EBP: bffff7d8 ESP: bffff7bc
> >
> > EIP: 0804ad80 EFLAGS: 00010283
> >
> > CS: 0023 DS: 002b ES: 002b FS: 0000 GS: 0000 SS: 002b
> >
> > Trap: 0000000e Error: 00000006 OldMask: 00000000
> > ESP/signal: bffff7bc CR2: 00000001
> >
> > Backtrace:
> > ./runInstaller(strftime+0x21c0)[0x804ad80]
> > /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0x8e)[0x4004a1f6]
> > ./runInstaller(readdir+0x51)[0x8048df1]
> >
> > ldd runInstaller
> > ================
> > libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40029000)
> > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
> >
> > sysctl -a|grep kernel
> > =====================
> > kernel.prof_pid = -1
> > kernel.overflowgid = 65534
> > kernel.overflowuid = 65534
> > kernel.random.uuid = 417c4791-678b-4524-ace3-09248a200651
> > kernel.random.boot_id = c1a6bdc2-ede9-4548-ad89-8b985dae8f98
> > kernel.random.write_wakeup_threshold = 128
> > kernel.random.read_wakeup_threshold = 8
> > kernel.random.entropy_avail = 0
> > kernel.random.poolsize = 512
> > kernel.threads-max = 4095
> > kernel.cad_pid = 1
> > kernel.sysrq = 0
> > kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
> > kernel.msgmnb = 16384
> > kernel.msgmni = 16
> > kernel.msgmax = 8192
> > kernel.shmmni = 4096
> > kernel.shmall = 2097152
> > kernel.shmmax = 2147483648
> > kernel.rtsig-max = 1024
> > kernel.rtsig-nr = 6
> > kernel.acct = 4 2 30
> > kernel.hotplug = /sbin/hotplug
> > kernel.modprobe = /sbin/modprobe
> > kernel.printk = 3 4 1 7
> > kernel.ctrl-alt-del = 0
> > kernel.real-root-dev = 256
> > kernel.cap-bound = -257
> > kernel.core_uses_pid = 0
> > kernel.panic = 0
> > kernel.domainname = (none)
> > kernel.hostname = fred
> > kernel.version = #1 Thu Sep 6 17:21:28 EDT 2001
> > kernel.osrelease = 2.4.7-10
> > kernel.ostype = Linux
> >
> > rpm -q kernel
> > =============
> > kernel-2.4.7-10
> >
> > rpm -q glibc
> > ============
> > glibc-2.2.4-13
> >
> > rpm -q gcc
> > ==========
> > gcc-2.96-98
> >
> > cat /proc/meminfo
> > =================
> > total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
> > Mem: 525713408 344481792 181231616 1261568 78110720 92880896
> > Swap: 805163008 0 805163008
> > MemTotal: 513392 kB
> > MemFree: 176984 kB
> > MemShared: 1232 kB
> > Buffers: 76280 kB
> > Cached: 90704 kB
> > SwapCached: 0 kB
> > Active: 19128 kB
> > Inact_dirty: 149088 kB
> > Inact_clean: 0 kB
> > Inact_target: 1064 kB
> > HighTotal: 0 kB
> > HighFree: 0 kB
> > LowTotal: 513392 kB
> > LowFree: 176984 kB
> > SwapTotal: 786292 kB
> > SwapFree: 786292 kB
> > NrSwapPages: 196573 pages
> >
> > java -version (/usr/java/jdk1.3)
> > =============
> > java version "1.3.0"
> > Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0)
> > Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0, mixed mode)
>
> Not sure about 7.2. FYI 7.3 works fine.

Cheers Bards,

I think I will have to cough up for RH7.3 as opposed to b*****ing around with patching libraries in RH7.

Regards

John Received on Thu Sep 05 2002 - 05:22:18 CDT