Re: 9iR2 on RH 7.2 - runInstaller segmentation fault

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)

I thought 9i came with a jdk not 1.3.0 ? R u sure u r running the right version ? Received on Thu Sep 05 2002 - 02:31:25 CDT