Re: Oracle 10g2 on RHEL 5 - sqlplus problem

On May 28, 12:09 am, "fitzjarr..._at_cox.net" <orat..._at_msn.com> wrote:
> On May 27, 9:07 am, nuffno..._at_gmail.com wrote:
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> > On May 27, 11:57 pm, "fitzjarr..._at_cox.net" <orat..._at_msn.com> wrote:
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> > > On May 27, 8:14 am, nuffno..._at_gmail.com wrote:
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> > > > Hi.
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> > > > I have jsut installed Oracle 10g2 on RHEL 5.  I create my listener
> > > > file.  Set my environment variables (sid, ld library path, etc) and
> > > > then, as the oracle user, I try to run sqlplus '/ as sysdba'.   It
> > > > does nothing.   Doesn't report an error,  just returns me back to my
> > > > prompt.
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> > > > I have absolutely no idea where to start to troubleshoot this.   I've
> > > > been running this with RHEL3 for a couple of years now with no
> > > > problems.  I need to upgrade because the new hardware I am getting
> > > > doesn't support RHEL3, but if I can't get sqlplus running, it is a
> > > > showstopper.
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> > > > Please help!
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> > > > Thanks!!
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> > > > nuffi
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> > > You might try running sqlplus /nolog instead, to see if you even see a
> > > SQL> prompt or any banner information.
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> > Thanks for the response, David.
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> > It doesn't seem to matter what switches I use,  I get no response from
> > sqlplus.  No SQL> prompt, no error,  nothing.  If I run it as root,  I
> > get the expected "command not found" error.- Hide quoted text -
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> You did run root.sh at the appropriate place in the installation?
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> David Fitzjarrell

I did, yes. Would it be bad to do it again? Received on Tue May 27 2008 - 09:18:48 CDT