Re: Installation Problems -- Help Needed

<tilleyrw_at_cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
news:AcbF8.509230$K52.86854215_at_typhoon.tampabay.rr.com...
> The most curious things have been happening duing my latest installs of
> Oracle 8.1.7.0.1 for Linux.
>
> After the spash screen comes up annoucing Oracle Universal Installer
> 1.7.1.8.0, the only two buttons in the dialog which function are
"Deinstall
> Products..." and "About Oracle Universal Installer". No other button
> responds to being clicked beyond changing appearance to show it is being
> clicked. Most important, the Next button is useless and does nothing to
> move to the next installation stage.
>
> This is curious because the first time I ran the installer, everything
> functioned normally. I did quit the installer so that I could repartition
> my /home directory to have more disk space, then I tried to resume the
> Install. That is when this non-functioning-button behavior became
evident.
>
> I've already tried reloading the Oracle install software and also deleting
> all Oracle related files and directories from /home/oracle, so I don't
> think that is related. I have to assume that something changed with the
> installation script. That is unlikely so my assumption that some
> extraneous file located in an unlikely place is the cause of these
> problems, remains in effect.
>
> Any help is most appreciated!
>
> Robert

Looks like insufficient memory. The weirdest things can happen with programs in Java if you have insufficient memory.

Hth

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

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