Re: startup errormessage on Linux

You also need ORACLE_HOME ( you use it in your PATH statement incorrectly - $ORACLE_HOME is the correct use) and, optionally, LD_LIBRARY_PATH .  

"Richard Foote" <richard.foote_at_bigpond.com> wrote:

>Hi Dirk,
>
>You *must* set the ORACLE_SID, Oracle doesn't know which instance to start.
>
>Cheers
>
>Richard
>"Dirk Linden" <dirk.linden_at_gmx.de> wrote in message
>news:amekeq$vu7$06$1_at_news.t-online.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a startup-problem.
>>
>> I use Oracle 8.1.7 (Release 3) on Linux.
>> When I start svrmgrl, I connect as "internal" to start up the database.
>> That works fine.
>>
>> Then "startup" leads to the error-message that "?/dbs/init@.ora" cannot be
>> opend.
>> So, I use the pfile parameter and tell oracle the path to the init-file:
>> startup pfile=?/dbs/inittest.ora (the test-db is named "test")
>>
>> Now I get another error-message from oracle:
>> ORA-07217: sltln: environment variable cannot be evaluated.
>> ORA-07217: sltln: environment variable cannot be evaluated.
>>
>> (I get this message twice, so I suppose there are 2 unknown variables).
>>
>> But the installation manual tells me, only 2 variables are really
>required:
>> DISPLAY and PATH.
>> I checked them, and they seem to work well.
>> DISPLAY=10.0.0.198:0.0
>> PATH= (includes ORACLE_HOME/bin, /usr/bin, /bin, and the local bin
>> directory: /usr/local/bin)
>> (In fact, I do not understand the local /bin-directory. Should this be a
>> directory under the
>> oracle-application-mountpoint? Or is this really a directory on the
>> Linux-Mountpoint "/"?
>> I dont know but I set it to /usr/local/home).
>>
>> Could it be that I must set something like
>> ORACLE_SID, ORACLE_BASE, ORACLE_HOME or ORACLE_OWNER?
>> Or could the PATH be wrong? (I think not)
>>
>> Could the rights for "internal" be inusufficient to startup? (I think not)
>>
>> Maybe I have forgotten a pre-installation task?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any help
>>
>> Dirk
>>
>>
>>
>

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