Re: Oracle 9i on SuSE 8.0: unable to attach to share memory segment, please help

From: dmz17 <dmz17_at_nospam.nowhere.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 17:22:11 +0200
Message-ID: <pan.2002.10.07.15.22.08.886082@nospam.nowhere.com>

On Sun, 06 Oct 2002 23:34:21 +0200, Roman Zhovtulya wrote:

> Thanks a lot for your info.
> But: the installation worked the first time and I guess there is some stuff
> left from that initial installation that doesn't allow any next installation
> to succeed. Any ideas on how to get a box to the previous "clean" state?
> As I said, reinstalling SuSE doesn't help.
> 
> Thank you,
> Roman
> 
> 

>> Things to watch out for:
>>
>> 9i was never certified to run with SuSE 8.0, but I have run it
>> without problems.
>>
>> If I recall correctly, you HAVE TO set the kernel parms as per
>> the release notes/install guide. Use 9iR2, not 1.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> dmz17

> "dmz17" <dmz17_at_nospam.nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:pan.2002.10.06.16.40.05.768056_at_nospam.nowhere.com...

>> On Sun, 06 Oct 2002 18:29:44 +0200, Roman Zhovtulya wrote:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> > I wonder if anyone came across the same problem installing Oracle 9i

> under

>> > SuSE 8.0 as I'm struggling with for the 3rd day already, and could give

> me


>> > some advice?

>> >
>> > The very first installation worked fine, but when I tried to install

> Oracle


>> > again in the different place, it keeps on giving me "unable to attach to

>> > shared memory segment". The error persists even after the complete

>> > reinstallation of Linux.

>> >
>> > I remember that I forgot to shutdown the database before uninstalling it

> the


>> > first time, so I had to kill the processes by hand.

>> >

>> > "ORACLE_HOME" and "ORACLE_SID" are set correctly.

>> >
>> > I tried to start the database by hand with SQL Plus; I'm able to start

> the

>> > instance, but when it comes to mounting it, the control files are

> lacking. I

>> > tried to create them with SQL Plus, but I'm probably doing something

> wrong,


>> > since it always returns an error, that the parameters don't match the

>> > database configuration.

>> >

>> > On the other hand, when I type "ipcs" to see the share memory and

>> > semaphores, there is nothing used by Oracle.

>> >

>> > There should be something fundamentally wrong here, that the standard

>> > installation cannot proceed. What really boggles the mind is that the
>> > problem still persists even after formatting the hard drive and

> reinstalling


>> > Linux.

>> >

>> > Do you have any ideas?

>> >

>> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.

>> >

>> > Thank you very much,

>> >

>> > Roman Zhovtulya

>> > Database Lab
>> > Offenburg University
>>

Reinstalling the operating system to repair Oracle? This isn't Windows!

On Linux:

Remove the $ORACLE_HOME, remove the two ora* files in /etc (oratab and oraIns*), remove the
three or four files or links in /usr/local/bin Remove the data files

If you installed in, say /opt/oracle, you will have things like oraInventory and the like in /opt/oracle as well. get rid of it.

Getting rid of a complete Oracle installation on Linux would take approx. 30 seconds. Received on Mon Oct 07 2002 - 10:22:11 CDT