Re: Oracle on linux wich one?

I tried to install Oracle 8i from CD, failed, and next boot my X-server failed. Following was what I got:

redhat-cd> ./runInstaller
... executing jre, please wait.....

At this point, no disk activities, just wait for ever. I interrupted it, system looks ok.
Next boot, I got one daemon failed:

Couln't stat /var/lib/nfs/xtab [failed]

boot continue, until starting the X:

_FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno=111 failed to set default font path 'unix:-1' Fatal server error: Couldn't open default font 'fixed'

My screen started flashing, probably for each attemp starting X, every 4 seconds.

My feeling is that those folks didn't test fully, before releasing their product. Informix
is much better so far as linux is concerned.

Jun

Joerg Lanzinger wrote:

> > Every version of Oracle for Linux has _some_ errors (or problems),
> > if you want error free install look for another DB engine.
>
> This is what I call a strange answer.
> If you want to test Oracle, go for the 8i version (available via
> technet.oracle.com, or by ftpSearching for 815ship.tgz). I already did several
> installations and meanwhile all work fine.
> IMHO, Oracle8i has not more errors than Adabas, SyBase, Informix, PostGres or
> any other large (R)DBMS ported to linux.
>
> HTH
> Joerg
Received on Thu Nov 11 1999 - 10:17:09 CST