Re: Oracle Defunct on Linux

"Scott Watson" <rscottwatson_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

>I have spent the last week scanning news posting on deja (google) metalink
>and any other source I could find with no solution.

http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:ftp.valinux.com/pub/support/hjl/glibc/sdk/2.1/README.Oracle8i+oracle+glibc.2.1&hl=en

or same without google:

http://ftp.valinux.com/pub/support/hjl/glibc/sdk/2.1/README.Oracle8i

>The problem, I cannot create a database on RH 7.0 with Oracle 8.1.6.1.0 when
>I try to startup a database with the nomount option a child process becomes
>defunct after about a minutes and svrmgrl just hangs. The same thngs
>happens with sql plus. According to most postings this is a problem with
>the GNU libraires well I have upgraded them and it still does not work.

Yes, it's the problem but you should downgrade. It's explained in the document above.

Tuomas Received on Tue Feb 13 2001 - 02:06:51 CST