Re: Oracle SMON hung

From: Daniel A. Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 20:16:19 -0700
Message-ID: <3AEB8783.E5FB7C69@exesolutions.com>

Gareth White wrote:

> We have an SMON process that is stuck waiting on an
> event. The event is:
>
> Wait for stopper event to be increased
>
> and I can't find any information at all on what this
> actually is. Trussing the process indicates that it
> sets a timer for 1/10 sec and then waits on a semaphore,
> times out and tries again.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks

What operating system & version?

What version of Oracle?

Assuming UNIX ... did you set up the semaphore parameters in SYSTEM exactly as Oracle recommends?

Daniel A. Morgan Received on Sat Apr 28 2001 - 22:16:19 CDT